Howard Louis – Survival Mode & Things

Howard Louis – Survival Mode & Things – EP Review Dude’s always been a good singer, and he’s sounding as solid as ever with the way he opens up his new Survival Mode & Things EP with “I Don’t Trust Myself.”  Fun fact – he’s got this cut so perfectly on each end of the […]Read More

Helen O’Shea – Sturdy Souls

Helen O’Shea – Sturdy Souls – Album Review Alrighty…as some of you might remember from earlier this month in October, we had a peek into what singer/songwriter Helen O’Shea was up to with a couple of tracks from her album Sturdy Souls in review – and now we’re back to finish the job by checking […]Read More

Land Of Chocolate – Your Finest Hour

Land Of Chocolate – Your Finest Hour – Album Review “This album is old enough to vote.”  #TheyAreNotKiddingYall Even though their sound actually traces back much further to the roots of Progressive music and its first clever combinations to include some Pop/Jazz into its whole Rock vibe, if we’re talking about the nineteen-plus years ago […]Read More

SBS Podcast 155

Crack open the can y’all – it’s Friday night and it’s time for some new tunes! And where better to find’em than right here on the SBS Podcast, back with another Proof Of Purchase special – Volume 20 – fully loaded with music we purloined from Bandcamp Fridays all the way back at the end […]Read More

Paul Bibbins – Disenchantment At A Distance

Paul Bibbins – Disenchantment At A Distance – EP Review From the same man that brought you The Last Perfect Performance! I guess he figured there was still something else he was able to offer your speakers or he wouldn’t be back with a brand-new EP, right? Paul Bibbins also happens to be one of […]Read More

Fergal Nash – On A Constant Roll

Fergal Nash – On A Constant Roll – Album Review You can hear that classic singer/songwriter vibe in Fergal Nash as his upcoming album On A Constant Roll (Oct. 27th) starts up with “Walking Tall.”  I can get behind what I’m hearing well enough…he’s got that light-Rock vibe that took over in the late 90s […]Read More

Blunt Objects – No One’s Coming

Blunt Objects – No One’s Coming – Album Review Has it really been since July that I last reviewed the music of Bill Owens in Blunt Objects?  That seems crazy to me…it still feels like it was just yesterday.  I mean…I know I was talking about him yesterday in reviewing a record by Big Bus […]Read More

Big Bus Dream – C’mon Dream

Big Bus Dream – C’mon Dream – Album Review Alrighty y’all…let’s talk about Big Bus Dream.  You might remember some of the postings we’ve had of this project led by Mike Shannon, formerly of the band 4th Ward back in the early 2000s – we’ve posted up tracks by Big Bus Dream called “Operator” back […]Read More

Andrea Pizzo And The Purple Mice – “Bombshell” / “The

Andrea Pizzo And The Purple Mice – “Bombshell” / “The Ballad Of Alan Mathison” – Singles Review For real Andrea…what’s got you shoutin’ up a storm my friend?  I promise we can hear you. So…look…in the past reviews I’ve written on Andrea Pizzo And The Purple Mice, I’ve already made it crystal clear that this […]Read More

speakeazie – Forsaken Melodies

speakeazie – Forsaken Melodies – EP Review Alright…so…where did we leave off in the last chapter back in July of last year?  I mentioned speakeazie had one of the best songs of the year with her single “Love Me Wild, Love Me Crazy,” right?  I think that’s the way it went…I’d have to brush up […]Read More