John Keenan – Mind Of A Madman II

John Keenan – Mind Of A Madman II – Album Review I tell ya…four or five years go by and they start wondering if the man remembers them at all, ya feel me? I’ll admit to being in my forties and now preserving a bit more hard-drive space in this brain of mine, but I […]Read More

Brooke Surgener – Moon Waves

Brooke Surgener – Moon Waves – Album Review At this point here…right now, at the very moment you’re reading this for the first time, Brooke Surgener thinks that I’ve forgotten all about her.  Shhhhh – don’t spoil the surprise…you might even be reading this review before she is!  Trust me when I tell ya, the […]Read More

Winchester 7 & The Runners – Heart Of The Golden

Winchester 7 & The Runners – Heart Of The Golden Mystics – Album Review Well what do we have here…it’s these happy chappies we know & love, Winchester 7 & The Runners, returning to our pages once again!  On the technical front, it’s actually their third appearance this year – you might remember them from […]Read More

Sidney Harwell – Leaving For A While

Sidney Harwell – Leaving For A While – Album Review According to what I can read on his pages online, Sidney Harwell is “from Texas” and likes to “write songs, and record them whenever I can.”  And according to what I can see, that’s like…ALL of the time.  This dude’s got a virtual ton of […]Read More

i.S. the WizARd – Journey Of The Prodigal Son

i.S. the WizARd – Journey Of The Prodigal Son – Album Review Well here we go!  While we’ve featured i.S. the WizARd on our pages a modest handful of times on our pages over the past couple years, we’ve yet to have him in an actual review here at SBS; and as many of y’all […]Read More

Dilated – Finished Demo

Dilated – Finished Demo – Album Review I get the strangest submissions sometimes y’all…I wish I could tell ya what it was like to attempt to assist in keeping the scene organized from this side of the screen and how I just don’t have that bone in me anymore.  At least a solid percentage of […]Read More

Jay Hung – The One

Jay Hung – The One – Album Review Every time the bounce and spark of the way Jay Hung’s new record The One started up again on repeat, I found myself hooked into this record all over again.  It’s the kind of nice problem I always look forward to having, yet so rarely often do.  […]Read More

Relentless Pursuit – Through Confusion

Relentless Pursuit – Through Confusion – Album Review There are some strong positives to build on here for Matthew Konradt, the mind behind the music you’ll hear on the debut album Through Confusion by Relentless Pursuit.  Like the deadly vibe of “On Probation” for example – it’s pretty meaty…the whole atmosphere is gnarly, and it’s […]Read More

ET Boys – Forever Night

ET Boys – Forever Night – Album Review Some of you have heard me say it, but I’ll say it a bit louder for the people in the back today – “Sober,” the track that starts out Forever Night, the debut record by ET Boys, is absolutely one of the most SINGLE-WORTHY cuts I’ve heard […]Read More

Mike Berman – “Make It Rain”

Mike Berman – “Make It Rain” – Single Review You ever have one of those moments where you’re listening to a song and feel like you could somehow have created a sketch of the artist or band performing it and that they would have looked exactly like you thought they did?  I had that moment […]Read More