JVR News

WINTER 2024
Jesika’s song “Coast to Coast AM” dedicated to her favorite radio show will be aired on Coast to Coast AM, on March 3, 10:30 PM Pacific!
Jesika von Rabbit’s former band, Gram Rabbit’s song “Off With Your Head” can be currently heard in the commercial for Fox’s The Masked Singer, Season 11.

WINTER 2024
Jesika von Rabbit has been chosen to sing the National Anthem for the Coachella Valley Firebirds vs the Colorado Eagles, at the Acrisure Arena, 75702 Varner Rd, Palm Desert, CA 92211, on Saturday, February 17, at 6 PM. “I am thrilled to be singing our National Anthem and honored to represent the Greater Coachella Valley and the CV Firebirds,” says von Rabbit, whose rich history in the Coachella Valley includes a cover story in Palm Springs Life, and being awarded “Best Female Performer” several years in a row at the Coachella Valley Weekly Awards.

Time has been booked at Royal Triton Studio in Silverake with producer and former Gram Rabbit guitarist Ethan Allen, to finish work on several Jesika von Rabbit singles leading to a full album in the fall!

FALL/WINTER 2023
Jesika’s song “Going Down” from her Dessert Rock album appears in the new Morgan Freeman film 57 Seconds!
A number of live shows have been booked including shows in Pioneertown, Hollywood, Oceanside, the Morongo Valley Music Festival, Palm Springs Halloween Festival, and December shows in Bisbee, Tempe, and Tucson AZ.

SUMMER 2023
Jesika von Rabbit continues to record new songs, performs at Alex’s Bar Long Beach with Josie Cotton, and a Tiki Oasis Suite Party!

WINTER/SPRING 2023
Jesika is working hard in the studio recording and mixing her new body of work, and is releasing her Americana-style single and video “Desert Rain”.

EARLY 2023
Jesika von Rabbit booked to perform two shows with Josie Cotton at The Peppermint Club in West Hollywood, and Furstworld in Joshua Tree

HALLOWEEN 2022
Jesika von Rabbit debuts her new four-piece rock band at Red Dog Saloon in Pioneertown

FALL 2022
Jesika von Rabbit wins “Best Female Vocalist” and “Best Song” awards at the Joshua Tree Voice “The Joshuas” music award ceremony.

SUMMER 2022
Jesika’s “I Wanna Be A Cowboy” video is written up in the Desert Sun with quotes by Boys Don’t Cry’s Nick Richards and video co-star Jesse Hughes. See the article at this link: https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/2022/06/30/boys-dont-cry-frontman-praises-jesika-von-rabbit-cover-and-video/7758694001/

Jesika and her bassist Lee play on a bill with The Lemonheads at the relaunch of Alibi Palm Springs and headline the Pioneertown Independent Film Festival’s Saturday Night Party.

SPRING 2022
Jesika releases a duet single and video with Jesse Hughes, a cover of an 80s classic “I Wanna Be a Cowboy” by Boys Don’t Cry. Boys Don’t Cry bandmember

WINTER/SPRING 2022
Jesika begins work on her third solo album, full of catchy rock riffs, surrealism, and emotion! Stay tuned for release details!

FALL 2021
Jesika von Rabbit releases the self-directed Desert Dream Center video filmed in Johnson Valley, outside of Pioneertown, CA.

SUMMER 2021
Jesika’s “Bombay Beach Bunny” video reaches almost 100K views on YouTube!

OUT TODAY 5/14/21 – BILLY GIBBONS “MY LUCKY CARD” VIDEO
with an appearance by Jesika von Rabbit! Filmed at Pappy and Harriet’s, Pioneertown.

NEW SPRING 2021 SINGLE AND VIDEO “BOMBAY BEACH BUNNY”

In April, Jesika von Rabbit releases her fresh new dance track “Bombay Beach Bunny” single and video. The video is chock full of colorful eye candy and was filmed on location in Bombay Beach/Salton Sea, and is directed by Jessica Janos.

2020 WRAP UP
Jesika forged ahead during 2020. She wrote and recorded at her home studio, finishing three tracks, “Bombay Beach Bunny“, “Who the Hell Knows“, and an update of an 80s cover tune titled “I Want to Be a Cowboy” (soon to be released) with videos created for each track. Watch “Bombay Beach Bunny” here, and “Who the Hell Knows” here. Also released as a single and video was a duet with Spindrift’s Kirkpatrick Thomas performing Cole Porter’s ode to freedom “Don’t Fence Me In”. Jesika was also invited to perform in two pre-recorded virtual concerts at Pappy and Harriets, and the Joshua Tree Music Festival with full stage setups and lighting, and made a guest appearance in a Billy Gibbons video, “My Lucky Card”, also filmed at Pappy & Harriets

JESIKA VON RABBIT NAMED BEST MUSICIAN IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY
On November 25, 2019, the CV Independent readers poll voted  Jesika von Rabbit the Best Musician in the Coachella Valley! A week later, she makes the cover of the CV Weekly with a full-page interview!

HAVE A BLUE CHRISTMAS WITH JESIKA VON RABBIT!
Jesika von Rabbit and producer Jessica Janos a/k/a the Jesicult have cooked up a fabulous holiday treat, a video for Jesika’s newly recorded cover of Elvis’s “Blue Christmas.” The video is a psychedelic dreamscape, adorned with hand-selected and authentic Joshua Tree weirdos, and is Jesika’s first-holiday video since Gram Rabbit’s “California Christmas”!

11/19: JASON NUTTER / JESIKA VON RABBIT VIDEO FOR THE SONG “JOSHUA TREE” WINS THE 2019 YUCCA VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY
L to R: Jesika, Jason Nutter, video producer Jessica Janos

Long-time Jesika von Rabbit video producer and friend Jessica Janos’ video for the Jason Nutter / Jesika von Rabbit song “Joshua Tree” has won the Yucca Valley Film Festival’s Best Music Video category! The three were present for the award. Jessica Janos has produced several of Jesika’s videos including “Psychic Spice”, “Glamorous Misery”, and “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me”.  Jason Nutter runs the Music Heals Inc. store and organization which supplies musical instruments and lessons to special needs children.

8/29/19: JESIKA VON RABBIT WITH JAPAN’S 5,6,7,8’S AT PAPPY & HARRIETS!

JESIKA VON RABBIT TEAMS UP WITH MUSIC HEALS’ JASON NUTTER FOR A NEW SINGLE / VIDEO

This Americana-flavored song and video titled “Joshua Tree” will transport you to the middle of the Mojave with its’ eerie and Lynchian vibe. Musician Jason Nutter, the founder of Music Heals Inc. Palm Springs which provides musical instruments and programs to special needs kids, has teamed up with Joshua Tree’s Jesika von Rabbit for a beautiful roots track interpreted for video by director Jessica Janos. VIEW THE VIDEO AT THIS LINK

6/3/19: NEW JESIKA VON RABBIT FUND A BUNNY CAMPAIGN
Jesika is currently running a campaign to raise recording funds for two sparkling new songs and videos. Click on her Fund a Bunny page for info and perks!

5/13/19: JvR Spring/Summer dates and Residency at The Redwood (Los Angeles)

You’d be a fool not to catch one of the upcoming shows on display by Jesika and her well-oiled machine. The band has been intoxicating crowds and submerging them in a psychedelic sound bath of sorts. The drummer is an animal, Ex-Gram Rabbit guitarist Ethan Allen is slinging Neo Western-Wave and bassist Lee Joseph is keeping it cool and fuzzy, while Ms. von Rabbit invites you into her weird and rocking world of melody and madness.. Their current cover of Rush’s Tom Sawyer will blow your mind and put a smile on the face of the biggest curmudgeon, and there may or may not be some racy rabbit nymphs hopping around the stage, engaged in a furry freakout… Come out and support a hard-working band that is committed to keeping the art in their music and not conforming to a stream of consumerism and convention. DATES: (map and ticket info at the Live Dates link) 5/25: Stoned and Dusted Festival at Pappy & Harriet’s (indoor set) 6/5: The Wayfarer Costa Mesa 6/6: Redwood Bar Los Angeles 6/8: Elinor Long Beach 6/13: Redwood Bar Los Angeles 6/20: Redwood Bar Los Angeles 6/27: Redwood Bar Los Angeles 7/5: Private Party 7/21: Jesika von Rabbit DJ Set at Elinor 7/26: Red Barn Palm Desert 8/2: Campout Festival Pioneertown 8/16: Idyllwild Strong Festival

12/18: EXTRA EXTRA – JESIKA von RABBIT COVER STORY IN PALM SPRINGS LIFE ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE!

Jesika von Rabbit is featured in the December 2018 issue of Palm Springs Life’s Arts and Culture Magazine!  Read the article and view the short JvR documentary video at this link!

10/18: There’s something special about a printed magazine, especially when there’s a full-page article about Jesika von Rabbit’s recently released album Dessert Rock! Enjoy this truly great JvR interview from the October issue of Desert Magazine!

JESIKA VON RABBIT DESERT ROCK ALBUM RELEASE PARTY AT SOAP PLANT / WACKO –
Saturday, September 15, 2018: 7-10 PM Soap Plant / Wacko La Luz de Jesus Gallery 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 www.soapplant.com The Queen of the High Desert, Jesika von Rabbit cordially invites you to the unveiling of her new album Dessert Rock. Enter the whimsical world of Rabbit… Costumes are encouraged as we create a space adorned with desserts, drinks, and dancing girls. Jesika von Rabbit videos will be playing on a loop, interspersed with projections by visual mastermind Mr. Tamale along with the sweet sounds of  Dessert Rock playing all night. Dessert Rock, von Rabbit’s second solo album, is an avalanche of appetizing amalgams that incorporate hints of calypso, sci-fi, psychedelic, electro, and funk, and will be available for purchase on both LP (white vinyl) and CD. Digital will be available through iTunes, etc. Freak Out with us on this delightful night, as the Desert meets the City!

SUMMER 2018 – JESIKA VON RABBIT SUMMER SOUTHERN STATES TOUR WITH SPINDRIFT!

JESIKA VON RABBIT WINS BEST FRONTWOMAN AWARD
In an annual music award event held by the Coachella Valley Weekly on May 31, 2018, Jesika von Rabbit was presented with an award for Best Frontwoman in the Coachella Valley!

JESIKA VON RABBIT’S SEXY SUMMER SINGLE
Spark your Speakers with Jesika von Rabbit’s Slick Summer Single “Make Me Feel Better” from her forthcoming second solo album to be released soon! Produced by Ethan Allen, the middle-eastern tinged song blends electro, psychedelia, and hip hop into a sexy dance track. LISTEN AND DOWNLOAD AT HOME PAGE

JESIKA VON RABBIT ON 45 RPM! NEW 45 ON SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY!

Jesika has a new 45 RPM record out on the revived Sympathy for the Record Industry label, her simmering nocturnal version of “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” The flip side, “Din Ho” is a non-LP track that Jesika wrote about Chinese fast food mixed with a side of Pop Culture celebrity, No MSG! The record can be purchased at JVR shows, via mail order from Dionysus Records, at this link and is distributed to shops by ILD www.ildistro.com

NEW ALBUM FORTHCOMING – NEW SINGLE OUT SOON – SOUTHWESTERN TOUR JULY 2018!
Jesika von Rabbit is about to release her second solo album this summer. “Dessert Rock” is the follow-up to her 2015 “Journey Mitchell” release. “Dessert Rock” is an avalanche of appetizing amalgams that incorporate hints of calypso, sci-fi, psychedelic, rock, electro, and funk. You are going to want seconds after sampling this dessert. Look for a new single “Make Me Feel Better”, off the new album, coming soon! In July, Jesika will be hitting the road for a Southwestern tour with longtime friends and cohorts, Spindrift (Los Angeles), look for dates in the Live Dates section.

EXCITING NEWS IN VON RABBITLAND!
SHOWS: with the full band in Los Angeles, Pioneertown, Las Vegas, and more TBA! Check the shows section of the website for the latest! SHOES: Jesika just got some badass red boots, we thought you’d want to know!! MUSIC: there’s a NEW ALBUM coming your way soon as well as a 45 RPM record on Sympathy for the Record Industry featuring “Do You Really Want to Hurt Me” and a non-LP B side!

FALL 2017
The fine folks at Jam in the Van asked Jesika von Rabbit to perform for their cameras and microphones at Desert Daze 2017. With her new band lineup including her bassist Lee Joseph; guitarist, producer, and former Gram Rabbit member Ethan Allan; and drummer Daniel Kashunk, she performed three songs; “Going Down”, “Make Me Feel Better”, and “Psychic Spice”. Follow this link to see the videos!