• “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...
  • Bikini Kill Finally Play Franklin Music Hall, This Friday!!! (Reacquaint Yourself with Their Releases, Ranked!!!)

    After more rescheduled dates than any of us can remember, this coming Friday (4/7) Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox, and Tobi Vail’s Bikini Kill – co-founders of riot grrrl, arguably the most important musical movement of the ‘90s – are finally bringing their reunion tour to Franklin Music Hall for...
  • 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...