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 […]
Tag: Los Angeles CA
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 […]
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 […]
Although they formed earlier this year, the Los Angeles CA-based Le Noire have gained quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a sound that has elements of psychedelia, grunge and garage rock. Their […]
Comprised of Jared Petrich, Dana Rogge, Adam Halferty and a number of musician friends and collaborators, the Los Angeles,CA-based band of The Tulips have developed a reputation for crating dreamy melodies paired with ethereal harmonies […]
Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Masha Zargarin grew up playing Chopin and Rachmaninoff. And as a teenager, Zargarin and her family relocated to Los Angeles, CA where she got into electronic music after being […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for some time, you may remember coming across a couple of posts on the Los Angeles-based band Cobalt Cranes, a band that had quickly developed a reputation across Southern California for a sound that […]
Comprised of Bret Bender and Madeleine Miller, the Los Angeles, CA-based electro pop duo Bogan Via’s sophomore effort full-length effort, Madly reportedly has the band further developing the synth-pop sound that has won them quite a bit of attention. […]
Led by singer/songwriter Trevor Beld Jiminez, the Los Angeles,CA-based band Tall Tales and the Silver Lining, is heavily influenced by the sounds of 70s AM radio – i.e., Jackson Browne, Harvest-era Neil Young, The Byrds, Court […]
Lily Elise is a Bay Area-based vocalist who has been making a name for herself over the last couple of years as she’s been writing and collaborating with a number of artists including the Los […]
If you’ve followed this site over the last few months, you would know that I’ve written about the Los Angeles, CA-based quartet Dorothy, named after their founder and lead vocalist. And with the release of their first […]
The Minneapolis, MN-based quartet of Carroll was formed towards the end of 2011 when songwriter and vocalist Brian Hurlow started writing melancholic, shoegazer-based pop songs that caught the attention (and ear, of course) of his […]
Although based in Los Angeles, the quintet of Line and Circle can trace their origins to when founding members Brian J. Cohen (vocals and guitar) and Brian Egan (keyboards) met in the Midwest and bounded […]
Musically, i’ve almost always been open to anything but there are a few genres that I’ve had long-term love affairs with and I find myself perpetually drawn to them. And if you’ve followed this site […]
With the release of his previous four albums, 1983 (2006), Los Angeles (2008), Cosmogramma (2010), and Until the Quiet Comes (2012), the Los Angeles-based producer, electronic music artist, and emcee Flying Lotus has won critical acclaim for his genre-defying work. And his forthcoming […]