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Alisa Xayalith has played the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection a lot over the years, including shows headlining the stages of The Trocadero and Union Transfer. However, this Friday, May 9th, she will be returning to the 215 to play her most intimate area show ever at...
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“I do a lot of thinking about when people come to a Molly Grace show, like ‘What do I want them to take away from it?’ The goal is for people to feel empowered,” says the Nashville-based, always sparkling, queer pop artist, before quickly clarifying that it’s just as...
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“I think Philly is such a hub for interesting, smart, unique individuals who are into culture, and they’re the smartest people,” says LA-based indie folk singer/songwriter Lily Kershaw during a recent phone interview which evolved into a nearly-three-hour chat about slightly obscure classic cocktails (Are there any places in...
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Nashville-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Lydia Luce recently found herself on tour supporting our good buddy Andrea von Kampen for a March trek (The two will be reuniting for a November tour of the UK.) “We’ve been friends for a little while. We’re in each other’s top ‘sounds like’ on...
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This coming Sunday, October 8th, Los Angeles indie rock singer/songwriter Miya Folick will be returning to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection (where I recently found out she has some history) to headline The Foundry at The Fillmore. She’s currently touring ROACH, her second LP, which dropped...
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“I feel like with math rock audiences, you can kind of throw a lot at them and it’s fun to see how they react to stuff,” says Mike Haldeman, guitarist of altopalo, an experimental, indie-electronic quartet of veteran NYC studio and touring musicians. Last week, altopalo kicked off a...
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“Generally playing Johnny Brenda’s is a good memory,” says Calin Peters, one-half of Boston-based indie folk duo The Ballroom Thieves. The last time I spoke with the band’s other half (in March of 2020, just before COVID put live music on hold), and Calin’s husband, Martin Earley, he told...
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“We felt like we wanted to make a record that felt like the antidote to the last few years that we went through,” says St. Lucia mainman Jean-Philip Grobler of the band’s fourth LP, Utopia, which drops this Friday, October 7th, courtesy of Nettwerk. The synth-pop band, led by...
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A year ago, to the day, Canadian indie folk trio Wild Rivers graced the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection with a sold-out show at The Foundry, shortly after recording their sophomore LP, Sidelines. The album, which dropped this February on Nettwerk, was characterized by Wonderland as, “sure...