Live Events

Last November, Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas announced his Spring 2026 “Duo Tour,” nine dates in notably intimate rooms that would feature Hadreas alongside only his partner, collaborator, keyboardist, and co-writer Alan Wyffels.  While we’re lucky enough to have snagged one of those dates, April 1st in The Sanctuary of...

“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...

Nashville’s “egg punk” band, Snooper, joined Prison Affair for a packed co-headline show at First Unitarian Church last Thursday, March 5th. It was a highly anticipated show for me since the release of Snooper’s sophomore album, Worldwide, which came out on Third Man Records in early October of last...

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,...

This Friday (March 6th) Valencia Grace drops the most anticipated pansexual anthem of 2026: “S!ut.”  And on March 28th the transatlantic pop icon in the making is bringing the most anticipated barroom spectacle of the foreseeable future to the stage of our very own MilkBoy.  “S!lut” has been described...

Those who caught the latest edition of Philthy Radio (now streaming), my monthly radio show for Y-Not Radio, have heard “Lapdog,” a brand-new track courtesy of Indonesian trio Grrrl Gang, whose sounds are exactly what their name suggests in the best possible way.  The song is the final track...

This Friday, February 27th, will see the release of the deluxe edition of Staring at the Sun, the 2024 sophomore full-length from Hotel Fiction, the Athens, GA-based duo of best friends Jade Long (piano, vocals) and Jess Thompson (guitar, vocals), who first met as students at the University of...