Tag: indie electro synth pop

Back in 2012, the New York-based electronic/electro pop act House of Blondes’ fantastic Clean Cuts landed at number 5 on this site’s Best of List that year, thanks to a sound that reminded me quite […]

If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few months, you might be familiar with the up-and-coming, Spanish-born, Berlin-based singer/songwriter Sofi de la Torre. de la Torre began writing songs when she was 14 and […]

If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the last few months, you may be familiar with the Irish electronic music singer/songwriter and producer Roisin Murphy.  Murphy started her musical career as one-half of the duo Moloko with her […]

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook, you’d likely know that this week has been insanely busy for me, as i’ve been covering the Northside Festival in North Brooklyn with my dear […]

Brooklyn-based producer, vocalist and electro pop artist Lorely Rodriguez is an up-and-coming artist, who writes, performs and records under the moniker Empress Of. Rodriguez first caught the attention of the blogosphere with the release of […]

In the five years I’ve been running JOVM, I’ve heard from an increasing number of labels, artists, bands, band managers and publicity firms located in some rather interesting and far-flung places across our little blue […]

Deriving their name from a theory about Earth possibly having a twin moon, and comprised of Bryce Boudreau (vocals) and Chris Murphy (multi-instrumentalist, producer), the duo of Lunar Twin can trace their origins to when […]

Up-and-coming London-based vocalist and producer Rationale has quickly captured the attention of the blogosphere, as his debut track “Fast Lane” which was released last month received 450,000 plays and quickly climbed to the top of the […]

Over the last few years, Montreal has developed a reputation for a rather vital, intriguing and diverse electronic music scene as acts such as Grimes, BRAIDS, Majical Cloudz, Jef Barbara and others. Seoul, comprised of […]

Although they manage to operate with a purposefully mysterious cloak around them, the Stockholm, Sweden-based electro pop act Baron Bane formed in 2003, and since the act’s formation they’ve developed a reputation for a sound […]

Comprised of Ian Mackintosh and Ben Braun, the Portland, OR-based duo of Mackintosh Braun immediately began writing and recording music together when they first met over 8 years ago. As Braun says, “We were so on […]

Deriving their name from an archaic English word sloom, which according to Wiktionary means:  v. To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.v. To soften or rot with damp.n. Slumber.To slumber; waste; decay.To […]

Lawrence Curry is  Halifax, NS-based composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound designer, who shifted from classically-based compositions to digital audio workstations and a MIDI keyboard to produce original music and sound design for film and media art […]

Comprised of Louie Bash (synthesizers, samplers), David Mikkelson (vocals), Nathan Hope (drums) and Tom Racine (guitar), the Boise, ID-based electro pop quartet Shades derived their band’s name from the concept of synesthesia, the neurological condition […]