The Marble Vanity are a supergroup of sorts.  They are comprised of members of CoCoComa, the Hipshakes, and Hollows, including Lisa and Bill Roe, proprietors of Trouble in Mind Records.  They released their self-titled debut 12” June 19th on Chicago’s Slow Fizz Records.  I had a chance to chat...

“There’s more of an edge to it.  The sounds are edgy and raw,” Jesca Hoop tells me of her latest album, The House That Jack Built, out this Tuesday on her very own Bella Union.  The album, the Manchester-based/California-born singer/songwriter’s third, doesn’t stray too much from her previous releases. ...

Liz Enthusiasm, lead singer for Boston synthpoppers Freezepop, certainly lives up to her moniker… even when she’s talking about a lack of excitement.  “Musically, it’s actually been a pretty quiet year for us.  We were taking a little well-deserved break.  It’s been kind of nice to take a little...

When 2012 began Sharon Van Etten was probably the most darling-ed singer/songwriter in indie music.  But since the release of her third LP, Tramp, this February, she seems to have ascended to the title of the most prolifically relevant and brilliantly acknowledged songwriter currently inhabiting music in general.  And...

When Now, Now’s debut album dropped the Minnesota then-duo, were barely old enough to buy cigarettes.  However, after transforming into a trio, changing their name (formerly Now, Now Every Children), and spending nearly half a decade developing the sounds that would manifest themselves onto their follow-up LP, the band...

“I’m interested in where rock music intersects with other forms of music,” says Russ Waterhouse, one-half of Blues Control.  I’m surprised to hear that German rock bands of the 70s are a big inspiration.  While the band’s latest release, Valley Tangents (which drops Tuesday), does blend at least a...

Last night Philthy (the city, not this fine publication) hosted JEFF The Brotherhood, the slightly-psychedelic garage punk rock duo from Nashville that produces an aesthetic that is both hyper-traditional rock and hyper-conceptually postmodern (They utilize three drums, three cymbals, and a three-stringed guitar.)  The duo brought a sizeable crowd...

So I’m sure you’ve realized that it’s relatively rare that a male subject finds themselves covered in Philthy Blog’s music department… and that’s not a coincidence.  However, Greg Laswell has proven to be an exception (And for somewhat ironic reasons.)  I’ve come across Greg and his popular indie folk (You...

Although technically a Boston resident, I like to consider Marissa Nadler an honorary Philthadelphian.   The hyper-lo-fi singer/songstress produced her last two releases in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, she’s worked with a number of Philadelphia musicians, and her local appearances are always more than noteworthy.  This...