Wallace Gollan, who performs under the mononym Wallace, is a Sydney, Australia-based singer/songwriter, whose expressive and soulful vocals are paired with a sound that draws heavily from blues, soul, jazz and pop, and as a result […]
Tag: indie pop
New Audio: BASECAMP’s R&B Influenced “Watch My Back” Channels Timbaland-era Missy Elliot
Comprised of Aaron Miller, Aaron C. Harmon, and Jordan Reyes, the Nashville, TN-based trio BASECAMP have developed a reputation for an electro pop sound that draws heavily from R&B; in fact, “Watch My Back,” the […]
New Video: Once A Tree’s Plaintive and Atmospheric “Lie To Me”
Comprised of Jayli Wolf and Hayden John Wolf, the Toronto-based electronic music duo Once A Tree have developed a reputation for pairing lyrics that come from deeply personal and hard-fought experience with a sound that defies […]
New Audio: Tongues’ Arena-Friendly Synth Pop Track “Religion”
Tongues is an up-and-coming (and somewhat mysterious) Glasgow, Scotland-based electronic pop artist, who has built up quite a bit of buzz across the UK. He recently performed at the Introducing Stage at the T in […]
New Audio: Stereo Off’s Sleek, Seductive, New Single “Hotel Mirror”
New York-based quintet Stereo Off can trace their origins to when founding member Sebastian (vocals) started the project as a solo recording project back in 2012. The project evolved to its current iteration when Sebastian […]
New Audio: The Lush and Brooding New Single from Lexington, KY’s Ancient Warfare
If you’ve been following JOVM for the past couple of months, you might be familiar with the Lexington, KY-based band Ancient Warfare and “Gunsmoke,” the first single off the newly-minted quartet’s forthcoming effort, The Pale Horse, slated for an […]
New Video: Miami Horror’s Summer Pop Confection, “Cellophane (So Cruel)”
With the 2010 release of their debut effort, Illumination, the Melbourne-based quartet of Miami Horror, comprised of founding member, Benjamin Plant (DJ and producer), Josh Moriarty (vocals, guitar), Aaron Shanahan (guitar, vocals and production) and Daniel Whitechuch (bass, […]
New Video: The Swooning Romanticism and 80s Post-Punk Revivalism of Communions’ “Forget It’s A Dream”
Comprised of brothers Martin and Mads Rehof, along with Jacob van Deurs Formann and Frederik Lind Köppen, the Danish quartet Communions have received both national and international attention across the blogosphere for shimmering and plaintive pop songs that sound […]
New Audio: Beat Connection’s Joyous Summer Love Track “So Good”
With the release of their critically applauded debut effort, Peace Garden, Beat Connection quickly became a blogosphere sensation for a slickly produced dance rock sound. Now, if you’ve been following JOVM for the last few months, you […]
New Audio: We Came As Strangers’ Hauntingly Gorgeous New Single “Eyedom”
Comprised of Justin Sandercoe (guitar), Tim Harries (bass), Ellem (vocals), and Owen Thomas (production), the members of We Came As Strangers began collaborating together as an experimental pop, side project from the members various professional endeavors. As Sandercoe […]
New Video: The Sensual New Video for Jessica 6’s “Down Low”
Deriving their name from a character in the movie Logan’s Run, who rebels against an underground society’s lethal demands, the Brooklyn-based trio Jessica 6 can trace their origins to when its primary songwriter Nomi Ruiz invited two of […]
New Video: The Powerful and Affecting Video for Cold Specks’ “Season of Doubt”
With the release of her critically applauded full-length debut, I Predict A Graceful Expulsion!, Cold Specks, the solo recording project of Canadian-born, UK-based singer/songwriter Ladan Hussein, quickly became an international sensation. In fact, in the […]
New Audio: Wax Idols Newest Single “Lonely You” Channels Shimmering 80s New Wave
It’s been a couple of years since the release of Wax Idols‘ critically applauded 2013 release, Discipline + Desire, and over the course of the past two years, the quartet’s frontperson and primary songwriter Hether […]
New Audio: Fake Tears’ Latest Single “Second Wind” Channels 80s Synth-Based Goth Pop
Comprised of Larissa Loyva and Elisha May Rembold, the members of the duo Fake Tears are extremely accomplished in their own right. Loyva has released two solo albums under the moniker, Kellarissa and has been […]
New Audio: Chicago’s The Main Squeeze Specializes in Old-School-Inspired, Funky, Soulful Pop on “Angelus”
Consisting of Corey Frye (vocals), Max Newman (guitar), Ben “Smiley” Silverstein (keyboards), Reuben Gingrich (drums) and Jeremiah Hunt (bass), neo-soul act, The Main Squeeze originally formed in Bloomington, IN before they eventually relocated to Chicago (which […]