Comprised of Daniel Paxton (vocals, guitars), Paxton’s brother, Conor (bass, pedal steel guitar), Patrick McHugh (backing vocals, guitar), Jimmy Cullen (backing vocals, keys) and Donagh O’Brien (drums), the Irish quintet of Buffalo Sunn can trace […]
Tag: psych rock
With the 2011 release of Rose Windows’ debut effort, The Sun Dogs, the Seattle, WA-based septet quickly gained national prominence at a time when countless artists were focusing on lo-fi, bedroom recordings out of economic […]
Comprised of Nik Rayne, Grant Beyschau, Cody Schwartz, Connor Gallaher and Miguel Urbina, the Tucson, AZ-based quintet of The Myrrors have released efforts under dark and mysterious cloak – and on a certain level that shouldn’t […]
Surrender The Spirit and Surf Rock Is Dead at Piano’s 1/29/15
Surrender The Spirit and Surf Rock Is Dead Piano’s January 29, 2015 Over the last few years, I haven’t frequented Piano’s as much as I once did. As it has turned out, a lot of […]
Shana Falana is a Kingston, NY-based, experimental, shoegaze/dream pop artist, who has been praised by several publications for a live set that combines live looping of reverb-drenched vocals, pre-recorded backing tracks, shimmering guitar and drums and […]
The Bay Area-based Sugar Candy Mountain originally began in rather humble fashion – as the bedroom recording project of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Will Halsey, who’s best known for his work in several Bay Area bands including The […]
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 […]
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 […]
Comprised of Adrian Acosta (guitar, programming, vocals), Jessica Huang (guitar, keys, vocals), Adrian De La Cruz (guitar). Carlos Michel (bass, sampler) and Danny Rossi (drums), the Los Angeles, CA-based shoegaze quintet of Draag began under […]
Needle Points, Twincest, Paperhaus and Zula at Palisades 12/10/14
Needle Points, Twincest, Paperhaus and Zula Palisades December 10, 2014 With 2014 coming to a close, there will be a bit of looking back at the year that was – a year that managed to […]
Although they formed earlier this year, the Los Angeles CA-based Le Noire have gained quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a sound that has elements of psychedelia, grunge and garage rock. Their […]
Released in 2012 to critical acclaim from the likes of NPR, Washington City Paper, The Vinyl District and Head Underwater, Day Light Savings, the debut effort from the Washington, DC-based quartet of Young Rapids managed […]
Comprised of Jared Petrich, Dana Rogge, Adam Halferty and a number of musician friends and collaborators, the Los Angeles,CA-based band of The Tulips have developed a reputation for crating dreamy melodies paired with ethereal harmonies […]
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 […]
The Blank Tapes is the solo recording and musical project of the California-based Matt Adams. A native West Coaster, Adams has spent the past ten years or so developing a reputation for writing stoner/psych pop […]