Devin Roth – Childhood Places – Album Review A cool concept, expert musicianship and wild, sprawling & expansive ideas fill the minutes on Devin Roth’s latest album, Childhood Places. Inspired by various places he’s presumably spent time or visited…or however these areas have affected & played a role in his life; the atmosphere of locations […]Read More
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Kary Sit – “Guilty Pleasure” – Single Review (Kind of?) Ok…so…I…umm…hmm… We’ve talked an awful lot about how to present your music to be reviewed and tackling different ways to come about that when dealing with press-types of all kinds lately here at SBS…and today we’ve got another example of how not to go about […]Read More
Matthew Neves – “Today Is The Day” – Single Review Good lord! There are more beautiful bodies in the latest video from Matthew Neves than there is in the whole city we live in here in Abbotsford, BC. Doesn’t really seem fair if you were to ask me; but then – I also don’t have […]Read More
Marc Jungermann – The Piano Collection – EP Review Advantage Marc! I honestly don’t remember being able to share this secret with any of you yet…this might be the first time this has come up actually…does anyone out there know about just how much I truly love the piano? Doubtful if I haven’t previously mentioned…you […]Read More
West Sac Fever – Speech Therapist – Album Review I’ve gotta say…been looking forward to hearing this album for some time now. We were approached a month or two back to assist in creating a video for the song “Some Day,” a song that excited me personally and got me hooked on the innovative ideas […]Read More
Scott Paris & The A/V – Via The Sun Versions – Album Review Here’s a combination of talent that works extremely well together. Solo act Scott Paris has taken on instrumentals from rock band Via The Sun in an impressive collaboration that blends the powerful and intense music of the band with paired energy up […]Read More
Byron Keith Taylor – The Raven Trail – EP Review For some of these collected singles from Byron’s page…we’re nearing the one-year anniversary of their creation. Some will say, you go out and you spend all that money on the studio and the production-dudes, that you should then be touring and supporting that very material […]Read More
Saure Gurken – 上 – EP Review Insanity and pop/rock mix together in genius combinations from Seoul, South Korea’s experimental sound known as Saure Gurken. With music that channels different styles ranging from the beginnings of rock to extremely modern-day decisions on how to bend that sound all over the map into entirely new territories […]Read More
Lonescar – Reverbnation Singles – Singles Review Okay…so I didn’t end up listening to these in any particular order or listing on their page…it’s metal so I figure screw the rules… …so anyhow, let me tell you all about how starting the foray into the music of Lonescar with the “Awakening (Rough Demo)” cut…well…hmm, what […]Read More
HADDOCK – rEVOLVED – EP Review What an excellent transition on our playlist here this morning at sleepingbagstudios! Not only did we start our day based in electro through the smooth and subtle sounds of the latest album from Chanks but we’ve moved perfectly into a more innovative, energetic and involved sound here on the […]Read More