Largely driven by Andrew McFarland, best known for his work in Reptar, Co Co Ri Co and Giant Giants, Semicircle formed five years ago in Athens, GA as an experiment. Their first shows were completely […]
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Young Rapids, Reindeer and Gosh Pith at Baby’s All Right 1/24/15
Young Rapids, Reindeer and Gosh Pith Baby’s All Right January 24, 2015 The other day, I was at Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right for a late afternoon and early evening of a variety of electronic-based […]
New York-based alt-rock band Jarflower was formed after its two founding members and high-school friends Matt Miro (vocals, guitar) and Steven Kocal (drums) survived what they’ve described as a death-defying bike ride across Long Island, […]
if you frequent JOVM, it shouldn’t be terribly surprising that over the life of an album or an EP, that you may come across a number of posts about a particular artist – and maybe […]
Born and raised in Paris and currently located in Austin, TX, Hugo de Saint Quentin, the founding member of blues rock act Hooka Hey grew up listening to American rock ‘n’ roll; in fact, rock […]
Comprised of Rachel Gagliardi and Nicole Synder, the duo of Slutever recently located from Philadelphia to Los Angeles and much like countless others, they moved out west with the hopes of being famous. “Smother,” the […]
The Sunderland, UK-based multi-instrumentalist Ian Black is the creative mastermind of SLUG, a recording project that’s inspired by Led Zeppelin, Parliament Funkadelic, a heady and playful sense of experimentation, and a stint as Field Music’s […]
Up-and-coming singer/songwriter Natalie Prass was born in Cleveland and grew up in Virginia Beach, VA, where she took intensive visual art and music courses throughout high school. Pass eventually wound enrolling into Berklee College of […]
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 […]
Austin, TX-based psych rock quartet, The Bright Light Social Hour can trace their formation to when the members were students at the University of Texas. And they quickly developed a reputation for an oft-described incendiary […]
Although they officially formed in 2012 and are comprised of Matt Flegel (bass, vocals), Scott Munro (guitar), Daniel Christiansen (guitar) and Mike Wallace (drums), the up-and-coming Calgary, Alberta-based post-punk/indie rock quartet of Viet Cong can trace their origins to […]
Comprised of Jessica Boudreaux, Marc Swart, Devon Shirley and Jenny Logan, the Portland, OR-based quartet of Summer Cannibals released their debut effort to critical praise – and a ringing endorsement from their heroes, The Thermals. […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for the past year or so, you may have come across a couple of posts on the Buffalo, NY-based band Made Violent. The members of the band – Joe White (bass), Justin Acee (drums) […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=GBE651446208&playerType=embedded If you’ve been following JOVM for the past few months, you may have come across a couple of posts on the Irish-born and London-based sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow, who perform as the electro pop […]
Originally formed in Boston, MA back in 2008, Stroamata began as a trip-hop/psychedelic soul act but upon their relocation to New York and the addition of Dorothy “Dara” Eagle (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) to […]