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English singer-songwriter Declan McKenna is currently touring North America on his 46 stop “The Big Return” tour. He played a sold out show at Union Transfer in Philadelphia with support from the Oracle Sisters for the 6th night of the tour. Playing songs from his two albums What Do You...
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“I really hope we get to go on more tours this year. We wanna be road dogs! So, if anyone sees us, who needs a fun, sad band on your tour…” says Puppy Angst vocalist and guitarist Alyssa Milman, offering an open invitation for anyone who may want to...
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“We just want it to be a party before we take a break-y… a short break,” says Lizzy of Lizdelise during a recent phone chat. They’re referring to the Philly-based experimental pop group’s headlining show this coming Sunday, January 29th, at Johnny Brenda’s. The gig, which also features locals...
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“I had my sister listen to it and she said, ‘This is like the chaos remix!’” says Sam Huntington of “control,” the first single from local Philadelphia duo Crooks & Nannies in five years, which dropped this Wednesday. The song is an older track, which Madel Rafter (the other...
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“It’s communal. If there’s competition, it’s friendly, which is why Carly Cosgrove has done what it’s done, because we have such a supportive culture around us,” says Lucas Naylor of the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. Naylor is the vocalist and guitarist of Carly Cosgrove, a Philly-based...
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This September experimental rockers Mothers released Render Another Ugly Method (ANTI-Records), their first official release since songwriter/guitarist/vocalist/main-person Kristine Leschper relocated to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. The album has received praise from the likes of BrooklynVegan, NPR, and Treble Zine, who declared it, “nearly an hour-long...
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Chances are, if you and your friends regularly hit the hot spots in Center City for a few brews to catch up, you’ve noticed That Group. You know, the one that continues erupting in laughter every five minutes, so excited, so symmetrical, split with three guys and three girls,...
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It's hard to leave Philadelphia. Not like "New Jersey" hard, where they don't charge you to come in but then demand money if you try to leave....
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Some cities aren't as liberal as Philadelphia. But that isn't stopping the Phillies and Macy's from extending a challenge to those of us forever crouched over our sewing machines, fingers quivering with desire. ...