if you’ve been frequenting JOVM for some time now, you know that there are a number of artists you will hear about repeatedly over some time, which shouldn’t be terribly surprising over the course of […]
Tag: Fornication Under Consent of the King
Comprised of singer/songwriter Jen Hirsh, producer/songwriter Scott Smith, along with touring members drummer Nate Lotz and bassist/synth player Thomas Drayton ,electro pop act Monogem have been gaining attention across the blogosphere for a sound that […]
The Chicago-based emcee Jason Maek has quickly developed a reputation for lyrics that are thoughtful, thought-provoking and at times polarizing. “Fix It,” the latest single off Maek’s collaboration with Zaena, Maek Pandamonium describes a man’s battle to […]
Comprised of vocalist Randa Leigh and producer/multi-instrumentalist Brian Vincent, the Portland, OR-based electro pop act SOS have publicly claimed the xx, Aaliyah, D’Angelo and Kanye West as influences although lyrically, the duo’s work explores the […]
There are quite a few people who will complain that contemporary hip-hop is dead; however, what many of those people shamefully have missed is that hip-hop has quietly gone through a revolution similar to the […]
Maya Vik has received quite a bit of attention for her take on electronic pop/funk. As a member of Montee, she won a Norwegian Grammy, but as a solo artist she’s received quite a bit of attention […]
Beacon’s debut For Now EP was a hauntingly ominous album that manages to burrow into the dark places of regret, temptation and obsession with an extremely minimalist form of modern R&B and electronica — it’s an anxious, […]
Beacon’s For Now EP was a hauntingly ominous album that manages to burrow into the dark places of regret, temptation and obsession — it’s an anxious, fever dream of an album. As a result, For Now landed at number […]
a Q&A with Steven A. Clark
Ranking fourth on this site’s Best of 2012 list, behind the co-number ones, Cody ChesnuTT’s certain classic, Landing on a Hundred and Lee “Scratch” Perry and the Orb’s trippy, mind-bending The ORBSERVER in the star […]
