If you’ve been following JOVM for the past couple of months, you might be familiar with the Lexington, KY-based band Ancient Warfare and “Gunsmoke,” the first single off the newly-minted quartet’s forthcoming effort, The Pale Horse, slated for an […]
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New Audio: House of Blondes’ Space-Agey “I Always Wanted to Live Like That”
If you’ve been following JOVM over the past couple of years, you’d be pretty familiar with the New York-based electronic music/electro pop act, House of Blondes’ whose fantastic Clean Cuts landed at number 5 on this site’s Best of 2012 List that […]
New Audio: Check Out Ibeyi’s Stunning Rendition of Jay Electronica’s “Better In Tune With The Infinite (Bibo No Aozora)”
With the release of their self-titled debut earlier this year, Ibeyi, the twin sibling duo comprised of 19 year-old French-Cuban twin sibling duo, Lisa-Kainde Diaz and Naomi Diaz have received international attention for a sound that […]
New Audio: Beat Connection’s Joyous Summer Love Track “So Good”
With the release of their critically applauded debut effort, Peace Garden, Beat Connection quickly became a blogosphere sensation for a slickly produced dance rock sound. Now, if you’ve been following JOVM for the last few months, you […]
Live Concert Review: New Music Seminar, New Music Nights Festival 2015 Misfires in its Attempt to Showcase New Music
Live Concert Review: New Music Seminar, New Music Nights Festival 2015 Misfires in its Attempt to Showcase New Music New Music Seminar can trace its origins back to 1980 when over 200 people gathered at […]
New Audio: Madlib, Freddie Gibbs, Action Broson, Joey Bada$$, and Ransom Team Up on Some Dopeness on “Knicks (Remix)”
Soundcloud is an amazing place for a blogger. i’ve mentioned this on several occasions but while scanning tracks for consideration for JOVM, i’m good for multi-multi-tasking: listening to tracks while watching Yankees, Rangers, Giants, Nets […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM for some time, you may recall that I interviewed the Pittsburgh-born, Brooklyn-based producer maticulous, and as he told me in that interview the Steel City has a rather vibrant and burgeoning […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for the better part of this year, you may be familiar with the Australian-born, London-based singer/songwriter Lucy Mason. Initially influenced by No Doubt, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cranberries and Radiohead, Mason […]
Live Concert Photography: TheWhen at Piano’s 6/24/15
Live Concert Photography: TheWhen Piano’s June 24, 2015 If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few months, synth pop artist, songwriter and producer Matt Kourie may be familiar to you. Kourie is a grizzled New […]
Interview: The Joy of Music Blogging: William Ruben Helms and His Devotion to a Lifestyle
In the five years that I’ve run The Joy of Violent Movement, I’ve conducted about 100 interviews, and as a result I’ve wound up growing quite used to the role of being an interviewer. But […]
Film Review: Never Too Sweet But Always Inspiring Aspie Seeks Love Screens at Northside Film Festival
JOVM’s Northside Festival Coverage begins in earnest this week with my dear friend and colleague Natalie Hamingson’s coverage and perspective of the festival. And it begins with with the first ever film review in this […]
If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the last couple of years, you will likely be very familiar with producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist Dam-Funk. Over the past couple of years, the Stones Throw Records artist has seen […]
Photos: The Coney Island Mermaid Parade 6/20/15
if you’ve been following JOVM over the past few weeks you’d know that the last three weeks or so have been incredibly busy as i’ve covered the Northside Festival in Williamsburg a couple of weeks […]
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 […]
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If you’ve been frequenting JOVM since the very beginning you may remember that i also had a lengthy photo project called “The Black and White Project,” in which I took at least one picture every single […]