Cuddle Magic

“Philly is getting the truest and rawest performances of the tour,” joke Gracie and Rachel, who are preparing to begin their upcoming 10-date US tour on June 4th at our very own MilkBoy.  The last time the indie-pop duo played the Center City barroom (or spoke to PHILTHY MAG)...

Those of you who caught the August edition of Philthy Radio, my monthly show for Y-Not Radio, heard me wish the Summer of 2025 a fine farewell with a block of summertime jams, including 2023’s “Summer Wrapped in Gold,” by David Wax Museum.  The self-proclaimed “Mexo-Americana” outfit – at...

“I made this record with the intent of sort of riling people up more.  In the past, whenever I would play my new music for friends, they’d be like, ‘Oh, that’s nice,” or something like that, and for this one I was like, ‘Fuck that!  I wanna incite something...

“We are currently 974 miles into the tour, driving out to the first show in Denver,” jokes Cole Kamen-Green during a recent phone chat, while looking at his odometer.  Cole is one-half of experimental pop duo mmeadows, alongside partner (musical and life) Kristin Slipp.  Cole is an in-demand instrumentalist,...

“What’s pleasantly surprising about these shows… is having people come up to us at the merch table and say things like, ‘I usually don’t like this kind of music,’ meaning pop music,” says Kristin Slipp, laughing.  Slipp is likely best-known as a member of Cuddle Magic and The Dirty...

This Friday Cuddle Magic will be dropping their latest LP, Ashes/Axis, courtesy of Northern Spy Records, and tonight the band kick off a round of dates supporting folky indie poppers PHOX at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC, with our very own World Cafe Live hosting the two acts...