J Fernandez

J. Fernandez has shared the video for “Between the Channels” which is from this year’s fine, underrated Many Levels of Laughter. Jerzy Rose directed the video which follows a few social situations in slow motion…

Spray Paint‘s new album Dopers is out this month (10/23) and the band have made a video for “Signal Master” which makes its premiere in this post…

Chicago’s J. Fernandez released Many Levels of Laughter last month via Joyful Noise and if you haven’t checked it out, I think its one of 2015’s more underrated albums…

Waking Windows Music & Arts Festival happens this weekend (May 1-3) in Winooski, VT, featuring over 100 music acts and comedians at 11 different venues in the city’s downtown area. Ar…

Chicago songwriter J. Fernandez will release his new album, Many Levels of Laughter, June 9, 2015 via Joyful Noise Recording Co. There’s a motorik quality to his music that recalls American Analog Set or Stereolab, but there’s a magic hour sunlight vibe to his melodies as well…

Thee Oh Sees are one of many cool artists participating on a new compilation titled 50 Bands And A Cat For Indiana Equality which stands against the recent anti-gay legislation in the state…

SXSW, which happens March 17-22 in Austin, TX, has announced its third round of 2015 showcasing artists. (Here’s round 1 and round 2.) It’s a big update, with over 500 new additions, including Amason, Frog Eyes, Palma Violets, Girl Band, Pity Sex, Sheer Mag, Kate Tempest, THEESatisfaction, Viet Cong, Matthew E…

Before and after his visit to Puddles Pity Party, BV photographer Chris La Putt hit some CMJ shows on Tuesday (10/21). In the afternoon he went to the Cake Shop day party which had a nice selection of some of the week’s busier acts, including sometimes Kurt Vile associate Boyd Shropshire, UK dance/rock act CYMBALS, Glasgow, Scotland’s Casual Sex, Ireland’s September Girls, and Chicago’s J…

CMJ got underway here in NYC on Tuesday (10/21) and our intrepid photographer Amanda Hatfield was out all day covering the action. She started at Tell All Your Friends’ day party at Baby’s All Right with sets from local psych-pop band Spires, hotly-tipped UK at MONEY, another UK band Happyness (one of our 20 out-of-town bands to see) and former Walkmen bassist Peter Matthew Bauer…

Dublin’s The #1s (aka The Number Ones) put out their self-titled debut LP over the summer via Deranged Records (once home to Fucked Up and White Lu…