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 […]
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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 […]
Charlotte Oleena started her latest project Sea Oleena in 2010 and the project was initially influenced by a deep sense of melancholy and a desire to never really leave her bedroom. And although the project […]
While in his late teens and early 20s, singer/songwriter Tyler Verhagen took to the road, spending two years on the off-ramps and in the truck stops and 24 hour diners that are part of the hitchhiking […]
I caught the Brooklyn-based Texan Carrie Ashley Hill open the proceedings for January’s monthly Communion showcase at Rockwood Music Hall. And although all of the acts played surprisingly short sets, I was thoroughly impressed by Hill as […]
Singer, songwriter and cellist Cajsa Siik was born in a fishing village just outside of Umea, in Northern Sweden. Eventually, her creative path lead her to her current hometown of Stockholm, where she became known […]
Marial Mahal is a rarity these days, as she’s a triple threat – a model, singer and songwriter, who writes and records under the moniker, Seasick Mama. Her debut EP, Dead Like Money received a lot of attention […]