Monograms is the alias of Brooklyn, NYC's Ian Jacobs, who communicates tones with dynamics and velocity. Pointillism lyrics, lucid beats and angular melodies create a driving backdrop of underground and popular music across an eclectic spectrum; From post-punk to gritty pop, angular psych to new-wave, Monograms' sonic coding points at the heyday of college radio, as well as contemporaries that push and pull from similar threads.

Since the project’s bedroom recording origins, Monograms has supporting international acts such as Cloud Nothings, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Ezra Furman, Sunflower Bean, Man or Astro-Man?, A Place To Bury Strangers, GØGGS (Ty Segall/Ex-Cult), Girl Band, New Candys, Caveman, DMA's, Juan Waters, Gang of Youths, Buscabulla and others. 

That trajectory coupled with tours and an array of streams and words from Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Earmilk, Under the Radar, the 405, Alt Citizen, Post-Punk, Alt Citizen and more has also led Monograms' music to get regular exposure on radio, film and TV (KEXP, Shameless on Showtime, SXSW Film Festival)