Simone Felice (of The Felice Brothers and The Duke & the King) recently released a solo record, which has been festering inside him for the better part of his life.  And next Friday, June 1st, he will be performing this life’s work (likely among others) at the hyper-cozy chapel...

Something tells me that, by the end of the year, Gemma Ray will be the Western hemisphere’s most popular indie-electro chanteuse.  Flavorwire is comparing her to Phil Spector and David Lynch, while Village Voice is likening her to Amy Winehouse and Norah Jones.  The UK singer/songwriter is the perfect...

Penguin Prison sounds a bit like Justin Timberlake, bent over and taking it from Stevie Wonder… and I mean that in the best possible way.  I’m not usually one for camp (no matter how crass), but Chris Glover manages to appropriate hyper accessible, glossy, retro, synthetic soul pop in...

So the word is that Rocky Votolato’s show next Thursday, May 24th, at Milkboy Philly is almost sold out.  This is great news for the Seattle-based singer/songwriter; my dear friend, Bill Hanson, who owns and operates my new favorite Philthy venue; and, also, one of my new favorite people...

This past March I chatted with Americana singer/songwriter Amy LaVere in regards to her (then) upcoming tour supporting The Black Crowes’ Rich Robinson on his latest solo trek.  However, it was a side-project, whose details were still being ironed out, that she seemed most excited about in 2012.  She did...

The last time I saw Spacehog was in 2001.  I was 16-years-old.  The Leeds, England-by-way-of-Manhattan neo-glam rock outfit was serving as the opening act for The Black Crowes and Oasis’ Tour of Brotherly Love (Each of the three bands included brothers).  The gig, which took place at Columbia, Maryland’s...

In 2012 it’s hard to characterize someone as being “conceptual” without them assuming you’re mocking them… as if “thinking” is simply a pretentious hipster fad.  RACES, however, do not fall into that category.  I recently got a chance to chat with two of the band’s six members and, I...

The last time Philthy caught up with Charlene Kaye she was in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for an upcoming album.  Her goal was $20,000, at the time the article ran she had raised $24,750, and by the end of the 30-day run she had...

(Unfortunately, as of May 1st, Ane has had to cancel the first two dates of her tour, including the intended opening night in Philadelphia, so she will not be appearing at Union Transfer this Wednesday.  But I would still highly recommend picking up her latest, It All Starts With...