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This July, British indie rockers Wet Leg – founded by frontwoman Rhian Teasdale and lead guitarist Hester Chambers — dropped moisturizer, their sophomore full-length and follow-up to 2022’s charmingly crass and ineffably infectious self-titled debut (the first-ever UK number 1 album courtesy of an Isle of Wight act), both...
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Last August, Denmark-based Wall of Sound punk outfit The Courettes – who blend loves of ‘60s girl groups and garage rock — put on one of the purest rock n’ roll experiences we saw all year in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection when they headlined Kung...
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Last month I caught up with my phriends Tchotchke, whose 2022 self-titled debut LP proved to be the best sunshine punk record since I came up with designation to describe the sonic aesthetic of Beach Day (whose Kimmy Drake credited me with creating a genre). However, the sounds of...
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Today local Philadelphia alt-rockers Her New Knife announced the October 31st release of chrome is lullaby: re, featuring remixes of the six tracks of 2024 EP chrome is lullaby courtesy of Angel Emoji (of Frost Children, who headline The Foundry November 12th), Grimace, Red Rakes, Certain (Sword II), SILICONE...
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This Wednesday is opening night of what is likely to be the most exciting double-headlining tour of the fall, when longtime friends and collaborators PUP and Jeff Rosenstock (and openers Ekko Astral) team up to bring their no-frills DIY punk rock to massive nightclubs and ballrooms across the US. ...
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre have basically made Union Transfer their local home in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection since it opened almost a decade-and-a-half ago. However, September 10th – amidst a 40-date North American tour that kicks off this Wednesday — will be the psych-rock legends’...
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The last time Brooklyn indie pop duo (and phriends of PHILTHY) Daisy the Great were in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was March of last year, when they were opening The Fillmore’s 2,500-capacity main room for The Kooks and The Vaccines (Their recent history has also...
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“I think we’ve had some bad luck with Philly. It doesn’t seem like Philly likes us. We played two basements, and one was like 10 people and an active leak, and at the other one college kids got held at gunpoint,” says a half-joking Victoria Winter, Brazilian-American bandleader of...
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As all serious music fans in the Mid-Atlantic know, this week is the official/unofficial start of touring season (“Fall Edition”), so hopefully we’ve all gotten enough sleep throughout the summer to spend 4-7 nights of each of the next 12 weeks or so in the city’s nightclubs, barrooms, listening...
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Regardless of what you may have heard, the best industrial show you’ll see this week (and likely this year) will take place tonight, 8/28, when Youth Code bring the Industrial Worship Tour to Underground Arts, which the LA-based EBM duo opened for their buddies (and ours) HEALTH in April...
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Next month, legendary punk outfit The Pogues will embark on their first North American tour in 13 years, the first since the passing of vocalist Shane MacGowan in 2023. On September 8th, the third date of the tour brings original Pogues Spider Stacy, Jem Finer, and James Fearnley to...
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“We love Philly! We always have a good time when we play Philly,” says Baltimore trio Pinkshift, who we first met in 2022 – when they were on the road supporting other phriends of PHILTHY, Destroy Boys – and are gearing up for their second and third appearances in...
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The next two Fridays have big things going on for Belgian shoegaze quartet Slow Crush… Well, the second is primarily for those of us in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection… Next Friday, August 29th, the band will drop third full-length (and first for Pure Noise Records)...
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“Touring with Wisp will be so great. That kind of tour allows us to play these larger rooms… which is exciting, but nerve-racking ,” jokes Louie Baello, primary lyricist/vocalist and one-half of Los Angeles duo Dream, Ivory, with brother Christian Baello serving as primary producer and other half. Dream,...
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There are still currently tickets available for Spacey Jane’s September 6th show at The Fillmore Philadelphia… which cannot be said of the Aussie indie rockers’ show the following night at Paradise Rock Club in Boston, or their following show, 9/9 at 9:30 Club in DC… or 9/14 at Studio...
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Those of you who caught the August edition of Philthy Radio, my monthly show for Y-Not Radio, heard me wish the Summer of 2025 a fine farewell with a block of summertime jams, including 2023’s “Summer Wrapped in Gold,” by David Wax Museum. The self-proclaimed “Mexo-Americana” outfit – at...
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Our Philadelphia Phillies spent this past swampy summer weekend in Washington DC, where the President of the United States has deployed the National Guard to police the nation’s capital. And, in a fitting dystopian twist, this past Friday night, the Phillies’ home of Citizens Bank Park hosted My Chemical...
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The last time we saw Australian neo-soul outfit Hiatus Kaiyote in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was June 29th of last year, when they played to a packed Franklin Music Hall the day after the release of their fourth, most recent, and best yet LP, Love...
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“You can expect a trio of clam aliens screaming about butter,” says Tea Eater songwriter and frontperson Tarra Thiessen (also of Gustaf, Sharkmuffin, and MamajoeVramajoe) when I ask what’s in store for those who come out to the self-assessed “weirdo art punk” band’s show tomorrow, August 13th, at Nikki...
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This past Tuesday, August 5th, The Mann Center hosted the summer shed spectacle of the year, starring co-headliners The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse, two legends of alternative rock whose histories with the Fairmount Park amphitheater are equally storied. In addition to previously sharing the stage of [what is...
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“With this record, I was like, ‘I’m gonna make this song and I’m gonna see who’s around to help out,’” says Golden Apples’ Russell Edling of Shooting Star, the Philadelphia indie rockers’ fourth full-length, which drops September 19th on their longtime home, Lame-O Records. The album was recorded across...
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While Nashville singer/songwriter Taylor Bickett may not exactly be an everyday marquee name just yet, there’s a good chance that you’ve heard Zoomer anthem “QUARTER LIFE CRISIS,” which dropped in 2022 and quickly went viral, inspiring nearly half a million fan-made videos on TikTok, in addition to more than...
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This afternoon, UK alt-rock outfit bôa – who headlined The Foundry at The Fillmore last September amidst their sold-out North American reunion tour – are playing possibly their biggest show ever at this year’s Lollapalooza, 2:30-3:30 on the Bud Light Stage. Last year, the trio – consisting of vocalist/guitarist...
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“Our live show is always very happy, even if it is a bit rowdy. My anger that I express is cathartic, I don’t ever point it at the audience… It’s a place to let out the anger,” says Kelli Mayo, co-founder and co-frontwoman of self-professed “ugly pop” (their own...
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“This feels the most like me, in this moment, sonically and lyrically. I spoke more on how I thought the songs should go, giving myself permission to take up space and reflect how I feel and own that, and advocate for myself in small ways… I think there’s a...
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Just yesterday, sister trio The Warning announced the theatrical release of The Warning Live from Auditorio Nacional, CDMX, a feature-length concert film which documents the band’s February headlining performance in Mexico City, which will play at a plethora of local venues on August 21st, before a double live album...
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“As an indie musician, it’s a little too easy to take yourself too seriously,” says singer/songwriter Madeline Kenney. We’re discussing her recent music videos for “All I Need” and “Scoop,” collaborations with Carpark Records labelmate Jimmy Whispers — who’s recently taken up music video directing — that showcase a...
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“I would say that this album is a little bit more vulnerable. I wrote about some more personal things and allowed myself to speak about them more openly,” says Demi Demitro, frontwoman of Colorado rockers The Velveteers – who have been known to regularly open mega-stages for the likes...
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“Just the city being so loud and crazy all the time has come through in the music. Also, the constant internal anxiety brain. It’s so fun, but it’s also overwhelming, this constant, crazy, buzzing energy,” says Laveda frontwoman Ali Genevich, referring to how her and guitarist Jacob Brooks’ 2023...
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“I heard that it doesn’t smell like trash in Philadelphia anymore,” says Nathan Williams, vocalist, guitarist, and founder of San Diego alternative rockers Wavves, before expressing his solidarity with the until-recently-striking union: “Power to the people!” However, I hear a collective, “Ohhhh,” from the entirety of the band when...
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If the reunited Pixies were a person, they would’ve turned legal drinking age this April (with the original only making it to the ripe age of seven). However, for all of those latter-era Gen Xers who grew up just a little too young to catch them the first time...
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“This tour is designed to be super energetic and like a party, as upbeat as possible. We all have 35 minutes, so we have to choose all the heavy-hitter songs from our catalogues, all of the fan favorites. It’s almost like a highlight reel. I actually went online and...
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“We’re really gonna try to muss up City Winery,” laughs Adrian Blake Enscoe, one-third of Brooklyn indie-folk-pop-Americana outfit Bandits on the Run, before Sydney Shepherd (his partner in life and music) proclaims, “We’ve performed everywhere from Broadway to the subway.” That is actually true… Adrian, Sydney, and Regina Strayhorn...
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Those of you who listen to Philthy Radio likely know that Lucy Dacus is pretty much our favorite person making music at the moment, with the Geffen singer/songwriter and former Philly resident tied for the most spins ever (Her only company being Pixies and Lucy’s one-time Matador labelmates Belle...
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The last time we saw Choctaw singer/songwriter Samantha Crain in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was August of 2022, when she opened Union Transfer for Murder By Death. And while Adam Turla’s indie rock outfit are preparing to return to the Eraserhood venue for their last-ever...
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“We play every show like we’re the headliner… give it a million percent every time,” says Coco Kinnon, frontwoman, multi-instrumentalist, and co-producer of Winona Fighter, which is rounded out by Kinnon’s best friend (Dan Fuson) on lead guitar and husband (Austin Luther) on bass and production duties. Lucky for...
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Phriend of PHILTHY and sapphic pop superstar on the rise Rachel Bochner recently let me know that Pride Month 2025 will officially extend to this coming Wednesday, July 2nd, when she wraps her current tour at Silk City for her first-ever headlining show in the City of Brotherly Love...
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This coming Monday, June 30th, MilkBoy is hosting my most anticipated show of the summer. Vienna-based, multidisciplinary artist Sofie Royer will be headlining the barroom that I regularly refer to as “Center City’s last old school rock club.” Royer is touring behind LP #3, 2024’s Young-Girl Forever, a collection...
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Last week Kasey Chambers – who you may have heard on the latest edition of Philthy Radio with her double-platinum No. 1 single “Not Pretty Enough,” off of 2001 sophomore LP Barricades & Brickwalls, which would go on to win the hearts of horror fans for its appearance in...
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“I will say, it is really fun to take a space that feels like a jazz club and just fucking tear it up,” jokes Lomes Oleander, frontwoman of Olympia-based country/punk band Pigeon Pit, who were supposed to play the Music Hall at World Café Live this coming Friday, June...
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“When you release an album, it’s really magical, like opening a door, and I feel like I can finally have some fun,” says Raquel Berrios, one-half of Puerto Rican indie duo Buscabulla, going on to say she and her husband/Buscabulla’s other-half, Luis Del Valle, are excited to get out...
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The last time we saw Blondshell in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was when she opened Franklin Music Hall for Exile in Guyville’s 30th anniversary tour, which — I find out during a recent Zoom chat — was apparently the first encounter our phriend, and one-time...
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We were super bummed to have zzzahara’s headlining show last month at MilkBoy get cancelled… but super excited to see that the LA-based singer/songwriter – whose music draws references to shoegaze, garage rock, and emo, alike — will be back in town this week (accompanied by jazz musicians that...
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Experimental rock outfit Deerhoof are currently celebrating their 20th album and 31st year (That’s china and a clock, for gifting purposes.) April 25th saw the release of Noble and Godlike in Ruin via Joyful Noise, followed by the first leg of the 31 Flavours Tour, which kicked off the...
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Last month Metropolis Records released HAU RUCK 2025, a 20th anniversary remixed and remastered edition of industrial legends KMFDM’s 14th LP, HAU RUCK. And just last week KMFDM vocalist and keyboardist (of a quarter century now…) Lucia Cifarelli kicked off her first-ever solo tour, which has her handling opening...
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London indie rock band, Bloc Party, perform at The Met, celebrating 20 years of the band and their first album, Silent Alarm. The crowd consisted of older and newer fans alike, and everyone brought the most energy they could to celebrate this big milestone. Check out my photos from the...
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During a recent Zoom chat with vocalist/guitarist Eric Egan, I found out that, for a number of years, a lot of people thought Heart Attack Man were from Philadelphia… While the punk trio did record 2017 debut LP, The Manson Family, at Headroom Studios, and they have played more...
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This Friday, June 13th, MilkBoy will be playing host to the best double-headlining jaunt of the summer, The Go For Broke Tour, featuring Canadian punk rockers NOBRO and Bad Waitress (with our local buddies Puppy Angst opening the show for good measure!) Montreal’s NOBRO are touring behind sophomore LP...
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You may have caught NYC dreamgaze outfit PANIK FLOWER last year when they opened MilkBoy for our phriends partygirl. And, during a recent Zoom chat with four of the five members of PANIK FLOWER, I find out that it was apparently a highlight of their young career. This Thursday,...
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“We play a bunch of new stuff until the audience is like, ‘Well…’” jokes Dean Wareham; singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Galaxie 500, Luna, and Dean & Britta; who has spent the past several months touring behind That’s the Price of Loving Me, his fourth solo LP, which dropped...
This July, British indie rockers Wet Leg – founded by frontwoman Rhian Teasdale and lead guitarist Hester Chambers — dropped moisturizer, their sophomore full-length and follow-up to 2022’s charmingly crass and ineffably infectious self-titled debut (the first-ever UK number 1 album courtesy of an Isle of Wight act), both...
Last August, Denmark-based Wall of Sound punk outfit The Courettes – who blend loves of ‘60s girl groups and garage rock — put on one of the purest rock n’ roll experiences we saw all year in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection when they headlined Kung...
