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The next two Fridays have big things going on for Belgian shoegaze quartet Slow Crush…  Well, the second is primarily for those of us in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection…  Next Friday, August 29th, the band will drop third full-length (and first for Pure Noise Records)...

There are still currently tickets available for Spacey Jane’s September 6th show at The Fillmore Philadelphia… which cannot be said of the Aussie indie rockers’ show the following night at Paradise Rock Club in Boston, or their following show, 9/9 at 9:30 Club in DC… or 9/14 at Studio...

“With this record, I was like, ‘I’m gonna make this song and I’m gonna see who’s around to help out,’” says Golden Apples’ Russell Edling of Shooting Star, the Philadelphia indie rockers’ fourth full-length, which drops September 19th on their longtime home, Lame-O Records.  The album was recorded across...

The last time we saw Choctaw singer/songwriter Samantha Crain in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was August of 2022, when she opened Union Transfer for Murder By Death.  And while Adam Turla’s indie rock outfit are preparing to return to the Eraserhood venue for their last-ever...

“Going into that first record, I was kind of in disbelief it was happening at all, and didn’t know if it would ever come out.  For this one, I was dying to put something out…  I’m 35 now, and I was in my twenties for the first one,” says...

Austin noise-pop/shoegaze outfit DAIISTAR apparently have a lot of phriends in common with PHILTHY MAG.  In 2023 the quartet toured with The Dandy Warhols (keep checking the site for my recent chat with Dandys guitarist Peter Holmström, ahead of their May 14th show at Ardmore Music Hall), last year...

Alisa Xayalith has played the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection a lot over the years, including shows headlining the stages of The Trocadero and Union Transfer.  However, this Friday, May 9th, she will be returning to the 215 to play her most intimate area show ever at...

“When I play Philly, it feels full circle because of the people.  My family will be there, my friends will be there,” homegrown indie-pop artist Anna Shoemaker tells me during a recent phone chat.  The last time I spoke to the singer/songwriter, she was preparing for a few performances...

“It saved my life, for sure…  I don’t know how people survive without writing songs.  I don’t know how to process anything without it,” says Kelsey Wilson, frontwoman and bandleader of Austin soul/funk/R&B outfit Sir Woman (also of Americana band Wild Child).  This February, Sir Woman released If It...