metal

“I try to connect on a human level while performing.  Some artists I like put on more of a show, and I think about how I could incorporate some more showy elements, but I really just wanna connect, to have a human-to-human connection,” says PINKNOISE, aka Kacey Foxx, an...

On August 13th GRAMMY-nominated, Gold-certified, London-based songwriter and vocalist HAYLA – perhaps best known for her collaborations with some of the biggest names in electronic music, including Kx5 (Deadmau5 and Kaskade), Kygo, and ILLENIUM – will be making her live debut in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly...

Tonight is the July edition of Philthy Radio (9-11pm ET on Y-Not Radio), which will feature a block of some of my favorite music of the first half of 2026, including the most poignant and potent track off of Empty Hands, the seventh full-length from Poppy and best metal...

This past Friday, April 3rd, experimental metal band Sunn O))) dropped their self-titled album, their 10th full-length and first for Sub Pop.  The LP was recorded at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington in January 2025 and co-produced by Brad Wood, best known for his work with Liz Phair,...

The next two Fridays have big things going on for Belgian shoegaze quartet Slow Crush…  Well, the second is primarily for those of us in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection…  Next Friday, August 29th, the band will drop third full-length (and first for Pure Noise Records)...

The last time SASAMI headlined the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was in March of 2022 at Johnny Brenda’s, which the singer/songwriter told me during a chat last November was an especially memorable experience: “That was a great show!  I think I injured my guitarist at that show…  I...

Genre-bending – often metallic, often electronic, often alternative, and often delectably pop – singer/songwriter, performance artist, graphic novelist, and internet sensation Poppy is gearing up to play her biggest-ever headlining show in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection next Thursday, April 3rd.  Her last two local stops...

“I think this is the first time I had a unanimous reaction overall from both audience and press…  I wish I would have done this album years ago.  I feel like I’m stepping into a place that really defines me on many levels,” says Tunisian-American singer/songwriter Emel Mathlouthi (better...

If you’re someone who thinks it’s been a little too long since we’ve had a great rock opera, then Kelsy Karter & The Heroines’ sophomore full-length, Love Made Me Do It, just might be your first favorite album of 2025…  The band – comprised of Aussie frontwoman Kelsy Karter...