With its members split between Oakland, CA and Seattle, WA the quintet Happy Diving comprised of Matt Berry (guitar and vocals), Matt Yankovich (guitar), Kevin Prochnow (guitar), Mikey Rivera (bass) and Samuelito Cruz (drums), have […]
Interview: A Q&A with Jennie Vee
Singer/songwriter and bassist Jennie Vee grew up as “the goth girl” in a small Ontario town. And as the story goes, she Vee had pen pals, who had changed the course of her life, when […]
Live Footage: Biz Markie at Summerstage, Herbert von King Park 6/17/15
Last night, I was in lovely Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn to catch Masta Ace and the legendary Biz Markie perform at Herbert von King Park as part of Summerstage’s ongoing summer music, art and culture festival. […]
Over the past 10-15 years, soul music has seen a remarkable resurgence with a number of contemporary acts across the States and the world have adopted the sound – but instead of pure revivalism, have […]
With the release of their self-titled debut last year, the Brooklyn-based trio Lazyeyes, comprised of members of several locally-based indie bands features Jason Abrishami of The Twees (vocals, guitar), Paul Volpe of Triple Cobra (bass) […]
Although they manage to operate with a purposefully mysterious cloak around them, the Stockholm, Sweden-based electro pop act Baron Bane formed in 2003, and since the act’s formation they’ve developed a reputation for a sound […]
Over the past thirty or so years, several Australian artists have become internationally-known sensations including Men at Work, INXS, Midnight Oil, The Church, Cut Copy, Tame Impala and several others. Last year, the Melbourne, Australia-born, […]
When The Jesus and Mary Chain released their seminal album, Psychocandy, 30 years ago, the members of the band had intended it to be a proverbial kick in the teeth to everyone who they felt stood […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM for the past year or so, you may be familiar with the New York-based singer/songwriter Sylvia Black. Black has received international attention for her time as the front woman of […]
The sibling tro of Allie, Jaclyn and Trevor Blumas, the Toronto, ON/Montreal, QC-based electronic act Doomsquad won attention across their native Canada and internationally with the release of their debut effort, Kalaboogie, an effort that […]