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“The first word that comes to mind is ‘mega-chill,’” says Danny Davis (frontman for indie rockers Husbands) of his new home and life. Prior to releasing Cuatro, Husbands’ fourth full-length, Davis (a native of Oklahoma City) quit his 9-to-5 engineering gig and moved to Costa Rica, where he also...
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This past Saturday, November 4th, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection got a live preview of next year’s most anticipated album, Prelude to Ecstasy, at what very well might be remembered as a legendary show in the very near future. The album is the first full-length from...
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During a recent phone chat with Sun June vocalist and bandleader Laura Colwell, in advance of the group’s November 8th show at Johnny Brenda’s, the frontwoman makes a point to confirm with me that they’ll be able to get cheesesteaks nearby, at which point she tells me she’s actually...
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Our phriends in Australian indie folk outfit The Paper Kites – who we’ve been covering since 2013, and have played shows at Johnny Brenda’s, World Café Live, MilkBoy, Underground Arts, and First Unitarian Church – released their sixth full-length this September. The LP, At The Roadhouse, is a concept album,...
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Last week Leeds post-punks Yard Act announced Where’s My Utopia?, their sophomore LP, which drops March 1st on Republic Records, in addition to lead single/video, “Dream Job.” The album — co-produced by the band and Remi Kabaka Jr., of Gorillaz — follows up 2022 debut full-length, The Overload, and...
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There are still tickets remaining for My Morning Jacket’s shows this Friday (10/27) and Saturday (10/28) at The Met, the band’s most intimate area appearances since they played the Tower Theatre in 2015. And while it is a rare opportunity to see the psychedelic Southern rockers indoors (in an...
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TONIGHT, Johnny Brenda’s — our favorite “mini rock n’ roll ballroom” — is hosting a killer double-headlining bill of a doomier and gloomier variety than normally finds itself at the city’s premiere hipster haven. Closing out the evening will be ultra-heavy Portland psych rockers Blackwater Holylight (Who we first...
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While the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection recently had the pleasure of having lo-fi indie rock phenom Samia open our instantly-legendary boygenius show, those in Boston and New Haven were treated to an opening set from equally amazing Polyvinyl alternative rocker Palehound, whose recently released fourth LP,...
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Last month Los Angeles-based punky indie rockers Worriers — the project of songwriter Lauren Denitzio, who is currently joined by band members Atom Willard (Against Me!, Social Distortion), Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady), Frank Piegaro, and Cayetana’s Allegra Anka — released Trust Your Gut, their second full-length of the...