As the son of renowned, jazz radio DJ, Jamil Rashad grew up in musical household in which a passionate interest in music was fostered and encouraged, and as a result Rashad listened to jazz, blues, […]
Category: Single Review
New Audio: The Sweetly, Anxious Earnestness of Diet Cig’s New Single, “Dinner Date”
Comprised of Alex Luciano (guitar, vocals) and Noah Bowman (drums), the New Paltz, NY-based duo Diet Cig caught the attention of the blogosphere earlier this year with the release of their Over Easy EP — and building […]
New Audio: Monogem’s Atmospheric and Sexy Cover of The Weeknd’s “Earned It”
Certainly, if you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the better part of the past year to about 18 months or so, you might be familiar with Monogem, an electro pop duo featuring singer/songwriter Jen Hirsh and producer/songwriter Scott […]
New Audio: Dam Funk’s Quiet Storm-Inspired, New Single “Glyde 2Night” and Two, Funky, Non-Album Tracks
If you’ve been following JOVM for some time, you’d likely know that over the past couple of years, the incredibly prolific multi-instrumentalist and producer, Dam-Funk has seen his profile grow exponentially for a sound that simultaneously channels […]
New Audio: maticulous Teams Up With Pittsburgh-based emcee Beedie On the Haunting New Single, “The Journey.”
maticulous is a Pittsburgh-born, Brooklyn-based producer, who has worked with the likes of Doom, RA the Rugged Man, Ruste Juxx, and is one half of emcee/production duo Audimatic, with Audible Doctor of the renowned hip-hop collective, Brown Bag AllStars. As a producer, […]
New Audio: Starbenders’ Pissed Off, Rebellious, New Single Channels L7 and Joan Jett
The Atlanta-based quartet Starbenders can trace their origins to when founding members, frontwoman and guitarist Kimi Shelter and drummer Katie Heron met at a wilderness therapy camp for troubled teens. The duo of Shelter and […]
New Audio: Menace Beach’s Latest Single “Ghoul Power” Channels 90s Grunge Rock
With the release of their debut full-length effort, Ratworld earlier this year, the Leeds, UK-based quintet Menace Beach, comprised of Ryan Needham, Liza Violet, Matt Spalding, Nestor Matthews and Nick Chantler received international attention for what has been described as channelling grunge/alternative’s […]
New Audio: Surf Rock Is Dead’s Summery, New Single “Anymore”
Kevin Pariso, who originally hails from Chicago and Joel Witenberg, who hails from Melbourne, Australia, met here in NYC, and after a jam session, the duo of Pariso and Witenberg decided that they should collaborate […]
New Audio: Hans Island’s Swooning, New Single “I’m Yours”
Comprised of Canadian producer Mwahs and Danish-born and London-based vocalist and electro pop artist Marie Dahlstrom, who has received attention across both Scandinavia and the European Union for her silky smooth vocals, the duo of Hans […]
New Audio: Introducing The Effortlessly, Soulful Sound of ZForbes
ZForbes is a Toronto-based producer/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist and beat maker, who has developed a reputation for effortlessly soulful productions and his latest single “Work That” will further cement that reputation as the single is comprised of chopped […]
New Audio: Introducing Portland, OR’s Mothertapes and Their Anthemic Yet Swooningly Romantic Sound
Comprised of Pete Bosack and Tommy Franzen, the Portland, OR-based duo Mothertapes can trace their collaborative efforts to the duo’s first musical project, Wax Fingers which they co-founded. Zac Jacobsen, was recruited to flesh out […]
New Audio: Introducing PILLARS and Her Ambient, Electro Pop Sound
PILLARS is a rather elusive and mysterious London-based singer/songwriter and producer, who despite initially only having experience as an acoustic musician has made waves as an electronic producer with her second and latest single “You […]
New Audio: Painted Palms, New, 80s Synth Pop and New Wave-Inspired Sound on “Refractor”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the past couple of years, you’d likely recall coming across a number of posts on Painted Palms. Comprised of the cousin duo of Reese Donahue and Christopher Prudhomme, the duo have […]
New Audio: Neon Indian’s Club-Banging, New Single “Slumlord”
Neon Indian is the solo recording project of the Mexican-born, Denton, TX-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and electronic music artist Alan Palomo. With the release of his first two albums, 2009’s Psychic Chasms and 2013’s Era Extraña, Palomo found his profile expanding […]
New Audio: Mocean Worker’s Propulsive, Swing-Era Jazz-Tinged House Music
Adam Dorn grew up obsessed with all things funk, and some of his earliest influences include Gap Band, Chic, Zapp, Brothers Johnson, Weather Report and others. Naturally, it was that obsession that drove a young […]