Lazarus Benson – “Burn Down”

Lazarus Benson – “Burn Down” – Single Review I’ll admit, I was a little bit skeptical. When I received the new single from Lazarus Benson, which came along with notes that mentioned how a lot had changed in “sound and more,” my first thought was like…how?  I’ve been listening to this guy’s music since about […]Read More

SBS Live This Week 216

Ain’t nothing like getting a call from a homie right after you’ve just moved across the whole country and back home again after six years away!  That’s exactly what happened here in this episode of SBS LTW.  After moving back to British Columbia from Ottawa in 2022, we got a random phone call from Ryan […]Read More

Illeeria – “Girl On Fire” / “Girl On Fire” (Inferno

Illeeria – “Girl On Fire” / “Girl On Fire” (Inferno Version) – Singles Review We were introduced to the music of Illeeria in the summer of last year with her single “My Story In Chords” and discovered the potential she has as a singer & artist out there in the Pop realm.  This time around, […]Read More

SBS Podcast 173

What’s happenin’ y’all!?!  Looking for some new music to help start your week off on all the right notes?  Fantastic!  Come on in and check out a stellar lineup of songs gathered from throughout this amazing independent music scene we share.  We’ll be playing tracks from School Friends, Paul de Leon, The Kid Chocolate Band, […]Read More

Imani Wj Wright & Muammar Muhammad – “No Mercy” (Acoustic)

Imani Wj Wright & Muammar Muhammad – “No Mercy” (Acoustic) – Single Review It’s been nearly five years since we last Imani Wj Wright on these pages of ours…that’s crazy. Always nice to see people are still out there doin’ what they love to do, though it’s notable that “No Mercy” is about seven months […]Read More

MOИK – IKIG4I

MOИK – IKIG4I – Album Review Goddamn…if you blink, you might miss him.  One moment he’s around, the next he’s gone, likely back in the lab, doin’ his thang, disconnected from the rest of the world, safely immersed in his realm of music. MOИK is back in action this year with…umm…IKIG4I?  Is that like…a license […]Read More

SBS Live This Week 215

Hell yeah!  Doin’ what we do, out here livin’ our best life, hittin’ up all the shows for all the bands and artists we’ve loved throughout the years, and bringing them back here to these pages of ours to share these memories with YOU.  This time around, on a triple bill no less, we get […]Read More

sunday works – “Turned To Gloss”

sunday works – “Turned To Gloss” – Single Review It’s always funny to me when I read about a band or an artist being “Experimental,” and then you listen, and you’re like…shouldn’t you get to be called something else if the experiment worked out?  I present to you, my case in-point…sunday works, who are currently […]Read More

Marvel Mike – V

Marvel Mike – V – EP Review Mannnnnnnnnnn…if y’all knew how much I hummed and hawed about putting Marvel Mike’s May The 4th Be With You EP on our top ten list back in 2021, you’d be as shocked as I am that it’s taken this long to get to his new record V.  No […]Read More

Eli Tidmore – “Jean” / “After Hours”

Eli Tidmore – “Jean” / “After Hours” – Singles Review Man…I tell ya…sometimes you click on something and you’re instantly wowed.  I didn’t know the name of Eli Tidmore before I pushed play on the song “Jean” from his album Chameleon, but I’ll certainly remember it now.  Call it a combination of awesomeness that created […]Read More