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“We love Philly!  We always have a good time when we play Philly,” says Baltimore trio Pinkshift, who we first met in 2022 – when they were on the road supporting other phriends of PHILTHY, Destroy Boys – and are gearing up for their second and third appearances in...

The next two Fridays have big things going on for Belgian shoegaze quartet Slow Crush…  Well, the second is primarily for those of us in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection…  Next Friday, August 29th, the band will drop third full-length (and first for Pure Noise Records)...

“Touring with Wisp will be so great.  That kind of tour allows us to play these larger rooms… which is exciting, but nerve-racking ,” jokes Louie Baello, primary lyricist/vocalist and one-half of Los Angeles duo Dream, Ivory, with brother Christian Baello serving as primary producer and other half.  Dream,...

There are still currently tickets available for Spacey Jane’s September 6th show at The Fillmore Philadelphia… which cannot be said of the Aussie indie rockers’ show the following night at Paradise Rock Club in Boston, or their following show, 9/9 at 9:30 Club in DC… or 9/14 at Studio...

Those of you who caught the August edition of Philthy Radio, my monthly show for Y-Not Radio, heard me wish the Summer of 2025 a fine farewell with a block of summertime jams, including 2023’s “Summer Wrapped in Gold,” by David Wax Museum.  The self-proclaimed “Mexo-Americana” outfit – at...

Our Philadelphia Phillies spent this past swampy summer weekend in Washington DC, where the President of the United States has deployed the National Guard to police the nation’s capital.  And, in a fitting dystopian twist, this past Friday night, the Phillies’ home of Citizens Bank Park hosted My Chemical...

The last time we saw Australian neo-soul outfit Hiatus Kaiyote in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was June 29th of last year, when they played to a packed Franklin Music Hall the day after the release of their fourth, most recent, and best yet LP, Love...

“You can expect a trio of clam aliens screaming about butter,” says Tea Eater songwriter and frontperson Tarra Thiessen (also of Gustaf, Sharkmuffin, and MamajoeVramajoe) when I ask what’s in store for those who come out to the self-assessed “weirdo art punk” band’s show tomorrow, August 13th, at Nikki...

This past Tuesday, August 5th, The Mann Center hosted the summer shed spectacle of the year, starring co-headliners The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse, two legends of alternative rock whose histories with the Fairmount Park amphitheater are equally storied.  In addition to previously sharing the stage of [what is...