Comprised of Ross Dolan (guitar), Laura Dolan (vocals), Nick Vogelpohl (bass) and Nate Wagner (drums), the Cincinnati, OH-based quartet Electric Citizen have received attention for a sound that channels Led Zeppelin, Rush, early Deep Purple, […]
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New Video: The Haunting and Dreamlike “Closing Credits” by Iranian Indie Rock Act, King Raam
King Raam is the solo recording project of Raam, a Tehran-based musician, who started his career as the founder and singer/songwriter of Hypernova, a band that along with contemporaries Yellow Dogs were at the forefront […]
New Video: Monogem’s Breezy, 80s Synth Pop-Inspired “Wait and See”
Featuring singer/songwriter Jen Hirsh and producer/songwriter Scott Smith, electro pop project Monogem derives its name from a unique cosmic phenomenon — a Monogem Ring, the leftover glow of an supernova explosion. Interestingly, one of the largest monogem rings […]
New Video: WINDHAND’s Psychedelic and Nightmarish Video for “Crypt Key”
With the release of their first two full-length efforts, the Virginia-based band WINDHAND, comprised of Garrett Morris (guitar), Parker Chandler (gass) Dorthia Cottrell (vocals), Asechiah Bogdan (guitar), Ryan Wolfe (drums), have developed a reputation for […]
New Video: PWR BTTM’s Gloriously Weird, Gender Bending “Ugly Cherries”
If you’ve been following JOVM for a little while, you may be familiar with the New York-based queer punk duo PWR BTTM. Comprised of Ben Hopkins and Liv Bruce, band can trace their origins to when Hopkins and […]
New Video: Once A Tree’s Plaintive and Atmospheric “Lie To Me”
Comprised of Jayli Wolf and Hayden John Wolf, the Toronto-based electronic music duo Once A Tree have developed a reputation for pairing lyrics that come from deeply personal and hard-fought experience with a sound that defies […]
New Video: Copenhagen All-Girl Trio Baby In Vain’s Ass-Kicking, Name-Taking “Muscles”
Comprised of Lola Hammerich (vocals, guitar) and Andrea Thuesen (vocals, guitar) and Bendicte Pierleoni (drums), the young, up-and-coming Copenhagen Denmark-based trio Baby In Vain have rapidly built up and international profile as they’ve opened for the likes of Ty […]
New Video: Check Out a Strutting, Badass Elvis Impersonator in The Atom Age’s “Wasteoid”
Currently comprised of Ryan Perras (vocals, guitar), Peter Niven (vocals, guitar). John Murgueitio (drums), Brendan Frye (saxophone), Fred Brott (organ) and Kevin Mohn (bass), the Oakland, CA-based sextet The Atom Age originally formed in 2009, and […]
New Video: Miami Horror’s Summer Pop Confection, “Cellophane (So Cruel)”
With the 2010 release of their debut effort, Illumination, the Melbourne-based quartet of Miami Horror, comprised of founding member, Benjamin Plant (DJ and producer), Josh Moriarty (vocals, guitar), Aaron Shanahan (guitar, vocals and production) and Daniel Whitechuch (bass, […]
New Video: The Swooning Romanticism and 80s Post-Punk Revivalism of Communions’ “Forget It’s A Dream”
Comprised of brothers Martin and Mads Rehof, along with Jacob van Deurs Formann and Frederik Lind Köppen, the Danish quartet Communions have received both national and international attention across the blogosphere for shimmering and plaintive pop songs that sound […]
New Video: Sun Drug’s Sleek, Electronic-based “Wildman”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past couple of months, you may be familiar with the Los Angeles, CA-based quartet Sun Drug. Originally the band started off as a quintet under the name of Vanaprasta. […]
New Video: Sacramento’s Dog Party Brings Back Memories of Old School Punk on “Operation #2”
Comprised of Sacramento, CA-based sibling duo, Gwennie and Lucy Giles, Dog Party‘s sound draws from the classic punk of the Ramones and contemporaries like Ty Segall, Cub, Tiger Trap and others; in other words, incredibly hook-laden […]
New Video: The Sensual New Video for Jessica 6’s “Down Low”
Deriving their name from a character in the movie Logan’s Run, who rebels against an underground society’s lethal demands, the Brooklyn-based trio Jessica 6 can trace their origins to when its primary songwriter Nomi Ruiz invited two of […]
New Video: Beca’s Sensual “Bayonet” Channels Giorgio Moroder
Electro pop artist Beca graduated from The Juilliard School and began touring the world, performing with a number of renowned artists while developing her own unique sound and voice. With the release of her first […]
New Video: The Coathangers Hilarious Video for Ass-Kicking Album Single “Follow Me”
The Coathangers have one of the funniest and prototypically punk rock formation stories I’ve heard in recent memory. As the story goes, the Atlanta-based band formed when the then-quartet of guitarist and vocalist Julia Kugel […]