With the 2010 release of their debut effort, Illumination, the Melbourne-based quartet of Miami Horror, comprised of founding member, Benjamin Plant (DJ and producer), Josh Moriarty (vocals, guitar), Aaron Shanahan (guitar, vocals and production) and Daniel Whitechuch (bass, […]
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New Audio: The Moody, Atmospheric Track from Minneapolis’ Carroll, “Alligator”
Although they’ve received attention both in their native Minneapolis, MN and nationally over the past year, the quartet Carroll, can trace their origins to when Brian Harlow (vocals) began writing melancholy, shoegaze-based pop songs that caught the […]
New Video: Sun Drug’s Sleek, Electronic-based “Wildman”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past couple of months, you may be familiar with the Los Angeles, CA-based quartet Sun Drug. Originally the band started off as a quintet under the name of Vanaprasta. […]
New Video: Check Out Ella On The Run’s Soulful Take on Electro Pop On Her Latest Single and Video, “Rodeo Clowns”
After studying at the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, London-based indie pop artist Ella On The Run began collaborating with the Los Angeles-based producer/co-writer Matthew Bang, who has primarily worked with Interscope Records […]
Comprised of Lauren Pardini (vocals, keys) and Danny Sternbaum, the Los Angeles-based duo Pr0files can trace their origins to when Pardini and Sternbaum collaborated together in The Boy Traveller, a band which also featured Sonny […]
Originally starting her career in Miami, where she attempted to forge an identity which captured “the essence of melancholy and yearning, while finding beauty in the sadness and pain that all of us carry inside,” up-and-coming […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USH5V1522424&playerType=embedded Los Angeles-based quartet Talk in Tongues have developed a reputation both across their hometown and Southern California for a shoegaze/psych rock sound that reportedly draws from Pink Floyd and the Creation Records roster, and […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few months, you might be familiar with the up-and-coming, Spanish-born, Berlin-based singer/songwriter Sofi de la Torre. de la Torre began writing songs when she was 14 and […]
When The Jesus and Mary Chain released their seminal album, Psychocandy, 30 years ago, the members of the band had intended it to be a proverbial kick in the teeth to everyone who they felt stood […]
With the release of their self-titled full-length debut, the Copenhagen, Denmark-based duo Reptile Youth, comprised of Mads Damsgaard Kristiansen and Esben Valloe, received critical praise international from the likes of Spin Magazine and Nylon for a sound […]
Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Steven A. Clark and a lengthy list of others represent a progressive movement in both Black music (if such a thing truly exists) and in pop/R&B as these artists and their […]
Comprised of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, the British electronic music production and artist duo, Basement Jaxx have had a remarkably successful career since their formation back in 1994. The duo have had several singles […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for the past few months, you might recall a post or two about the Los Angeles-based band Lady Low. The band is comprised of several long-time, grizzled vets, including founding member […]
Comprised of Holland Belle, a classically trained opera singer (on vocals, obviously), Jordan Wiggins (guitar), Steve Lucarelli (bass), Diego Guerrero (drums) and Louie Schultz (guitar), formerly of the indie-pop band Army Navy, the Los Angeles, CA-based […]
Comprised of Adam Schlett (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Bobby Weir (lead guitar, vocals), Tommy Scerbo (bass guitar, vocals), Jack “Shirtless Savage” Biamonte (drums), the Glen Rock, NJ-based quartet Deaf Rhino formed in 2011 and originally went […]