First Unitarian Church

Tonight indie folk outfit The Paper Kites kick off their North American Headline Tour behind their seventh studio album, If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, which dropped this January via Nettwerk.  And one week from today, May 8th, the Australian quintet, longtime phriends of PHILTHY MAG,...

This Wednesday, April 22nd, The Antlers will play their most intimate local show in well over a decade when they come to Johnny Brenda’s on the final night of headlining dates behind 2025’s Blight, the seventh full-length from Peter Silberman’s indie rock project.  The North American dates — which...

“I love going to Philly!  I’m really a Philly head.  I’m wearing a full body 2 shirt right now!  That’s my favorite band,” says Uriel Avila, vocalist of Fort Worth shoegazers trauma ray, who are hitting the road for a double-headlining tour with Glixen whose first 15 dates will...

I’m sure you’re well aware of The Wonder Years’ upcoming six sold-out nights at Theatre of Living Arts…  However, we’re actually more excited about some of the bands they’re bringing along to handle support duties, such as Pool Kids (4/10), Future Teens (4/11), Spanish Love Songs (4/12), Queen of...

Yesterday, British singer/songwriter Billie Marten kicked off her current Stateside run with a late-afternoon set at this year’s edition of Treefort Music Fest in Boise. And tonight she officially commences a three-week solo headlining run of the US, which will conclude with an April 18th stop at The Sanctuary...

You may have recently heard Yumi Zouma’s Charlie Ryder on Y-Not Radio, the home of Philthy Radio.  Earlier this month, the guitarist/bassist/keyboardist of the New Zealand indie-rockers did a Y-Not Radio Takeover (now streaming) where he took some time to discuss and spin tracks from the band’s fifth LP,...

Last November, Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas announced his Spring 2026 “Duo Tour,” nine dates in notably intimate rooms that would feature Hadreas alongside only his partner, collaborator, keyboardist, and co-writer Alan Wyffels.  While we’re lucky enough to have snagged one of those dates, April 1st in The Sanctuary of...

“Having lived there for so long, playing First Unitarian Church is always especially wonderful, and getting to play the Sanctuary, especially, feels like a major accomplishment,” says harpist, composer, and one-time (and longtime) Philadelphia resident Mary Lattimore during a phone chat last month.  Our discussion was cut short due...

Nashville’s “egg punk” band, Snooper, joined Prison Affair for a packed co-headline show at First Unitarian Church last Thursday, March 5th. It was a highly anticipated show for me since the release of Snooper’s sophomore album, Worldwide, which came out on Third Man Records in early October of last...