Sophia Knapp is painfully charming.  “I wanna rock people’s socks off,” she tells me upon being asked what are her plans for 2012.  “My band is, like, pretty cool cats,” she tells me at another point.  Sophia Knapp isn’t your average platinum from Brooklyn… although she may be my...

This Wednesday, Feb. 29, the TLA will be hosting Philthy’s best bill of 2012 yet, with Company of Thieves and Girl in a Coma.  It is likely the best lineup the city has seen since… well, Girl in a Coma and The Coathangers hit up the North Star last...

There’s something very cinematic about the sounds of Dead Fingers.  At times it rings of the kind of vintage country that would be romanticized by Jim Jarmusch.  At times it’s reminiscent of the effortless, alcohol-addled, late-night folk jamming of Bob Dylan and friends captured by D.A. Pennebaker in Dont...

Nothing for a Thursday night like a little glamour and a three-way… especially when it’s courtesy of Philthy’s favorite trio of electro vixens, Patty Crash and The Sisterwives.  This Thursday, Feb. 23rd, Patty and her girls will be at The Barbary for Polyglamourous.  However, if you can’t wait to...

As far as electro noise pop princesses go, Philthy has Patty Crash and NYC has Ducky (Morgan Neiman).  Ducky’s been in the music game since she was 13.  By 16 she was spinning in San Francisco clubs and by 17 she was dropping out of high school and relocating...

In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, Free Dominguez and Jimmy Gnecco are stripping down for the week… although not in a manner quite as “festive” as it sounds.  The Kidneythieves’ vocalist (Dominguez) and Ours’ frontman (Gnecco) have hit the road for a brief string of intimate, solo shows, which...

Poliça are a hard band to pin down… to put it mildly.  They are an off-shoot of GAYNGS… a side-project consisting of members of Bon Iver, The Rosebuds, Megafaun, Doomtree, Solid Gold, and Leisure Birds… among others.  At the core of Poliça are GAYNGS vocalist Channy Leaneagh and producer...

I’m guessing most of my readers look forward to February 15th nearly as much as they look forward to December 26th…  However, this year Philthy has an even better reason to celebrate that particular date… Sheffield duo Slow Club will be appearing at Johnny Brenda’s for what I’m anticipating...

No one actually likes Valentine’s Day.  Well, I mean, no one who is even slightly interesting likes Valentine’s Day.  And even less do they like holiday celebrations named for a play on words of said holiday.  And, alas, I will find myself at Voyeur this Friday, Feb. 10th, for...