JB’s

“It’s funny, I still think of Johnny Brenda’s as like the new spot,” says Kid Millions, aka John Colpitts, drummer and co-founder of New York-based experimental rockers Oneida, who are preparing to play the venue for just about the umpteenth time on August 10th when I let him know...

Although we’re officially amidst one of the dryest seasons of the calendar year for live music, Philadelphia does have a handful of upcoming July shows really worth getting excited about… perhaps none more so than when Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek brings his solo show back to Johnny Brenda’s...

This Friday, June 26th, Montreal duo Born At Midnite — comprised of visual artist and pop musician Amery Sandford (whose solo project, Amery, you may have seen supporting Molly Nilsson last September at Johnny Brenda’s) and David Carriere, producer, songwriter, and guitarist in TOPS (who you may have seen...

This coming Saturday, May 30th, Fire Talk Records’ Robber Robber wrap their initial North American run behind sophomore LP Two Wheels Move the Soul at our very own Johnny Brenda’s.  The making of the follow-up to 2024 debut full-length Wild Guess was largely characterized by Robber Robber co-founders Nina...

Those who’ve had the reissue of Flipper’s Generic Flipper — the debut LP from the legendary San Francisco punks — in heavy rotation since it was made available for the first time in a decade last month, via San Francisco label Superior Viaduct, will be excited to know that...

“The first time I visited Philly I just remember there was a huge Carvana!” laughs Margaret Sohn, the New York-based, Korean-American electronic musician behind Miss Grit, referencing their first trip to Fishtown, which had Miss Grit opening The Fillmore for indie rock veterans Metric in October of 2022.  The...

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...

Earlier this year, the founders/originators/inventors of twee (a designation that they themselves have mixed feelings about… preferring “indiepop”), Heavenly, released Highway To Heavenly, their fifth full-length and first in three decades…  The album, technically the follow-up to the UK band’s 1996 LP, Operation Heavenly, dropped on February 27th via...

“It’s been a lot of touring in the past year.  I’ve never toured that much in a year before.  I’ve learned a lot about the logistics of touring and getting a band around the country,” laughs singer/songwriter Cornelia Murr, who serves as her own tour manager and has been...