payton-jade

Payton-Jade is a music photographer who moved to Philadelphia in 2023, and has been shooting for Philthy ever since. She started taking blurry concert photos at the age of twelve on her cracked iPhone 3. These days, she loves to take visually striking shots, bright colors, and including the fans in her photography.

  • Hurray for the Riff Raff at The Foundry

    March 7, 2024
    In support of their critically acclaimed 2024 album, The Past is Still Alive, Hurray for the Riff Raff played an incredible sold out show in Philly last Friday. They put on a spectacular performance, every song sounding nearly identical to the record. It’s a testament to the talent of...

  • Madi Diaz at World Cafe Live

    March 7, 2024
    Last Thursday Madi Diaz played an incredible show at Philly’s World Cafe Live in support of her newest album, Weird Faith, which dropped last month on ANTI-.  It was the Nashville-based, Lancaster County-raised artist’s biggest headlining show in the 215 to date, previously having played the likes of Tin...

  • Mitski’s Magical First Night at The Met

    February 10, 2024
    Mitski is truly a once in a lifetime performer, and full of surprises, as shown by every one of her tours being completely different. Her first-ever show at the opera house — night one of two local stops on The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Tour — looked...

  • FIDLAR Preps The Opera House for Oliver Tree

    January 31, 2024
    Los Angeles garage rockers FIDLAR — whose drummer, Max Kuehn, recently spoke with Izzy Cihak — returned to Philadelphia for the first time since 2018 to play a spectacular show in support of Oliver Tree at The Met. With a headliner-quality stage show, and setlist of both “classics” and...