Chris Murphy – “Hard Bargain” – Single Review Well…I’d be lying to ya if I said I wasn’t entertained by this. Initially when I saw Chris Murphy onstage in his latest video for the single “Hard Bargain” I thought we’d be in for an instrumental. This guy! Starts it all off with an spectacular riff […]Read More
Armada Named Sound – “My Girl” – Single Review This machine has been humming along perfectly in its rhythm & groove for some time now, yet every time I get the opportunity to check out the latest from Armada Named Sound, they still sound like they find a way to improve upon their last time […]Read More
Rhett Repko – “Were You Ever Really Mine?” – Single Review If you can escape the hooks in Rhett Repko’s latest single “Were You Ever Really Mine?” then you’re made of tougher-stuff than I am. Even though I felt like there are elements of this new single that stick fairly closely to the script at […]Read More
Amrit Ray – “Attention/Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga” – Single Review Salute to the humble effort made by Amrit Ray to combine two cultures & styles of music together through his own unique perspective on a mashup between Charlie Puth’s smash hit “Attention” and the equally powerful “Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga” from the incredibly popular Hindi […]Read More
Amilia K Spicer – “Fill Me Up”/”Lightning” – Singles Review So good to be back! Truthfully, I suck at taking vacations and these past two-weeks or so away from the homepage have been tough, even if it was the first time I’ve taken a break in about five years here at sleepingbagstudios. It’s not as […]Read More
Matt Byron – “Fight Song” – Single Review Full disclosure…if you were to look at my personal Facebook wall full of friends, you’d find Matt Byron on it. I’ve been a fan of his music since reviewing it for the first time way-back-when…but beyond that, he’s proven to be an ally in so much more […]Read More
Goldfish – “Elementary Boy” – Single Review If absolutely nothing else…at the VERY least…this is what you can most certainly call authentic. Reading about the story of Montreal-based band Goldfish was insanely cool. I put on their brand-new video/single “Elementary Boy” and was immediately zapped back in time to all the powerful & empowering riot […]Read More
Zane – “I Feel Love” – Single Review Alrighty then! No issues here with Zane’s latest single/cover version of Donna Summer’s infamous hit “I Feel Love” – this is an approved track for your summer. It’s actually pretty faithful to the original as far as the structure & melody are concerned. Retaining the essence of […]Read More
Jaewar – True! Raw Honey – Album Preview Consider me interested. I was checking out new cuts from Jaewar from a private list of tracks that are potentially making up the core of his upcoming record True! Raw Honey and finding it pretty damn easy to jump into these rap rhythms…I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily […]Read More
Magazine Gap – “Ran For Cover” – Single Review When we first reviewed Magazine Gap and their Calling Card EP at the end of last year, we heard things we liked…and we heard the promise of something even more. In early January of this year, the London-based Pop/Soul trio returned to our pages with a […]Read More