“The first time we ever played Philly the sound man was watching a hockey game, so… This is better,” proclaimed Katy Klaw, 1/3rd of Peggy Sue, as the Brighton-based indie folksters graced Union Transfer with their presence this past Saturday.  The performance she was referring to occurred about two...

All of this week’s highlights in Philthy live music have not come from the marquee stars, but the Robins to their Batman, those in the passenger seat, the (aptly and honorably titled) “support.” This Tuesday, Upstairs at World Café Live hosted the (shockingly, sold out) “Austin to Boston Tour.” ...

As of today, Morgan Nagler’s Whispertown is on their fifth official release and third official name (They began as “Whispertown2000,” before going on to be “The Whispertown 2000” and now, simply “Whispertown.”)  Whispertown’s latest, Parallel, is out today on Acony Records and the seven-song EP has the band heading...

Although I often mock World Café Live (with love) for their upper-middle-class, white, suburban, NPR-listening demographic and their relatively sterile dinner-theatre setup, the University City venue has hosted some of the best concerts the city has seen this year, from Saul Williams’ awe-inspiring set last month to Jessie Baylin’s...

I was at the fourth-to-last Sleater-Kinney show of all-time… It was the most powerful experience of live music I’ve ever witnessed… This week I attended Morningwood’s fourth-to-last show of all-time… Well, it was the best thing I’ve seen so far this year… and the highlight of my Spring Break....

I was sad to find that the quite-anticipated double-header of Bowerbirds at Johnny Brenda’s and Grimes at block-away Kung Fu Necktie was recently squashed when Grimes promptly sold out KFN and had her show moved to the First Unitarian Church.  However, Grimes’ avant-garde indie pop, in my mind, must...

Heartless Bastards are the only band in the world that I have ever said are perfectly suited for a state fair… when it wasn’t intended as an insult.  They seem to be from some other time and place… but that time and place are really amalgamations of scenes and...

Sophia Somajo, aka Soso, is a somewhat avant-garde singer/songwriter from Sweden.  She wrote, recorded, and produced her entire debut album (That Time I Dug so Deep I Ended up in China, out 5/1) inside of her bedroom… She’s one of the few people I can think of that I...

Mindless self indulgence and morningwood would seem to be a natural pairing… So I guess it makes sense that the lead singers (and mainman and woman) of Mindless Self Indulgence (Jimmy Urine) and Morningwood (Chantal Claret) are an actual pair… or, couple… married, in fact.  And this Spring each...