Even with a hiatus that had their frontperson John Dwyer, focusing on an electronic-based sound, San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees have managed to be incredibly prolific, as they’ve released more than a dozen albums since […]
Tag: rock
Show Review: Big Muff Radio, Stolen Jars, Honduras and Lazyeyes at Baby’s All Right 1/11/15
Show Review: Big Muff Radio, Stolen Jars, Honduras and Lazyeyes Baby’s All Right January 11, 2015 With JOVM being a (mostly) one-man operation, it often means that i’m spending a great deal of attempting to […]
The Los Angeles-based quartet of Dorothy, named after their founder and lead vocalist have become blogosphere sensations for a sound that employs elements of riff-heavy 60s and 70s rock, the blues, glam rock, hip hop […]
Several years ago, Nic Cogels packed up his life and moved from Brussels, Belgium to Sydney, Australia in search of a new beginning. Cogels met brothers Ed and Lloyd Prescott and Nick Langley and formed […]
As I mentioned on an earlier post, I was a huge fan of Living Colour as a boy and my inner 8 year old is understandably thrilled to catch them tonight at Brooklyn Bowl – […]
My father got me into Living Colour when I was a boy – for his part there was quite a bit of pride involved as one of the original members, Muzz Skillings grew up in […]
Ward White at Rockwood Music Hall 2/10/15
Last night, I was back at Rockwood Music Hall to catch the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Ward White. White may be best known as one half of the chamber pop duo McGinty and White, which also features […]
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 […]
Austin, TX-based psych rock quartet, The Bright Light Social Hour can trace their formation to when the members were students at the University of Texas. And they quickly developed a reputation for an oft-described incendiary […]
Halley DeVestern Band at Mercury Lounge 1/19/15
If you’ve been regularly following JOVM for the past year or so, you may remember that early last year I interviewed the members of the Halley DeVestern Band after the release of their most recent effort, Fabbo! Boffo! Smasho! And what […]
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 […]
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have seen me mention once or twice my undying love and devotion to Sioxsie Sioux. So as you can imagine, stumbling upon this footage of Siouxsie and […]
If there are only a few things that you should immediately take away from this site, it’d be this – I’m a huge fan of The Verve, who I was extremely lucky to catch live […]
Elephant Stone, led by Rishi Dihr, a renowned sitar player, released their self-titled, sophomore effort through Hidden Pony Records last year, and the material on the album used elements of traditional Eastern instrumentation with Western songwriting and instrumentation […]
Comprised of Nick Williams (vocals), Sarik Kumar (guitar), Maxx Berkowitz (guitar), Andrew Ockenden (bass) and Vishnu Anatha (drums), the Brooklyn-based quintet of Twin Wave formed last year. And with a sound that possesses elements of […]