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The last time I spoke with Chicago indie rock duo Friko – comprised of vocalist/guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger – was in November of 2023. They’d just announced their signing to ATO Records (home of phriends of PHILTHY like Deer Tick, Honey Harper, Joseph, Margaret Glaspy, Neal Francis, and Pink Mountaintops),...
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“It’s like a sleepover party every night!” jokes Morgan St. Jean about her current tour, which kicked off last night in Washinton DC and will find the feminist pop artist playing a rare all-ages show at our very own Kung Fu Necktie this Friday, February 28th. The jaunt has...
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Rachel Bochner is currently our phavorite burgeoning queer pop icon in the making. We’ve been Twitter mutuals for a little while and I found out recently that she’s besties with likeminded queer pop phenom Xana, who we got to know earlier this year. The two actually played Philthy mini...
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“Like everyone else, I’m a big MJ Lenderman fan. And I’m a pop girlie, so I’m loving the Sabrina Carpenter album… I’m trying to get into more ambient music and just relax for once in my life,” jokes Blair Howerton, frontwoman of Why Bonnie, who released their sophomore LP,...
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Tomorrow night (8/30) Brooklyn feminist rock band partygirl return to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection! During a recent Zoom chat, I discover that partygirl founder, songwriter, and frontwoman Pagona Kytzidis is actually from the area, and the band (who first emerged during the pandemic) has already...
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This Thursday, August 15th, The Courettes are bringing a night of classic rock’n’roll – of the garage rock and proto-punk variety, not the kind that your dad listens to… unless you have an exceptionally cool dad – to Kung Fu Necktie. The Danish-Brazilian duo, comprised of husband/wife Martin and...
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“I couldn’t be more excited to hit the road. Live music is the biggest reason why we do this,” says Rae, one-half of LA duo rosecoloredworld, alongside Addison (Yes, Addison and Rae, haha.) The band, raised on pop punk of the early aughts, are currently a little more than...
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“Christina and I are still going crazy up there! We just can’t contain ourselves! It’s true joy and we have to move our bodies! I’ve actually tried to stand still, just to see if I could do it, because I know a lot of shoegaze bands like to just...
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Philadelphia-based rockers Soraia recently dropped their cover of Blondie classic “Union City Blue.” And we’re proud to premiere the official music video for the ZouZou Mansour-led garage rockers’ take on the legendary power pop track. The clip was shot by local videographer Tom Quigley at Boom Room in Fishtown,...
The last time I spoke with Chicago indie rock duo Friko – comprised of vocalist/guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger – was in November of 2023. They’d just announced their signing to ATO Records (home of phriends of PHILTHY like Deer Tick, Honey Harper, Joseph, Margaret Glaspy, Neal Francis, and Pink Mountaintops),...
“It’s like a sleepover party every night!” jokes Morgan St. Jean about her current tour, which kicked off last night in Washinton DC and will find the feminist pop artist playing a rare all-ages show at our very own Kung Fu Necktie this Friday, February 28th. The jaunt has...
