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The last time we saw Blondshell in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was when she opened Franklin Music Hall for Exile in Guyville’s 30th anniversary tour, which — I find out during a recent Zoom chat — was apparently the first encounter our phriend, and one-time...

We were super bummed to have zzzahara’s headlining show last month at MilkBoy get cancelled… but super excited to see that the LA-based singer/songwriter – whose music draws references to shoegaze, garage rock, and emo, alike — will be back in town this week (accompanied by jazz musicians that...

“We play a bunch of new stuff until the audience is like, ‘Well…’” jokes Dean Wareham; singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Galaxie 500, Luna, and Dean & Britta; who has spent the past several months touring behind That’s the Price of Loving Me, his fourth solo LP, which dropped...

“When I play Philly, it feels full circle because of the people.  My family will be there, my friends will be there,” homegrown indie-pop artist Anna Shoemaker tells me during a recent phone chat.  The last time I spoke to the singer/songwriter, she was preparing for a few performances...

We first met LA/Toronto-based singer/songwriter Bria Salmena in the summer of 2021, just as live music was making a return.  Bria and longtime musical collaborator Duncan Hay Jennings – in addition to being one-half of Canadian post-punk group FRIGS, at the time the two were also members of Orville...

“Joe’s Cheesesteaks!” exclaims Nick Sampson, drummer of LA-based, self-proclaimed “emo-friendly, punk-curious” duo senses (who are ineffably friendly, themselves) when I ask the band their favorite thing about Philadelphia.  senses lead singer/guitarist Madison Taylor goes on to explain, “We walk to Joe’s pretty much every time we’re there, and not...

“I’m really hoping this is my year.  I’m hoping for some more tours…  I’m really trying to put out as much new music as possible in 2025,” says LA-based, 19-year-old folk/Americana/pop artist Cloe Wilder.  However, she’s already got some touring under her belt, with a European tour supporting Spencer...

“Some bands make the best shit in the beginning, but I feel like we’re the opposite,” laughs Melissa Scaduto, co-founder of LA-based trio Sextile.  Sextile are currently amidst a nearly two-month tour, playing the biggest rooms of their career as support for Sacred Bones labelmates Molchat Doma, which will...

“I’m gonna have rehearsal every day for a week, so I’m gonna sound great for ya!” Jordana Nye, best known simply as Jordana, playfully proclaims during a recent phone chat.  This coming Friday, January 24th, Jordana will kick off the monthlong Lively Premonition Tour at our very own Johnny...