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Bella White’s debut at MilkBoy — Center City’s last remaining barroom rock club to attract touring artists – has been a long time coming. The Calgary-raised/Nashville-based Americana singer/songwriter was set to play the venue in August of 2021, but was thwarted by a COVID scare the day of the...
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LA’s marine-inspired electronic artist and producer, Oxis, performed at The Fillmore last Sunday night, supporting Magdalena Bay on the last stop of their Imaginal Mystery Tour. She played a variety of her songs released over the last two years, including her latest single, Piranha, a glitchy synth-layered track that...
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Los Angeles-based/Bologna-bred synth pop trio Nuovo Testamento – comprised of Chelsey Crowley (vocals), Giacomo Zatti (drums), and Andrea Mantione (synth) – will be spending their Halloween at Baltimore Soundstage, sharing a bill with our old phriends Scowl and new phriends Whispers (along with co-headliners Sunami). And while Scowl, Sunami,...
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Los Angeles retro alt-rockers Rocket (whose sound Paste characterized as, “imagine Sonic Youth writing songs for the pop charts.”) have already played some pretty huge shows in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. Last year they opened two nights at The TLA for emo legends Sunny Day...
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If you’re a fan of Audiotree, there’s a good chance you recently saw the debut session from self-described “Bangkok Evilcore” outfit Whispers, a Thailand-based band signed to Flatspot Records (home of our phriends Jivebomb), who released their Yom-Ma-Lok EP last December. The group have spent much of the past...
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“People don’t need therapy, they need to see David Byrne,” my phriend says to me three songs into David Byrne’s third and final night at The Met Philadelphia, amidst Talking Heads classic “And She Was,” already the second Talking Heads song of the evening. October 16th, 17th, and 18th...
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Our old phriends Magdalena Bay are gearing up for their third local headlining show this year, and their somehow “most intimate” yet, playing the 2,500-capacity Fillmore on Sunday, October 26th. However, we’re just as excited to see LA-based, marine-inspired Oxis, whos’s been opening the Imaginal Mystery Tour for the...
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Today, King Princess – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer/actor Mikaela Straus – dropped her latest single, “Cherry,” the follow-up to LP #3, Girl Violence, which hit shelves last month via section1. The song is named for King Princess’ archnemesis, “a large busted, cartoon stone fruit that has tried to thwart KPs advances at...
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Hopefully you’ve heard by now that tomorrow, October 17th, is the October/Halloween edition of Philthy Radio (9-11pm ET on Y-Not Radio), where I’ll be spinning spooky songs from a plethora of phriends, including our newest phriend, Tei Shi, whose upcoming North American tour kicks off this coming Monday, October...
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This Friday, October 17th, is the October/Halloween edition of Philthy Radio (9-11pm ET on Y-Not Radio), where I’ll be spinning a plethora of especially spooky tracks from phriends of PHILTHY, including a hand-picked selection from London-based dream pop trio (comprised of electronic producers) Night Tapes, who are currently touring...
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Shoegaze/noise rock quartet Laveda firmly cemented their status as a NYC band with the September 12th release of LP #3, Love, Darla (which dropped via Bar/None Records), an album both sonically and thematically inspired by frontwoman Ali Genevich and guitarist Jake Brooks’ 2023 move from Albany to Queens. However,...
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“Philly is one of my absolute favorite cities in the US! I’m from Houston, and there’s no other city (maybe Atlanta) like Philly, that has the same kind of aggressive talking style that I’m used to!” says pop artist, DJ, and producer Mothé of the City of Brotherly Love...
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You may have seen singer/songwriter VALÉ – whose roots in Colombia have helped to infuse her brand of alt-pop with the soul of traditional Latin sounds – opening The Met for The Driver Era’s Obsession Tour this June. However, the Los Angeles-based musician is already scheduled to return to...
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“It’s gonna be a really special show! It’s gonna be completely solo and acoustic, all around one mic, which I’ve never done,” says NYC singer/songwriter and longtime phriend of PHILTHY Margaret Glaspy (who we first met in October of 2016, prior to a Johnny Brenda’s show where she was...
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Former Talking Heads frontman and generally ineffably cool musical genius David Byrne is gearing up to make his debut at The Met Philadelphia, where he will be performing next Thursday (10/16), Friday (10/17), and Saturday (10/18) as part of his An Evening With David Byrne – Who Is the...
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This weekend Alex G returns to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection for the first multiple-night stand in his hometown in three years. November of 2022 had the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist performing three nights in a row at Union Transfer in support of ninth studio LP...
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Austin, Texas’ all-female punk quartet, Die Spitz, performed at Franklin Music Hall on 9/27, supporting Viagra Boys. Their sophomore album, Something To Consume, came out just last month. Check out my photos from their set below!...
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LA industrial-dance duo Sextile performed songs from their 2025 album, yes, please., as well as fan-favorites from previous records, at The Foundry last Friday evening. The show was so fun and exciting, I don’t think I stopped dancing for a second! The band was energetic, jumping around on stage,...
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Last month marked the fifth anniversary of MACROCOSM, the debut full-length from Colombia-based psychedelic funk trio BALTHVS, the project of guitarist Balthazar Aguirre (who’s joined by bassist Vanessa Muñoz and drummer Santiago Lizcano), who left a career in law after a life-changing rock-climbing accident to pursue a more creative...
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Musical chameleon (and royalty) Noah Cyrus is currently amidst her biggest-ever headlining tour, and preparing to play her biggest-ever headlining show in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection with her October 10th appearance at the city’s most prestigious ballroom, The Fillmore (Her last local headlining date came...
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Those of you who caught the September edition of Philthy Radio (my monthly show for Y-Not Radio, now streaming) heard “Murmurations,” off of I Went To Find You, the first solo LP from Amy Millan in 16 years, which dropped this May via Last Gang Records. The album had...
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“We love Johnny Brenda’s! Of course, if we could sell more tickets and sell giant rooms, that would be great, but we love playing Johnny Brenda’s. It really is a room with such a vibe and a feel; you couldn’t build a room like that now, so I’m glad...
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The last time we spoke with Iowa-born, Nashville-based country singer/songwriter Hailey Whitters was in February of 2022, just prior to the March release of her third studio album, Raised, and amidst her first-ever headlining tour, which included a particularly memorable night at The Foundry. Since then, she has toured...
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Last month, Albany-based metalcore quartet Downswing dropped “For What It’s Worth” (featuring Colorblind’s Travis Moseley), the lead single off of And Everything Was Dark, their sophomore full-length and first for MNRK, which hits shelves October 24th. They also announced a tour with He Is Legend [celebrating (almost) 20 years...
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Last week was the official start of fall touring season… which means we’re actually gearing up to see a handful of our phavorite acts for the second time this year… This May, we saw Australian alt-pop singer, songwriter, and producer Grace Shaw – better known as Mallrat, whose noted...
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“When the tour’s over people are gonna be like, ‘Fuck, I wish I went to that!’ The intimacy is going to create exclusivity. Like, afterwards, people are gonna kick themselves for not being there,” says indie pop singer MARIS of her upcoming Give Me A Tour! double-headlining jaunt with...
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London alt-rockers – and favorites of Y-Not Radio, the home of Philthy Radio – Wolf Alice are currently one night into their 2025 North American tour, which will have them returning to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection for the first time since 2017 when they headline...
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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...
Bella White’s debut at MilkBoy — Center City’s last remaining barroom rock club to attract touring artists – has been a long time coming. The Calgary-raised/Nashville-based Americana singer/songwriter was set to play the venue in August of 2021, but was thwarted by a COVID scare the day of the...
LA’s marine-inspired electronic artist and producer, Oxis, performed at The Fillmore last Sunday night, supporting Magdalena Bay on the last stop of their Imaginal Mystery Tour. She played a variety of her songs released over the last two years, including her latest single, Piranha, a glitchy synth-layered track that...
