Jason Novak is best known as one of the masterminds behind Industrial legends Acumen Nation… However, he’s spent recent years putting a bit of distance between himself and the rivetheads… with varying degrees of success.  For the past half decade Jason’s been handling guitar, vocals, and bass for a...

Despite the name… Brighton’s Blood Red Shoes generally look to be endearingly quirky… However, their riffy, noisey, garagey, stonery, ‘90sy take on punk is actually quite abrasive and even a bit scary… but in the best way possible.  The band, comprised of Laura-Mary Carter on vocals and guitar and...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of chatting with possibly Philadelphia’s coolest and loveliest singer/songwriter, Jennifer Logue.  Jennifer’s a local girl, but a local girl who’s been away for about a decade, which she spent in NYC. “I just moved back to Philly.  I spent the last ten years living...

I’m terribly jealous of Toronto’s Moon King.  They’ve spent the better part of the year on the road, sharing stages with the likes of BRAIDS, HAERTS, and Ava Luna.  They’re currently on an extensive jaunt with Born Ruffians and are making a stop at Johnny Brenda’s this 4/20, which,...

I find it hard to characterize Cloud Cult as a “band.”  Cloud Cult are eight really cool environmentalists from Minnesota who travel the country in a solar-powered van, putting on multi-media indie rock spectacles.  Cloud Cult also hold a special place in my heart, as a preview to their...

The first time Philthy encountered Johanna Cranitch was nearly two years ago, when she was known as Johanna and the Dusty Floor, which I described as “delightfully audacious for a… singer/songwriter,” going on to characterize her music as, “Often incorporating epic moodiness, more reminiscent of elegantly angsty 80s teens...

If Philthy readers hadn’t noticed, I’m a long way from getting tired of postmodernly lovely chanteuses of the synth pop variety. So it should be no surprised that I’m currently digging (and, admittedly, crushing on) NYC’s Computer Magic (moniker of Danielle Johnson, or Danz).  Computer Magic/Danz/Danielle has been a part of...

NYC’s Dead Leaf Echo don’t exactly sound of their time… not that that’s a bad thing… They sound more like they should be sandwiched between Ride and The Jesus & Mary Chain on the soundtrack to one of Gregg Araki’s Teenage Apocalypse films… They are an amalgamation of the...

I’m not generally one for pomp or techno, but Berlin musician/producer/DJ/designer Ellen Allien has always had a knack for doing each astonishingly well.  And her latest, LISm (released earlier this month on her own BPitch Control), might be her most intriguing work to-date.  The album began as the soundtrack...