Currently based in Portland, OR, the indie rock trio Other Lives have received national attention and praise for a lush, orchestrated sound that channels Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The National and Ocean Rain-era Echo and the Bunnymen but with the sort of […]
Tag: Interpol
New Video: The Taut and Anxious, New Video for Viet Cong’s “Bunker Buster”
Over the past year, the Calgary, Alberta-based quartet of Viet Cong, comprised of Matt Flegel (bass, vocals), Scott Munro (guitar), Daniel Christiansen (guitar) and Mike Wallace (drums) have received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for […]
New Audio: The Giraffes’ Ass-Kicking and Sneeringly Ironic, New Single “Product Placement Song”
If you’ve been covering and following music as long as I have, the NYC-based quartet The Giraffes are a band that you’ve likely encountered in one way or another over the years — mainly for […]
New Audio: Ghosts in Pocket’s New Single Channels Interpol and The National
Comprised of Keith Beshwate (vocals, guitar, primary songwriter), Zach Mullen (guitar, vocals), Chris Pulley (drums), Nick Hartman (bass), and Eric Atkinson (keys, guitar and horns), the Southern California-based quintet Ghosts in Pocket formed in 2011. The […]
New Audio: Autobahn’s New Single “Society” Channels Joy Division, Viet Cong, and Interpol
I’m often multitasking while working on posts and today wasn’t any different, as I was going through Soundcloud files while watching an awful New York Yankee loss against their division rival Toronto Blue Jays when […]
Comprised of Jesse Tabish (piano, guitar, lead vocals) Jonathon Mooney (piano,violin, guitar, percussion, trumpet) Josh Onstott (bass, keys, percussion, guitar, backing vocals), the Stillwater, OK-based trio Other Lives initially formed back in 2004, recording and releasing […]
Although they have been receiving quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere this year for the release of their self-titled full-length debut and were officially formed back in 2012, the Calgary, Alberta-based quartet of […]
If you’ve been following JOVM since its inception, you may have come across several posts on herMajesty throughout the past five years; in fact, the band’s Images of the Vanishing Night EP landed on this […]
If you’ve been a following JOVM over the last month or so, you may have come across a post on the Montreal, QC-based singer/songwriter Xavier Cafeine. Cafeine’s first two albums, Mal Eduqué Mon Amour and Giselle were released to critical praise in […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s something of a JOVM tradition to focus a bit on the past around New Year’s. After all, it only seems natural that with the passing of yet another year, that the past seems to […]
Comprised of Jason Abrishami (vocals/guitar; The Twees), Paul Volpe (bass; Triple Cobra), and Jeremy Sampson (drums; Eastern Hollows), the Brooklyn-based shoegaze rock trio of Lazyeyes have received quite a bit of love across the blogosphere […]
Irish-born and currently London-based sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow are the founders and creative force of the indie pop act 2:54 – and with the release of their 2012 debut effort, the Thurlow sisters and their backing band […]
Irish-born and currently London-based sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow perform as the duo 2:54 — and with the 2012 release of their debut effort, the duo not only won international attention, they toured with the likes of the xx, Wild […]