Band Interviews

This September, BAILEN celebrated album release day for SWIM!!!, the sibling trio’s third full-length and first fully independent release, with a WXPN Free At Noon show, something BAILEN bassist/vocalist Daniel Bailen and I realize during a recent chat has kind of become a tradition for the New York City...

Last Thursday, Kingston, New York’s Assembly hosted opening night of the Rare Kisses Tour, a double-headlining jaunt featuring legendary Detroit synth-punk duo ADULT. and New York City noise rock icons A Place To Bury Strangers, which will have the two acts returning to Underground Arts this Tuesday, November 10th. ...

“I want to love and be loved, but I also want to be free.  The tension between those two things has been the central question of my life,” says Julia Jacklin via a recent press release, reflecting on the theme of The Gem, the Australian singer/songwriter’s fourth full-length and...

Those who caught the October/Halloween edition of Philthy Radio (now streaming via Y-Not Radio) heard “Damned” off of Run, Run Pure Beauty, the sophomore LP from Francis of Delirium, which NPR Music’s All Songs Considered calls, “Big, fuzzy, chunky, riffy indie rock,” and which prompted NME to write, “Capturing...

This Friday, November 6th, Killphonic Records drops Heart Of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 3 – Into The Black, pheaturing PHILTHY phavorites King Princess and Modest Mouse, in addition to our brand-new phriends New Constellations, whose take on Harvest Moon opening track “Unknown Legend” closes the 12-song tribute...

While the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has a handful of appealing live music options for Halloween night, including some sonically spooky stuff in Eraserhood, we will be spending the evening at The Foundry at The Fillmore for the weekend’s best rock show.  Headlining the show are...

Last month our phriends Babehoven — comprised of partners Maya Bon and Ryan Albert — released I See Them, I See Me (whose “Monster” you may have caught on the October/Halloween edition of Philthy Radio), their fourteen-track third full-length, courtesy of longtime home Double Double Whammy.  However, it’s certainly...

Last Friday, Nashville-based Nettwerk singer/songwriter Madds Buckley released her latest full-length, A Simple Binary and a Complex Phrase, a collection of indie-pop songs that explore the impact of technology on our existential lives.  And next week Buckley kicks off her most extensive headlining tour yet, which will include her...

This month rock trio Deux Visages celebrate two official years in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection since relocating from Miami.  And tonight they kick off a five-date run supporting punk rockers The Linda Lindas (following a recent jaunt supporting our phriends Sweet Pill) which will have...