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This May, Nanna – co-lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist of Icelandic indie folk outfit Of Monsters And Men — performed a midday, Free At Noon mini set at World Café Live as a part of this year’s NON-COMM. The performance was on the eve of the release of her...
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The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection will always have an extra special place in its gritty little heart for Louise Post, who managed to namedrop us in a song about the breakup of Nick Cave and PJ Harvey… on top of everything else she did throughout three...
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“I lead from being a healing artist, so that’s my focus all the time. It’s always about creating that healing environment,” Lauren Monroe tells me during a recent phone chat. In addition to being a healing artist – and an advocate for mental health awareness, PTSD therapies, Suicide Prevention,...
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This April Americana singer/songwriter Esther Rose dropped her fourth studio LP, Safe to Run, courtesy of New West Records, home to PHILTHY phriends Aaron Lee Tasjan, Caroline Rose, and Emily Nenni, among others. The album – whose title track features Hurray For The Riff Raff – was written over...
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Last month 8-piece roots rockers The Revivalists released Pour It Out Into The Night, their first LP since 2018’s Take Good Care. Associated Press said of the release, “The Revivalists return with their fifth full-length album, promising more of their spicy gumbo of horn-accented alt-rock, blues, folk and gospel....
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Next Thursday, July 13th, Philadelphia’s own Grocer and Brooklyn’s Washer will be double-headlining Johnny Brenda’s, a gig that I find out, during a recent chat with Grocer, has been in the works for quite some time: “We like Washer, and our last show before the pandemic and their last...
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“A lot of fans have been telling us that ‘Waking up Alone / Julia’ is our most moshable song, and, ‘Can we have some more moshable songs?’ I didn’t know that’s what Divine Sweater fans wanted…” says Sean Seaver, lead guitarist and producer for Boston indie pop band...
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Surely most of our readers are well aware that today has far greater significance than simply being the fourth day in the seventh month of our year… It’s Alice in Wonderland Day! July 4th was the day that Lewis Carroll first told Alice Liddell his most famous story! Fittingly,...
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“When you get to be the lead singer of the greatest all-female, queer Southern Rock DIY band of all-time, you’re excited about it every day,” says Lauren “LG” Gilbert, the mainwoman (and only constant member) behind Thelma and the Sleaze, during a recent phone chat, which just happens to...