Burette and Gabrielle Douglas began their musical careers as the founding members and frontpeople of the Dallas TX/Fort Worth, TX-based noise pop act Buck Jones but after a seven year run, the Douglases felt it […]
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Comprised of Robbie Slade and Peter Ricq, the Vancouver, BC-based electronic music production and artist duo HUMANS have received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere for “Follow,” off their soon-to-be released debut, full-length […]
So if you’re a return follower to JOVM, you might remember a post from a few weeks ago about the Cameroonian Dutch singer/songwriter Ntjam Roise. Born in Cameroon, Roise spent the formative years of her […]
Masha Zargarin may have one of the more compelling stories in recent memory. Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Zargarin grew up with classical training, playing Chopin and Rachmaninoff. When Zagarain was a teenager, her and […]
Born in Cleveland, singer/songwriter Natalie Prass and her family eventually relocated to Virginia Beach, VA where the young artist took intensive visual art and music classes throughout high school. Prass wound up enrolling into Berklee […]
Born in Brazil and based in Orlando, FL, NIKO IS started to win attention across the blogosphere with the release of his debut single, “Cherry Beamer Dreamer,” as he pairs a hypnotic, rapid-fire witty flow, […]
Certainly, when most people think of Memphis, TN’s music scene, they would likely think of the countless soul, funk. hip-hop and country acts that have called that city home; however, up until last year, Memphis […]
The Night IV is an sextet with members who hail from various places across the world including London, Birmingham, Northampton and Bogota, Colombia. “Heroine,” one of the singles off the sextet’s last EP Still Thinking […]
Japanther’s Ian Vanek has long maintained a side-project with a rotating cast of musician friends by the name of Howardian. Although Vanek has been actively creating music in Howardian for some time, tomorrow marks the […]
Canadian singer/songwriter Spencer Burton has had quite a journey as a musician – he began his career in hardcore punk but his country-folk solo efforts have gained quite a bit of attention. As he’s mentioned […]
Despite the possibility of sounding a bit like a broken record, I have to mention this because it’s absolutely true: one of the great things about the proliferation of independent labels is their ability to […]
Although JOVM is a (mostly) one-man operation, I receive a lot of emails from a variety of artists, labels and publicists located all over the world. Naturally, it’s overwhelming and flattering but at the same time, it […]
I’ve mentioned this earlier but, one of the great things about the proliferation of independent labels is their ability to reintroduce sadly forgotten yet influential artists or sadly forgotten artists that maybe we all should have […]
Although they officially formed in 2012 and are comprised of Matt Flegel (bass, vocals), Scott Munro (guitar), Daniel Christiansen (guitar) and Mike Wallace (drums), the up-and-coming Calgary, Alberta-based post-punk/indie rock quartet of Viet Cong can trace their origins to […]
Born in the small town of Pine Plains, NY, Jesse Cafiero, the creative mastermind behind indie psych band Split Screens relocated to San Francisco where he started working as freelance bassist playing in a number of musical projects; but […]