Catching up with Tommy Stinson: Bash & Pop Opens UT for The Psychedelic Furs Tuesday
This January Tommy Stinson treated the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection to one of his most intimate local shows in ages. Instead…
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Yelle, in the Club (Tonight at Boot & Saddle)
If we’re voting on favorite pop cultural entities of the past week, mine is going to have to go to French electropop duo Yelle’s…
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Skating Polly, Opening Things up for X, This Friday at Underground Arts
So, word on the street (and, actually, also from a few quite credible, inside sources) is that X’s show this Friday, September 22nd, at…
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Welcome To A 1970s Rock’N’Roll Nightmare
Is it just me… or was pop culture allowed to be weirder in the ‘60s and ‘70s? Not necessarily better (although, let’s be honest,…
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Beverly: “You have to take care of the audience, show them you’re in control, and then bring them into your world.”
We at PHILTHY MAG have been big fans of Beverly for quite some time (Well, since their start around 2013…) The Brooklyn band blend…
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VÉRITÉ Returns to Sell Out Boot & Saddle, Bringing Along “Alt-Pop’s” Next Amazing Act, Tigertown
We first met soulful, synthy, alt-pop chanteuse VÉRITÉ last May, prior to a headlining performance at Boot & Saddle, which would leave those of…
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Blondie/Garbage @ The Mann
Last Wednesday, August 2nd, Blondie and Garbage brought their Rage and Rapture Tour, which Shirley Manson fittingly referred to as, “the best summer camp…
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Tristen, Bringing Rock’N’Roll to Boot & Saddle Tonight
Although one of our favorite singer/songwriters, Nashville’s Tristen Gaspardarek (better known simply as Tristen), seems to be constantly on the road and hitting up…
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The Return of Now, Now, Monday at Boot & Saddle
Brilliantly charming Minneapolis indie pop duo Now, Now, recently dropped their first new recording in half a decade, serving as the follow-up to their…
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Arc Iris Does Joni Mitchell This Saturday at Boot & Saddle
It hasn’t been long since The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection got a chance to catch up with Arc Iris. Just last…
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Ticket Giveaway: Alex G w/ Japanese Breakfast at Union Transfer (07/08)
Local songwriter Alex G, or (Sandy) Alex G, has been kicking out lo-fi experimental pop since about 2010, but there’s a decent chance he…
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Ticket Giveaway: Mitski at Union Transfer (07/07)
For the past year+ New York-based indie singer/songwriter Mitski has been riding a wave of critical acclaim and packed shows surrounding her fourth and…
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Another Side Of The Sea The Sea, Tonight at World Café Live
Upstate New York folk poppers The Sea The Sea are currently working on a new album, with a slightly new sound… Although it’s looking…
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Welcoming Back Land of Talk, Tonight at Boot & Saddle
It’s been quite some time since we’ve heard from Elizabeth Powell and Land of Talk. Last month they released Life After Youth on Saddle…
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Bent Knee Bring Their Latest Musical Amalgam to Kung Fu Necktie This Tuesday
Bent Knee’s Land Animal may best the most accessible art rock record of the 21st century… and that’s not a bad thing… The Boston…
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Skating Polly, at Their “poppiest and slickest”
It’s hard to imagine many people are having a cooler year than step-sisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse, better known as Skating Polly. The…
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Valley Queen’s Natalie Carol: “It’s important for me to write from a place of enjoyment and catharsis.”
This Friday songstress/guitarist virtuoso Laura Marling returns to Philadelphia for a performance at Theatre of Living Arts. However, support act Valley Queen, who has…
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Gringo Star and Shantih Shantih, Bringing Married Life on the Road to Boot & Saddle Tonight
Although you don’t generally think of a Rock’N’Roll road show as the ideal setting for a married couple, Atlanta-based, psych-leaning, garage rockers Gringo Star…
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Top 10 of The Jesus & Mary Chain, Tonight at Union Transfer
It seems like just yesterday seminal Scottish alt rockers The Jesus & Mary Chain were taking the stage of Union Transfer in celebration of…
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Me Not You: “We turned on the fuzz pedals full force and hit the drums a lot harder this time around!”
Next week sees the live debut of our newest favorite duo… emerging from the ashes of one of our favorite trios… After the recent…
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