• Maddie Zahm Shares the Stories of the “Fat Funny Friend” at World Café Live

    “I’m really excited to overshare and laugh and cry with you tonight!” said Maddie Zahm, one song into her performance from the semi-stage of The Lounge at World Café Live this past Saturday night.  The 24-year-old singer/songwriter sold-out the 220-capacity space in less than an hour (faster than Billie...
  • Weyes Blood, Between the Opera and the Amphitheatre (Two Sold-Out Nights at UT)

    Today LA-based chamber pop singer/songwriter Natalie Mering – better known as Weyes Blood — announced new batches of dates in the US (August 23rd-30th and September 12th-14th) and UK/EU (October 28th-November 14th) for her headlining In Holy Flux Tour, in addition to European Festival dates this June and July. ...
  • Big Thief Fans Loving [Mainly] The New Stuff at Franklin Music Hall

    Being packed into a cramped corner of the seemingly well-beyond-sold-out Franklin Music Hall this past Saturday night (2/4), it was hard to believe that the headliners were, not so long ago, playing to half-capacity crowds at the likes of Tin Angel, Boot & Saddle, and MilkBoy.  However, in less...
  • One-Time-Only: Plains in Eraserhood

    Katie Crutchfield has already graced the stage of Union Transfer twice this year, and during her third and most recent 2022 appearance at the Eraserhood ballroom, the singer/songwriter revealed that she was just informed she had played the venue more than any other artist…  Her two sold-out appearances this...
  • Imploding the Mirage Live (The Killers in South Philthy)

    The Killers are, both literally and figuratively, likely the most Vegas band in the world… and that’s not a bad thing…  The Las Vegas group shimmied onto pop music’s radar in 2004 with their ineffably infectious anthem of androgyny, “Somebody Told Me,” a smash single that fully embraced the...
  • Bauhaus Albums Ranked (9/10 at The Met)

    Next month the founders and all-time champions of goth rock, Bauhaus, will be playing their first show in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection in 24 years.  Although we have seen the band’s individual members quite a few times in that period, both solo and in various...
  • Franz Ferdinand Bring Just-The-Hits to The Fillmore

    It’s hard to believe it’s been two decades since the emergence of Franz Ferdinand, about halfway between the death of Brit Pop and the mainstream popularity of what has come to be known as indie sleaze.  The post-punk revivalists hailing from Glasgow, who find themselves somewhere between the two,...
  • Ian Sweet and BNNY at Johnny Brenda’s 7/28

    LA indie rockers Ian Sweet brought the sounds of their latest EP, Star Stuff, to Johnny Brenda’s on a particularly toasty Thursday night (7/28). Accompanying them on their tour, Chicago indie rock band BNNY shared the stage as their opener for the evening.                  ...
  • Beach House at The Met 7/24

    The iconic Baltimore dream-pop duo brought their newest album, Once Twice Melody, to The Met stage on 7/24. Performing in front of starry screens and dazzling light displays that perfectly accompanied their dreamy sound, it was certainly a night to remember.                ...