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We last caught up with Land of Talk – Montreal-based indie rock outfit of Lizzie Powell, who have been signed to Saddle Creek since 2008 – in April of 2022, when they were touring behind their four-song Calming Night Partner EP, released in 2021, between 2020 LP Indistinct Conversations...

The last time San Fermin were in town was November of 2021, when they played City Winery Philadelphia, the city’s newest listening room.  However, tomorrow night (4/3) they’ll be headlining Underground Arts, our favorite basement in the heart of David Lynch’s Eraserhood, which regularly plays host to our favorite...

Last week we met Chicago teenage alt-rock quartet Neptune’s Core, who made their Philadelphia debut with a top-shelf rock show at Kung Fu Necktie.  However, it turns out that we have a mutual friend in Chicago indie rock duo Friko, comprised of vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger....

Since the return of live music, we’ve gotten to know La Force – the solo project of Montreal-based singer/songwriter Ariel Engle, best known as a vocalist for Broken Social Scene (Her husband, Andrew Whiteman, has been with the Canadian indie rock collective since 2001.) – quite well.  La Force’s...

Last week Canadian indie folk rockers released “Hold Me (Diamond Remix),” a remix of the lead single of their fifth studio album, Part Time Believer, which dropped this February on Underneath a Mountain Records/The Orchard/Glassnote Records.  The rootsy anthem was remixed in collaboration with Canadian Billboard top 10 artist...

  Southern California indie rock band Benches played an amazing show in support of iDKHOW on Tuesday. Though the band was nearly an hour late due to bowling related circumstances – they were seen bowling while waiting for the venue to fill up – their performance was definitely worth...

“The most rewarding and cathartic part of the process for me, in addition to writing and recording, has been connecting with fans after the shows and hearing people who have told me that it helped them process and move through their own grieving stories… which makes me feel so...

Earlier this month Coco released their second full-length, and next month they kick off their first-ever headlining tour.  The band is a supergroup of friends, comprised of Dirty Projectors’ Maia Friedman, Pavo Pavo’s Oliver Hill, and Lucius’ Dan Molad.  Their aptly named sophomore LP, 2, dropped courtesy of First...

Chicago’s music scene has been making a major splash in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection recently, with acts like Friko, Ratboys, Squirrel Flower, Elizabeth Moen, Dehd, Neal Francis, Macie Stewart (one-half of Finom), and Half Gringa playing some of our favorite shows of recent years.  And...