Masha Zargarin may have one of the more compelling stories in recent memory. Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Zargarin grew up with classical training, playing Chopin and Rachmaninoff. When Zagarain was a teenager, her and […]
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The Brooklyn-based Hailey Wojcik (pronounced like Wo-chick) is a jill of all trades, as she’s a guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer and engineer, whose work has been praised by the likes of The Deli Magazine, My Old Kentucky […]
If you’ve been following JOVM over the last few months or so, you may remember coming across “Safehouse,” the first single off the New York-based vocalist DAIR’s debut EP, The Last Sign. “Safehouse” is a […]
Swedish-Belgian avant-pop duo Victoria + Jean have risen to prominence across Europe for a slinky, seductive material based around Jean’s swaggering, bluesy guitar work and Victoria’s sensual vocals. A song like “Why Won’t You,” the […]
Born in Cleveland, singer/songwriter Natalie Prass and her family eventually relocated to Virginia Beach, VA where the young artist took intensive visual art and music classes throughout high school. Prass wound up enrolling into Berklee […]
Certainly, when most people think of Memphis, TN’s music scene, they would likely think of the countless soul, funk. hip-hop and country acts that have called that city home; however, up until last year, Memphis […]
The Night IV is an sextet with members who hail from various places across the world including London, Birmingham, Northampton and Bogota, Colombia. “Heroine,” one of the singles off the sextet’s last EP Still Thinking […]
Japanther’s Ian Vanek has long maintained a side-project with a rotating cast of musician friends by the name of Howardian. Although Vanek has been actively creating music in Howardian for some time, tomorrow marks the […]
Canadian singer/songwriter Spencer Burton has had quite a journey as a musician – he began his career in hardcore punk but his country-folk solo efforts have gained quite a bit of attention. As he’s mentioned […]
Despite the possibility of sounding a bit like a broken record, I have to mention this because it’s absolutely true: one of the great things about the proliferation of independent labels is their ability to […]
Born and raised in Paris and currently located in Austin, TX, Hugo de Saint Quentin, the founding member of blues rock act Hooka Hey grew up listening to American rock ‘n’ roll; in fact, rock […]
Although JOVM is a (mostly) one-man operation, I receive a lot of emails from a variety of artists, labels and publicists located all over the world. Naturally, it’s overwhelming and flattering but at the same time, it […]
The members of the Allah-Las – Miles Michaud (vocals, guitar), Spencer Dunham (bass), Matthew Correia (percussion), and Pedrum Siadatian (guitar) – met while working at renowned, Los Angeles indie record store Amoeba Music. Formed in […]
I’ve mentioned this earlier but, one of the great things about the proliferation of independent labels is their ability to reintroduce sadly forgotten yet influential artists or sadly forgotten artists that maybe we all should have […]
Although they officially formed in 2012 and are comprised of Matt Flegel (bass, vocals), Scott Munro (guitar), Daniel Christiansen (guitar) and Mike Wallace (drums), the up-and-coming Calgary, Alberta-based post-punk/indie rock quartet of Viet Cong can trace their origins to […]