If there are only a couple of things you about me that you had to take away from this site it’s probably this – I’m an obsessive fan of The Verve, who I caught live […]
Tag: The Church
Single Review: Shovels “Car Yards”
Comprised of Michael Beach (guitar, vocals), Adam Camilleri (bass) and Peter Warden (drums), the trio of Shovels are split between Melbourne, Australia and San Francisco and with the the release of their self-titled debut, the […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for some time, you may be somewhat familiar with the Birmingham, AL-based label, Communicating Vessels. Founded by Jeffery Cain, once a member of the sadly unheralded band Remy Zemo, Communicating […]
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 […]
Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia poet Tim Fontaine relocated to New York in 2011 to pursue a career in music; in fact, as soon as he moved to New York, Fontaine fully focused on music, writing […]
Some time ago, I interviewed the Brisbane, Australia-born and now Houston, TX area-based guitarist and vocalist Andrew Bower of the intercontinental collaboration the Valery Trails which features Bower’s Brisane-based brother and bassist, Sean and drummer […]
The Best of 2013 — The Singles
2013 had been a pretty big year for the Joy of Violent Movement and for me both professionally and personally. Over 20,000 readers in over 20 countries across the globe have stopped to read reviews […]
Back in 1989, the Ocean Blue released their debut through Sire Records, and the album was not only well-recieved by critics and fans, it got a ton of airplay on radio and on MTV. The […]
At the end of 2012, the Chicago, IL-based band Disappears spent the end of 2012 and early 2013 holed up in the Electrical Audio Studio writing and recording the material that wound up becoming their […]
Album Review: Crime and the City Solution’s American Twilight
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Disappears‘ Kone is one of the most intriguing albums I’ve come across this year. The band released the official video for “Kone.” And for a song is accompanied with a strange and beautiful video, which is quite […]
Album Review: Disappears’ Kone EP
Photo Credit: Zoran Orlic Disappears Kone Release Date: April 16, 2013 Track Listing 1. Kone 2. Kontact 3. Kone (Radio Edit) Personnel Brian Case Jonathan Van Herik Damon Carruesco Noah Leger […]
On March 26th, Crime and the City Solution will be releasing their first full-length album in almost twenty years, American Twilight through Mute Records. The band has relocated several times throughout their history from Melbourne Australia […]
The Chicago-based band Disappears have released three full-length albums since their formation in 2008, and in that time the band’s music explores the themes of relating to others, seeking out meaning and attempting to make […]
http://www.moshcam.com/embed/?mediaID=11404 Watch The Church and other great gigs on Moshcam. “Space Saviour,” is one of my favorite songs from the Church’s Untitled #23. This footage is also from their 2011 Past, Present, Future tour date […]