New York-based alt-rock band Jarflower was formed after its two founding members and high-school friends Matt Miro (vocals, guitar) and Steven Kocal (drums) survived what they’ve described as a death-defying bike ride across Long Island, […]
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if you frequent JOVM, it shouldn’t be terribly surprising that over the life of an album or an EP, that you may come across a number of posts about a particular artist – and maybe […]
Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band and Superhuman Happiness at Drom 1/17/15
Kat Wright and the indomitable Soul Band and Superhuman Happiness Drom January 17, 2015 A little over two weeks ago, i was at Drom to catch a night of funk and soul featuring the Burlington, […]
Comprised of Rachel Gagliardi and Nicole Synder, the duo of Slutever recently located from Philadelphia to Los Angeles and much like countless others, they moved out west with the hopes of being famous. “Smother,” the […]
Born in Pinetop, AZ and currently located in Los Angeles, electro pop singer/songwriter Zella Day was one of the most blogged about artists last year with major publications such as The Guardian breathlessly comparing the young artist […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for a while now, you may remember that I’ve mentioned that I frequently multitask while listening to Soundcloud links – usually, I’m watching a ballgame and eating and I get so caught up that […]
The Sunderland, UK-based multi-instrumentalist Ian Black is the creative mastermind of SLUG, a recording project that’s inspired by Led Zeppelin, Parliament Funkadelic, a heady and playful sense of experimentation, and a stint as Field Music’s […]
Up-and-coming singer/songwriter Natalie Prass was born in Cleveland and grew up in Virginia Beach, VA, where she took intensive visual art and music courses throughout high school. Pass eventually wound enrolling into Berklee College of […]
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 […]