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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...
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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...
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“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...
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Longtime PHILTHY phriends The Rural Alberta Advantage are currently a little more than halfway through a short US tour that will have them back in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection on February 18th at Johnny Brenda’s. The Toronto band’s last (and first) show at Fishtown’s “mini...
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“We’ll be mostly just trying our best to bring these songs to life in a live setting,” says Minneapolis-based indie rock singer/songwriter runo plum, who is about to hit the road for a North American headlining tour behind her debut full-length, patching, which dropped last November via Winspear (home...
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You may have caught Chicago DIY rockers Smut opening for SPELLLING last May at Underground Arts or on the latest edition of Philthy Radio (now streaming via Y-Not Radio). Last week the Bayonet Records outfit — led by vocalist/lyricist Tay Roebuck and guitarists Andie Min and Sam Ruschman —...
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“We’ll have to make sure to play different sets, if you’re gonna be there all three nights!” says Simeon Kavanagh-Vincent, guitarist/synthesist of New Zealand quartet Phoebe Rings, who are, indeed, preparing to play three Philadelphia shows next month, when they open Union Transfer for fellow New Zealanders The Beths...
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Los Angeles-based/Bologna-bred synth pop trio Nuovo Testamento – comprised of Chelsey Crowley (vocals), Giacomo Zatti (drums), and Andrea Mantione (synth) – will be spending their Halloween at Baltimore Soundstage, sharing a bill with our old phriends Scowl and new phriends Whispers (along with co-headliners Sunami). And while Scowl, Sunami,...
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“We love Johnny Brenda’s! Of course, if we could sell more tickets and sell giant rooms, that would be great, but we love playing Johnny Brenda’s. It really is a room with such a vibe and a feel; you couldn’t build a room like that now, so I’m glad...
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...
