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But if you are offended by Kevin's words, just remember that he has a dumb mustache and probably won't amount to anything....
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I’m sure you’ve realized that in recent years Brooklyn has become a veritable clown car of lovely and amazing singer/songwriters. And this week Kickstarter (a phenomena which I’ve been tripping over in every conversation I’ve had with a musician since I first reported on it in my profile of...
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Smoke Fairies should win the World’s Best Interface Award in the category of “band names.” It’s hard to think of a phrase more evocative of their hazy, erotically haunting blending of American blues and British folk. Listening to their music, I imagine staring into the wooded wilderness and considering...
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Are you an artist without a home? Like a complete unknown? This coming Saturday, July 30th, Project Twenty1 is hosting a launch event for artists of all sorts who would like the opportunity to contribute to the creation of a short film over the period of 21 days. If...
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Anyone who knows me knows that my list of crushes is incredibly refined. You must meet a mile-long list of criteria before my heart (or…) have any interest in you. Those who do manage to gain my affection are the kind of girl that is fit for royalty: Courtney...
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“As the great Brian Friel said, ‘Philadelphia, here I come!’” says Irish Rockabilly chanteuse Imelda May (Admit it, you don’t even know who Brian Friel is.) This coming Thursday, July 28th, Imelda will be in town for the summer’s most exciting double-headlining bill. The Trocadero Theatre will be hosting...
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To celebrate its 35th anniversary, a new 35 mm print of Nicholas Roeg’s The Man Who Fell To Earth is doing a Summer/Fall tour. Starting today that print will spend a week at Ritz at the Bourse. Of all of David Bowie’s film roles, this sci-fi tale of an...
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I’m not sure if you’re aware of this, but for the remainder of the month all Criterion releases purchased at Barnes & Noble or barnesandnoble.com are 50% off. This is not a prank. All Criterion releases purchased at Barnes & Noble or barnesandnoble.com are 50% off through the end...
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Out this Tuesday is Belle & Sebastian’s “Come on Sister” 12” on Matador, i.e. their 18th single. I will admit that, despite pretentious critical praise, I’m not the biggest fan of B&S’s latest LP (Belle and Sebastian Write About Love). It’s not that I think I’m going to get...
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Mean Creek and myself would like to thank all of you who read the article I posted about the Boston band and planned to come see them this Wednesday at the North Star. Unfortunately, I talked to Chris Keene (vocalist/guitarist) a few hours ago and he’s suffering from strep...
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My favorite people in music are three guys and a girl from Boston. They’re in a band called Mean Creek. I met them during the snow storm of 2010. They played a show at the Khyber and I’m pretty sure the five of us and tour mates Destry were...
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Although you’re probably not familiar with David Nock’s name, I’m sure you’re familiar with his work. He has engineered, mixed, programmed, and drummed for the likes of Client, The Cult, The Futureheads, and The Orb. One of his current projects, Erland & The Carnival, has him teaming up with...
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He is baseball at its Hawaiianest. And he deserves your love....
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Next week Tom Tykwer’s (Run Lola Run, The Princess and the Warrior, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer) latest, Three, will be screening as part of Q Fest (Friday, July 8 at 5:00 at Ritz East 1 and Sunday, July 10 at 7:15 and Ritz at the Bourse). Three...
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I first met the ineffably lovely Charlene Kaye this May at The Fire. Since then, the singer/songwriter has continued to tour the country, continued to be name-dropped by (and seen alongside) one of cable TV’s biggest musical heartthrobs, and, most impressively, (in the span of five days) convinced her...
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Trollhunter by Andre Ovredal opens tomorrow at the Ritz at the Bourse. I normally wouldn’t have much of an inclination to see a mockumentary monster movie, but the fact that its US premiere engagement prompted Chris Columbus’ company to acquire the rights for an English-language remake (and no one...
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There are still faces on the franchise, despite two of them being ripped off; better, uglier faces....
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“…and this duct tape has opened my schedule,” is likely what Casey Anthony was thinking three years ago. (Okay, maybe just the second portion. I’m pretty sure that people who enter “hot body contests” don’t listen to The Smiths.) And as of today we are officially one month (the...
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Last week Elizabeth (of the Philthy staff) and I attended Those Darlins’ gig at Johnny Brenda’s. About mid way through their set of the most beautifully sleazy garage country on the planet (or maybe the most beautifully sleazy “anything” on the planet) I asked her who she thought was...
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Philadelphia POPPED! Festival lineup has been released and tickets are officially on sale (for an arm and a leg, if you can afford it!). Headliners for both days are in the company of The Shins, Cage the Elephant, Panda Bear, Pretty Lights, Girl Talk + plenty other saucy humans....
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If the name Tami Hart isn’t immediately familiar, there’s still a chance you’ve come across the work of this PostR.Grrrl. After recording two solo albums for Mr. Lady a decade ago, Hart went on to play in Gangway, Winning Looks, and, most recently, MEN, JD Samson’s latest musical project...
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Some kind of universal shift happens in my diet every summer. Despite the climbing degrees and hot afternoons spent trying to figure out exactly where I could actually fit a baby pool in my apartment and other hoodland activities, I start pouring hot sauce over everything. Everything. I can’t...
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I can only remember one time that the Joker served me cheesesteaks with extra stink clouds at Geno’s. But that is totally unfair to portray it like something that happens even when the patrons aren’t on shrooms. Philebrity posted this morning a video from Taiwan that indicates the nation’s disdain for...
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We can all agree that Crystal Castles and Sleigh Bells rock. However, how many (let’s just be honest) teeny-bopping scenesters actually know the roots of noisy, electronic political anthems? Well, hopefully that will change shortly. The founders of digital hardcore, Atari Teenage Riot, are back with their first album...
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IF WE CAN'T MOVE SOCIETY FORWARD BY LOOKING AT EACH OTHER'S HATS, THEN WE ARE DOOMED....
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Nothing makes me smile more than poignant piano pop from a postmodern princess. And somehow the two most poignant of said princesses have found themselves on a 9-date jaunt through the Northeast this June. This jaunt includes a stop this Saturday, June 11th at the North Star Bar, which...
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Feel like getting a bit class for a change? Zoë Keating, avant cellist, will be in town this Wednesday, 6/8, at World Café Live with her one-woman string-quartet. Ms. Keating is a classically-trained cellist and composer who, along with a foot-controlled laptop for looping, is the star (and solitary...
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Le Tigre was the first band to ever make me resent being straight. I mean, I’d hated sports and cargo shorts for years, but the first time I ever saw Le Tigre was the first time I was ever like, “Shit, why can’t I just like cock? Or, ya...
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My apologies for the recent lack in music postings. I have been finishing up my last term of college and working on my senior project, an event that I am hoping some of you will be able to attend. This Friday, June 3, I will be holding a concert...
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For me, summer isn’t a good enough reason for a trip, although the 20th anniversary of Screamadelica certainly is. The UK went all out this March to celebrate Primal Scream’s third LP and what was, earlier this year, ranked as the “Druggiest Album Ever” by NME, with not only...
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Stephen Hill thinks like an artist and acts like a businessman. The former promoter and Philly native has been dipping in and out of the city’s music scene for years now. Once upon a time, he was the go-to guy for connects; from DJ’s to videographer’s to sound and...
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This month at the Sande Webster Gallery on 20th and Walnut, features two prominent Philadelphia native artists and sculptors John McDaniel and Kathleen Spicer. Passage Marking: Vista and Fusion (respectively). What’s most interesting about seeing these two exhibits together is the difference in both physical and artistic voice—while both...
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I can tell you with eerie certainty that he has never looked better. Nor has his wife and dog. In fact, everybody in the Utley household is at the top of their game....
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Every so often Philadelphia’s bastion of NPR-ness (World Café Live) and DIYest (R5 Productions), come together to put on an event that is both culturally refined (I have no idea what that means, but I feel like people who listen to NPR would think it’s a good thing) and...
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In our new series “INTERNET ODDITIES” Philthy Blog investigates “The Josiah Project”. If you thought you had it right about being a real man in today’s Judeo-Christian society… well then take a second guess Philthadelphia. We’d like to thank our friends over at the Found Footage Festival for finding...
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As Louis Senofonte, owner of Philly’s latest boutique: Lucifer, sees it, there is an unnecessary divide between fashion and class. “Clothes should be for everyone,” he says while helping a customer on her lunch break choose a maxi dress tailored to her size. “In this society, it’s hard to...
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Make way for Bookspace. Having previously been one of my favorite shopping gems of our city, the unique space has recently been more than making up for the demise of some of our beloved DIY spaces. 5/12 Experimental band Hear Hums stop by Bookspace tonight to join an already...
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Although I can feel them all trying, it’s rare that a coffee shop actually impresses me. I’m usually turned off by the overpriced coffee and disenchanted with their random sandwich creations. Combining exotic ingredients may sound like a good idea, but it usually ends up tasting like nothing. I’m...
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It's called "Soccer Night in America," and you can't stop it, no matter how much you don't pay attention....
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“I have a small obsession with Courtney Love,” says Philly-based singer-songwriter Patty Crash, whose fashion sense shows a perfect marriage between the sweetheart and the badass of a 1993 teen drama. She shows me a golf-tee with Nirvana’s trademark happy-faces embroidered onto it, “It’s such a small world. Courtney’s...
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So as the Wells Fargo Center fills with orange and the newly healed Chris Pronger glides around the ice like a flying serial killer, there is a simple philosophy that is set to inspire both of the arena's inhabitants in either sport: A win's a win....
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While many brownie-eating, bong-ripping stoners alike toke in homage to univiersal munchies, film geeks and fashionistas alike celebrate the 34th anniversary of the premier of Woody Allen’s film Annie Hall. We remember Diane Keaton’s perfect execution of Miss Hall’s quirky, “La-di-dah,” joie de vivre. But most importantly, we salute...
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Once upon a time, I saw a photograph of a nude woman with the imprint of what looked like quarters burned into the prettiest curves in her collar bones. The image made me cry. And I don’t mean quietly, in a socially acceptable way–I mean that I was standing...
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It’s a safe assumption to say that early 90’s fashion did a pretty awesome job at pissing off the Catholic Church (from Chula inspired rosary-rocking to outfits under influence of Jesus Don’t Want Me For a Sunbeam and Like a Prayer). However, after the 90’s broke the ice, style seemed to...
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Hey Philthadelphia, Do we have some good news for you! There is going to be a sneak preview of “The Best and The Brightest” at the Prince Theater on Friday April 15th and Saturday April 16th at 7:30pm. Tickets will be $10.00. I would suggest buying them now as...
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Another full week ahead of us, including some stuff curated by yours truly. 4/12 Tonight The North Star Bar’s New Music Series welcomes four Philly bands I suggest keeping on your radar. Tuesday’s showcase will feature Flat Mary Road, Jades of Blue, The Weeds, and Slow Dance Chubby. It...
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Johnny Brenda’s has quite the calendar this spring. Beach Fossils, Smith Westerns, tUnE-YarDs, Wye Oak, and Zola Jesus, are all stopping by the Fishtown joint in the next 6 weeks alone. 4/6 Cloud Nothings kick off this great month of music Wednesday at Johnny Brenda’s with Roman à clef....
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The Philly sportscape is on the rise at the moment, but like all good things, it hasn't come without horrifying casualties....
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Profile: Ultimate Brewing. Brewer: Trevor Fitzgerald Brewer mantra: “Fact: beer is way difficult to make… Reality: fuck facts” The suburbs are a dismal place for a food writer—or really, anyone who has an obsession with food and beer. I don’t want to do this city v. subrubs thing but...
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Spring has finally sprung in the music world. This means two things in my world – tons of touring bands stopping through Philadelphia and outdoor shows. 3/31 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart dropped their new record, Belong, yesterday. They step out on tour with Twin Shadow for...
But if you are offended by Kevin's words, just remember that he has a dumb mustache and probably won't amount to anything....
I’m sure you’ve realized that in recent years Brooklyn has become a veritable clown car of lovely and amazing singer/songwriters. And this week Kickstarter (a phenomena which I’ve been tripping over in every conversation I’ve had with a musician since I first reported on it in my profile of...
