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The last time I caught up with Brooklyn-based indie folk rockers Big Thief was in 2016, when they were opening for Nada Surf at World Café Live, so their headlining show last Saturday, October 2nd, the second of two sold-out nights at the 1,300-capacity Union Transfer, was something quite...
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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from San Diego surf punks Beach Goons… But during a recent phone chat with Beach Goons mainman Pablo Cervantez, he tells me that he’s spent the pandemic working on what’s next for the band, and apparently there’s a lot: “I’ve just been...
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“I’m in service to the songs. And what I mean when I say that is songs kind of have a life of their own. There’s an energy when creating a song where I want the song to do what the song wants to do and not necessarily what I...
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Philly’s favorite local alt rockers, Alright Junior, released their latest EP, Battle Scars, last July, in the middle of the worst part of the pandemic. But during a recent phone chat vocalist/guitarist Jace Miller tells me he thinks that the sound of the EP, and maybe the band in...
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Tonight, electro-poppers Roses & Revolutions are kicking off their very first headlining tour at our very own MilkBoy and it’s, without a doubt, the thing most worth getting excited about this weekend. Roses & Revolutions are Alyssa Coco and Matt Merritt, partners (musical and otherwise) hailing from Rochester, who...
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Although the touring season is basically done, there are still a handful of shows set for the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection before the official start of this holiday season that I would recommend checking out. Perhaps most-worth checking out is Nashville-based Americana songstress Michaela Anne, who...
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Australian folk rockers The Paper Kites have been good friends of PHILTHY since all the way back in 2013, when they made their first trek through America (including a stop at Johnny Brenda’s). They’ve since returned to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection nearly countless times, playing...
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“I love it when people are skeptical about our name,” says Whitney Petty, lead guitarist of Thunderpussy. “Older women — and I just mean older than me — are like, ‘What is this music? My kids like it and it’s so vulgar,’ or ‘My kid wears their T-shirt and...
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Although you normally need to venture to Fishtown or South Philly to catch a good cozy, sweaty rock show in the City of Brotherly Love at Sisterly Affection, this weekend MilkBoy’s really got the Rock’N’Roll. Saturday night the Center City bar/restaurant/venue hosts Thunderpussy, bluesy hard rockers who still believe...
The last time I caught up with Brooklyn-based indie folk rockers Big Thief was in 2016, when they were opening for Nada Surf at World Café Live, so their headlining show last Saturday, October 2nd, the second of two sold-out nights at the 1,300-capacity Union Transfer, was something quite...
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from San Diego surf punks Beach Goons… But during a recent phone chat with Beach Goons mainman Pablo Cervantez, he tells me that he’s spent the pandemic working on what’s next for the band, and apparently there’s a lot: “I’ve just been...
