Electric Factory

“I have been writing music that seems to live in Noah Davis’ paintings,” says bassist, singer, songwriter, composer, educator, and philanthropist esperanza spalding (who’s my age to the week and makes me feel as though I desperately need a more comprehensive day planner), reflecting on her last trip to...

Next Friday, July 10th, Midwest emo legends American Football will be playing their biggest Philadelphia show ever when they headline Franklin Music Hall as part of the first US leg of their “No Feeling” World Tour, which comes in support of their fourth self-titled LP and first in...

This coming Wednesday, April 15th, delightfully theatrical London five-piece The Last Dinner Party will be returning to the 215 to headline Franklin Music Hall, a room 12 times the size of the venue they played the last time they were in town.  However, we’re just as excited about Irish...

If you caught the January edition of Philthy Radio this past weekend on Y-Not Radio (now streaming), you heard “Horror Show,” an early classic from dark-pop icons The Birthday Massacre that longtime fans may remember seeing the band play “back in the day” at The Trocadero and Starlight Ballroom. ...

Last week was the official start of fall touring season… which means we’re actually gearing up to see a handful of our phavorite acts for the second time this year…  This May, we saw Australian alt-pop singer, songwriter, and producer Grace Shaw – better known as Mallrat, whose noted...

This July, British indie rockers Wet Leg – founded by frontwoman Rhian Teasdale and lead guitarist Hester Chambers — dropped moisturizer, their sophomore full-length and follow-up to 2022’s charmingly crass and ineffably infectious self-titled debut (the first-ever UK number 1 album courtesy of an Isle of Wight act), both...

Next month, legendary punk outfit The Pogues will embark on their first North American tour in 13 years, the first since the passing of vocalist Shane MacGowan in 2023.  On September 8th, the third date of the tour brings original Pogues Spider Stacy, Jem Finer, and James Fearnley to...

Our Philadelphia Phillies spent this past swampy summer weekend in Washington DC, where the President of the United States has deployed the National Guard to police the nation’s capital.  And, in a fitting dystopian twist, this past Friday night, the Phillies’ home of Citizens Bank Park hosted My Chemical...

If the reunited Pixies were a person, they would’ve turned legal drinking age this April (with the original only making it to the ripe age of seven).  However, for all of those latter-era Gen Xers who grew up just a little too young to catch them the first time...