JBM News and Photos

Alt-J and JBM at Wrongbar in Toronto

Fri, September 21 2012 12:34pm - Source: Chromewaves

Frank Yang Cambridge, England quartet Alt-J couldn't have known how prescient they were when they named their debut album An Awesome Wave , as that's pretty much what they've been riding through 2012.

Weekly Feature: JBM

Sat, July 28 2012 7:24pm - Source: MOG

JBM , the moniker of solo artist Jesse Bryan Marchant, underscores each song with a howl of the isolation and yearning of a much older soul.

Live Review: Damien Jurado, JBM at D.C.’s The Black Cat (5/21)

Tue, May 22 2012 7:17pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

He husks his woes, others' woes, and invented woes over minor chords, strummed slowly as they reluctantly fill the air.

Out This Week 5/22

Tue, May 22 2012 7:14pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

A chorus of strong female voices top this week's list of new releases, none more promising than that of young London-via-Ontario singer-songwriter Al Spx, a.k.a. Cold Specks , whose head turning debut, as our Music Director, Don Yates, describes, is "a powerful, emotionally moving set of gospel-steeped folk-pop with a dark, hushed sound featuring muted guitars and solemn piano along with occasional strings, horns and choral backing singers accompanying her velvety, deeply soulful vocals and spiritually brooding lyrics."