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!
Ugo Capeto – Short Stories – Album Review Alright. Simple as this; first person to tell me that they DON’T like this band gets a hard ham-fisted slap to the face without ANY love or good intentions behind it. That’s right – the bad slap. You don’t want that…no one does… I figure the odds of having to […]Read More
The Other Colors – O.R. – Album Review Hot damn – is this album ever tough to explain to the top-40 crowd! Masters of atmosphere from France, The Other Colors are back with a new album FULL of intense soundscapes and sonic experiments. Those of you that have known me from my musical past will know […]Read More
Secrets Of A Wooden Hut – From The Outside – EP Review Australia…I’ve mentioned before just how much I LOVE you guys right? I swear – your continent is more “plugged-in” musically…so ahead of the game in so many ways with what’s happening in your indie circuit right now that I can’t help but look forward […]Read More
Gemstar – Open Skies – Album Review Allow me to beat this horse yet one more time… You independent artists out there are truly kicking ALL of the ass right now; the mainstream ain’t got nothing on you right now. Bands and artists are strengthening their skills, knowing that the best of the best will succeed […]Read More
Ysimonis – Regular N*gg# – Album Review It hasn’t been since Snoop released Doggystyle that I’ve heard an album warrant the tag of explicit lyrics like this! Ysimonis has got plenty to say on his new album Regular N*gg# and he is certainly unafraid of using his extended vocabulary to get the job done right. The result […]Read More
Swami Lushbeard – “Where The Sheep Are Led” – Single Review Alright…the episode is long over but the rock continues! Swami Lushbeard is back in another appearance here with sleepingbagstudios in print after not just surviving our extremely lengthy video-interview, but thriving through it! If you haven’t caught the episode yet, be sure to check it out! In […]Read More
Sonnet To Sleep – Affirmative Say Nothing – Album Review Right on! I’ve TOTALLY got something for this! Now…to many of you who follow my writing here at sleepingbagstudios and know my insatiable need for all kinds of new music, knowing that I’ve “got something for this” might not be so much of a surprise. So here’s […]Read More
Fiona Hare – Keep Me Wild – Album Review I actually get a lot of questions regarding my threshold of acceptance and ability to examine all kinds of music and styles. I’ll be asked; “isn’t it difficult, or boring, or hard, or a pain to go through so much music in search of the good stuff […]Read More
Giant The Artist – HiberNation: The MixTape – Review Ahhhh the mix-tape; is there a genre with more potential for incredible atmosphere? I’ve got one on right now – I’m checking out Giant The Artist and his new release HiberNation and it’s everything I was looking for right now. Well-mixed and some incredible choices for samples, you […]Read More
The Alpine Camp – Music Review Thought I’d write a quick new intro on this review of The Alpine Camp…I wanted to have this out there yesterday in the early morning but that wasn’t meant to be. As that’s one of the most silent moments you’ve seen me go through at sleepingbagstudios, especially through the written […]Read More
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