2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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This was the best set I’ve seen Jovontaes perform in their short existence. They picked the best tracks from Things are Different Here and spun them into a great set that had a great flow to it. “Mountain Pass” was especially great to hear live. I’ve probably caught that live before, but it’s the first [...]

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Things Are Different Here, the debut full-length LP from Lexington’s skategaze luminaries Jovontaes, is a sprawling yet tightly woven journey through celestial space rifts, surf-flavored stoner anthems and down tempo instrumental landscapes that, were they physical rather than aural, would likely involve dense forests or blazing deserts or midnight bonfires on some hidden beach south [...]

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Reid from Jovontaes dropped off their new record at CD Central the other day (only place selling it in the world until October 11!), which made me realize I wasn’t sure exactly what was on it. I always hear random Jovontaes songs either from WRFL, at work or looking for them online, but I wasn’t [...]

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Coleman Guyon shot this video for Jovontaes’ “Killer Pilz” and sent it over. I like it so much that I’ll let this double-local post escape the Local section and share it here. “Killer Pilz” is a lot brighter than most of Jovontaes’ songs wind up in their live show, but it’s still got the slow [...]

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Jovontaes, Arcane Rifles, and 30th Century Men will be playing The Green Lantern on Thursday, June 30th. If you’re planning on going to any Lexington shows any time soon, go to this one. This is a rare lineup and a phenomenal one at that. Show up and support! Jovontaes/Arcane Rifles/30th Century Men at The Green [...]

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A great 4/20 hangover bill coming to town this Thursday, featuring highly energetic Atlanta psych rockers The N.E.C.; Lexington stoner rock trio Jovontaes, who are sounding better than ever these days; and 30th Century Men, a relatively new local group featuring members of Candy, Street Gnar and The Butchers. The NEC/Jovontaes/30th Century Men Thursday, April [...]

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