dream pop

  • Poppy Goes Alternative (4/2 at TLA)

    The last time the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection saw viral-performance-artist-turned-pop-star Poppy was February of 2020, when she last appeared at Theatre of Living Arts, supporting her recently released third LP, I Disagree, which had the candy-coated cyber princess transform into a legit metal vixen (The album...
  • No Joy: “I really don’t sit around spinning the My Bloody Valentine discography on rotation.”

    Earlier during the pandemic, shoegaze savant Jasamine White-Gluz, the brainchild behind No Joy, released Motherhood, the first No Joy album in five years and their most eclectic and surprising yet.  The album; which was released via Joyful Noise and received praise from the likes of Pitchfork, The FADER, and...
  • Meet Twen, This Sat. or Sun. at Boot & Saddle (w/ The Joy Formidable)

    Although I’m guessing many of our readers are currently in a food coma, hopefully you’ll be back on your feet for the weekend, as Philly will be getting two of the best shows it’s seen all year. Welsh rockers The Joy Formidable will play their most intimate Philly dates...
  • Get to Know Rose of the West’s “desert goth trip,” Next Tues. at B&S

    Milwaukee’s Rose of the West are an amalgam of pretty much all of our favorite sounds: post-punk, ethereal wave, dream pop, ‘90s alt rock… basically everything that beautifully soundtracked the lives of the most whimsically angsty and morose teens of the mid-80’s to the mid 90’s… The band is...
  • Samantha Sidley, on Being “a singer/singer” (Friday at WCL with The Bird and the Bee)

    “I’m an interpreter.  I’m a singer/singer,” Samantha Sidley tells me, giggling.  Sidley is a jazz singer (but not songwriter), who is perhaps best known for her work with The Bird and the Bee, both as a touring member of the dream pop outfit and also as a contributor to...
  • Flashing Back to 2016 with Pure Bathing Culture (Free at Noon this Friday)

    Although we’re really not fans of waking up in the AM, it just might be worth it this Friday when our good friends, Pure Bathing Culture, play World Café Live and XPN’s weekly Free at Noon series.  Pure Bathing Culture are a Portland duo, comprised of Sarah Versprille and...
  • Get to Know Another Side of Renata Zeiguer, Tonight at B&S

    Tonight, our very favorite nearly-Center City venue, Boot & Saddle, is hosting a stellar lineup.  Opening the evening is local, post-riot grrrl rocker extraordinaire, Madalean Gauze, and headlining is ineffably quirky Chicago noise poppers, Ohmme.  However, we may be most excited (but not by a lot) for Renata Zeiguer,...
  • An Alternative to St. Paddy’s Day: Spend Saturday Night w/ Kelly Lee Owens at B&S

    For those looking to go out this Saturday, but refrain from indulging in green beer, green Mardi Gras beads, and miniature plastic top hats, also green (And I hope that’s all of my readers.), Boot & Saddle just might have a good reason for you to hit the town. ...
  • Checking in with Pure Bathing Culture

    This Saturday, April 2nd, Philly is hosting a lot of PHILTHY’s favorite musical friends, including Worriers at Boot & Saddle and Sleepy Kitty at MilkBoy, but there’s nothing we’re more excited about than our good buddies Pure Bathing Culture, the Portland-based ethereal pop duo, who will be playing a...