Band Interviews

You may have recently heard Yumi Zouma’s Charlie Ryder on Y-Not Radio, the home of Philthy Radio.  Earlier this month, the guitarist/bassist/keyboardist of the New Zealand indie-rockers did a Y-Not Radio Takeover (now streaming) where he took some time to discuss and spin tracks from the band’s fifth LP,...

“It’ll be a really intimate night for people who love songwriting and hearing the stories behind the songs,” says Emily Scott Robinson of the ESR Made Me Cry 2026 Tour, the trek behind Appalachia, the Colorado-based singer/songwriter’s fifth LP and third for John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, which dropped...

“Hell yeah, we really love Philadelphia!  Philadelphia’s one of our very favorite cities and we don’t think it gets enough love,” says an exceptionally enthusiastic Joseph Settine, frontman and co-founder of Nashville-based indie rockers The Brook & The Bluff.  He mentions a show at Johnny Brenda’s as being one...

Last week our phriend Natalie Jane released brand-new single “sabotage,” the follow-up to 2025 LP the world i didn’t want, a 13-track collection that documents her thoughts navigating young womanhood as a burgeoning pop star.  And just yesterday Natalie Jane dropped the first official vlog from “the world i...

The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has grown accustomed to NYC gypsy punks Gogol Bordello (and their Casa Gogol labelmates) bringing their annual year-end holiday shows to our own Brooklyn Bowl.  So, we were a bit bummed that the closest their 2025 holiday jaunt came to the...

“Having lived there for so long, playing First Unitarian Church is always especially wonderful, and getting to play the Sanctuary, especially, feels like a major accomplishment,” says harpist, composer, and one-time (and longtime) Philadelphia resident Mary Lattimore during a phone chat last month.  Our discussion was cut short due...

Some of you may have seen Amelia Day opening The Foundry for Elio Mei on “Halloweekend” of last year…  And later this week the Nashville-based singer/songwriter will return to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection under more somewhat spooky circumstances when she headlines MilkBoy on Friday the...

This Friday, March 13th, will see the release of Still There’s A Glow, the sophomore full-length from local icons Sweet Pill…  In the years since the release of 2022 debut LP Where the Heart Is, Sweet Pill has toured alongside the likes of La Dispute and The Wonder Years,...

You may have seen Brooklyn art rock duo Sex Week – comprised of partners Richard Orofino and Pearl Amanda Dickson – open The Foundry for chloe moriondo last May (They’ve also played PhilaMOCA with our buddies Golden Apples.)  Last week the band — who are signed to Grand Jury,...