Comprised of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, the British electronic music production and artist duo, Basement Jaxx have had a remarkably successful career since their formation back in 1994. The duo have had several singles […]
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If you’ve been frequenting JOVM over the past few months, you’d know the first five months of the year have been particular big for women pop artists – as artists like Phoebe Ryan, Chelsea Lankes […]
Comprised of Danny White and Steven Mudd, the electro pop duo of Golden Coast met in college while individually producing and writing for a number of artists before deciding to team up and collaborate on […]
Young, up-and-coming, pop artist Tove Stryke landed a record deal with Sony Sweden in her late teens and it resulted in the 2010 release of her self-titled debut effort, which was a commercial success in […]
Last night, I was at the JOVM unofficial home office of Brooklyn Bowl to catch the Washington, DC-based Congo Sanchez and the New York-based People’s Champs and M.A.K.U. Soundsytem, who I’ve heard about for some […]
Young Summer is a Washington, DC-based artist, who claims Karen Carpenter, Michael Jackson, Prince, and Ryan Adams as her influences; however, her debut effort, Siren and its latest single “Severing Ties” actually leans heavily in […]
The new ABC sitcom, Fresh Off The Boat, is based around the life story of the show’s creator. Eddie Huang – as a hip-hop loving 12 year old in the early 90s, his immigrant family […]
Last year was a big year for the Portland, OR-based Liz Anjos, best known in indie electronica circles under the moniker of Pink Feathers. She spent a the bulk of 2014 touring with blogosphere darling and […]
With the release of their debut effort, Everything Is Not Going To Be Okay, the Washington, DC-based trio of Black Clouds quickly developed a reputation for a quasi-nihilistic post rock sound and aesthetic. And interestingly enough, the […]
Born and raised in Washington DC, and now located in Brooklyn, singer/songwriter Nick Hakim grew up in a household that emphasized musical diversity as he heard soul, hip-hop, go-go, folk music and more – and […]
Alex Lee, a classically trained vocalist and Andrew Monborne, drummer started VEDAS as a means of catharsis. As Alex Lee has mentioned, “We write what we feel. VEDAS is an open door; we expose all of thoughts […]
Named after a beloved Nigerian funk album, the members of the Brooklyn-based septet Ikebe Shakedown features members of the touring bands for the likes of the incredible Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the larger-than-life Charles Bradley, Lee Fields, and […]
NRBQ can trace their roots back to January 1966 when pianist (and now lone founding member) Terry Adams started the band from his Louisville, KY home. Adams met guitarist Steve Ferguson when they were still […]
Named after a beloved Nigerian funk album, the members of the Brooklyn-based septet Ikebe Shakedown features members of the touring bands for the likes of the incredible Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the larger-than-life […]