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“We are a lot more open now to bringing a more raw song to the group, and knowing whatever they do with it is going to be amazing… Earlier on, we were more ambitious with our ideas, but maybe had too many ideas, whereas now we’re more efficient,” says...
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“I basically grew up in the First Unitarian Church basement,” says Evan Weiss, best known as the man behind Into It. Over It., whose Pet Symmetry – which also features Ratboys’ Marcus Nuccio and Dowsing’s Erik Czaja – are gearing up to release their fourth full-length, Big Symmetry, May...
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Last month electronic duo Immersion (comprised of Wire’s Colin Newman and Minimal Compact’s Malka Spigel, a “life and art” couple) released the third album of their collaborative Nanocluster series (2021’s Nanocluster, Vol.1 saw them collaborating with our phriend Laetitia Sadier, German post-rock duo Tarwater, and electronic musicians Ulrich Schnauss...
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“I remember playing Stalag 13 in 1998 felt like playing Madison Square Garden, and there were probably 10 people at the show,” says a laughing Michael Berdan, vocalist for NYC noise outfit Uniform (whose demeanor is far more lighthearted than Uniform’s sounds would suggest). For those unfamiliar, Stalag 13...
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“I know we can kind of have a sweet sound to a passerby, but it’s got some hurt, too, much like Philly has,” says Laura Colwell, frontwoman of Austin, Texas-born (but currently spread out) outfit Sun June, whose sound the group have long referred to as “regret pop.” Despite...
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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...
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PHILTHY MAG has gotten to know Yep Roc recording artist Louisa Stancioff pretty well throughout the course of 2024. We first chatted with the Maine-based indie folk singer/songwriter in April, prior to the release of debut LP When We Were Looking, and we last spoke to her just last...
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“You can expect lots of harmonies, lots of silly stage banter, and lots of fun arrangements of sad songs,” says Maine-based indie folk singer/songwriter Louisa Stancioff of her first of two upcoming appearances in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. On October 16th Stancioff, Molly Parden, and...
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“I think Philly is such a hub for interesting, smart, unique individuals who are into culture, and they’re the smartest people,” says LA-based indie folk singer/songwriter Lily Kershaw during a recent phone interview which evolved into a nearly-three-hour chat about slightly obscure classic cocktails (Are there any places in...
“We are a lot more open now to bringing a more raw song to the group, and knowing whatever they do with it is going to be amazing… Earlier on, we were more ambitious with our ideas, but maybe had too many ideas, whereas now we’re more efficient,” says...
“I basically grew up in the First Unitarian Church basement,” says Evan Weiss, best known as the man behind Into It. Over It., whose Pet Symmetry – which also features Ratboys’ Marcus Nuccio and Dowsing’s Erik Czaja – are gearing up to release their fourth full-length, Big Symmetry, May...
