Largely inspired by The Velvet Underground and The Zombies, the up-and-coming Toronto, ON-based quartet GROUNDERS, comprised of Andrew Davis (vocals, guitar), Mike Searle (bass), Daniel Bushelkin (keyboards) and Evan Lewis (guitar) have received attention across […]
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Comprised of Danny White and Steven Mudd, the electro pop duo of Golden Coast met in college while individually producing and writing for a number of artists before deciding to team up and collaborate on […]
Lucio Morais is a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based DJ and producer, best known as one half of the renowned electronic music duo Database. And with Database, Morais has worked with Fatboy Slim, Dragonette, Mark Ronson, French […]
Led by John Dwyer, the San Francisco-based quartet Thee Oh Sees have been insanely prolific, as they’ve released over a dozen albums since 2004 with each of those albums have managing to sound decidedly different, […]
Currently comprised of John Gamino (keyboards and vocals), Nolan Girard (guitar and synths), Jake Sheley (guitar), Ventura Garcia (drums) and Andrew O’Neil (bass), the Bay Area-based quintet Mondo Drag have developed a reputation for being […]
Crocodiles’ fourth album, Crimes of Passion, was one of my favorite releases of 2013. Produced by The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner, the material on the album meshed sleazy, reckless hedonism and furiously, noisy psychedelia with […]
Spanish indie rock band Parlement initially began as a solo recording project of founding member and primary singer/songwriter Stefan Robert. The act slowly expanded when Robert began recording with producer and bassist Raul Parra. Flagon […]
Live Concert Photography: Spires and The Budos Band at Brooklyn Bowl 3/27/15
Live Concert Photography: Spires and Budos Band Brooklyn Bowl March 27, 2015 March was a particularly busy month of live music and it ended with two shows at Brooklyn Bowl around my 36th birthday – […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past year or so, you may have come across a post or two about a Rhythm Scholar, a producer and DJ, who first came to my attention with […]
As a hip-hop fan going back to the early 80s, it seems to me that at times the genre and its fans can frequently be incredibly fickle, and as the genre goes through its inevitable […]