Prose In Rosette – Abstract Retract

Prose In Rosette – Abstract Retract – EP Review Prose In Rosette is making sweet alternative music with a large indie-vibe running through it. Fans of bands like Sparklehorse or James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins will get that melodic sound they love with what Douglas Jay Hertel has been coming up with in the […]Read More

Dynamics Plus

Time to get REAL.  Dynamics Plus has been going his own route, doing things his own way and finding tremendous new ideas and ways to innovate through his music in a completely organic way.  I’ve been hooked on the dude and his creative rhymes since reviewing one of his latest albums here at SBS and […]Read More

Eric And Aaron – To Keep From Losing Our Minds

Eric And Aaron – To Keep From Losing Our Minds – EP Review Impressive songs from the song-writing duo of Eric And Aaron…I really felt like I didn’t know what I could or couldn’t expect in listening to their latest EP, To Keep From Losing Our Minds – and by the time it was over […]Read More

Haiqeem – “Don’t Give A Damn”

Haiqeem – “Don’t Give A Damn” – Single Review This doesn’t happen very often at all…but I think I’m honestly stumped here on whether or not the people out there will be able to following along with what Haiqeem is creating. With a clever, groovy bass-line opening, it’s almost hard to see that hard-rock edge […]Read More

Return For Refund – Return For Refund

Return For Refund – Return For Refund – EP Review Big rock sounds echoing out of Toronto, Canada, coming from the amplifiers of Return For Refund – a three-piece rock’n’roll crew built on frantically-intense, straight-to-your-face music. Incorporating skilled musicianship, complex timing signatures and blazing-hot performances, Return For Refund is making sure you get every pennies-worth […]Read More

TK – “I Don’t Know”

TK – “I Don’t Know” – Single Review For realz…how REAL is this? A solid time-out from TK on this brand-new single “I Don’t Know” – I busted out into an instant grin from ear-to-ear the moment that he started up his hustle & flow because I could hear hooks coming at me from every […]Read More

Solomon Vaughn – Vaughn Solo 1st Edition

Solomon Vaughn – Vaughn Solo 1st Edition – Album Review If this guy is gonna keep putting music out, Ima keep findin’ ways to get my hands on it and try to get my head around everything Solomon Vaughn is rapping about – just sayin! We’ve just come out of reviewing one of his latest […]Read More

Empire Of Gold – Raw

Empire Of Gold – Raw – EP Review It’s been a strange morning here at sleepingbagstudios… I could have sworn things were going to be record setting type-awesome today as I awoke to the sunshine streaming through the windows. Shortly after, I’m back here to my online world and in massive discussions with managers and […]Read More

Christone – “It’s Up To You”

Christone – “It’s Up To You” – Single Release Interesting tune from Christone…I don’t know that I’ve ever heard quite such a mix of eighties anthem-rock ideals meeting modern-day Mraz/Mayer sounds combined like this before. On my first pass through listening to the single, I almost couldn’t quite get my head around the entire enormity […]Read More