Boot & Saddle

Last Thursday, Kingston, New York’s Assembly hosted opening night of the Rare Kisses Tour, a double-headlining jaunt featuring legendary Detroit synth-punk duo ADULT. and New York City noise rock icons A Place To Bury Strangers, which will have the two acts returning to Underground Arts this Tuesday, November 10th. ...

“I want to love and be loved, but I also want to be free.  The tension between those two things has been the central question of my life,” says Julia Jacklin via a recent press release, reflecting on the theme of The Gem, the Australian singer/songwriter’s fourth full-length and...

Last month our phriends Babehoven — comprised of partners Maya Bon and Ryan Albert — released I See Them, I See Me (whose “Monster” you may have caught on the October/Halloween edition of Philthy Radio), their fourteen-track third full-length, courtesy of longtime home Double Double Whammy.  However, it’s certainly...

It’s been less than a year since we’ve seen Jo Passed — the indie rock/experimental pop band of Toronto-based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jo Hirabayashi — in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, with their last local show at West Philly DIY venue The Pouch in...

I’m sure you’re well aware of The Wonder Years’ upcoming six sold-out nights at Theatre of Living Arts…  However, we’re actually more excited about some of the bands they’re bringing along to handle support duties, such as Pool Kids (4/10), Future Teens (4/11), Spanish Love Songs (4/12), Queen of...

“I like playing smaller rooms more than bigger rooms.  I like to fill the whole room with my voice.  I played a lot of churches in Europe, which you’d think would be great, but I feel like my voice got lost in the rooms,” says longtime PHILTHY phriend and...

We haven’t spoken to Cate Le Bon since 2016, when she was preparing to play Johnny Brenda’s while touring her brilliantly psychedelic-leaning fourth LP, Crab Day, featuring the drumming of Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa.  However, the Welsh art pop singer/songwriter has had us out to a number of notable Philadelphia...

This Wednesday is opening night of what is likely to be the most exciting double-headlining tour of the fall, when longtime friends and collaborators PUP and Jeff Rosenstock (and openers Ekko Astral) team up to bring their no-frills DIY punk rock to massive nightclubs and ballrooms across the US. ...

“I’m really proud of the show.  I know it’s the best show I’ve ever put on.  I’m treating it like a performance, instead of just, ‘We have to play the songs,’” says Canadian folk singer/songwriter Tamara Lindeman, AKA The Weather Station, of her tour behind Humanhood, her seventh studio...