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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SHAED: “Just get ready to have fun”
I’m guessing that a number of you are, at the moment, eagerly anticipating Bishop Briggs’ first ever Philthy headlining show this Friday, May 5th,…
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Blank Range: “Come and see us play at Boot & Saddle on Saturday, April 29th!”
It’s hard to imagine a more perfect lineup for an ultra-sweaty Saturday night at Philthy’s favorite former honky-tonk than The Wild Reeds and Blank…
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Moon Duo, Returning to Johnny Brenda’s: “We always try to create some kind of immersive experience.”
Psych-rocking post-punks Moon Duo are currently between the releases of the two volumes of their fourth album, Occult Architecture (on Sacred Bones Records), a…
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VÉRITÉ: “I just want people to think and feel.”
About a year ago we first met Kelsey Byrne, aka VÉRITÉ, whom I characterized as the ultimate embodiment of “alt-pop”: “A popular chanteuse (not…
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The Octopus Project, Bringing New Sounds and New Visions to Johnny Brenda’s Tonight
Last Friday hyper-quirky experimental, Austin-based, indie poppers The Octopus Project released their sixth LP, Memory Mirror. The album is the band’s first on Robot…
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Get Caught Up with Emily Wells, This Saturday at Boot & Saddle
It can be hard to assume what’s coming next from composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Emily Wells. Although the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter was originally best known for her work…
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Grandchildren, Bringing It All Back Home, This Friday at Boot & Saddle
Philthy’s own Grandchildren (perhaps known better to some of you as the Danger Danger crew) spent the second half of March touring the sounds…
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Jay Som’s Brand of “Quiet and Loud”
Although Oakland-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Melina Duterte – better known by her musical moniker, Jay Som – is merely 22, her young musical career could already…
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Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever: “We didn’t expect anything to happen with this band, so everything new is a highlight.”
If you’re currently navigating your way through Austin, attempting to spot the next super cool indie pop artist among the ineffably profound plethora of…
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Get to Know King Woman, March 15th at Underground Arts
Although ultra-doomy rockers King Woman are still in the early stages of their career, they’ve already achieved some of their most significant and specific…
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Vanessa Carlton, Moving on From her “dirty past of being a pop star”
Although Vanessa Carlton is still perhaps best known for her 2002 pop mega-hit “A Thousand Miles,” her musical identity has taken a major turn…
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PARTYBABY and Potty Mouth, Bringing Their Party Month to Boot & Saddle Tonight
Tonight our very favorite punky power-poppers, Potty Mouth, return to The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection for the first time since the…
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Jesca Hoop, at Her Most Minimal and Intimate
The last time Philthy saw Jesca Hoop was from the mega-stage of Union Transfer (surrounded by an overwhelming onslaught of lamps), when she and…
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Slothrust’s Leah Wellbaum: “It makes me happy when people say that our records make them feel less alone.”
The last time I saw Brooklyn trio Slothrust was two-and-a-half years ago, noteworthy for being my very first show as a “thirtysomething.” The band…
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Escape Valentine’s Day and This World in General with Ninet, Tonight at Voltage Lounge
It’s not every day that an international pop star graces the stage of the charmingly grimy and endearingly divey Voltage Lounge. However, this Valentine’s…
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