Music

Los Angeles-based/Bologna-bred synth pop trio Nuovo Testamento – comprised of Chelsey Crowley (vocals), Giacomo Zatti (drums), and Andrea Mantione (synth) – will be spending their Halloween at Baltimore Soundstage, sharing a bill with our old phriends Scowl and new phriends Whispers (along with co-headliners Sunami).  And while Scowl, Sunami,...

Los Angeles retro alt-rockers Rocket (whose sound Paste characterized as, “imagine Sonic Youth writing songs for the pop charts.”) have already played some pretty huge shows in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.  Last year they opened two nights at The TLA for emo legends Sunny Day...

If you’re a fan of Audiotree, there’s a good chance you recently saw the debut session from self-described “Bangkok Evilcore” outfit Whispers, a Thailand-based band signed to Flatspot Records (home of our phriends Jivebomb), who released their Yom-Ma-Lok EP last December.  The group have spent much of the past...

“People don’t need therapy, they need to see David Byrne,” my phriend says to me three songs into David Byrne’s third and final night at The Met Philadelphia, amidst Talking Heads classic “And She Was,” already the second Talking Heads song of the evening.  October 16th, 17th, and 18th...

Our old phriends Magdalena Bay are gearing up for their third local headlining show this year, and their somehow “most intimate” yet, playing the 2,500-capacity Fillmore on Sunday, October 26th.  However, we’re just as excited to see LA-based, marine-inspired Oxis, whos’s been opening the Imaginal Mystery Tour for the...

Today, King Princess – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer/actor Mikaela Straus – dropped her latest single, “Cherry,” the follow-up to LP #3, Girl Violence, which hit shelves last month via section1.  The song is named for King Princess’ archnemesis, “a large busted, cartoon stone fruit that has tried to thwart KPs advances at...

Hopefully you’ve heard by now that tomorrow, October 17th, is the October/Halloween edition of Philthy Radio (9-11pm ET on Y-Not Radio), where I’ll be spinning spooky songs from a plethora of phriends, including our newest phriend, Tei Shi, whose upcoming North American tour kicks off this coming Monday, October...

This Friday, October 17th, is the October/Halloween edition of Philthy Radio (9-11pm ET on Y-Not Radio), where I’ll be spinning a plethora of especially spooky tracks from phriends of PHILTHY, including a hand-picked selection from London-based dream pop trio (comprised of electronic producers) Night Tapes, who are currently touring...

Shoegaze/noise rock quartet Laveda firmly cemented their status as a NYC band with the September 12th release of LP #3, Love, Darla (which dropped via Bar/None Records), an album both sonically and thematically inspired by frontwoman Ali Genevich and guitarist Jake Brooks’ 2023 move from Albany to Queens.  However,...