Tag: indie garage rock

Much ink has been spilled on the London-based quartet The Psychedelic Furs of the course of their almost 40 year recording career. And if you were a child of the 80s as I was, the band will likely hold a dear place in your heard — especially if you loved Pretty in Pink. “Love My Way” is one my favorite Psychedelic Furs songs — and interestingly, Grace Vonderkuhn, a Wilmington, DE-based singer/songwriter and guitarist, developing a reputation for a sound that meshes psych rock, garage rock and pop recently covered “Love My Way.”

Vonderkuhn’s cover retains the song’s familiar melody and anthemic hooks but slows the song’s tempo down to a slow-burning, trippy shuffle consisting of layers of feedback, blistering guitar work and thundering drum, turning the song into a broodingly bluesy wail.

With the release of several singles off their forthcoming full-length album, White Reaper Does It Again, the Louisville, KY-based quartet White Reaper have forcefully taken over the blogosphere with an urgent, no bullshit, primal, old-fashioned […]

Deriving their name from a line in a Tom Waits song, the San Francisco, CA-based quartet Jet Trash continue the Bay Area’s long-held reputation for gritty garage-based rock with “Baby C’mon,” the first single off the […]

Fronted by brothers Jim Blaha (baritone guitar and vocals) and Mike Blaha (guitar and vocals) with their buddy Dave Roper (drums), the Minneapolis, MN-based trio The Blind Shake have been a vital part of Minneapolis’ […]

Comprised of Flynn Cock (drums), Kerley Cock (bass) and Murphy Cock (guitar), the Brisbane, Australia-based trio Bottlecock describe their sound on their Facebook Fan Page as “Big, loud, noisy, thrusty rock.” And as a result of […]

If you’ve been frequenting JOVM for the past year or so, you may be familiar with the Louisville, KY-based quartet, White Reaper. Comprised of Tony Esposito (vocals, guitar), Ryan Hater (keyboards), Sam Wilkerson (bass) and […]

As I’ve often mentioned on this page, I receive quite a bit of email from a variety of publicity firms, labels, band managers. bands and artists from all over the world, and although it can […]

Produced by The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wanger, Crocodiles’ fourth album, Crimes of Passion meshed sleazy, reckless hedonism and furiously, noisy psychedelia with catchy hooks and an uncanny sense of melody underneath the scuzzy, hedonist surface. […]

Led by John Dwyer, the San Francisco-based quartet Thee Oh Sees have been insanely prolific, as they’ve released over a dozen albums since 2004 with each of those albums have managing to sound decidedly different, […]

Crocodiles’ fourth album, Crimes of Passion, was one of my favorite releases of 2013. Produced by The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner, the material on the album meshed sleazy, reckless hedonism and furiously, noisy psychedelia with […]

After releasing two albums through the world renowned Australian label, Modular Recordings, the label home of Tame Impala, Cut Copy, The Presets and others, the Sydney, Australia-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Boulet decided it was time […]