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Chicago-based Americana singer/songwriter/guitarist Elizabeth Moen seems to be familiar with a lot of friends of PHILTHY… She’s shared stages with the likes of Margaret Glaspy, Lissie, and Buck Meek, and even performed as a guitarist for Squirrel Flower in 2021… And last year Moen released Wherever You Aren’t, her...
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It’s not often we come across a country singer/songwriter with Spotify playlists filled with the likes of The Cramps, MC5, and Lou Reed… However, that just seems to be how Nashville-based Emily Nenni rolls. “I’m just a huge fan of music, not just country,” she tells me during a...
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Friday, April 29th, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Caroline Spence will be releasing her fourth full-length, True North (via Rounder Records), which has already produced some of the year’s best Americana singles (“Clean Getaway,” “The Gift,” and, most recently, “Scale These Walls.”) Although her headlining show at MilkBoy was cancelled after the...
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“It’s rare to see such a large project, and it’s nice to see a lot of people all care about each other at the same time,” says Sammy Rae, frontwoman of Sammy Rae & the Friends, describing her band. She goes on to say, “I think it’s really special...
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“It really means more than I can express every time someone plays one of my songs for someone, whether they’re buying it or streaming it. That puts gas in my tank,” says Lauren Jenkins. Jenkins is a heartland rocker who seems to live the life of an always-impeccably-styled Americana...
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“It’s like an arena rock commercial pop album in your bedroom because you can’t play your instruments really well,” laughs Alyse Vellturo. Vellturo, better known as PRONOUN, is discussing her OMG I MADE IT EP, which hits shelves June 11th, courtesy of Wax Bodega. I recently got a chance...
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Welsh alt rockers The Joy Formidable have been longtime friends of PHILTHY, from their days of super sweaty gigs at Johnny Brenda’s, to ginormous shows at Union Transfer, and their recent stops at Underground Arts, but this weekend the band will be playing likely their most intimate Philadelphia gigs...
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A few weeks back Denver singer/songwriter Kyle Emerson released his latest single (and accompanying music video) “May You Find Peace,” the first single from his sophomore album, the follow-up to 2017’s Dorothy Alice. And while his debut LP fits more neatly into the traditional “singer/songwriter” box, his latest sounds...
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Although we have nothing against The Lone Bellow or Wild Child (we’ve actually covered them quite a bit), and Union Transfer is certainly one of our favorite places in the city, we must admit that we’re quite anxious to have indie folk poppers The Wild Reeds back at a...