Band Interviews

Although one of our favorite singer/songwriters, Nashville’s Tristen Gaspardarek (better known simply as Tristen), seems to be constantly on the road and hitting up…

Brilliantly charming Minneapolis indie pop duo Now, Now, recently dropped their first new recording in half a decade, serving as the follow-up to their…

It hasn’t been long since The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection got a chance to catch up with Arc Iris.  Just last…

Upstate New York folk poppers The Sea The Sea are currently working on a new album, with a slightly new sound… Although it’s looking…

Bent Knee’s Land Animal may best the most accessible art rock record of the 21st century… and that’s not a bad thing… The Boston…

It’s hard to imagine many people are having a cooler year than step-sisters Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse, better known as Skating Polly.  The…

This Friday songstress/guitarist virtuoso Laura Marling returns to Philadelphia for a performance at Theatre of Living Arts. However, support act Valley Queen, who has…

Although you don’t generally think of a Rock’N’Roll road show as the ideal setting for a married couple, Atlanta-based, psych-leaning, garage rockers Gringo Star…

Next week sees the live debut of our newest favorite duo… emerging from the ashes of one of our favorite trios… After the recent…

I’m guessing that a number of you are, at the moment, eagerly anticipating Bishop Briggs’ first ever Philthy headlining show this Friday, May 5th,…

It’s hard to imagine a more perfect lineup for an ultra-sweaty Saturday night at Philthy’s favorite former honky-tonk than The Wild Reeds and Blank…

Psych-rocking post-punks Moon Duo are currently between the releases of the two volumes of their fourth album, Occult Architecture (on Sacred Bones Records), a…

About a year ago we first met Kelsey Byrne, aka VÉRITÉ, whom I characterized as the ultimate embodiment of “alt-pop”: “A popular chanteuse (not…

Last Friday hyper-quirky experimental, Austin-based, indie poppers The Octopus Project released their sixth LP, Memory Mirror.  The album is the band’s first on Robot…

It can be hard to assume what’s coming next from composer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Emily Wells.  Although the Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter was originally best known for her work…

Although Oakland-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Melina Duterte – better known by her musical moniker, Jay Som – is merely 22, her young musical career could already…

If you’re currently navigating your way through Austin, attempting to spot the next super cool indie pop artist among the ineffably profound plethora of…

Although ultra-doomy rockers King Woman are still in the early stages of their career, they’ve already achieved some of their most significant and specific…

Although Vanessa Carlton is still perhaps best known for her 2002 pop mega-hit “A Thousand Miles,” her musical identity has taken a major turn…

Tonight our very favorite punky power-poppers, Potty Mouth, return to The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection for the first time since the…

The last time Philthy saw Jesca Hoop was from the mega-stage of Union Transfer (surrounded by an overwhelming onslaught of lamps), when she and…

The last time I saw Brooklyn trio Slothrust was two-and-a-half years ago, noteworthy for being my very first show as a “thirtysomething.”  The band…

It’s not every day that an international pop star graces the stage of the charmingly grimy and endearingly divey Voltage Lounge.  However, this Valentine’s…

While Atari Teenage Riot and Refused share the title for the most impressively progressive live acts of the 1990s and the live music champions…

After providing us with possibly 2016’s best album, Crab Day, and one of Philthy’s most enchanting shows of the year at Johnny Brenda’s, Welsh-born/LA-residing…

This Friday, 1/27, Cuddle Magic will be dropping their latest LP, Axis/Ashes, courtesy of Northern Spy Records, and tonight they kick off a round…

Although the concert season is beginning to wind down, making way for the holidays, and weather is finally giving us fewer and fewer reasons…

Like so many of indie rock’s most intriguing artists of recent years, American Wrestlers’ sophomore record sees the project evolving from a solo project…

French-Israeli folk pop songstress Yael Naim is currently wrapping up nearly two years of touring and is kicking off a very short string of…

Although it’s hard to imagine Philthy’s bastion of EDM, Rittenhouse’s Coda, garnering more excitement for an event of the non-white-DJ variety than Stevie Wonder’s…

Although Vanishing Life are about to embark on their very first tour, I would hope that PHILTHY readers are familiar with a few of…

As a rule, I’m not generally a fan of bro bands… However, years ago I made an exception for LA skate punks FIDLAR… largely…

I’m not sure what’s the best way to get you in the mood for voting or [for those of my mindset] not voting, but…

It’s been a while since we’ve heard much from Dan Croll here in Philly (or the states in general).  The Liverpool-based songwriter’s last (and…

Illinois duo Icon For Hire have been around for the better part of a decade now, kicking out jams that blend turn of the…

It’s been a few years since we’ve heard from indie poppers Miniature Tigers… However, next week, October 28th, to be specific, sees the release…

It’s been a while since we’ve seen delightfully raucous garage rock duo The Pack A.D. here in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly…

Fans of American Idol (or televised vocal spectacles in general) likely remember Allison Iraheta from the show’s 2009 season, when she appeared alongside Adam…

New York-based singer/songwriter Margaret Glaspy recently got confirmed as the opening act for The Lumineers’ “mega” January arena tour (also featuring Andrew Bird).  In…

This Monday, October 10th, singer/songwriter Lissie will play both her biggest and most intimate Philly date yet, when she will be headlining a sold…

About a decade ago The Bird and The Bee were pretty much my favorite band.  The product of singer/songwriter Inara George and multi-instrumentalist and…

Sadly, Tacocat’s last Philthy show, this April at Everybody Hits, got cut short due to a delayed start and early curfew, leaving the self-described…

Julia Jacklin is certainly the coolest musician I’ve ever met who cites Britney Spears as her initial inspiration.  Australian singer/songwriter swears that her first…

Last month Arc Iris put out what is undoubtedly the best sophomore album of the year, if not the year’s full-out best record.  August…

This Wednesday World Café Live Upstairs will host The Ragbirds, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based band whose sounds and stories are a little too varied…

Although Austin-based singer/songwriter Adam Torres has been making music professionally for a decade now, in a lot of ways, his upcoming LP, Pearls to…

This Thursday, August 18th, Franky Bradley’s will be hosting two sets from LA’s No Small Children, who sound a bit more like a band…

Brooklyn-based, electro-infused indie poppers Savoir Adore are certainly friends of PHILTHY… However, they’re not quite what they were the last time we spoke, three…

Earlier this year The Besnard Lakes released their fifth full-length, A Coliseum Complex Museum, another brilliantly lovely post-rock exploration of songwriter and frontman Jace…