The members of the Beaverton, OR-based duo The Helio Sequence met when Brandon Summers (vocals, guitar, production) and Benjamin Weikel (keyboards, drums) were both employees at a local record store. Over the last 15 years, […]
Author: William Ruben Helms
Featuring members of the San Francisco-based psych rock band, Sleepy Sun, Fine Points is a side project that specializes in a very dreamy psych rock that also sounds as though it were were recorded in […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM for some time, you may recall that I interviewed the Pittsburgh-born, Brooklyn-based producer maticulous, and as he told me in that interview the Steel City has a rather vibrant and burgeoning […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USH5V1522424&playerType=embedded Los Angeles-based quartet Talk in Tongues have developed a reputation both across their hometown and Southern California for a shoegaze/psych rock sound that reportedly draws from Pink Floyd and the Creation Records roster, and […]
Comprised of Ben Hopkins and Liv Bruce, the New York-based queer punk duo PWR BTTM can trace their origins to when Hopkins and Bruce were students at Bard College. While as students, Hopkins and Bruce […]
Comprised of Jacob Faber (drums), Nick Kiveln (vocals, guitar) and Julia Cumming (vocals and bass), the Brooklyn-based trio Sunflower Bean are arguably one of New York’s best psych rock bands – and as a result, […]
New Audio: VIMES’ Cosmic Remix and Reworking of Kat Vinter’s “Downtime”
Australian-born and currently Berlin based electro pop artist Kat Vinter has had a lengthy career as a musician in a number of bands in Sydney’s and New York’s indie scenes. Interestingly, Vinter can trace the […]
Nashville, TN-based singer/songwriter and indie pop artist Lauren Strahm writes, performs and records under the moniker Fleurie. And with the Fleurie project, Strahm has developed a reputation for meshing a singer/songwriter approach with an uncanny […]
New Audio: Yuck’s Hold Me Closer Channels Dinosaur, Jr., Pavement, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins and 90s Alt Rock
With the release of their first two albums, 2011′s self-titled debut and 2013′s Glow and Behold, the London-based quartet Yuck quickly became international blogosphere sensations, thanks in part to a sound that many of my […]
Comprised of Jussi Brightmore and Thomas Fuselgang, the London-based duo Gum Takes Tooth have developed a reputation for a sound that boldly eschews pigeonholing and easy categorization as their sound possesses elements of prog rock, […]