Band Interviews

“I really hope we get to go on more tours this year.  We wanna be road dogs!  So, if anyone sees us, who needs a fun, sad band on your tour…” says Puppy Angst vocalist and guitarist Alyssa Milman, offering an open invitation for anyone who may want to...

Last Friday singer, songwriter, filmmakers, and Spotify EQUAL Ambassador for February, Zolita, dropped her latest EP, Falling Out / Falling In, along with a music video for the EP’s latest single, “Crazy Ex.”  The EP features two new tracks (“Drunk With Your Exes” and “For The Both of Us”),...

“Basically, I’ll be playing like I’m playing Madison Square Garden.  I put all of myself into it,” says folk singer/songwriter Al Olender of her upcoming tour dates, with a bit of a chuckle.  We first met Olender last May when she headlined MilkBoy, with support and accompaniment coming from...

“With the EPs I’ve released, the music has been more related to a concept or a theme and not a sound,” says Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Nisa Lumaj, better known simply as Nisa, who describes her songs as, “genre-less music, leaning on pop, but not being tied to a genre.” (She...

This Saturday, February 11th, MilkBoy will be hosting PHILTHY MAG’s pick for the city’s best unofficial Super Bowl pre-party!  The concert — which is currently sold-out — will feature the unlikely pairing of Nashville-based indie pop singer/songwriter Marielle Kraft with local openers Great Time, a dance-rock outfit whose sounds...

“I’m excited and expecting a lot of kids to come out to these shows and pull the craziest stunts, moshing and stagediving.  That’s honestly the greatest thing about being in a hardcore punk band,” says Kat Moss, vocalist for Scowl, the Santa Cruz group who’s become known for pairing...

“We love Philly!  I feel that Philly often is chatty in a good way, like talking about how much they like the music.  They’re attentive and it’s a party; it’s a mix!” says baroque pop duo Gracie and Rachel, who have opened for the likes of Tori Amos, Julien...

“As I get older there’s less fucks to give.  I like to think I’ve always been making music for myself, but that feeling grows stronger as I get older,” says Jon Spencer during a recent phone chat.  Spencer is perhaps best known as leader of punk blues trio The...

Today queer, all-female/non-binary rockers Razor Braids released a brand-new video for “Nashville, Again.”  The video captures the quartet recording (or, rather, re-recording) the track in Jake Cheriff’s Brooklyn studio.  The song, which dropped earlier this month, is a reworking of the Brooklyn band’s very first single, “Nashville”, which dropped...