indie pop

Johnny Brenda’s has hosted several exceptionally quick sell-outs of soon-to-be superstars this year, notably hyperpop chanteuse Hannah Diamond and queer country icon CMAT.  However, none have seemed to be quite as destined for superstardom as Dublin-born, London-based singer/songwriter Orla Gartland, who played an immediately sold-out show on her immediately...

Portland, Oregon’s Pure Bathing Culture are longtime phriends of PHILTHY (We first met them in September of 2014, while they were on tour with Tennis.), but I’m pretty sure they haven’t headlined the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection in close to a decade… and I haven’t gotten...

“The first time I was in Philly, I had a cheesesteak five minutes before I went onstage, which was the worst decision of my life,” Sydney Sprague tells me, laughing.  However, the indie pop singer/songwriter has had some more enjoyable experiences playing the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly...

Australian indie pop sibling trio Sheppard are celebrating a number of milestones.  The Brisbane band moved to Nashville last October, became the first band to ever play Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (This April they returned to Australia to play a gig on a pontoon for local heroes partaking in...

“I wish it wasn’t more than two years between full-lengths…” Jeanines’ musical polymath Jed Smith glumly muses, before vocalist, songwriter, and namesake Alicia Jeanine chimes in, “I think it’s fine to have an LP every three years!  We’re busy, we have jobs… We’re doing the best that we can!” ...

The last time we saw Arlo Parks in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was last May, when the West London-raised, Los Angeles-based soulful indie pop singer/songwriter played an exceptionally intimate performance for WXPN members that provided one of the highlights of last year’s NON-COMM at World...

The last time we chatted with Daisy the Great – a NYC indie pop outfit led by Kelley Nicole Dugan and Mina Walker – was in early 2023, prior to their first-ever non-DIY headlining jaunt.  The group had previously toured as support for mega acts AJR, half•alive, and 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...

“It’s been such a surreal past few months.  It’s been hard to even make sense of it, to have these audiences know the songs and be singing them back to me is the greatest thing that could ever happen…  And it’s my debut record!” says Karina Rykman.  Rykman’s first...