If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past couple of years, you may recall that I’ve written quite a bit about Morgan Christopher Geer, who performs both solo and with a band as Drunken Prayer. […]
Tag: folk
New Audio: Alela Diane and Ryan Francesconi’s Gorgeous Duet “The Sun Today”
Currently based in Portland, OR and originally from Nevada City, CA, Alela Diane is critically acclaimed singer/songwriter who has previously released four albums — 2007’s The Pirate’s Gospel, 2009’s To Be Still, 2011’s Wild Divine and […]
New Audio: Introducing The Breezy, Electro Folk Sound of Melbourne, Australia’s Oh, Pep!
Comprised of Olivia ‘Liv’ Hally and Pepita ‘Pep’ Emmerichs, the Melbourne, Australia-based contemporary folk duo Oh, Pep! have quickly amassed quite a bit of success — and they haven’t yet turned 23; they were awarded the Young […]
New Audio: The Subtly Old-Timey Country of Blackheart Honeymoon’s “Mountains Speak”
Currently comprised of Ian Prebo (vocals, acoustic guitar), Wesley Amundsen (bass) Steve Andrea (guitar) Adrienne Marie Pollock (vocals, keys) Dusty Hayes (drums, vocals), the Seattle, WA-based quintet, Blackheart Honeymoon can trace their origins to when founding members […]
The Lexington, KY-based band Ancient Warfare can trace their origins to when its creative mastermind Echo Wilcox (vocals and guitar) was studying photography and motion graphics at the Savannah College of Art and Design. When […]
New Audio: Husky “Arrow”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the last few years, you may be familiar with the Melbourne, Australia-based quartet Husky. They’ve had the kind of success that people would immediately refer to as “overnight success” after […]
Over the better part of the past decade, New York-based singer/songwriter, harmonium and keyboardist Shilpa Ray has developed a reputation for being one of the city’s most compelling and unsung artists, with her first band, […]
Comprised of Sarah Dollar (vocals, acoustic/electric guitar) and Jon Rixon (vocals, acoustic/electric guitar, piano and percussion). the duo of The Paper Shades released their debut effort, Where You Lay EP to critical praise in their […]
Show Review: Big Muff Radio, Stolen Jars, Honduras and Lazyeyes at Baby’s All Right 1/11/15
Show Review: Big Muff Radio, Stolen Jars, Honduras and Lazyeyes Baby’s All Right January 11, 2015 With JOVM being a (mostly) one-man operation, it often means that i’m spending a great deal of attempting to […]
Originally formed in 2011 and comprised of Dan Htoo-Levine (guitar, vocals), Thom Brennan (trumpet), and Matt Hines (keyboards), the Boston, MA-based band Dan and The Wildfire originally started out as a indie folk band. However, […]
Frontman, songwriter and guitarist Ethan Miller first caught attention for his work in the Northern California-based psych rock band Comets on Fire. Originally, Howlin’ Rain started off in 2004 as a side project – the […]
The Melbourne, Australia-based quartet of Husky have had the kind of success that many journalists and fans would refer to as “overnight success.” As a result of winning Australian radio station, Triple J’s Unearthed Contest, […]
The primary members of Hiss Golden Messenger, the Durham, NC-based singer/songwriter M.C. Taylor and the Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist and recordist Scott Hirsch have been playing music together for almost two decades, and their fifth full-length effort, Lateness […]
Comprised of Jess Wolfe (lead vocals and synth), Holly Laessig (lead vocals and keys), Dan Molad (drums and vocals), Peter Lalish (guitar and vocals) and Andrew Burri (guitar, drums, vocals), the Brooklyn-based quintet of Lucius have been praised […]
As many of you know, The Joy of Violent Movement is a mostly one man operation run out of my apartment while I have a full-time job in midtown Manhattan. And as I’ve mentioned on […]