As a native New Yorker, salsa holds a very special place in my heart, as it reminds me specifically of summer on the streets of Corona, Spanish Harlem, Bushwick and the South Bronx. And certainly, […]
Tag: Melbourne Australia
Over the past thirty or so years, several Australian artists have become internationally-known sensations including Men at Work, INXS, Midnight Oil, The Church, Cut Copy, Tame Impala and several others. Last year, the Melbourne, Australia-born, […]
New Audio: Husky “Arrow”
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the last few years, you may be familiar with the Melbourne, Australia-based quartet Husky. They’ve had the kind of success that people would immediately refer to as “overnight success” after […]
If there are only a couple of things you about me that you had to take away from this site it’s probably this – I’m an obsessive fan of The Verve, who I caught live […]
Single Review: Shovels “Car Yards”
Comprised of Michael Beach (guitar, vocals), Adam Camilleri (bass) and Peter Warden (drums), the trio of Shovels are split between Melbourne, Australia and San Francisco and with the the release of their self-titled debut, the […]
Over the past decade, Melbourne, Australia has developed a reputation as the home of a prominent, internationally recognized electro pop scene that includes the likes of Cut Copy, Tame Impala, Midnight Juggernauts and countless others. […]
Lurch and Chief is a Melbourne, Australia-based sextet comprised of Lilibeth Hall, Alexander “Lurch” Trevisan, Hayden “Chief” Somerville, Josh Lane, Brendan Anderson and Joel Rennison. After the release of their debut Wiped Out EP, in 2013 and their […]
Cut Copy, Midnight Juggernauts and others have been the forefathers of Melbourne, Australia’s prominent and internationally recognized electro pop scene. With the 2010 release of their debut effort, Illumination, the Melbourne-based quartet of Miami Horror, […]
Comprised of Nai Palm, Paul Bender, Perrin Moss and Simon Mavin, Hiatus Kaiyote are a Melbourne, Australia-based neb-soul quartet, who have quickly become something of an international sensation as “Nakamarra,” a single off the band’s […]
If you’ve been following JOVM over the last couple of months you may remember coming across a post on Total Giovanni. Comprised of Spike Punch, Vincenzo Del Negro, Shidi Amin (aka Sideboard Ford), Cavalio Nero (aka Hornelle […]
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 there are only a few things that you should immediately take away from this site, it’d be this – I’m a huge fan of The Verve, who I was extremely lucky to catch live […]
Cut Copy started off rather humbly – as a bedroom recording project of designer and DJ Dan Whitford, and with the addition of Tim Hoey (guitars), Ben Browning (bass) and Mitchell Scott (drums), the project not […]
The Melbourne, Australia-based quartet of Husky have had the kind of success that many journalists and fans would refer to as “overnight success.” As a result of winning Australian radio station, Triple J’s Unearthed Contest, […]
Formed back in 2011, the Melbourne, Australia-based trio of Pearls quickly developed a reputation for crating a shimmering (at times kind of noisy) pop-based sound. And as a result they gained the attention of their […]