iLUMiNATiVE – Shapeshifter

iLUMiNATiVE – Shapeshifter – EP Review That’s quite the roar that this record starts with – it’s damn near intimidating to listen to! Of course…perhaps that should be expected – we are dealing with Nu-Metal here today after all – and when it’s done RIGHT, you get intensity like you’ll find on iLUMiNATiVE’s new EP […]Read More

MELØ – Things We Lost

MELØ – Things We Lost – EP Review Right next door to us here at sleepingbagstudios in Ottawa, (at least, that is for the time being until our special announcement coming this summer…stay tuned for that!) based out of Windsor, Ontario, solo-artist MELØ has been making major moves with his music over the course of […]Read More

SammyG300 – Delayed Satisfaction

SammyG300 – Delayed Satisfaction – EP Review I’ll tell ya this much…you’ll notice the highly relevant sound of SammyG300 from the moment you push play and his new EP kicks in through the opening track called “What It Takes” – you really couldn’t miss it.  “They told me that one day I’d shine,” as you’ll […]Read More

Blue MOON Science – Tides And…

Blue MOON Science – Tides And… – EP Review Definitely one of those records with a lil’ something for everyone, you feel me? It’s been awesome to check out this set of six tunes over the past week or two…Blue MOON Science has a widespread sound that incorporates a whole lotta things I personally dig […]Read More

Polyphonic Exophilia & Essinauks – Fangs & Furs

Polyphonic Exophilia & Essinauks – Fangs & Furs – EP Review If you tuned into the SBS Podcast earlier on today, you had the opportunity to have a listen to a couple of the latest cuts floating out there in the internet ether, being made by none other than your choice for our best new […]Read More

Jacob Hauge Mateo & Ben Bushill – Quiet Majesty

Jacob Hauge Mateo & Ben Bushill – Quiet Majesty – EP Review I loved every moment of this experience, straight up. There are far too few records out there that celebrate the art of Spoken Word like this one does.  Right from the very cover of the album, you can see that Jacob Hauge Mateo […]Read More

Sadcult – Everything You Hate

Sadcult – Everything You Hate – EP Review These guys are SO GRUNGE that the last thing they’d ever do is say hello to a critical hack like me on the way in the door…fuck that shit…gotta keep those feelings nicely detached & a flannel-level of cool intact.  The joke’s on them – 99% of […]Read More

Noho Fidel And _______ – Collaboratorium

Noho Fidel And _______ – Collaboratorium – EP Review “Honesty is valued more than kindness.”  #AmenToThat Lemme put good ol’ Noho Fidel at ease here, and assure the dude that’s the only way that I know how to work…that’s how this whole system/machine here runs.  However…experience has taught me that you get a whole lot […]Read More

Paul de Leon – Younger Years

Paul de Leon – Younger Years – EP Review Absolutely STOKED to have this man back in the spotlight and his music coming through our speakers once again.  Obviously the main concern here is the fact that it’s been about three years and I’ve promoted Paul de Leon’s music about just as much as he […]Read More

Forest City & Friends – Sol

Forest City & Friends – Sol – EP Review Feels like it’s been forever since we last had Forest City & Friends on our pages, when in fact it was just a couple years back…they’re basically right on time with a new release, crankin’ out material at a steady rate that no one, including me, […]Read More