Sacramento, CA-based act !!! (pronounced chk! chk! chk!) have developed a reputation as being among a group of pioneers of NYC’s early 00s dance punk scene as their sound meshes punk rock energy with tight dance […]
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New Audio: Neon Indian’s Club-Banging, New Single “Slumlord”
Neon Indian is the solo recording project of the Mexican-born, Denton, TX-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and electronic music artist Alan Palomo. With the release of his first two albums, 2009’s Psychic Chasms and 2013’s Era Extraña, Palomo found his profile expanding […]
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, […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few months, you’d know the first five months of the year have been particular big for women pop artists – as artists like Phoebe Ryan, Chelsea Lankes […]
Fronted by Ryan Trauley, the Raleigh, NC-based quintet Oulipo have been praised across the blogosphere for a lush and complex pop sound that manages to be both intimate and anthemic. Of course, that shouldn’t be […]
Los Angeles, CA-based duo Woolf and the The Wondershow received attention across the blogosphere for their breezy and upbeat New Jack swing/French Horn Rebellion inspired pop track “Cloaked,” a song that possesses dense layers of synths, […]
Comprised of long-time friends, Jason Yarger, Jake Goldstein, Jacob Munk, Gregory Horne, Kevin Grimmett, and Joey Anderson, the Los Angeles, CA-based sextet Hunny’s sound draws from 1980s post-punk and an undying love of Prince. Within […]
Lithuanian producer and musician Marijus Adomaitis writes and records under the moniker of Ten Walls. And as Ten Walls, Adomaitis received both national attention in the UK and international attention after the release of the Gotham EP. […]
Electronic music artist, producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and talent scout Danny Darko has developed a reputation for a relentless sense of experimentation as his productions have spanned a wide range of EDM styles, genres and sub-genres […]
Over the years as a freelance journalist and blogger, I’ve interviewed several dozen artists in person, over the phone and through email, and as you can imagine I’ve written about and covered several hundred bands […]
Formed in Seattle in 2013 and currently based in Brooklyn, the quintet of LEGS received national attention when “So Obvious,” a single off their self-titled debut EP was featured in the 2014 indie rom-com Obvious Child […]
Indie dance pop sensation Body Language can trace their origins to when founding members Matthew Young and Grant Wheeler started making dance music and remixes of a weekly party they curated/DJ’ed in Hartford. Shortly after […]
Initially begun as a side, solo recording project, Tame Impala and the project’s creative mastermind, Kevin Parker received both national attention in his native Australia and international attention with the release of Innerspeaker and his […]
The Manchester, UK-based quartet of GIRL FRIEND has seen quite a bit of attention as they’ve received praise form The Guardian, The Line of Best Fit, DIY Magazine, Clash and others, received airplay from XFM […]