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 […]
Category: Single Review
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 […]
New Audio: The Youthful, Rebellious Rock ‘N’ Roll Sound of Hot Flash Heat Wave’s “Homecoming”
San Francisco-based quartet Hot Flash Heat Wave is comprised of four high school friends — Ted, Adam, Nathaniel and Nick — who all met while playing in a variety of bands in the Bay Area’s […]
New Audio: Los Angeles Duo, The Bulls’ Latest Single, “Rumors” Channels 120 Minutes-era Alternative Rock
Comprised of Anna Bulbrook, a multi-instrumentalist, best known as a member of The Airborne Toxic Event, and guitarist, Marc Sallis, best known as a member of The Duke Spirit, the Los Angeles-based duo The Bulls can trace […]
New Audio: Spires’ Jangling, Hook-Based, Single “Parallel Lines” Reveals a New Sound
Brooklyn-based band Spires initially began as founding member, Matt Stevenson’s solo home recording project, but the project quickly grew into an actual band when Jack Collins (bass), Samuel Shea (guitar, synth) and Ethan Snyder (drums) were enlisted to […]
New Audio: Wolkoff’s Coquettish, Hyper-Modern Yet Medieval Influenced, New Single “Hand It To The Bandit”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the past 18 months or so, you may be familiar with electro pop artist Joanie Wolkoff, who is probably best known across the blogosphere for her work in a […]
New Audio: Suffolk UK-based Frett’s Painterly New Single “Drop of Starch”
Frett are a rather mysterious, Suffolk, UK-based electronic production duo, who have started to receive attention in their native Suffolk and across the UK for a sound that draws from the likes of Jai Paul, […]
New Audio: Guilty Simpson Teams Up With Quakers’ Katalyst for The Hard-Hitting “Fractured”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the past couple of years, you may know that Detroit‘s Guilty Simpson is not only one of my favorite emcees, but I think he’s arguably one of contemporary hip-hop’s shamefully unheralded, under-appreciated […]