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“I’m not gonna play another show for 11 months, which is awesome for me… and my nervous system… but it’s bittersweet,” says Adrianne Lenker two songs into her second sold-out performance at Union Transfer in as many nights. The vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of indie folk icons Big...
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Johnny Brenda’s has hosted several exceptionally quick sell-outs of soon-to-be superstars this year, notably hyperpop chanteuse Hannah Diamond and queer country icon CMAT. However, none have seemed to be quite as destined for superstardom as Dublin-born, London-based singer/songwriter Orla Gartland, who played an immediately sold-out show on her immediately...
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This past Friday and Saturday Clairo put on her biggest shows ever in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, with two sold-out nights that filled the cavernous (almost Factory-like…) Franklin Music Hall with fans whose adoration of the bedroom-pop-icon-turned-her-generation’s-foremost-purveyor-of-soft-rock bordered on Beatlemania. The performances had the 26-year-old...
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Last month, English post-punks The Sisters of Mercy played their second show in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection is as many years, after a 14-year gap. This time around they found themselves at The Met, which felt significantly more like a casual goth/industrial dance party than...
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It’s been more than six years since English singer/songwriter Kate Nash has been in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. But next Thursday, October 10th, the MySpace-era artist kicks off her North America Fall 2024 tour at the Music Hall at World Café Live, her first appearance...
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Last Sunday, country singer-songwriter and former Philthy resident Waxahatchee finished off her tour in support of her critically acclaimed 2024 album Tiger’s Blood with two nights at The Fillmore in Philadelphia....
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This Wednesday night, Grammy-Award winning husband/wife duo Tedeschi Trucks Band returned to Philadelphia’s TD Pavilion at The Mann for the first time since 2013. Touring behind 2022’s I Am The Moon, their 12-piece band put on an incredible performance for a packed house of adoring fans. Nashville singer/songwriter Margo...
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“I’m very sorry for the delay. Thank you for your patience,” says Jessica Pratt as she sits down in a chair center stage at the Music Hall at World Café Live this past Friday night. The show – the Los Angeles-based folk singer/songwriter’s first headlining performance in the City...
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New Wave/Post-Punk legends The Pretenders have spent much of the past year performing show-stealing (we’re assuming…), hits-filled festival gigs and support sets for Axl, Slash, and Duff’s Guns N’ Roses and Foo Fighters. However, this past Sunday, July 14th, they brought An Evening with The Pretenders to the 2,500-capacity...
“I’m not gonna play another show for 11 months, which is awesome for me… and my nervous system… but it’s bittersweet,” says Adrianne Lenker two songs into her second sold-out performance at Union Transfer in as many nights. The vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of indie folk icons Big...
