Eraserhood

This past Friday, April 3rd, experimental metal band Sunn O))) dropped their self-titled album, their 10th full-length and first for Sub Pop.  The LP was recorded at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington in January 2025 and co-produced by Brad Wood, best known for his work with Liz Phair,...

“Bewitched was the first album when we were really a proper band, that we’d done as a quartet; we did Lunapark as a trio.  Bewitched is the first record that really felt like Luna to me,” says Dean Wareham, founder and frontman of the legendary NYC band, who will...

“Hell yeah, we really love Philadelphia!  Philadelphia’s one of our very favorite cities and we don’t think it gets enough love,” says an exceptionally enthusiastic Joseph Settine, frontman and co-founder of Nashville-based indie rockers The Brook & The Bluff.  He mentions a show at Johnny Brenda’s as being one...

Last week our phriend Natalie Jane released brand-new single “sabotage,” the follow-up to 2025 LP the world i didn’t want, a 13-track collection that documents her thoughts navigating young womanhood as a burgeoning pop star.  And just yesterday Natalie Jane dropped the first official vlog from “the world i...

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, March 13th, will see the release of Still There’s A Glow, the sophomore full-length from local icons Sweet Pill…  In the years since the release of 2022 debut LP Where the Heart Is, Sweet Pill has toured alongside the likes of La Dispute and The Wonder Years,...

“I’m really working on getting free on stage.  I’m normally quiet, being on stage isn’t my natural state, so I’ve been really loving this last year of playing shows, getting a new taste of being a bit more comfortable,” says Portland, Oregon-based singer/songwriter Anna Tivel, reflecting on her most...

Last year singer, songwriter, violinist, and producer Sudan Archives — real name Brittney Parks — dropped five instantly anthemic singles leading up to the October 17th release of her third full-length, THE BPM, which came via longtime home Stones Throw (also home to our phriend Sofie Royer) and lived...

We haven’t spoken to Cate Le Bon since 2016, when she was preparing to play Johnny Brenda’s while touring her brilliantly psychedelic-leaning fourth LP, Crab Day, featuring the drumming of Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa.  However, the Welsh art pop singer/songwriter has had us out to a number of notable Philadelphia...