Australia’s Gold Coast is not only one of that continent’s prominent tourist resorts, it’s also the home of a music scene that’s begun to receive international attention. In fact, if you’ve been following JOVM for […]
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Somehow part of my professional life, whether it’s with my day job or with JOVM involves managing email – kind of poorly but managing it all the same. I recently received an email from a […]
Better known under the moniker of XO, Sunil Heera is an up-and-coming, Stoke-on-Trent, UK-based teenaged producer, who has gained quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere, across major media outlets such as BBC Radio 1, NME, XLR8R, Ministry of Sound, and Mistajam’s […]
Untitled (The CMJ Edition)
If you’ve followed JOVM over its four year history, you may be familiar with an extensive photography project I conducted over the course of about a year and a half titled, The Black and White Project. It turned […]
Painted Zeros and Elephant Stone at the Mercury Lounge 9/9/14
Painted Zeros and Elephant Stone Mercury Lounge September 9, 2014 As I’ve mentioned a few hundred times of late, it’s been a very busy few months here with The Joy of Violent Movement and I’m […]
As the story goes, two years ago, Selana Garcia quit her day job, sold her belongings, left Los Angeles and hit the road. Over a period of nine months, Garcia drove across the country and […]
Junior Reid, Razhel and Chronixx and the Zincfence Redemption at Summerstage, Central Park 7/27/14
Junior Reid, Razhel and Chronixx Summerstage, Central Park July 27, 2014 As I’ve mentioned a number of times on this site, The Joy of Violent Movement has been a mostly one-man operation run out of […]
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 […]
It’s been a rather interesting weekend and one that has involved much more running around and strange and very awkward circumstances. And at one point, i had some equally annoying technical issues that may have […]
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 […]
If you’re familiar with this site, you’d have a general sense that covering and writing about music from all over the world has been part of a deeply personal mission. And I personally think that’s […]
Happy 4th Birthday!
Today marks an important day in The Joy of Violent Movement history. i started this site exactly four years ago today and what a wild ride it’s been. i’ve had experiences i never would have […]
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 […]
Merry Christmas! And I’m marking the holiday with what I hope will be an annual tradition for The Joy of Violent Movement – the official video for RUN DMC’s “Christmas in Hollis.” Since this song’s […]