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Last week was the official start of fall touring season… which means we’re actually gearing up to see a handful of our phavorite acts for the second time this year…  This May, we saw Australian alt-pop singer, songwriter, and producer Grace Shaw – better known as Mallrat, whose noted...

“When the tour’s over people are gonna be like, ‘Fuck, I wish I went to that!’  The intimacy is going to create exclusivity.  Like, afterwards, people are gonna kick themselves for not being there,” says indie pop singer MARIS of her upcoming Give Me A Tour! double-headlining jaunt with...

London alt-rockers – and favorites of Y-Not Radio, the home of Philthy Radio – Wolf Alice are currently one night into their 2025 North American tour, which will have them returning to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection for the first time since 2017 when they headline...

This July, British indie rockers Wet Leg – founded by frontwoman Rhian Teasdale and lead guitarist Hester Chambers — dropped moisturizer, their sophomore full-length and follow-up to 2022’s charmingly crass and ineffably infectious self-titled debut (the first-ever UK number 1 album courtesy of an Isle of Wight act), both...

Last August, Denmark-based Wall of Sound punk outfit The Courettes – who blend loves of ‘60s girl groups and garage rock — put on one of the purest rock n’ roll experiences we saw all year in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection when they headlined Kung...

Last month I caught up with my phriends Tchotchke, whose 2022 self-titled debut LP proved to be the best sunshine punk record since I came up with designation to describe the sonic aesthetic of Beach Day (whose Kimmy Drake credited me with creating a genre).  However, the sounds of...

Today local Philadelphia alt-rockers Her New Knife announced the October 31st release of chrome is lullaby: re, featuring remixes of the six tracks of 2024 EP chrome is lullaby courtesy of Angel Emoji (of Frost Children, who headline The Foundry November 12th), Grimace, Red Rakes, Certain (Sword II), SILICONE...

This Wednesday is opening night of what is likely to be the most exciting double-headlining tour of the fall, when longtime friends and collaborators PUP and Jeff Rosenstock (and openers Ekko Astral) team up to bring their no-frills DIY punk rock to massive nightclubs and ballrooms across the US. ...

The Brian Jonestown Massacre have basically made Union Transfer their local home in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection since it opened almost a decade-and-a-half ago.  However, September 10th – amidst a 40-date North American tour that kicks off this Wednesday — will be the psych-rock legends’...