• Arctic Monkeys and Fontaines D.C. Deliver The Shed Rock Good and Proper

    2023’s summer amphitheater season is slowly coming to an end…  However, this past Tuesday, September 5th, The Mann hosted arguably the best shed rock spectacle of the year.  The 14,000-capacity venue was nearly overflowing with fans ranging from teens to people well into parenthood, decked out in...
  • 20 CRAZY Concerts in 20 Years in Philthy

    This month marks 20 years since I moved to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.  I was the typical suburban alternative teen, migrating to University of the Arts to study among likely the only fans of The Velvet Underground and Nick Cave hailing from upper-middle-class, yuppie-breeding...
  • A Maggie Rogers Anniversary Party at The Mann (w/ Soccer Mommy)

    This past Saturday, July 29th, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection had the honor of spending the one-year anniversary of Surrender with Maggie Rogers on her Summer of ’23 Tour.  The singer/songwriter celebrated the first anniversary of her second LP at the TD Pavilion at the Mann,...
  • Jenny Lewis Returns to The Opera

    Although the humidity has been making the usually-slow summer concert season even snailier than usual, with a massive drought of shows and sparse audiences at those that are happening, last Thursday’s (7/20) return of Jenny Lewis to The Metropolitan Opera House produced a crowd of several thousand – including...
  • YUNGBLUD, The Regrettes and Sophie Powers at The Met

    June 30th English artist YUNGBLUD brought his family of fans to The Met Philadelphia in full force for a night of jumping, moshing, and screaming.  It was the fourth stop on the North American leg of his current world tour, which featured supporting sets from The Regrettes and Sophie...
  • Wednesday at Their “home away from home.”

    “Philadelphia has always showed up for us, which is crazy, because we’re not from here, but this is our biggest show ever, I think.  It’s like our home away from home,” says Wednesday guitarist, vocalist, frontwoman, and founder Karly Hartzman after opening their June 17th headlining set at Union...
  • The Next Chapter of The Sisters Of Mercy: Live at The Fillmore

    This past Saturday, June 3rd, post-punk legends The Sisters Of Mercy played their first show in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection since Halloween of 2008.  Their 80-minute, 21-song set included 9 brand-new songs (The band hasn’t officially released new music since 1993.) interspersed with classics from...
  • “What’s Yr Take on Opening Night of Le Tigre’s Reunion Tour”

    The first time I ever saw Le Tigre was in 2002 at The Black Cat in Washington DC.  It was opening night of the band’s tour behind Feminist Sweepstakes, and their first show to ever utilize their DVD player (used to convert their famous manually operated slideshow into the...
  • MUNA Get Gayotic in Philthy

    Yesterday MUNA announced the new season of their podcast, Gayotic, with an episode in which Katie, Naomi, and Josette chatted with queer icons Tegan and Sara about, “sharing hotel rooms during tour, secret high school girlfriends, feeling like the Phantom of the Opera, and, of course, our therapists and...