Tag: indie folk

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 […]

Deriving their name from an island just off the coast of Savannah, GA, the Atlanta-based quintet Little Tybee, comprised of Brock Scott (vocals, guitar, piano), Josh Martin (guitar), Nirvana Kelly (violin), Ryan Donald (bass) and […]

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, […]

If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few months, you’ll likely be familiar with Lee Miles, a Louisville, KY-based alt country/folk-rock/blues-rock artist who records and performs under the moniker of Chief Ghoul. And as […]

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 […]

Lee Miles is a Louisville, KY-based alt-country/folk-rock/blues-rock artist, who records and performs under the moniker of Chief Ghoul. And under the Chief Ghoul moniker, Miles has developed a reputation for a sound that channels the […]

Comprised of Dominic Sennett, Edward Ibbotson, Micky Osment, and Samuel Fry, the London-based quartet of Life In Film have built up quite a profile in their native UK and across the rest of the world […]

If you’ve been regularly following JOVM for some time now, you may recall that I’ve written a couple of posts about Kishi Bashi, a violinist, composer, vocalist and producer who has recorded and toured with […]

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, […]

The California-born and Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Bay Uno has been gaining attention across the blogosphere for the release of his first two singles “River” and “Catalina." Both singles are gorgeously atmospheric, densely layered, jangling guitar pop which […]

With the release of Ya Nuss last year, singer/songwriter Yasmine Hamdan received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a sound that meshes atmospheric electronica and pop, with traditional Lebanese and Middle Eastern folk music. […]

Each of the members of the Asheville, NC-based quartet of River Whyless – Ryan O’Keefe (guitars, vocals), Halli Anderson (violin, vocals), Alex McWalters (drums, percussion and Daniel Shearin (bass, vocals, harmonium, cello, harp) – have […]