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“I feel like I’ve had this New Year’s Eve convo before and the general consensus is that it’s kind of a bummer ,” says Foyer Red drummer Marco Ocampo of the almost always overhyped holiday. Although vocalist and clarinetist (and Ocampo’s partner) Elana Riordan goes on to tell me...
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You may have seen singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Salami Rose Joe Louis opening for Alice Phoebe Lou at Johnny Brenda’s in 2021, or supporting The Comet Is Coming at Underground Arts last year, but the former climate scientist, formally known as Lindsay Olsen, recently relocated to our neck of...
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“I think, at a certain age, coming back around to all the different music you made in your life becomes important,” says Scott McCloud, guitarist of DC post-hardcore legends Soulside and Girls Against Boys (for whom he’s also the vocalist), whose New Wet Kojak just played their first proper...
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“I was doing the two-set-a-night thing, which I hadn’t done in a while,” says Darren Weiss, AKA PAPA, who recently wrapped a tour where he played the role of both drummer and opening act for Irish singer/songwriter Sorcha Richardson, which included an October 16th date at The Foundry. The...
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More than two months since the announcement of the tour, I’m still in more-than-slight disbelief that Pussy Riot’s first-ever area appearance is not actually going to be in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, but at Ardmore Music Hall. This coming Sunday, December 3rd, the Russian feminist...
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Southeast Michigan and Northwest Ohio punk-emo band, Citizen, play an incredible sold out show at Brooklyn Bowl on November 19th. Playing songs from their latest record, Calling the Dogs, as well as fan favorites from previous records. With opening acts, Modern Color and Narrow Head, this was certainly a...
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“You can expect that it is going to be joyful circle work, where the audience is as much a part of the show as we are,” says Canadian-born/Nashville-based singer/songwriter and activist Allison Russell of her band’s current live show. “I came up in roots music/Americana music, and it’s always...
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This past Wednesday, November 22nd, a leather-clad Liz Phair gave Gen Xers the perfect pre-Thanksgiving emotional cleanse with a performance of her seminal ’93 debut, Exile in Guyville, as part of the album’s 30th anniversary tour. The “legendary albums” performance had the now-56-year-old Phair performing the lo-fi masterpiece at...
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“It’s been such a surreal past few months. It’s been hard to even make sense of it, to have these audiences know the songs and be singing them back to me is the greatest thing that could ever happen… And it’s my debut record!” says Karina Rykman. Rykman’s first...
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Last week, Chicago duo Friko – comprised of vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger – announced the release of their debut LP, Where we’ve been, Where we go from here, which is set to hit shelves February 16th. The announcement came alongside their drop of lead single, “Crashing...
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Later this week, alt-country singer/songwriter Lydia Loveless kicks off their first tour behind their sixth studio album, Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again, which dropped this September on their previous home, Bloodshot Records (previous LP, 2020’s Daughter, was released via their own Honey, You’re Gonna Be Late Records),...
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“We’ve always had the approach to play every show like it’s your last night alive,” says Sam Quartin, guitarist and vocalist for garage punk act The Bobby Lees, during a recent phone chat. That is, unfortunately, now more relevant than ever, as the band recently announced, via their Instagram...
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“I imagine we’ll be almost sort of delirious from all of time we’ve spent on the road… We’ll be delightfully unhinged,” jokes Libby Rodenbough of Mipso’s upcoming, November 19th show at Johnny Brenda’s. The show is not only the North Carolina-based, indie-Americana folk quartet’s last show of their current...
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This Friday, November 17th, Americana-flavored indie rockers Deer Tick will return to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection for not one, but two concerts, with a Free At Noon performance at World Café Live in the afternoon (There are still spots remaining.), and a full-length set that...
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This Thursday, November 16th, Montreal indie pop outfit Men I Trust will be playing their biggest show yet in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, when they headline the 2,500-capacity Franklin Music Hall. However, we’re just as excited about fellow Montreal indie poppers TOPS, best known for...
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“The first word that comes to mind is ‘mega-chill,’” says Danny Davis (frontman for indie rockers Husbands) of his new home and life. Prior to releasing Cuatro, Husbands’ fourth full-length, Davis (a native of Oklahoma City) quit his 9-to-5 engineering gig and moved to Costa Rica, where he also...
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This past Saturday, November 4th, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection got a live preview of next year’s most anticipated album, Prelude to Ecstasy, at what very well might be remembered as a legendary show in the very near future. The album is the first full-length from...
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During a recent phone chat with Sun June vocalist and bandleader Laura Colwell, in advance of the group’s November 8th show at Johnny Brenda’s, the frontwoman makes a point to confirm with me that they’ll be able to get cheesesteaks nearby, at which point she tells me she’s actually...
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Our phriends in Australian indie folk outfit The Paper Kites – who we’ve been covering since 2013, and have played shows at Johnny Brenda’s, World Café Live, MilkBoy, Underground Arts, and First Unitarian Church – released their sixth full-length this September. The LP, At The Roadhouse, is a concept album,...
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I’m thoroughly impressed with Slowdive and the way they’ve managed to make such a comeback in the world of shoegaze. Their iconic 90s records have inspired so many incredible bands, especially during the resurgence of shoegaze we’ve been experiencing as of late. Their 2017 self-titled album and their newest...
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Last week Leeds post-punks Yard Act announced Where’s My Utopia?, their sophomore LP, which drops March 1st on Republic Records, in addition to lead single/video, “Dream Job.” The album — co-produced by the band and Remi Kabaka Jr., of Gorillaz — follows up 2022 debut full-length, The Overload, and...
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“I love costumes, dressing up, and stuff like that, like just the traditions of decorating, haunted houses, and maybe trying to watch one horror movie a day… although I’ve kind of gotten behind on that. I love campy horror,” says Emma Boster, vocalist for Portland metalcore outfit Dying Wish,...
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This coming Sunday, October 29th, Mudhoney will be playing their most intimate stop in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection since their 2003 show at North Star Bar (I mean, they’ve only played here twice since, but still…) However, we’re equally excited for openers Hooveriii, who are...
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There are still tickets remaining for My Morning Jacket’s shows this Friday (10/27) and Saturday (10/28) at The Met, the band’s most intimate area appearances since they played the Tower Theatre in 2015. And while it is a rare opportunity to see the psychedelic Southern rockers indoors (in an...
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Front Line Assembly’s Rhys Fulber recently told Lynette Cerezo that her most recent single, “Road Of Thousand Tears,” is her, “David Lynch song.” So, it’s only fitting that this Saturday, 10/28, Lynette will be playing Eraserhood’s own Underground Arts. Lynette Cerezo is better known as Bestial Mouths, a goth/industrial...
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TONIGHT, 21-year-old TikTok-star-turned-pop-phenom Aidan Bissett headlines Theatre of Living Arts. However, we’re actually most excited about indie-pop artist Anna Shoemaker, who is currently serving as support on Bissett’s Supernova Tour, and will be opening the show. Shoemaker is touring behind her five-song Hey Anna EP, which dropped in June,...
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We first met New-York-by-way-of-Texas indie rockers Why Bonnie – whose sound I’ve described as “Americana-laced retro alt-rock” – this March, in the middle of SXSW and prior to a headlining date at Kung Fu Necktie in support of their debut LP, 90 in November, which dropped last August on...
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“I feel like it’s probably not quite as chaotic, but we’re a live band, and we like to put on a good show. But this time around we’re also more about nailing the music part, playing the songs correctly ,” says Jemina Pearl, frontwoman of legendary Nashville garage punk...
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TONIGHT, Johnny Brenda’s — our favorite “mini rock n’ roll ballroom” — is hosting a killer double-headlining bill of a doomier and gloomier variety than normally finds itself at the city’s premiere hipster haven. Closing out the evening will be ultra-heavy Portland psych rockers Blackwater Holylight (Who we first...
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Santa Cruz’s Scowl played an incredible sold out show at Underground Arts, with equally as incredible openers, MSPAINT and Militarie Gun. I love all three bands so much, so I was stoked to be able to attend and shoot this show! Scowl has been making waves in the hardcore...
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While the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection recently had the pleasure of having lo-fi indie rock phenom Samia open our instantly-legendary boygenius show, those in Boston and New Haven were treated to an opening set from equally amazing Polyvinyl alternative rocker Palehound, whose recently released fourth LP,...
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“Faye is more punk than you think,” says lead vocalist of Atlanta punk outfit Upchuck, Kaila Turner (AKA KT), speaking of Atlanta singer/songwriter and phriend of PHILTHY Faye Webster, best known for blending alt country and R&B into an indie pop amalgam more likely to inspire bursts of emotional...
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Last April we saw Ariel Engle, AKA La Force, opening things up for Canadian indie folk singer/songwriter Leif Vollebekk at The Music Hall at World Café Live. Engle — perhaps best known for her time as a vocalist in Broken Social Scene over the course of the past decade...
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“I love it when things go wrong sometimes, like everything breaks and I just have to do the entire set by myself on an acoustic guitar, but then that makes for a really special experience that only that crowd will get to see. Last night, our show in Saskatoon...
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Last Saturday, September 30th, the TD Pavilion at The Mann hosted the most important concert the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection will see all year, if not all decade. It was the Philadelphia debut of Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lucy Dacus supergroup boygenius, who I’ve spent...
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Last month Los Angeles-based punky indie rockers Worriers — the project of songwriter Lauren Denitzio, who is currently joined by band members Atom Willard (Against Me!, Social Distortion), Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady), Frank Piegaro, and Cayetana’s Allegra Anka — released Trust Your Gut, their second full-length of the...
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Frankie Cosmos have had a number of memorable nights at The First Unitarian Church over the past decade or so… However, it’s been quite a few years (five, if the internet is to be believed) since the NYC-based, Greta Kline-led Sub Pop indie outfit have played the city’s most...
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This coming Sunday, October 8th, Los Angeles indie rock singer/songwriter Miya Folick will be returning to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection (where I recently found out she has some history) to headline The Foundry at The Fillmore. She’s currently touring ROACH, her second LP, which dropped...
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Black Country, New Road is a band I’ve been following since they released their first single, Sunglasses, back in 2019. They drew me in with the noisy post punk they created for their first album. I was devastated when the band announced that their lead vocalist and guitarist, Isaac...
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The last time the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection saw Scowl was on opening night of the World War Tour, which kicked off this February at Union Transfer and had the band paired with Show Me The Body, Jesus Piece, Zulu, and TRiPPJONES, which was captured by...
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“I’m so excited we’re playing at Johnny Brenda’s, because it’s one of my favorite places, and we fought for that. We actually switched some dates around!” says Molly Burch during a recent phone chat. We’re discussing the Los Angeles-based indie pop singer/songwriter’s upcoming fall headlining tour, which kicks off...
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This coming Tuesday, September 19th, Black Country, New Road will be playing a super sold-out show at the Sanctuary of the First Unitarian Church. However, we’re just as excited about openers Daneshevskaya, who are currently on tour with the English art rock outfit. Daneshevskaya is the project of Anna...
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Today indie folk rock outfit Woods – comprised of a core of Jeremy Earl, Jarvis Taveniere, and John Andrews – released their latest studio album, Perennial, courtesy of their own Woodsist label. And they’re celebrating the release – in addition to nearly their 20th anniversary, having formed in 2004...
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Despite their 2008 song, “Philadelphia” (off of Live at Antone’s), the majority of The Band of Heathens’ local appearances seem to take place outside of the city, such as Sellersville Theater and Ardmore Music Hall. However, this coming Monday, September 18th, the Austin-based Americana rock band will be headlining...
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Bully, the 21st Century grunge outfit of Alicia Bognanno, is about to kick off the next leg of their tour behind Lucky For You, their fourth full-length, which dropped June 2nd on Sub Pop (who also released 2017 sophomore LP Losing and 2020’s third full-length, Sugaregg). This batch of...
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August 18th saw the release of NYC-based singer/songwriter Margaret Glaspy’s third full-length, Echo the Diamond, courtesy of ATO Records. However, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection had already gotten a few chances to experience the songs live. “We had the opportunity to play the songs on this...
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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...
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The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection last saw English pop singer/songwriter Maisie Peters in March of 2022, on her completely sold-out debut US tour, which featured a Friday night stop at Theatre of Living Arts. The tour was in support of Peters’ first full-length, You Signed Up...
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“It’s hard for me to determine what it sounds like… But a lot of the people that have heard it have used the terms, ‘more mature,’ and, ‘a little darker.’ But it still has that shiny Dollyrots coating!” says Kelly Ogden (also known as Kelly Dollyrot), bassist, lead vocalist,...
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You may have caught Canadian singer/songwriter and guitarist Billy Raffoul earlier this year at World Café Live, when he opened The Music Hall for pop rockers American Authors on their Best Night of My Life Tour (This August Raffoul and American Authors even followed-up the tour with a collaborative...
“I feel like I’ve had this New Year’s Eve convo before and the general consensus is that it’s kind of a bummer ,” says Foyer Red drummer Marco Ocampo of the almost always overhyped holiday. Although vocalist and clarinetist (and Ocampo’s partner) Elana Riordan goes on to tell me...
You may have seen singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Salami Rose Joe Louis opening for Alice Phoebe Lou at Johnny Brenda’s in 2021, or supporting The Comet Is Coming at Underground Arts last year, but the former climate scientist, formally known as Lindsay Olsen, recently relocated to our neck of...
