Formed in 2011 when William Kennedy (Imperceivable Shifts in Latitude, LOOK and Salsa Chest) moved to Athens, GA to study music and wound up playing in CoCoRICo with Andrew McFrarland (Semicircle) and eventually collaborating with […]
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Comprised of Aimee Nash (vocals, guitar keyboards and percussion) and Scott Von Ryper (vocals, guitar, keyboards and percussion), the now Los Angeles– based (by way of Australia) duo of The Black Ryder gained national attention […]
Now, if you’ve been following JOVM since the beginning, you may remember that I’ve written about Mayer Hawthorne, one of this era’s best and sadly unheralded soul vocalists; in fact, his Impressions: The Covers EP, […]
Mega Ran, a Phoenix, AZ-based hip-hop outfit and Storyville, a Philadelphia, PA-based emcee who both developed reputations through the battle rap scene (both artists are former Scribble Jam Battle finalists) have teamed up on “Artillery,” […]
Comprised of Michael Schuman (vocals, drums, guitar), best known for his bass work in Queens of the Stone Age, Zach Dawes (bass, drums) and Tyler Parkford (vocals and keyboards), the Los Angeles, CA-based trio of […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for some time, you may be somewhat familiar with the Birmingham, AL-based label, Communicating Vessels. Founded by Jeffery Cain, once a member of the sadly unheralded band Remy Zemo, Communicating […]
Produced by The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner, Crocodiles fourth effort, Crimes of Passion was one of my favorite releases of 2013 as the album meshed sleazy, reckless hedonism and furiously, noisy psychedelia. After touring to […]
Comprised of the then-Seattle, WA-based Tito Ramsey, Ramsey’s brother Jack, their childhood friend Charles Larson and brothers Juan Miguel and Herman Marin, the quintet of LEGS was formed in 2013, and their self-titled debut won […]
I’ve been lucky enough to have seen quite a number of incredible things live and among the things I’ll likely remember for the rest of my life is this: the incredible New Orleans-based brass band, […]
The Dublin-based trio of No Spill Blood originally started as a side project with each member of the act bounding over a mutual love of Devo, Trans Am and The Melvins when they recorded their […]
Over the past year, the duo of Night Drive have received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere – especially here on JOVM – for a sound that owes a great debt to their […]
Coincidentally, the Oslo, Norway-based singer/songwriter Susanne Sundfor’s backstory parallels that of fellow singer/songwriter Nanna Øland Fabricius, best known under the moniker of Oh Land, in the sense that they both got into music later than most […]
Indie electro pop singer/songwriter and producer Nanna Øland Fabricius started her professional music career in a rather unconventional fashion in comparison to most contemporary musicians as she had a ten year ballet career that was […]
Comprised of John Cep (guitar, bass, vocals, drums and production), Kim Field (bass, vocals) and rotating live drummers EJ DeCoske and Johnny Lancia, the Northeastern Pennsylvania-based duo of The Stargazer Lilies can trace their origins […]
New York-based singer/songwriter Alexa Dexa has long been a fascinating subject for me, as her work possesses several layers of strikingly intriguing dichotomy. Her work focuses on rather mature thematic content and pairs it with […]