Born in Cameroon, Ntjam Roise spent the formative years of her life in a small village – until her family relocated to The Netherlands when she was nine. Currently based in Rotterdam, the Cameroonian-Dutch singer/songwriter has […]
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The California-born and Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Bay Uno has been gaining attention across the blogosphere for the release of his first two singles “River” and “Catalina." Both singles are gorgeously atmospheric, densely layered, jangling guitar pop which […]
Born and raised in Sandnessjøen,Norway, just south of the Arctic Circle singer/songwriter/composer/actress Rebekka Karijord relocated to Sweden a decade ago, where has she proven to be remarkably prolific, as she composed music for over 30 films, […]
R&B vocalist and songwriter Sola has been garnering attention across the blogosphere for a sound that many of my colleagues have compared to the likes of Banks, Tove Lo and Lykke Li for its slick, electronic pop-based production, its personal and very […]
The primary members of Hiss Golden Messenger, the Durham, NC-based singer/songwriter M.C. Taylor and the Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist and recordist Scott Hirsch have been playing music together for almost two decades, and their fifth full-length effort, Lateness […]
I recently received an email from an up-and-coming London, UK-based singer/songwriter Nick Liam, who has begun to make waves across Europe for a stripped down sound comprised of Liam’s gorgeous vocals and his accompaniment on […]
Heavily inspired by the breakup for a long-term relationship, Mirah’s fifth full-length album Changing Light tells a universal tale of betrayal, heartbreak, confusion and eventually moving forward, the material on the album features collaborations with the likes […]
Born in a small, fishing village outside of Umea, in Northern Sweden, singer, songwriter and cellist Cajsa Siik’s creative path eventually had her heading towards her current hometown of Stockholm, where she became known not just for her […]
As many of you know, The Joy of Violent Movement is a mostly one man operation run out of my apartment while I have a full-time job in midtown Manhattan. And as I’ve mentioned on […]
With the Joy of Violent Movement, I’ve experimented with things here and there. I recently started an audio-based interview segment, which started with an interview with the Austin, TX-based anarchy-electro punk trio BLXPLTN, right before […]
Singer/songwriter Rodrigo Amarante is probably best known in indie rock circles for his time as a member of Little Joy and Los Hermanos. Easy Sound Records released Amarante’s solo debut, Cavalo, a couple of months ago, and the material on the album […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USSM21401269&playerType=embedded Up-and-coming, Nottingham, UK-based singer/songwriter Liam Bailey has been compared to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Cody ChesnuTT, thanks in part to a expressive and soulful croon, backed by bluesy, power chord-based guitars. His […]
Born and raised in Washington DC, and now located in Brooklyn (much like countless other musicians these days), singer/songwriter Nick Hakim grew up in a household similar to mine – a household that emphasized musical diversity. in fact, Hakim grew up listening […]
When the Los Angeles, CA-based singer/songwriter Moses Sumney was growing up, he avidly wrote songs but he was so painfully shy that he would hide them inside his mattress. Sumney moved out of his parents’ […]
For over a decade singer/songwriter Nicholas Krgovich (pronged KER-ga-ViTCH) has developed a reputation for an idiosyncratic and creatively restless spirit as he’s written and performed in projects such as No Kids, Gigi and P:ANO and for his collaborations with Mount Eerie, Nite Jewel and Dirty Projectors’s […]