Tag: Japandroids

New Video: Metz’s Furious Video for “Spit You Out”

Now, if you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past couple of years, you may be familiar with Toronto-based trio Metz. With the release of their 2012 self-titled debut through Sub Pop Records, the trio received both national […]

Live Footage: METZ on Seattle’s KEXP

With the release of their self-titled debut effort in 2012, the Toronto-based trio Metz received both national and international attention for a sound that may remind listeners to Bleach and In Utereo-era Nirvana, A Place to Bury Strangers and Japandroids as their material is […]

San Francisco has long been known as the spiritual and physical home of a collective of hippies, weirdos, freaks and a particular brand of grungy psych rock; however, similar to New York, the Bay Area […]

Metz’s 2012 self-titled debut was released to critical praise across the blogosphere and put the Toronto-based band on the international map for a brand of post-punk that would remind some listeners of Nirvana’s Bleach and […]

As I’ve mentioned countless times through this site, I receive an incredible number of emails from a variety of folks across the world, which, of course makes JOVM’s mission of presenting and covering music from […]

Comprised of Clinton Callahan (bass), Scotty Hoffman (guitar/vocals), Sam Jacobsen (organ), and Sean Zearfoss (drums), the quartet of Small Reactions have quickly developed a reputation for a sound that reportedly draws both cues and influences from the likes of […]

With the release of Celebration Rock, Vancouver, BC-based duo, Japandroids have been relentlessly touring to support the effort. The band’s spring/summer 2013 tour includes stops in Oakland, CA; the Coachella Festival; Milwaukee, WI; Indianapolis, IN; Lawrence, […]

Album Reviews

As a blogger my email inbox gets inundated with requests to cover an ever-widening variety of artists, and I really can’t complain about that because I wind up getting introduced to a bunch of new […]