Tag: The Joy of Violent Movement

Comprised of Bonnie Bloomgarden (lead vocals), Rocky (bass), Laura Kelsey (drums) and Larry Schemel (guitar), the Los Angeles, CA-based quartet of Death Valley Girls have deliberately shrouded themselves in mystery; in fact, what little that is […]

The Grand Rapids, MI-based trio of HEATERS can trace their origins to when high school friends Andrew Tamlyn and Nolan Krebs relocated to Grand Rapids to start working on a music project together. And in […]

Comprised of Cooper Gillespie (vocals, bass) and Greg Gordon (drums and sequences), the Los Angeles, CA-based duo of Ultra Violent Rays have received attention across the blogosphere for a sound that channels Siouxsie and the Banshees, […]

if you’ve been following JOVM for the past year or so, you might be familiar with the blogosphere darling power pop-punk trio Radkey. Comprised of siblings Isaiah (bass, vocals), Solomon (drums) and Dee Radke (guitar), the […]

If you’ve been following JOVM since the very beginning, you may be familiar with the New York-based indie dance pop sensation AVAN LAVA. Initially formed by producers and multi-instrumentalists Le Chev and Ian Pai, the […]

If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the last year, the Nottingham-born and London-based producer, remixer, DJ and vocalist (among other things) Ronika may be familiar to you. Her Selectadisc EP, which paid tribute to the beloved record […]

If you’ve been regularly following JOVM for the past year or so, you may have gotten the sense that I’ve been big on the Swedish singer, songwriter and cellist Cajsa Siik. Born in a fishing […]

If you’ve been following JOVM for the past few years, you’d know that this site has increasingly followed my own personal philosophies – namely becoming a site that focuses on music regardless of genre or […]

If you’ve been following JOVM for the past few months or so, you’ll likely remember the Los Angeles-based quartet Lady Low. Each member of the band is quite accomplished in their own right. Founding member […]

Comprised of Mia Wilson (vocals, guitar, piano) and Quincy Ledbetter (guitar, bass, piano), the Brooklyn-based duo of The Bright Smoke caught the attention of the biosphere after the release of their full-length debut effort, Late […]

If you’ve been following JOVM for the past couple of months you may remember reading a couple of posts on The Night VI, a sextet with members who have hailed from London, Birmingham, Northampton and […]

If you’ve been following JOVM over the last six or seven months or so, you might recall coming across a couple of posts on the Brooklyn-based quartet, The Wilful Boys. Comprised of Mikey (bass), Fisher […]