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!
Shellshock Lullaby – A Lighter Shade – Album Review I was digging on the sounds of the background-vocals of Shellshock Lullaby even before the first song “I’ve Walked That Road” began to fully bloom. Met with a sound that mixed the acoustic-vibes of tender indie moments like you’d find in the music of Superchunk mixed […]Read More
Mac Tre – “We Could” – Single Review Definitely potential here…and I’m excited! Mac Tre is a rapper/hip-hop artist from Alaska – and I don’t recall that I’ve written about music from that region yet! All my life…sitting underneath it geographically-somewhat in British Columbia before our move out east to Ottawa, Ontario – yet I’ve […]Read More
Mike Bee And The Dead Soldiers – Mike Bee And The Dead Soldiers – EP Review Here’s a project I’m proud to have been supporting and listening to for some time now – Mike Bee And The Dead Soldiers. Behind the scenes, we’ve worked together on different concepts to bring the music to life onscreen […]Read More
Joseph Tonelli – “Lone Crow”/”Feather In My Hat” – Singles Review It’s not all that often that I get to brag about discovering an artist that’s been able to seriously impress me twice within the same year. As busy as the independent music-scene is…even the best of writers out there often need that time away […]Read More
Linkz – “Drama Free”/”Kick Rocks” – Singles Review Linkz – what up! He shouted-out just about every person/place on the globe at the beginning of “Drama Free” – just figured I’d return the favor and start this review with a shout-out to the man behind the music, why not? Two new singles from a modern-day […]Read More
Race Against Fate – “Guiding Light” – Single Review It’s always a great thing to have the lyrics from Vik Kapur, the solo-artist that writes the material for his project Race Against Fate. For the most part…I’ve always felt like I’ve had a solid grip on much of what he’s had to say…but he’s thrown […]Read More
Alx – Rise & Shine – Album Review Cool story that follows the music of Alx Kawakami…certainly a respectable one. I’ll admit to a piece of the bio that caught my eye as I was reading first-off, because you all know I like to form my own opinions – but when I had started “Rise […]Read More
Drea Love – “Feeling Myself” – Single Review Hot stuff from Drea Love! I can definitely hear this fine lady is right in the groove and into the moment on “Feeling Myself” – and from what I hear in the sweet-toned electro-infused groove she’s got rolling in the music supporting her smooth, playful & sexy […]Read More
AJTheKid – Your Neighborhoodly Whiteboy – EP Review If you were up on your latest episode of the SBS Podcast during the main-site’s downtime while we refreshed our entire website’s design – you’ll have heard a sample of AJTheKid during the show. We played a cut from Your Neighborhoodly Whiteboy called “Mob Anywhere” from his […]Read More
Crowd Control – “Paradox” Feat. Rodion G.A. – Single Review What a bizarre but entertaining composition! I mean for real…this new song “Paradox” from Crowd Control sounds like it has as much in common with post-punk music and Primus as it does with electro and pop – you tell me how that’s even possible! Truthfully…I’d […]Read More
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