The Dallas, TX-based quartet Dead Flowers have developed a reputation both locally and regionally for a boozy, blues rock sound that also possesses elements of punk rock in a way that arguably owes a debt […]
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Comprised of Corey Howe (vocals, guitar), Vince Tuley (guitar), Evan Johnson (bass) and Ed Chaney (drums), the Dallas, TX-based quartet Dead Flowers have developed a reputation both locally and regionally for a boozy, bluesy rock […]
Burette and Gabrielle Douglas began their musical careers as the founding members and frontpeople of the Dallas TX/Fort Worth, TX-based noise pop act Buck Jones but after a seven year run, the Douglases felt it […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for the past few months, you’d come across a post or two about the California-based duo OYLS. Formed a little over a year ago, electronic music duo OYLS can trace their formative moment to […]
Originally the founding members and front people of the Dallas, TX/Fort Worth, TX-based noise pop band Buck Jones, Burette and Gabrielle Douglas decided it was time for a major change; so they relocated to Burlington, […]
Madison King and Old 97s at Brooklyn Bowl 8/6/14
Madison King and Old 97s Brooklyn Bowl August 6, 2014 Formed back in 1993 in Dallas, TX by lead vocalist and primary songwriter Rhett Miller, Old 97s are considered by countless journalists, critics, industry folks and others as pioneers […]
A Q&A with Blackstone Rngrs’ Derek Kutzer
Dallas, TX-based shoegazer rock band Blackstone Rangers – you’ll also find them as Blackstone Rngrs – originally formed about four years ago featuring Ruth Ellen Smith (vocals, synths, drum machine) and Derek Kutzer. After a […]
Glow and Behold, the London-based Yuck’s sophomore album was critically well-received. And while playing sold out venues across the US and in their native London, the band stopped in the studio to record an EP […]
Russ Manning, a member of Twin Shadow, released one of my favorite albums last year, +1 EP under the moniker Rush Midnight. The material on that EP is reminiscent of the slickly produced, seductive, synth-based R&B you’d hear on WBLS’s […]
AM and Shawn Lee’s sophomore effort together as a duo, La Musique Numerique (translated from French it means “Digital Music”) was released earlier this year through Park the Van Records. With the release of the new album, the […]
A Q&A with Shelly Bhushan
Six years ago, I was started a stint as a freelance music journalist for the now-defunct Astoria, NY/Long island City-based publication, Ins&Outs Magazine. As a result of publishing a review of Interpol‘s Antics, I was invited to the […]
Album Review Ishi’s Digital Wounds
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Sub Pop Records will be releasing the London-based duo, Still Corners’ sophomore effort Strange Pleasures on May 7th. “Berlin Lovers,” the first single off the album has the band gently expanding their sound with a greater emphasis […]
“Zombies” is the second single from the Portland, OR-based band Radiation City’s upcoming Tender Loving Empire Records release, Animals in the Median, and what i love about this song is that it sounds like it was […]
“Disco Queen,” off the Dallas, TX-based act Ishi’s forthcoming album, Digital Wounds which Internal Records will release on April 9th is an incredibly funky and slickly produced track reminiscent of Chromeo, AVAN LAVA, Hercules and […]