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Those who’ve listened the April edition of Philthy Radio (now streaming via Y-Not Radio) recently heard “Viking Hair,” an early single from South London post-punk quartet Dry Cleaning, which can be found on the band’s 2019 sophomore EP, Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks.  Those listeners also heard me discussing...

Tonight indie folk outfit The Paper Kites kick off their North American Headline Tour behind their seventh studio album, If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, which dropped this January via Nettwerk.  And one week from today, May 8th, the Australian quintet, longtime phriends of PHILTHY MAG,...

We first met Oklahoma-based artist Samantha Crain last July, shortly after the release of Gumshoe, her seventh full-length and first in five years, amidst her first extensive tour in about as long, which included a headlining date at Johnny Brenda’s that proved to be one of the best performances...

Ugly Duckling Union, the third full-length from New York-based duo Lowertown, Olivia Osby and Avsha Weinberg, is set to drop May 22nd via Summer Shade, but it’s already produced a handful of our phavorite songs of 2026. This includes lead single “I Like You A Lot,” a ‘90s-alt-rocky love...

“That was one of the craziest shows I’ve played in the past few years!  I think they shut it down halfway through because it was so much chaos, but it was so much fun energy,” says GRAMMY Award–winning, 4X platinum recording artist Daya of her experience performing at UPenn’s...

“There’s like a punk element, a big ‘fuck you’ element in a really light and fun way,” Liz Cooper proclaims of her It’s A New Day Tour, which resumes tonight in her current home state of Vermont (where she moved last July after about half a decade in Brooklyn)...

The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection just saw Oklahoma indie rockers BRONCHO this past July when they played a sold-out Friday night show at Johnny Brenda’s amidst a tour supporting the quartet’s fifth full-length, Natural Pleasure, which dropped earlier that year.  However, BRONCHO are already set to...

This Wednesday, April 22nd, The Antlers will play their most intimate local show in well over a decade when they come to Johnny Brenda’s on the final night of headlining dates behind 2025’s Blight, the seventh full-length from Peter Silberman’s indie rock project.  The North American dates — which...

The last time we saw Latin alternative pop singer/songwriter VALÉ in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was October of last year when she opened a sold-out Theatre of Living Arts for alt-pop sibling duo (and America’s Got Talent quarterfinalists) BETWEEN FRIENDS.  And the time before that...