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 Bleeding Obvious – The Bleeding Obvious – Album Review When you read the backstory behind Jessica Rowbottom’s new project, The Bleeding Obvious, you really start to root for this artist early on. I admire the ambition she’s taken on…this self-titled record contains many a collaborator in its quest to bring these songs to life; […]Read More
Bass4Night – “If I Stay” Feat. Marie Louise & Matt Byron – Single Review Lots going on here for sure! A collaboration between indie-artists…so many of them you can find them in every corner of your stereo & speakers as “If I Stay” begins. As far as I understand it, Bass4Night is a relatively new […]Read More
Those Shadow People – Twenty Years – EP/Comic Review The further adventures of Those Shadow People continue in one of our favorite combinations of art in music with the graphic comic-book, issue #4 accompanying the release of their new Twenty Years EP. Like all art…generally the meanings, tie-ins and subtle-references are more known to its […]Read More
Plike – Red Queen White Queen – Album Review If you recently tuned into the latest episode of the SBS Podcast, you’ve already been introduced to the intensely emotional and atmospheric sounds of Plike through the first track from Red Queen, White Queen, called “The Proving Grounds.” I played it because I felt like this […]Read More
Hefe Heetroc – Singles Review Alright…so we’ve got ourselves a handful of singles from the album Inoculare by Hefe Heetroc…five in total that give some good insight into what this guy’s all about. With an intense electro sound provided by beats from Wez Nilez, Heetroc grips the mic confidently with style – and with the […]Read More
Brandon Dye – “Dear Daddy” – Single Review If there’s one thing that you learn by reviewing hundreds of albums and thousands of songs…it’s the ability to hear the personal tales from the fictional narratives out there. Sometimes there’s a few cues in what you’ll hear that go beyond just assuming it MIGHT be written […]Read More
In Silent Agony – Villainous – EP Review Ohhh I can never quite remember…is this Black Metal…Dark Industrial…Goth…where does the music of In Silent Agony fall into genre-wise? To go further with that thought…what point would there be to putting a beast in any kind of box? However you want to categorize the music of […]Read More
Baum Jr. – “When I Grow Up”/”Heroes” – Singles Review I definitely dig what I’ve read and researched on the music of Baum Jr., solo-artist from the UK. From everything I’ve checked out on paper in learning about him…he digs rock…he digs electro…he digs 8-bit video games – so I figure I’ve gotta be in […]Read More
Hicks – “Stomp A Little Louder” Feat. Ryan & Steve Wariner – Single Review This was actually pretty interesting to me. Even though we’re dipping into the well of Country-music once again…located miles outside my county and one-horse town…I think what Hicks is doing with his particular style and sound on his new single “Stomp […]Read More
BrickBats – Music With Other Human Beings – Album Review Post-Grunge/Hardcore-Indie band BrickBats sound determined as they instantly bring out the intensity & aggression on the first cut “Junkies” from their new record Music With Other Human Beings. Built on the combined mayhem & menace provided by Barry Reed, Michael Blount and Katy Hubbard – […]Read More
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