SBS Best New Sound Nominations Day Seven: Dazor Location, location, location – isn’t that what they always say? In 2017, Dazor proved it doesn’t matter where you live – if you turn the volume up loud enough, the music is bound to get out there to all the right places. This Canadian crew from Halifax […]Read More
SBS Best New Sound Nominations Day Six: J Speed This year when it came to putting the rhythm & style into the rhymes in Hip-Hop, rapper J Speed helped raise the standards significantly by putting art back into the rap-game. With his signature sound, unique tone in his voice and ambitious approach, he put out […]Read More
SBS Best New Sound Nominations Day Five: Vaultry The circumstances revolving around Vaultry as a band, losing founding member Chasen Fraser to cancer, led to one of the most unique moments in time I swear we’ll ever witness with the album Eulogy. Co-written with Fraser before he passed, right up to and including a song […]Read More
SBS Best New Sound Nominations Day Four: Paul The Trombonist Exciting new combinations and ideas in music are something we’re always searching for when listening to records & reviewing them here at sleepingbagstudios – and early-on in the year, one of those unique gems revealed itself – Paul The Trombonist. With his album Journey To […]Read More
The Rhetoriks – “Unspoken (Pantha Remix Official Video)” – Music Video Release/Review Powerful new single/video from the duo of Elle Mariachi and J.Active, known as The Rhetoriks, with what appears to be an assist from Pantha in this remix of their original song “Unspoken.” I like what I’m seeing & hearing here…after checking out The […]Read More
SBS Best New Sound Nominations Day Three: Eon MC Etc. With his new record, Southern L.O., rapper/hip-hop artist Eon MC Etc. took his whole game to that next level. In a display of verbal-brilliance, style & skill, he put the work in and got the results on his new album, creating songs that were just […]Read More
Maverick Gaither – “Gratitude” – Music Video Release/Review After you give the latest single from soulful singer Maverick Gaither, you’ll likely come to the same conclusion that the man in charge here must’ve graduated with honors from the esteemed school of Pendergrass & White. Can’t you picture/hear Maverick over there chillin’ with Teddy and Barry? […]Read More
SBS Best New Sound Nominations Day Two: Sam & The Black Seas The stunning clarity and crystal-clear melodies found on the album Silver by Sam & The Black Seas were without a doubt, some of the best songs of 2017. Where most tender-tunes and slow-songs can often have a harder time getting heard, they made […]Read More
SBS Best New Sound 2017 Official Nominations Day One: Smoking Martha Coming out swinging with massive sounds this year on their album In Deep, Aussie-based band Smoking Martha proved they’re every bit worthy of your time and could slay the mainstream on their own if they had to. With an explosive record that spawned multiple […]Read More
As always, I’m incredibly stoked to share this year’s entire list of amazing artists/bands that made the top-ten list and EXCITED to see who ends up being our reader-voted BEST NEW SOUND of 2017! Lists like these are painstaking to make! I agonize over this stuff, I truly do…but it’s all in good fun & […]Read More
