folk-rock

“I was worried it’s like cheating, releasing something like this, but if the material is good, and it sounds good, there you go,” jokes James Felice of folk rock/country rock outfit The Felice Brothers during a recent chat.  He’s referring to Valley of Abandoned Songs, the group’s latest full-length,...

New York folk rock group Driftwood are currently touring behind their sixth full-length, December Last Call (which dropped last month), while also celebrating their 15-year anniversary as a band, and they’ll be headlining our very own MilkBoy on Friday, May 3rd.  “The rock club vibe, we did that for...

Last month, Yep Roc Records announced the April 12th release of When We Were Looking, the debut LP from Maine-based indie folk singer/songwriter Louisa Stancioff, who is about to kick off a short run of dates with equally impressive singer/songwriters Molly Parden and Eliza Edens, which will find the...

NYC indie-pop sibling trio BAILEN have deservedly been darlings of WXPN for a number of years now…  Just last year they played NON-COMM for the second time, their second Free At Noon, and a set at XPoNential Music Festival that proved to be a highlight of the exceptionally rainy...

Being packed into a cramped corner of the seemingly well-beyond-sold-out Franklin Music Hall this past Saturday night (2/4), it was hard to believe that the headliners were, not so long ago, playing to half-capacity crowds at the likes of Tin Angel, Boot & Saddle, and MilkBoy.  However, in less...

“I’d much rather sing about myself than talk about myself,” says local singer/songwriter Annalise Curtin.  Although the folk-pop-leaning singer and guitarist hails from the area, after the release of her 2013 debut LP, Battle Against Me, Curtin relocated to Cleveland, Milwaukee, and...

Australian folk rockers The Paper Kites have been good friends of PHILTHY since all the way back in 2013, when they made their first trek through America (including a stop at Johnny Brenda’s).  They’ve since returned to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection nearly countless times, playing...

Australian folk-rockers The Paper Kites have been friends of ours for quite some time.  We first met them (or, more specifically, drummer Josh Bentley) back in November of 2013, when the band was wrapping up their first-ever US tour, in support of their debut LP, States.  We caught up...