Radio Mafia – Don’t Think About It / “Preacher” /

Radio Mafia – Don’t Think About It – EP + Bonus Singles “Preacher” / “Pyre” Review Now…lemme check the rulebook here for a second…just how many personalities can one band have? Given the fact that I’ve got tunes from three separate years here, you’d figure the whole multiple-personalities of their music-thing would somehow correspond to […]Read More

VRL – “Kill 4 U Die 4 U”

VRL – “Kill 4 U Die 4 U” – Single Review Lemme tell ya folks…after having a good listen to this single “Kill 4 U Die 4 U,” the least surprising twist of my 2022 so far, was to read that VRL – aka Valerie Rose Lohman – is a master of multiple aspects of […]Read More

Dick Aven – “Fly Into The Fire”

Dick Aven – “Fly Into The Fire” – Single Review “Dick Aven is an American singer-songwriter, multi-genre saxophone player, multi-instrumentalist and…” Now that’s some kind of cliffhanger you’re leavin’ us on there Facebook!  Interesting bio Mr. Aven. Don’t get me wrong though – this dude pretty much couldn’t have come my way at a better […]Read More

Angelo Nicola Giuliano – “Angel’s Prayer” / “Visions”

Angelo Nicola Giuliano – “Angel’s Prayer” / “Visions” – Singles Review I tell ya folks…life as a music critic can be wildly predictable at times.  When you’re complementary & all smiles, of course people line right up to comment on what you’ve written and give you a big virtual hug.  When you’re critical, you often […]Read More

thinkbendy – “Low Down”

thinkbendy – “Low Down” – Single Review Alright…I can get behind this.  Quite a bit about “Low Down” excites me greatly. Interesting stuff straight off the drop, the piano-led intro immediately tells ya that you’re in-store for something a lil’ different, and the trumpet that comes along with it soon after confirms it – you […]Read More

nasmore – Singles

nasmore – Singles Review If you tuned into the latest episode of the SBS Podcast, you would have heard us spin Canadian-based artist nasmore’s single “Mind In A Maze” on the show, along with a bunch more of my thoughts on how this dude has been setting himself up for a lifelong adventure in the […]Read More

Simon Val – “Young Love”

Simon Val – “Young Love” – Single Review You’re on solid ground Simon – you just keep up the good work from here brother-man. There are some people out there in this scene we share that end up getting their career rolling along at a very early age…artists that are fortunate enough to discover their […]Read More

Radio Fly – “I’m The Best” Feat. R Reed

Radio Fly – “I’m The Best” Feat. R Reed – Single Review “Got these haters out here stressed!” I certainly ain’t hatin’ today…so consider me as cool as the cucumber you know me to be.  I like what I hear in this single quite a bit really…I think I’m off the hook stress-wise…though I will […]Read More

Jay Jai – “Life”

Jay Jai – “Life” – Single Review That’s what was missing from last year!  I knew it was something.  You’ll have to forgive me…there’s been at least a couple thangs missing from all our lives during the pandemic era to say the least of course, but that still doesn’t lessen the shock of realizing we […]Read More