Arts

Although I’m hearing about her for the first time this past Halloween… Apparently Grumpy Cat is a already pretty big deal… Grumpy Cat is an endearingly crabby kitty who went viral on YouTube and has, over the past two-and-a-half years, been featured on the covers of The Wall Street...

If you’re a gen Yer who’s recently entered your third decade on the planet, I suspect that these November “From the Vault” releases of classic Rolling Stones performances might be the absolute perfect Christmas gift for your very favorite Coors-light-drinking uncle (who likely recently entered his sixth decade on this...

Philthy Mag is proud to announce the 10/3 National Realty Gallery opening reception for the PHL project, designed by local Philadelphia Artist Monica O.  O, a graduate of Temple’s Graphic Design program has garnered a lot of attention for her design work that is based on local Philadelphia architecture....

For myself and all other nerdy cinephiles; obsessed with The New Wave, Art House cinema, Midnight Movies, and “The New Extremism”; the year’s biggest excitement in film… or just in general, has been generated by Lars von Trier’s Nymph()maniac. The two-volume, more-than-four-hour film, tells the life story of Joe,...

I remember ten years ago going to The Black Cat in Washington DC to see the remaining members of Detroit proto-punks the MC5 reunited for their first tour in more than three decades. I was wearing a chopped-up-and-safety-pinned-together Alice Cooper T-shirt. The MC5’s tour manager told me that she...

After begrudgingly suffering through one of the most agonizing winters in a very long time, I think most Philadelphians are absolutely euphoric at the recent signs of springtime. Whether it’s finally seeing runners whiz past you in Rittenhouse Square or little pinks buds starting to show up on cherry...

Ex Hex’s debut 7”, “Hot Water” b/w “Waterfall” and “Everywhere”, is out today on Merge and the accompanying music video is bizarrely timely (At least for me…)  The first video from the playfully punk Washington DC trio (comprised of Mary Timony, formerly of Helium and Wild Flag; Betsy Wright;...

Sometimes the most frustrating reaction one can have to a supposedly brilliant work of art is ambiguity.  February 25th will see the Criterion Collection’s Blu-ray and DVD release of Abdellatif Kechiche’s  Blue is the Warmest Colour, the coming-of-age melodrama of queer youth finding young love, that was adapted from a...

The Doors may divide me, personally, more than any other band of music history.  I find “Five to One” ringing in my head and coyly smile about subversions and revolutions… Then I see some douche in cargo shorts and a tie-dyed shirt donning Mr. Morrison’s face and I decide...