Brooklyn-based band Spires initially began as founding member, Matt Stevenson’s solo home recording project, but the project quickly grew into an actual band when Jack Collins (bass), Samuel Shea (guitar, synth) and Ethan Snyder (drums) were enlisted to […]
Tag: New Audio
New Audio: Wolkoff’s Coquettish, Hyper-Modern Yet Medieval Influenced, New Single “Hand It To The Bandit”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the past 18 months or so, you may be familiar with electro pop artist Joanie Wolkoff, who is probably best known across the blogosphere for her work in a […]
New Audio: Suffolk UK-based Frett’s Painterly New Single “Drop of Starch”
Frett are a rather mysterious, Suffolk, UK-based electronic production duo, who have started to receive attention in their native Suffolk and across the UK for a sound that draws from the likes of Jai Paul, […]
New Audio: Guilty Simpson Teams Up With Quakers’ Katalyst for The Hard-Hitting “Fractured”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the past couple of years, you may know that Detroit‘s Guilty Simpson is not only one of my favorite emcees, but I think he’s arguably one of contemporary hip-hop’s shamefully unheralded, under-appreciated […]
New Audio: The Dreamy, Summery Pop of New Zealand’s Glass Vaults’ New Single, “West Coast”
Featuring primary members and co-founders Richard Larsen and Rowan Pierce, Wellington, New Zealand-based indie band Glass Vaults are a sextet of close friends, who formed the band in 2010. And over the first few years […]
New Audio: The 60s Inspired Psychedelia of Perth, Australia’s The High Learys
If you’ve been following JOVM over the better part of the past year or so, you may be familiar with the Perth, Australia-based band, The High Learys. The quartet formed in 2011 when cousins Jamie Turner (vocals, bass) and Matt […]
EP Stream: Yeah Boy’s R&B Influenced, Summery, Electro Pop, Club Banger “Wildfire”
The Adelaide, Australia-based producer and electronic music artist Johnny Castro is best known as one-half of the critically acclaimed production and electronic music duo, Parachute Youth. Since the breakup of Parachute Youth, Castro has focused […]
New Audio: Dirty Ghosts’ Post-Punk Leaning, New Single “Quicksand Castle”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the last couple of years, you may be somewhat familiar with Dirty Ghosts, the solo recording project of its Toronto-born, San Francisco-based singer/songwriter/guitarist and creative mastermind, Allyson Baker. Baker has had […]
New Audio: The Uncompromising Homeboy Sandman’s Eerie New Single “Arrows”
As I’ve said a number of times on this site, Homeboy Sandman is arguably one of contemporary hip-hop’s most prolific, inventive and uncompromisingly challenging artists. As an emcee, there are few like him, who tackle complicated subjects […]
New Audio: Introducing Belgian Quintet STUFF. and Their Funky, Hip-Hop Take on Jazz Fusion
STUFF. is a Belgian-based quintet who have received attention across their native Belgium and the European Union for a sound that possesses elements of hip-hop, jazz, jazz fusion and funk. And as a result of […]
New Audio: The Subtly Mystical Sound of Daniel Pearson’s New Single “Rivers”
With the release of his first two albums, Satellites and Mercury State, singer/songwriter Daniel Pearson received national and international attention as both efforts revealed Pearson to be a versatile and inventive songwriter as Satellites possessed a hook-laden, almost pop-orientated Americana […]
New Audio: Caviare Days Stoner Rock Tinged New Single “Great Minds”
If you’ve been following JOVM for the last couple of months you may be familiar with the Stockholm, Sweden-based indie rock/indie pop act Caviare Days. The band initially started out as the recording project of founding […]
New Audio: Introducing Sb and His Uniquely, Off-Kilter and Trippy Take on R&B With New Single “Woman”
Inspired by D’angelo, Deftones, Travis Scott, TLC and others, up-and-coming Lancashire, UK-based R&B artist and producer Sb has received attention across the European Union with the release of his debut single “Woman” And once you […]
New Audio: Autobahn’s New Single “Society” Channels Joy Division, Viet Cong, and Interpol
I’m often multitasking while working on posts and today wasn’t any different, as I was going through Soundcloud files while watching an awful New York Yankee loss against their division rival Toronto Blue Jays when […]
New Audio: The Dreamy, 60s Inspired Sound of Younghusband’s “Better Times”
Comprised of Euan Hinshelwood (vocals/guitars/keys), Adam Beach (guitars/keys), Joe Chilton (bass/guitars) and Pete Baker (drums/percussion/keys), the London-based, indie rock quartet Younghusband can trace their origins to when Hinshelwood started the band as a solo lo-fi, recording […]