Brooklyn Bowl

The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection has grown accustomed to NYC gypsy punks Gogol Bordello (and their Casa Gogol labelmates) bringing their annual year-end holiday shows to our own Brooklyn Bowl.  So, we were a bit bummed that the closest their 2025 holiday jaunt came to the...

This Friday, February 27th, will see the release of the deluxe edition of Staring at the Sun, the 2024 sophomore full-length from Hotel Fiction, the Athens, GA-based duo of best friends Jade Long (piano, vocals) and Jess Thompson (guitar, vocals), who first met as students at the University of...

“It’s been a lot of touring in the past year.  I’ve never toured that much in a year before.  I’ve learned a lot about the logistics of touring and getting a band around the country,” laughs singer/songwriter Cornelia Murr, who serves as her own tour manager and has been...

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...

You may have seen Long Island-based melodic metalcore outfit Deadlands opening our very own Brooklyn Bowl for “bimbocore” originator Scene Queen and sapphic pop star girli (who you may have heard on Philthy Radio) this July.  However, this Tuesday, December 16th, the band — comprised of singer Kasey Karlsen...

One week from today, November 21st, indie retro pop/soul septet Couch will be at our very own Union Transfer as they prepare to play their most monumental gig yet just 24 hours later… but during an October phone chat with Zach Blankstein, the Couch lead guitarist tells me that...

Earlier this week, indie pop quartet The Aces kicked off the Gold Star Baby World Tour, beginning with a little more than a month of North American dates, including a November 14th stop at Theatre of Living Arts.  The tour — featuring support from Lydia Night of The Regrettes...

“We love Johnny Brenda’s!  Of course, if we could sell more tickets and sell giant rooms, that would be great, but we love playing Johnny Brenda’s.  It really is a room with such a vibe and a feel; you couldn’t build a room like that now, so I’m glad...

“When the tour’s over people are gonna be like, ‘Fuck, I wish I went to that!’  The intimacy is going to create exclusivity.  Like, afterwards, people are gonna kick themselves for not being there,” says indie pop singer MARIS of her upcoming Give Me A Tour! double-headlining jaunt with...