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This Friday, June 19th, is the June edition of Philthy Radio, where I’ll be bringing you summertime jams from some PHILTHY phavorites.  However, this Thursday, Y-Not Radio (home of Philthy Radio) will be giving away a pair of free tickets to The Breeders’ June 26th return to The Fillmore, following...

Last week alternative/electro-pop trio Cannons kicked off the Afterglow Tour, a co-headlining jaunt with electronic duo Bob Moses, whose opening duties are being handled by Oxis, the marine electronica artist who you may have seen opening The Fillmore for Magdalena Bay last October (captured by our live photographer, Morgan...

Alt-pop singer/songwriter Maggie Lindemann first came into PHILTHY’s world in 2021…  She was about halfway in between her debut EP (2021’s PARANOIA) and debut LP (2022’s SUCKERPUNCH) and currently on the road as direct support for Madison Beer’s The Life Support Tour, where her nine-song set proved to be...

This afternoon, UK alt-rock outfit bôa – who headlined The Foundry at The Fillmore last September amidst their sold-out North American reunion tour – are playing possibly their biggest show ever at this year’s Lollapalooza, 2:30-3:30 on the Bud Light Stage.  Last year, the trio – consisting of vocalist/guitarist...

“This feels the most like me, in this moment, sonically and lyrically.  I spoke more on how I thought the songs should go, giving myself permission to take up space and reflect how I feel and own that, and advocate for myself in small ways…  I think there’s a...

“Every kind of venue has its own perks.  The crowd can be more attentive if they’re seated, like a concert, but the standing venues can have a certain energy to them.  But I do love a theatre,” says Brooklyn-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist Mei Semones, whose official website characterizes...

“I moved here in 2023, and I’ve been loving every minute…  I feel like it’s the Midwest of the Northeast in my mind, with old-old history, but really real people… the art, the murals, the diversity of all kinds that you have here,” says singer/songwriter Alaina Stacey, who originally...

We first met LA/Toronto-based singer/songwriter Bria Salmena in the summer of 2021, just as live music was making a return.  Bria and longtime musical collaborator Duncan Hay Jennings – in addition to being one-half of Canadian post-punk group FRIGS, at the time the two were also members of Orville...

“I love that!  It makes me extra excited!” says Lilly Hiatt when I tell her that her show here next week will actually be in a diner that was once featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.  Next Tuesday, March 11th, the Nashville singer/songwriter will be making her Silk City...