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: San Francisco
Last night, I was at Brooklyn Bowl, the JOVM unofficial home office to catch Brooklyn Raga Massive, Rupa and the April Fishes and Red Baraat for a show that turned out to be both a […]
With the recent release of A Swirling Fire Burning Through The Rye, The San Francisco-based quartet of Cool Ghouls have garnered quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for a sound that channels the garage […]
San Francisco has long been known as the spiritual and physical home of a collective of hippies, weirdos, freaks and a particular brand of grungy psych rock; however, similar to New York, the Bay Area […]
Born in San Francisco and now based in New Orleans, R&B vocalist, producer and composer Abby Diamond first caught the attention of several blogs last year for her collaboration with Yugen on “Single Cell.” “Single […]
Although Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs (vocals) and Max Foreman (vocals and keyboards) formed their latest project Bouquet within the last couple of years, both members have had extensive histories as musicians and artists – Pennypacker Riggs […]
Born in the small town of Pine Plains, NY, Jesse Cafiero, the creative mastermind behind indie psych band Split Screens relocated to San Francisco where he started working as freelance bassist playing in a number of musical projects; but […]
Originally formed in 1999 and currently featuring Jenny Holyston (vocals, guitar, trumpet and keyboards), Ellie Erickson (bass) and Bianca Sparta (drums), the San Francisco, CA-based post-punk trio of Erase Errata have frequently claimed bands such as Captain Beefheart, The Minutemen, […]
Like countless cities, San Francisco’s music scene is constantly evolving as the city has been the home of psych rock and jam rock in the 60s and 70s. Over the last decade or so, the […]
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 […]
Originally formed in 1999 and currently featuring Jenny Holyston (vocals, guitar, trumpet and keyboards), Ellie Erickson (bass) and Bianca Sparta (drums), the San Francisco, CA-based post-punk trio of Erase Errata have frequently claimed bands such […]
http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3333069609/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/transparent=true/ If you’ve been following JOVM since the very beginning you’d probably remember that I’ve written about the San Francisco-based collective, Afrolicious. Originally the ensemble began as one of the Bay Area’s premier dance parties before […]
If you know anything about music, you’d know that San Francisco has been considered the home to one of the country’s most important psychedelic music scenes, going back the heydays of Haight-Ashbury and The Grateful […]
The San Francisco, CA-based quintet of Scissors For Lefty have quickly won over the segments of the blogosphere for a sound that employs elements of 70s glam rock, 80s synth rock and synth pop with […]
Born in San Francisco, CA and now based in Brooklyn, electronic artist and producer James Harmon Stack, better known as his production moniker Jim-E Stack, was initially a jazz drummer – until he entered the […]