Born in Ireland and currently based in Brooklyn, electronic music artist and singer/songwriter Sorcha Richardson initially came to the States to study but after developing a number of close relationships within Brooklyn’s electronic music scene, Richardson’s […]
Tag: CMJ Festival
New Video: Introducing the Swaggering, Bluesy Sound of Melbourne, Australia’s Kingswood
Comprised of Fergus Linacre (lead vocals), Alex Laska (guitar and backing vocals), Jeremy “Mango” Hunter (bass and backing vocals), and Justin Debrincat (drums and backing vocals), the Melbourne, Australia-based quartet Kingwswood formed in 2009. And […]
Founded in 2011 by Adam Castaneda (bass) and featuring Pat Kelly (vocals, keyboard), Jon Durbin (trumpet), Michael Razo (trombone), Kevin Bernier (guitar), Jose “Chapy” Luna (percussion), Nick Zamora (vocals, drums), Cory Wilson (saxophone), Alex Zamora (vocals, […]
Comprised of Taigen Kawabe (bass/ vocals), Yuki Tsujii (guitar), Kohhei Matsuda (guitar) and Monchan Monna (drums), Bo Ningen is a Japanese-born, London-based quartet that has gained an international following for a psychedelic sound that’s decidedly […]
A couple of years ago, I caught the Cardiff, Wales, UK-based, blogosphere darling quintet of Joanna Gruesome at an incredible CMJ Showcase at the now-defcunt Death By Audio and although that night quickly turned out […]
If you’ve been following JOVM over the last couple of months, you may have heard me mention the Brooklyn-based electronica act, bottoms. Compressed of programmer and Bushwick drag festival co-creator and performance artist and vocalist Jake […]
Comprised of programmer and Bushwick drag festival co-creator, Simon Leahy; drummer, Michael Prommasit; and performance artist and vocalist, Jake Dielber, the trio of bottoms offered one of the most unique, most memorable “what the fuck?” […]
Comprised of Nick Williams (vocals), Sarik Kumar (guitar), Maxx Berkowitz (guitar), Andrew Ockenden (bass) and Vishnu Anatha (drums), the Brooklyn-based quintet of Twin Wave formed last year. And with a sound that possesses elements of […]
MadHouse Management CMJ Showcase at Arlene’s Grocery 10/25/14 feat. Ugly Kids Club, Penicillin Baby and Tesla Rossa
The week of the CMJ Festival is one of the busiest weeks of the year for just about anyone who works and covers music but it’s also one of the most exhausting and fun weeks […]
Untitled (The CMJ Edition)
If you’ve followed JOVM over its four year history, you may be familiar with an extensive photography project I conducted over the course of about a year and a half titled, The Black and White Project. It turned […]
