Founded in Cincinnati, OH back in 1988, the Afghan Whigs have long been a sort of cult favorite band — music journalists and musicians in the know have loved them for a sound that employed elements of savage, blistering […]
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Comprised of Matt Whittle, Derek Salazar, Chris Flip, Natalie Vogel, and Sean Cohen, the Philadelphia, PA area-based quintet of Seagulls recorded their debut full-length, Great Pine was recorded in member Derek Salazar’s secluded, West Virginia cabin, which he appropriately titled, “Woodside.” And from the album’s critically praised first […]
Comprised of brothers Chris and Jon Chu and Julian Harmon, the Brooklyn-based trio of POP ETC, spent the better part of 2014 in the studio writing and recording new material. And the first single from those […]
In the previous post, I talked at length about the Helsinki, Finland-based no wave/free jazz/punk/whatever-the-fuck-it-is-they-playing quintet Can Can Heads. “Breakdiscodance” off the band’s latest effort, Butter Life continues the band’s reputation creating a sound that’s often […]
With the release of Ya Nuss last year, singer/songwriter Yasmine Hamdan received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a sound that meshes atmospheric electronica and pop, with traditional Lebanese and Middle Eastern folk music. […]
Formed back in 2012 and comprised of Gabbi Coenen (vocals), Darren Denman (keys/piano), Zack Hartmann (bass), Oscar Rodriguez (guitar) and Jay Rudolph (drums), the Brooklyn-based quintet of Ruby My Dear (presumably named after the Thelonious Monk composition) […]
For close to a decade, the Chicago, IL-based The Steepwater Band have quietly developed a reputation as a heavy, blues band, continuing that city’s great tradition for blues and rock. And interestingly, 2015 will mark […]
Comprised of Alex Cameron, George Nicholas, and John Hassell, the Sydney, Australia-based electronica trio of Seekae can trace their origins to when Cameron and Hassell met in high school and played in an indie rock band together. Interestingly, […]
Comprised of Andri Már (saxophone), Margrét Rán (vocals), Ólafur Alexander (guitar) and Jon Valur, the Icelandic-based quartet of Vök, originally formed last year as a duo between Már and Rán, who started the band to compete in their native country’s annual Músíktilraunir […]
Comprised of Josh Smith (vocals, guitar and production) and Josh Freed (samples, synths and production), the the Detroit-based duo of Gosh Pith, have quickly developed a reputation for crating material that focuses on capturing a specific feeling or sensation, rather […]
“Searchin’” the latest single by Kyle Rapps and Hefna Gwap featuring Aaron Cohen was produced by Fudge and employs the use of a horn and keyboard sample from Roy Ayers track of the same name, […]
Comprised of Sarah Aument and William Shore, the duo of Tomboy have known each other for some time as they’ve been making music both in solo projects under different monikers and in a number of bands; however, last […]
http://www.nowness.com/iframe?id=3942281859001 If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few months, you have come across a post or two about The Acid. Interestingly, the outfit actually is something of an EDM/electronica All-Star group as they […]
Based in Hamilton, Ontario and Leeds, United Kingdom, the quintet of New Hands is heavily inspired by 80s New Wave and contemporary electronic dance music, and their first single “Strange Attractor” manages to bear a […]
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 […]