Surrender The Spirit and Surf Rock Is Dead Piano’s January 29, 2015 Over the last few years, I haven’t frequented Piano’s as much as I once did. As it has turned out, a lot of […]
Tag: indie psych rock
Shana Falana is a Kingston, NY-based, experimental, shoegaze/dream pop artist, who has been praised by several publications for a live set that combines live looping of reverb-drenched vocals, pre-recorded backing tracks, shimmering guitar and drums and […]
The Bay Area-based Sugar Candy Mountain originally began in rather humble fashion – as the bedroom recording project of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Will Halsey, who’s best known for his work in several Bay Area bands including The […]
The members of the Allah-Las – Miles Michaud (vocals, guitar), Spencer Dunham (bass), Matthew Correia (percussion), and Pedrum Siadatian (guitar) – met while working at renowned, Los Angeles indie record store Amoeba Music. Formed in […]
Comprised of Adrian Acosta (guitar, programming, vocals), Jessica Huang (guitar, keys, vocals), Adrian De La Cruz (guitar). Carlos Michel (bass, sampler) and Danny Rossi (drums), the Los Angeles, CA-based shoegaze quintet of Draag began under […]
Needle Points, Twincest, Paperhaus and Zula at Palisades 12/10/14
Needle Points, Twincest, Paperhaus and Zula Palisades December 10, 2014 With 2014 coming to a close, there will be a bit of looking back at the year that was – a year that managed to […]
Although they formed earlier this year, the Los Angeles CA-based Le Noire have gained quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a sound that has elements of psychedelia, grunge and garage rock. Their […]
Released in 2012 to critical acclaim from the likes of NPR, Washington City Paper, The Vinyl District and Head Underwater, Day Light Savings, the debut effort from the Washington, DC-based quartet of Young Rapids managed […]
Comprised of Jared Petrich, Dana Rogge, Adam Halferty and a number of musician friends and collaborators, the Los Angeles,CA-based band of The Tulips have developed a reputation for crating dreamy melodies paired with ethereal harmonies […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for some time, you may remember coming across a couple of posts on the Los Angeles-based band Cobalt Cranes, a band that had quickly developed a reputation across Southern California for a sound that […]
The Blank Tapes is the solo recording and musical project of the California-based Matt Adams. A native West Coaster, Adams has spent the past ten years or so developing a reputation for writing stoner/psych pop […]
Comprised of founding and fairly constant members Marcus Admund (vocals), and Albin Wesley (bass) and current members, Nikki Nyberg (guitar) and Erik Fritz (drums), the Stockholm-based indie rock quartet of Honeymilk formed in 2012. However, […]
A Q&A with The Harrow
Comprised of Vanessa Irena (vocals, synths and programming), Frank Deserto (bass, synth and electronics), Barrett Hiatt (synth, programming), and Greg Fasolino (guitar), the Brooklyn-based quartet of The Harrow can trace their beginnings to 2008 when the project […]
Like a lot of young people, Justin Fernandez, best known as J. Fernandez relocated to Chicago for a job with Rand McNally during the early 2000s, and during that period he spent a number of […]
Fronted by Dexy Valentine, Magic Wands have received quite a bit of attention as their music has been licensed for use in commercials for Victoria’s Secret, Vogue’s Fashion Week, Gucci, Zara, T-Mobile, Beauty and the Beast, The Vampire Diaries and the Diablo Cody film The Power of Few. […]