http://www.npr.org/player/embed/439189347/440273506 Air Waves is the solo recording project of Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter, Nicole Schneit, who often collaborates with the likes of Hospitality’s Brain Betancourt (bass, vocals), Blake Luley (guitar, keyboard) and David Christian (drums) along with […]
Category: indie rock
New Video: Bad Bad Hats’ Goofy, Salad Toting Video for “Shame”
Psychic Reader, the debut full-length effort from the Minneapolis, MN-based trio Bad Bad Hats has received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere, since its July release through Afternoon Records. The album’s first single “Shame” is comprised of angular […]
New Single: Joseph Giant’s New Single “On The Run” Channels, Classic Rock Sound of the 70s
Formed by its creative mastermind, Joe Syverson back in 2010, the Seattle, WA-based quartet Joseph Giant quickly found themselves with a growing local and national profile as they’ve toured with and opened for a list […]
New Video: Strange Wilds “Pronoia” Channels Early Nirvana and 90s Grunge
Comprised of Steven (guitar and vocals), Allen (drums) and Sean (bass), the Pacific Northwestern trio Strange Wilds can trace their origins to 2012, when Steven and Sean first met. At the time, Sean was in […]
New Audio: Mantles Old-School, Jangling, New Single “Police My Love”
Bay Area-based quartet Mantles, first received attention with the release of their earliest single “Don’t Lie,” and through the years, the band has gone through a number of lineup changes; in fact, the band went […]
New Audio: Sego’s Latest Single “Townland” Channels The Talking Heads, Superhuman Happiness and Others
As I’ve frequently mentioned on this site in the past, I’m often going through a number of tracks while multitasking — usually I’m watching a ballgame or some true crime story show while listening to […]
Live Footage: A Place to Bury Strangers on Last Call with Carson Daly
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Live Footage: METZ on Seattle’s KEXP
With the release of their self-titled debut effort in 2012, the Toronto-based trio Metz received both national and international attention for a sound that may remind listeners to Bleach and In Utereo-era Nirvana, A Place to Bury Strangers and Japandroids as their material is […]
New Audio: Carroll’s Dreamy, Shoegaze Rock-based New Single “Green Acres”
Comprised of Brian Harlow (vocals), Charlie Rudoy (drums), Max Kulicke (guitar) and Charles McClung (bass), the Minneapolis, MN-based quartet Carroll can trace their origins to when its founding members and college classmates Harlow and Rudoy decided to move in together in […]
New Video: Thayer Sarrano’s Gorgeous and Hauntingly Cinematic Video for “Shaky”
Athens, GA-based multi-instrumentalist Thayer Sarrano has had quite an interesting life: Sarrano grew up in a monastery and in the swamps of Georgia’s southern coast. As a child, Sarrano was classically trained, wrote poetry and compositions — […]
New Video: Ancient Warfare’s Spirit Conjuring Video For “Gunsmoke”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few months, you may have come across a couple of posts about the Lexington, KY-based band Ancient Warfare. The project can trace its origins to when its creative mastermind Echo Wilcox […]
New Audio: Caustic Casanova’s Sludgy, Ass-Kicking, New Single “The Forgiveness Machine”
Currently comprised of Stefanie Zaenker (drums, vocals), Francis Beringer (bass and lead vocals) and Andrew Yonki (guitars), the Washington, DC-based trio Caustic Casanova can trace their origins to when members met while students at The […]
New Audio: Nashville’s Los Colognes’ Sound Channels 70s AM Rock
Comprised of founding members Jay Rutherford (guitar, vocals), Aaron Mortenson (drums, percussions) and Gordon Persha (bass), along with Micah Hulscher (keyboards), Chuck Foster (keyboards) and Wojtek Krupka (guitar), the Nashville, TN-based sextet Los Colognes can trace […]
New Audio: Ghosts in Pocket’s New Single Channels Interpol and The National
Comprised of Keith Beshwate (vocals, guitar, primary songwriter), Zach Mullen (guitar, vocals), Chris Pulley (drums), Nick Hartman (bass), and Eric Atkinson (keys, guitar and horns), the Southern California-based quintet Ghosts in Pocket formed in 2011. The […]
New Audio: Introducing Frankie Broyles’ Haunting, Ethereal Pop
Born and reared in Atlanta, Frankie Broyles spent a great deal of his free time as a child and as a teenager, experimenting with various musical instruments in his parents’ unfinished basement. And by the […]