Japanther’s Ian Vanek has long maintained a side-project with a rotating cast of musician friends by the name of Howardian. Although Vanek has been actively creating music in Howardian for some time, tomorrow marks the release […]
Tag: indie rock
If you’ve been following JOVM for the past year or so, you may have come across a couple of posts on the duo of Baby Alpaca. Comprised of singer/songwriter Chris Kittrell and guitarist Zach McMillan, the duo originally […]
With the release of their debut effort, the Philadelphia, PA-based trio of Busses, comprised of Dave Brett, Jason Bachman and Nick Apice, the trio won attention for an effort that sonically speaking, effortlessly and defiantly […]
Founded in Cincinnati, OH back in 1988, the Afghan Whigs have long been a sort of cult favorite band — music journalists and musicians in the know have loved them for a sound that employed elements of savage, blistering […]
Huw Gwynfryn Evans writes, records and performs under the moniker of H. Hawkilne and along with producer and long-term collaborator Cate le Bon released two albums 2010’s A Cup of Salt and 2011’s The Strange Uses of Ox Gall. But […]
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 […]
Originally formed in 1999 and currently featuring Jenny Holyston (vocals, guitar, trumpet and keyboards), Ellie Erickson (bass) and Bianca Sparta (drums), the San Francisco, CA-based post-punk trio of Erase Errata have frequently claimed bands such as Captain Beefheart, The Minutemen, […]
Comprised of Matt Whittle, Derek Salazar, Chris Flip, Natalie Vogel, and Sean Cohen, the Philadelphia, PA area-based quintet of Seagulls recorded their debut full-length, Great Pine was recorded in member Derek Salazar’s secluded, West Virginia cabin, which he appropriately titled, “Woodside.” And from the album’s critically praised first […]
From Below at Fontana’s 12/12/14
From Below Fontana’s December 12, 2014 As 2014 was drawing to a close, I managed to close it out as I know best – by catching a number of shows across town. One of the […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/track=4001452326/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/ 2015 has started in earnest and it has done so in a somewhat similar fashion to 2014 in this sense – the amount of email from a variety of people across the world that […]
Comprised of sibling duo Jason and Paul Watkins, the Nashville, TN-based duo of Clemency grew up in a musical family from Oklahoma; in fact, the Watkins brothers spent their free time singing in choirs, took […]
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 […]
Comprised of Scott Goldbaum (vocals, guitar), Mike Musselman (drums), Molly Rogers (viola, keyboards, vocals), and Nick Chamian (bass, vocals), the Los Angeles, CA-based quartet of Forebear may arguably be one of that city’s most accomplished […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for quite some time, you might remember coming across The New York-based quartet, The Dough Rollers. Founding members Jack Byrne and Malcolm Ford formed the band in 2008, after bonding […]
For close to a decade, the Chicago, IL-based The Steepwater Band have quietly developed a reputation as a heavy, blues band, continuing that city’s great tradition for blues and rock. And interestingly, 2015 will mark […]