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Last weekend electro-industrial trio HEALTH kicked off their RAT-BASED WARFARE TOUR in support of studio LP RAT WARS, which dropped digitally last December, amidst their European tour supporting Sleep Token (earning spots on “Best Albums of 2023” in the likes of Revolver, Alternative Press, and New York Magazine/Vulture, with...
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There are still tickets remaining for My Morning Jacket’s shows this Friday (10/27) and Saturday (10/28) at The Met, the band’s most intimate area appearances since they played the Tower Theatre in 2015. And while it is a rare opportunity to see the psychedelic Southern rockers indoors (in an...
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This month marks 20 years since I moved to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. I was the typical suburban alternative teen, migrating to University of the Arts to study among likely the only fans of The Velvet Underground and Nick Cave hailing from upper-middle-class, yuppie-breeding...
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Those in attendance for dark trap rocker Mike’s Dead’s show late last month at Warehouse on Watts were treated to a deliciously devious set from immediate support act The Haunt, a brother/sister band – who have been making music together for a decade, originally as AnastasiaMax, before transitioning to...
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“We don’t have a label. It’s like our fans are our record label!” says Addie Nicole Amick, vocalist for metalcore trio Halocene, alongside husband and guitarist Bradley Amick and drummer Joseph Polizzi. The band, whose Maleficent EP drops this Friday, May 19th, have been making music since 2008, but...
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“The capacity to get destroyed is insane,” says John Famiglietti, bassist and electronic specialist for noisy industrial rockers HEALTH. He’s discussing the Psycho Las Vegas festival, where he recently found himself DJing cyberpunk and EBSM late into the night, alongside a plethora of PHILTHY’s favorite metal-ish acts, including Boris,...
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Blues-rock guitar heroine Samantha Fish’s latest album was met with a little resistance from longtime fans but, during a recent phone chat, she tells me that that’s something she’s okay with: “Everyone initially freaks out because it’s different. They’re like, ‘Tech N9ne? Synthesizers? No!’… but my favorite reactions are...
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Last week Southern California singer/songwriter Mara Connor released the Decades EP, a celebration of some of the greatest songs of the second half of the twentieth century and also some of Connor’s best musical friends, with whom she collaborated on the five-song EP. Connor covers songs by Fats Domino,...
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2019 marks the twentieth anniversary of the self-titled debut of arguably the last truly great “Rock’N’Roll” band, Buckcherry. 20 years ago the Sunset Strip rockers rose to fame with “Lit Up,” possibly the ‘90s most anthemic ode to blow. They were equal parts glamorous sleaze and bluesy swagger, halfway...
Last weekend electro-industrial trio HEALTH kicked off their RAT-BASED WARFARE TOUR in support of studio LP RAT WARS, which dropped digitally last December, amidst their European tour supporting Sleep Token (earning spots on “Best Albums of 2023” in the likes of Revolver, Alternative Press, and New York Magazine/Vulture, with...
There are still tickets remaining for My Morning Jacket’s shows this Friday (10/27) and Saturday (10/28) at The Met, the band’s most intimate area appearances since they played the Tower Theatre in 2015. And while it is a rare opportunity to see the psychedelic Southern rockers indoors (in an...
