Deriving their name as an acronym for the French phrase “D’où vient ton riz?” (Where does your rice come from?), Montréal-based duo and JOVM mainstays DVTR is a collaborative project featuring two of the city’s most highly accomplished and acclaimed artists:
- Laurence G-Do, the frontperson of JOVM mainstays Le Couleur, an act that has toured internationally several times, and has opened for Giorgio Moroder, Polo & Pan and others, while amassing over 18 million streams across digital streaming platforms.
- JC Tellier, who has played with Gazoline, an act that has received multiple ADISQ and GAMIQ award nominations, as well as Kandle, Xavier Caféine, Gab Bouchard and a lengthy list of other well-regarded artists in Québec.
With the release of their debut EP BONJOUR, the French Canadian duo have been burning up the Canadian indie scene: The EP amassed a plethora of rapturous reviews, landed on a number of Best of 2023 Lists and earned the duo a handful of awards in Québec. The JOVM mainstays also supported the EP with stops across the Francophone and global festival circuit.
Building upon a rapidly growing profile, the Montréal-based JOVM mainstays released a Spanish language version of “Rhum CokeMD” titled “Ron Coca MD” inspired by a sold-out appearance at Mexico City‘s Hipnosis Festival, which was also their first show in Mexico. The Spanish language version of the song continues a run of breakneck, punchy punk that’s a furious mix of early The B52s-like New Wave, psych punk and bedroom punk, while retaining the same breathless urgency of the Francophone original.
The Montréal-based JOVM mainstays latest single “Les Olympiques” continues a run of punchily breakneck punk rippers anchored in incisively satirical sociopolitical commentary — but while seeing the band’s sound seemingly draw from The Hives, The Strokes and The White Stripes among others.
Coming off the heels of the duo’s first — and most recent — European tour, “Les Olympiques,” is inspired by the millions of French people, who are either bored and/or devastated by this year’s Summer Olympics in Paris. The band jokes that the song is the perfect anthem to listen to while trashing both Paris and the Olympic Games.
The accompanying video is an over-the-top sendup of nationalism that features Tellier as a Canadian Mounted Police officer and G-Do as a Miss Canada.
The duo will be making a run of the Canadian Festival circuit over the summer. Check out the tour dates below. There’ll also be dates in Asia that will be announced later on this year.
DVTR 2024 CANADIAN FESTIVAL TOUR
4 July, 2024 | La Noce Festival, Chicoutimi, CAN
9 July, 2024 | Festival d’été de Québec, Québec, CAN
12 July, 2024 | ShazamFest, Barnston-West, CAN
3 August, 2024 | Osheaga, Montréal, CAN
10 August, 2024 | Osisko en lumière, Rouyn-Noranda, CAN
14 August, 2024 | Festival de la chanson de Granby, Granby, CAN
24 August, 2024 | Festival de la poutine, Drummondville, CAN
6 Sept, 2024 | Pré-Denises du Lac, Peribonka, CAN
+ Autumn dates in Asia to be announced & huge homecoming show at Montreal’s legendary Foufounes Électriques in December!
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