Back in 2012, the New York-based electronic/electro pop act House of Blondes’ fantastic Clean Cuts landed at number 5 on this site’s Best of List that year, thanks to a sound that reminded me quite […]
Tag: Single Review
New Audio: The Johns Channel 90s Alt Rock on “Jesus Christ” and “Don’t Speak Don’t Spell.”
With JOVM turning five on Tuesday, the number of emails I receive from a variety of artists, bands, band management, publicists and labels across the world have increased – and in a way that’s both […]
With its members split between Oakland, CA and Seattle, WA the quintet Happy Diving comprised of Matt Berry (guitar and vocals), Matt Yankovich (guitar), Kevin Prochnow (guitar), Mikey Rivera (bass) and Samuelito Cruz (drums), have […]
As I’ve been going through a number of tracks, it seems that today’s focus has inadvertently been on obscurities. And as I’ve mentioned on a number of occasions that can often be the strength of […]
I’ve mentioned this before and in a previous post but as a blogger, the proliferation of independent record labels of all sizes across the world. And as I’ve mentioned this proliferation has meant that there […]
As we all know that there has been a proliferation of independent labels of all sizes across the world; in fact, I’d bet that you’d likely know someone who has started a label or is […]
Carnival Caravan is a unique collaborative touring and recording project between the Brazilian-American band Nation Beat and the New Orleans-based band Cha Wa, and interestingly enough, the project began when Nation Beat’s Scott Kettner and […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few months to about a year, you may be familiar with London-based DJ, producer and electronic music artist, Stuart Ojelay. When I first wrote about Ojelay, he […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USSM21500888&playerType=embedded 2015 has been a breakout year for the Texas-born, New Jersey-raised and Los Angeles-based indie pop artist Phoebe Ryan, as she’s captured the attention of both the print and blogosphere worlds. Much like her […]
Comprised of Flynn Cock (drums), Kerley Cock (bass) and Murphy Cock (guitar), the Brisbane, Australia-based trio Bottlecock describe their sound on their Facebook Fan Page as “Big, loud, noisy, thrusty rock.” And as a result of […]
Comprised of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern, the New York-baesd duo Sofi Tukker met at an art galley while they were both attending Brown University and quickly began writing music, based around their desire of […]
Comprised of John Lally (vocals, guitar), York Henderson (guitar), Luke Bareis (bass), Tom Bruno (drums), the Atlanta, GA-based quartet, Sleep Therapy have developed a reputation for a sound that bridges late 80s and early 90s […]
Comprised of Lavinia Blackwell (vocals, organ piano, electric guitar and glockenspiel), Mike Hastings (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and vocals), Alasdair C. Mitchell (electric guitar, organ, glockenspiel, and vocals), Alex Neilson (drums, percussion, whistle, and vocals) […]
Brooklyn-based trio Dead Stars have captured the blogosphere over the last couple of years with a sound that consists of fuzzy, power chords fed through layers of feedback and anthemic pop melodies and hooks; it’s […]
Since their formation early last year, the Philadelphia, PA-based trio of Ecstatic Vision have quickly developed a reputation for a sound that draws from a wild variety of influences including Krautrock, Fela Kuti, Sun Ra, […]