Comprised of Jayli Wolf and Hayden John Wolf, the Toronto-based electronic music duo Once A Tree have developed a reputation for pairing lyrics that come from deeply personal and hard-fought experience with a sound that defies […]
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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 […]
Interview: A Q&A with Montreal-based electro pop act, Seoul
Over the past few years, Montreal has developed a reputation for having a rather vital and very diverse music scene, as artists such as Grimes, BRAIDS, Majical Cloudz, Jef Barbara and others have received both […]
New Audio: Dirty Ghosts’ “Cataract” Channels 80s New Wave
The creative mastermind behind Dirty Ghosts, Allyson Baker has had a lengthy musical career, as she first started out as a guitarist in several Toronto-based punk and hardcore bands. By 2000, she had relocated to […]
Late last year, I wrote about TIO, a Toronto, ON–based electro pop act, whose first single “Lips Like Wine” was an atmospheric song that consisted of an usual pairing of ethereal and cascading synths with […]
The sibling tro of Allie, Jaclyn and Trevor Blumas, the Toronto, ON/Montreal, QC-based electronic act Doomsquad won attention across their native Canada and internationally with the release of their debut effort, Kalaboogie, an effort that […]
If you’ve been following JOVM for the better part of the past year or so. you’ve likely noticed that I’ve mentioned on a number of occasions that I frequently receive emails from a variety of artists, labels, […]
Originally beginning as Charles Tilden’s solo looping explorations, the Toronto, ON-based Delta Will expanded to a quartet, when Tilden recruited Brandon Johns (synths, samples, bass), Milan Schramek (guitar, bass, vocals) and Lowell Whitty (drums) to flesh […]
As I’ve frequently mentioned here, I’ve received an increasing number of emails from a number of labels. PR firms, band managers and artists from all over the world – and it makes my endeavors to […]
Originally begun as a duo in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canadian band CROSSS after several relocations and lineup changes is currently a Toronto, ON-based trio who have developed a reputation for crating murky, sludgy and intense […]
CROSSS is a Canadian trio whose sound is heavily inspired by porto-drone, lo-fi indie, noise rock and metal. Originally begun as a duo in Halifax, Nova Scotia and after a number of relocations and lineup […]
Largely inspired by The Velvet Underground and The Zombies, the up-and-coming Toronto, ON-based quartet GROUNDERS, comprised of Andrew Davis (vocals, guitar), Mike Searle (bass), Daniel Bushelkin (keyboards) and Evan Lewis (guitar) have received attention across […]
The Toronto, ON-based band HSY was formed in 2011 by its founding member, the mononymous “Jude.” After two years or so, the outfit settled into its current incarnation featuring Anna (vocals, guitar), Link (bass), and […]
Metz’s 2012 self-titled debut was released to critical praise across the blogosphere and put the Toronto-based band on the international map for a brand of post-punk that would remind some listeners of Nirvana’s Bleach and […]
Comprised of Shiftee and Enferno, the DU and production duo of E.A.S.Y. are part of a burgeoning “real DJ” and “after EDM” movements in electronic music. Interestingly, these movements have developed as a number of […]