Our in-depth album-reviews reflect the sincere passion in the way we listen to the music of the independent-scene. Representing genres of all-kinds and offering honest insight into what we hear in effort to do our part to assist artists/bands in the evolution of their sound – we do our best to highlight the positives and offer objective constructive-criticism with added personality and quality you can truly see. Your music deserves it!
The Residuals – Born Blind – Album Review With grinding guitars and a lo-fi sound that meets somewhere in the middle of whatever-era of Henry Rollins music you want to select and the grindcore-metal genre, one-man machine Joshua Lykkeberg gives you zero-time to catch your breath after pushing play and starting-up “Waiting For A Cure” […]Read More
Durells World – Call Me Later, Way Too Busy – Pre-release EP Review *BEEP* – just an announcement before we get right into it here today…this is pre-release y’all…the Call Me Later, Way Too Busy EP from Durells World can still most certainly change anything from the songs to the album art to the writing […]Read More
Magazine Gap – “Ran For Cover” – Single Review When we first reviewed Magazine Gap and their Calling Card EP at the end of last year, we heard things we liked…and we heard the promise of something even more. In early January of this year, the London-based Pop/Soul trio returned to our pages with a […]Read More
SK – “Bang It Out” Feat. Exid – Single Review Correspondence comes in all forms behind the scenes at sleepingbagstudios. Whether it’s by text message or carrier pigeon, we get messages & promo write-ups all the time regardless of if we ask for them or not. Sometimes, they’ll even answer a long-burning question that you […]Read More
Sam And The Black Seas – Silver – Album Review On April 21st last year in 2016, we received a link to a modest handful of songs via Soundcloud link to first discover the music of Sam And The Black Seas. As it turned out, those songs happened to be amazing…and my enthusiasm for this […]Read More
Kiev – Swish – Album Review Bro…way to take it to the next level homie! It’s not like I wasn’t impressed the last time I had the opportunity to check out Kiev’s music on his Infinite Positivity EP…but for real – this album is like…way better isn’t it? Is it just me? I remember thinking […]Read More
Dobie – “Ballade Pour (Extended Mix)” – Single Review For fans of electro-music and the vocal-trance genre, there’s a good chance you’ve got something to love here with the new single from Dobie, “Ballade Pour (Extended Mix).” From the steady structure, pulse & rhythm in the music, to the poetic way Dobie crafted the words […]Read More
Henry Metal – So It Hath Begun – Album Review And the award for best band name out there in the independent music-scene goes to… HENRY METAL! So It Hath Begun. Damn right it has! I’m rare to strip a direct quote unless I really see one that says something better than I feel like […]Read More
Eleven Dollar Bills – “Waves” – Single Review They created the one. Depending on where you live, they created the two. They created the five and the ten…and now here we are with Eleven Dollar Bills. And life is GOOD! The real currency here is their fantastic grip on their style, sound & songwriting. Their […]Read More
Last Time Only – Anything For You – EP Review If memory serves correctly, this is the third time I’ve reviewed the music of Last Time Only, the acoustic-based solo-project from Jared Woodruff. I feel like I always look forward to seeing LTO pop onto the playlist with something new – I’m pulling for this […]Read More
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