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!
Fisherkings – Last To Know – EP Review I half expected this to be an instrumental! I tried to get a word out of these guys after having the EP passed my way…but believe me, the Fisherkings didn’t even come close to taking the bait! Got the ol’ industry-standard set of links blasted at me, […]Read More
Japz Soul – “Good Life” – Single Review Big summer sounds from Japz Soul in this electro-infused blending of massive music-moments. The new single “Good Life” has vocals that range in sound, texture & style through the effects and delivery of JS…it’s got elements of R&B, Pop, hip-hop all mixed into this all-inclusive song that […]Read More
Roger Cole & Paul Barrere – “Political Freak Show” – Single Review Here are some names we know and recognize! Frequently haunting the halls of SBS with all kinds of different approaches, styles, sounds and ideas in their music, Roger Cole & Paul Barrere have been featured on our pages and in our show SBS […]Read More
Lunar Woods – Let’s Get Loud – Album Review Fawk! What a perfect title for an album from this reliably-loud grunge/alt-rock band from Russia! I first got turned on to the music of Lunar Woods not too long ago…and I haven’t looked back since. I’ve played them proudly on the SBS Podcast, and I genuinely […]Read More
Anxious Houseguest – “The Woods Of This House” – Single Review I’m not powerful enough to resist what’s happening here in Anxious Houseguest. A project that I believe is a solo effort (not entirely sure – but I think so?) – if the rest of the music on the new album Second Guessing Everything is […]Read More
Mr. Lewis – “N.Y.S.” – Single Review On the brightside…Mr. Lewis has made it plenty clear through the lyrics in “N.Y.S.” that he doesn’t really give a shit what I, or any critic has to say – so I suppose the pressure’s off my shoulders here. Pass or fail, doesn’t sound like it would matter […]Read More
The Machete – Take Dos – EP Review Alright…I’ve been waiting to talk to you all about this exciting band based out of Portsmouth, UK called The Machete for a while. Not all on me, I assure you! The Machete has been putting the final touches on their Take Dos EP for a couple months […]Read More
Hochen – Strays – Album Review It takes no time at all for Hochen’s psychedelic groove-rock to begin. From the moment the complex but catchy guitar-riff starts “Man I Am” on the new album Strays, you can hear the commitment to style & sound…from the bass to the guitar to the drums, this first-cut comes […]Read More
Corey Zaccari – “Space Cadet” – Single Review I can definitely get behind this. Corey Zaccari has got himself one seriously groovy track here…”Space Cadet” is a blend of all-things-good between pop-to-indie-to-rock. At first it sounded a little lo-fi through the internet pages I could find this track on…so take it from me, download this […]Read More
Leeroy Jelks – Singles Reviewed Credit to this guy. First correspondence I had with young Leeroy Jelks impressed me…he’s only eighteen years-old but already has the foresight to know that jumping into the rap-game as just another pawn or player won’t do – he’s on a path and mission to define his own style & […]Read More
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