new wave

  • TOPS Kick Off a Night of Montreal’s Best Indie Pop (11/16 at Franklin Music Hall w/ Men I Trust)

    This Thursday, November 16th, Montreal indie pop outfit Men I Trust will be playing their biggest show yet in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, when they headline the 2,500-capacity Franklin Music Hall.  However, we’re just as excited about fellow Montreal indie poppers TOPS, best known for...
  • Get Moody with Glove (6/22 at MilkBoy)

    “It’s always moody.  Expect a moody set, and some mood swings,” says Brie Deux of Tampa-based post-punk trio Glove while we’re discussing their current batch of headlining dates, which will have them at MilkBoy on Thursday, June 22nd.  We first met the group – which also includes Rod Wendt...
  • Come See Lowertown Go “batshit insane,” 10/29 at UT w/ beabadoobee

    Yesterday Atlanta duo Lowertown released their debut LP, I Love To Lie, courtesy of Dirty Hit.  And next week they hit the road for more than a month of shows supporting labelmate beabadoobee, including an October 29th stop at Union Transfer.  The band is comprised of BFFs Olivia Osby...
  • Poppy Goes Alternative (4/2 at TLA)

    The last time the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection saw viral-performance-artist-turned-pop-star Poppy was February of 2020, when she last appeared at Theatre of Living Arts, supporting her recently released third LP, I Disagree, which had the candy-coated cyber princess transform into a legit metal vixen (The album...
  • ACTORS: “Across the board, the band’s been stoked.” (4/1 at Ortlieb’s)

    For those of you, like me, who believe that the ‘80s synth-pop, post-punk, and new wave of artists like The Smiths, The Cure, New Order, and Peter Murphy represent the greatest period of pop music, Vancouver’s ACTORS might just be your new favorite band…  However, they’ve technically been around...
  • Mattiel’s Leather Americana… Or, Georgia Gothic (3/1 at JB’s)

    Mattiel’s upcoming third LP, Georgia Gothic, will likely earn the award for 2022’s most straightforward album title.  The album’s cover features Mattiel Brown and Jonah Swilley donning red-leather suits (of sorts) and grasping pitchforks in a sort of space-age, fetish homage to Grant Wood’s famous painting.  The 11 tacks...
  • Catching Up with Frankie Rose (10/16 at UT w/ Nothing)

    It’s been a while since we’ve heard from post-punk popper Frankie Rose (formerly of Vivian Girls, Beverly, Crystal Stilts, and Dum Dum Girls).  Her last studio album, Cage Tropical, inspired by ‘80s sci-fi films and the extraterrestrial, dropped in 2017.  However, during a recent chat, she tells me about...
  • See Another Side of Bleached, Tonight at B&S

    Personally, I’d much rather find myself in a dive bar than a “gallery,” so when I heard Bleached’s local show tonight was relocated from PhilaMOCA to Boot & Saddle, it was quite a pleasant surprise (It’s also like half the size…)  Ironically, the SoCal punk rockers, lead by Jessie...