Daw-ling – Love And Dancing – EP Review “The band formed in 2020 and obviously, everything that started in 2020 is a Sexy Laugh Riot.” #Apt THIS is the way to get an EP started on ALL the right notes – “Love And Dancing” is as enticing as a gateway tune can be, and just […]Read More
Polyphonic Exophilia – Be Fine – EP Review “…probably our most ambitious release so far.” There are a couple things I really liked about reading that statement from Polyphonic Exophilia. First & foremost, it’s clear they did what they could on their end to push themselves creatively…you can infer that from the quote, and you […]Read More
David Mieth – 2 Song E.P. – EP Review Emotionally, mentally, or musically…no one can escape the Blues. #Sigh #TrustMeIveTried Case in-point – I’ll be heading to BluesFest today right here in Ottawa, the Canadian capitol…and the lineup is anything BUT the Blues really (as in, I’ll be seeing Sarah McLachlan tonight and I bought […]Read More
Kid On The Roof – The Travel Guide – EP Review Ayyyyyy…there we go…anyone out there that references The Album Leaf as an influence on their music or LIFE, is certainly someone I’d readily consider to be an ally in this industry for sure. There are other highly respectable names within the list featured in […]Read More
Between Two Horse Pikes – Cupcakes & Taffy – EP Review Well here’s something I can certainly get behind music-wise…and that is…hmm…quite the band name, ain’t it? I will fully admit, the songs & the sound make a whole lot of sense to me…as for the name of this band, I don’t even have a […]Read More
Grass Wolf – Moonshine – EP Review If you tuned into the last episode of the SBS Podcast, you heard a double-shot sample of the brand-new EP called Moonshine by Grass Wolf through a couple of covers we played from the five song set they’ve just put out. I mentioned on the show how quite […]Read More
Sweet Lily Love – FRESH! – EP Review As many of you fantastic music-makers know firsthand, there’s a thrilling abundance of creative freedom that comes along with the label of ‘experimental’ – and more or less, you get to dictate your own rules. Which is awesome when it comes right down to it…and though this […]Read More
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 – 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 – 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