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 — […]
Category: Video Review
New Video: Seapony’s Jangling, New Single “Couldn’t Be”
The Olympia, WA–based band Seapony received both national and international attention with the release of their first two full-length albums, Go With Me and Falling, and as a result the band wound up taking their sound based around the simple catchy […]
New Video: The Main Squeeze’s Soulful Cover of Bob Marley’s “Sun Is Shining”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past month or so, you may be familiar with the neo-soul act, The Main Squeeze. The band which consists of of Corey Frye (vocals), Max Newman (guitar), Ben “Smiley” Silverstein (keyboards), […]
New Video: The Eerie and Haunting Video for Tame Impala’s “Let It Happen”
With the release of his first two albums, Innerspeaker and Lonerism, Tame Impala, the solo-recording project of Melbourne, Australia-based musician Kevin Parker became an international sensation. Considering that the project was initially began as a side project, such success […]
New Video: The Surreal, New Video for Beat Connection’s “So Good.”
With the release of their critically applauded debut effort, Palace Garden, Beat Connection quickly became a blogosphere sensation for a slickly produced dance rock sound. Now, if you’ve been following JOVM for the last few months, you may recall that […]
New Video: GHXST’s Sludgy, Stoner Rock and Doom Metal-Inspired “Nowhere”
Comprised of Shelley X, Chris Wild and Nathan La Guerra, the somewhat mysterious New York-based trio GHXST have developed a reputation for sludgy, stoner rock-inspired doom rock. And “Nowhere,” the EP title track of the […]
New Video: Courtney Barnett’s “Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go To The Party” Channels 120 Minutes-era Alternative Rock
With the release of I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Farris EP, How to Carve a Carrot Into a Rose EP and the double EP The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas (which, from my understanding is a […]
New Video: Science and the Beat’s Seductive “Mean Streak”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past month or so, you might remember hearing about Science and the Beat, the goth music duo, comprised of multi-instrumentalists Tasha Katrine and Rob Zilla. Katrine and Zilla have had […]
New Video: The Psychedelic Video and Sounds of Zenith Myth’s “Temple Dome”
Zenith Myth is the solo recording project of Los Angeles-based producer, electronic music artist and multi-instrumentalist, Mike Edwards. And Edwards’ sophomore effort with the Zenith Myth project, Eclipsed V is reportedly a shift towards a more experimental, ambient and drone-like […]
New Video: The Hazy, Neon Colored, New Video for Dirty Ghosts’ “Cataract”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the last couple of years, you may be familiar with Dirty Ghosts, the solo recording project of its Toronto-born, San Francisco-based singer/songwriter/guitarist and creative mastermind, Allyson Baker. Baker has […]
New Video: The Surreal and Dream-like New Video for Vadaat Charigim’s “Hashiamum Shokea”
With the release of their debut effort, The World Is Well Lost, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based trio Vaadat Charigim received both national and international attention for a sound that’s heavily indebted to 80s and 90s alternative rock and to […]
New Video: New Order’s Medieval Times-Inspired Video for New Single “Restless”
Since their formation in the aftermath of Ian Curtis‘ suicide over 35 years ago, there has been much ink spilled throughout New Order’s history, so delving deeply into their backstory is largely unnecessary; however, what I will say […]
New Video: Ruby Boots’ “Wrap Me In A Fever” Channels Neko Case and Others
Singer/songwriter Bex Chilcott, best known in her native Australia under the moniker of Ruby Boots has led quite a life. When she was 16. Chilcott left Perth and worked her way up the desolate Western […]
New Video: The Breezy Yet Mournful Psychedelia of Astronauts etc.’s “I Know”
When we look back at our own lives, it can seem that there was only one path we were meant to go but in reality, there were often countless paths, in which any number of […]
New Video: The Hallucinogenic, New Video for MAFF’s “Act 1”
Childhood friends and co-founders Richi Gómez (vocals, bass and guitar) and Nicolás “Nek” Colombres (drums) have played together in a number of Santiago, Chile-based punk bands when they formed MAFF back in 2012. Martín Colombres (guitar) and […]