Bee Becx is a singer/songwriter who has started to gain attention for a sound that’s been described as “a subtle suggestive hint of R&B, Hip-Hop and Trip-Hop overtones laced with an experimental edge.” Interestingly, her latest […]
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London UK-based Mike Green, best known as Fort Romeau received international attention for the deep groove-based house music sound of his 2012 full-length debut, Kingdoms. Naturally, in the years that followed, Greene’s sound evolved as […]
Comprised of Cooper Gillespie (vocals, bass) and Greg Gordon (drums and sequences), the Los Angeles, CA-based duo of Ultra Violent Rays have received attention across the blogosphere for a sound that channels Siouxsie and the Banshees, […]
Comprised of Taigen Kawabe (bass/ vocals), Yuki Tsujii (guitar), Kohhei Matsuda (guitar) and Monchan Monna (drums), Bo Ningen is a Japanese-born, London-based quartet that has gained an international following for a psychedelic sound that’s decidedly […]
The Olympia, WA-based act Broken Water released their latest effort, Wrought last month to critical praise from the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum, KEXP and others for the fuzzy, droning power-chord rock sound that channels the Pacific […]
2015 may arguably be among the biggest years for women artists in recent memory – especially for up-and-coming artists. In the past few months, young artists such as Chelsea Lankes have caught the attention of […]
Originally starting as a solo home studio project in 2010, the Hull, Quebec-based band Scattered Clouds eventually expanded to it’s current lineup – a trio comprised of Philippe Charbonneau, Pierre-Luc Clément and Jamie Kronick. And as you’ll hear […]
If the first third of 2015 is indicative of the rest of the year, it seems apparent that this year will be a huge year for women artists – Bjork released her 13th full-length album […]
Life has a remarkable way of throwing a variety of obstacles in front of you – some of those obstacles are the result larger forces and circumstances beyond our control; while others are the direct […]
As a native born Queens kid, I have a particularly interesting relationship with my home borough. I’ve joked that it’s mostly a hate/hate relationship but in reality it’s probably much more along the lines of […]
Comprised of Josefin Öhrn and Fredrik Joelson, the duo of Josefin Öhrn and The Liberation had a breakthrough year last year as their Diamond Waves 12 inch EP and their Sunny Afternoon and Tell It To The […]
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 […]
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,” […]