Born in Argentina, Fernando Viciconte, who now performs under the mononym Fernando, first made a name for himself with a stint as the frontman of the Los Angeles-based hard rock band Monkey Paw. Vicicconte relocated to Portland, […]
Category: indie rock
New Video: The Dead Weather’s Bluesy, Ass-Kicking New Single “I Feel Love (Every Million Miles)”
Comprised of Allison Mossheart of The Kills and Discount (vocals), Jack White formerly of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs (drums, guitar and vocals), Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age (guitar, keyboards, organs), […]
New Video: The Trippy, and Subtly Psychedelic Video for Made Violent’s “Wasted Days”
Comprised of Joe White (bass), Justin Acee (drums) and Rob Romano (guitar), the trio of longtime friends within Buffalo, NY-based trio of Made Violent have had a breakthrough 18 months or year or so, as they’ve received attention across […]
New Audio: Introducing the 80s-Inspired Sound of Melbourne, Australia’s Gold Class
Comprised of Adam Curley (vocals), Evan James Purdey (guitar), Jon Shub (bass) and Mark Hewitt (drums), Melbourne, Australia-based quartet Gold Class formed last year, and within a few months of their formation, they began to […]
New Audio: The Bluesy, Power Chord-Based Shuffle of The Hunted Crows’ New Single “Get Out”
Comprised of Luy Amiel (backing vocals, guitar) and Jacob Linnet (lead vocals, drums), the Melbourne, Australia-based duo The Hunted Crows have quickly developed a reputation for an enormous, swaggering arena-rocking sound of power chord-heavy guitar lines, tweeter and woofer […]
Live Concert Photography: Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band with Marco Foster and The Liza Colby Sound at Mercury Lounge 8/8/15
Live Concert Photography: Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band with Marco Foster Mercury Lounge August 8, 2015 If you’ve been following JOVM throughout this summer, you’d know that it’s been a rather busy time […]
New Audio: Thayer Sarrano’s Murky Yet Gorgeous New Single “Touch My Face”
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 […]
New Audio: Potty Mouth’s Latest Single Channels 120 Minutes-era Alternative Rock
As I’ve frequented mentioned on JOVM, I frequently multitask while playing many of the countless SoundCloud links and videos I receive, and sometimes I get so caught up that I wind up going through an […]
New Audio: Beijing, China-based Nova Heart’s Sexy, Shimmering, Dance-Floor Ready, New Single
Last month, I had written about the Beijing-based trio Nova Heart and “Lackluster No.,” the first single off the Chinese trio’s self-titled full-length debut, slated for an October 2 release through FakeLoveMusic. Initially, the project started as the […]
New Audio: Introducing The Swaggering Blues Sound of Colyer
Born in the South, raised in the Midwest and currently based in Los Angeles, Steven Colyer is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who writes, records and performs under the mononym Colyer. His debut single “Out […]
New Audio: Check Out Wildling’s Haunting Cover of Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold”
Comprised of Ryan Levine (lead vocals), Justin Levine (bass), Andrew Ampaya (keys, vocals), Erik Janson (guitar, vocals) and Casey Brothers (drums), the Los Angeles-based quintet Wildling were founded back in 2012, and although currently unsigned, the quintet will […]
New Audio: The Gorgeous and Swooning Sound of Los Angeles’ Line and Circle
Comprised of Brian J. Cohen (vocals, rhythm guitar), Eric Neujahr (guitar), Jon Engelhard (bass guitar), Brian Egan (keyboards) and Nick Cisik (drums), the Los Angeles-based quintet Line and Circle originally formed in Ohio. The quintet received national attention with […]
New Audio: The Urgent, Garage Rock Sound of Seattle’s Pony Time
The Seattle, WA-based duo Pony Time, comprised of Luke Beetham (bass, vocals) and Stacy Peck (drums) can trace their origins to when the duo met while helping a friend move a stereo in 2009. Initially, […]
New Video: The Timeless Sound of Sweden’s Frida Selander
With the release of her first two, critically applauded, full-length efforts, Frida Selander, an Umeå, Sweden-baesd singer/songwriter and guitarist has been considered by some critics as her country’s closest thing to Patti Smith and PJ Harvey — […]
New Audio: Starlight Girls Slinkily Seductive, Western Leaning, New Single “Hero”
Since their formation back in 2010, the Brooklyn-based sextet, Starlight Girls have developed a reputation for a unique brand of “noir-ish indie pop” and a live set that employs the use of video projections. After releasing a well-received, self-produced […]