PhilaMOCA

New York minimalist folk outfit Florist have played a number of noteworthy shows in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.  The summer of 2023 had them double-headlining Underground Arts with Skullcrusher and the previous summer saw them headlining The Lounge and World Café Live.  They’ve also played...

The last time SASAMI headlined the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was in March of 2022 at Johnny Brenda’s, which the singer/songwriter told me during a chat last November was a particularly memorable experience: “That was a great show!  I think I injured my guitarist at that show…  I...

We’ve seen Nandi Rose, AKA Half Waif, a lot in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection over the past decade or so, from shows at PhilaMOCA and Everybody Hits, to opening Boot & Saddle for hovvdy and Land of Talk, and providing support for both Julien Baker...

“I remember playing Stalag 13 in 1998 felt like playing Madison Square Garden, and there were probably 10 people at the show,” says a laughing Michael Berdan, vocalist for NYC noise outfit Uniform (whose demeanor is far more lighthearted than Uniform’s sounds would suggest).  For those unfamiliar, Stalag 13...

Tomorrow night (8/30) Brooklyn feminist rock band partygirl return to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection!  During a recent Zoom chat, I discover that partygirl founder, songwriter, and frontwoman Pagona Kytzidis is actually from the area, and the band (who first emerged during the pandemic) has already...

“The first time I was in Philly, I had a cheesesteak five minutes before I went onstage, which was the worst decision of my life,” Sydney Sprague tells me, laughing.  However, the indie pop singer/songwriter has had some more enjoyable experiences playing the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly...

“A lot of people think we’re putting out a shoegaze album…  They’re like, ‘Yes!  Lunar Vacation going shoegaze!” the Georgia indie rock outfit jokes with me during a recent phone chat.  They’re referring to “Set the Stage,” the lead single off of Lunar Vacation’s sophomore LP, Everything Matters, Everything’s...

Tonight, LA blues punk duo Deap Vally – who we first met in 2013, just after the release of their debut EP, Get Deap! – kick off the second leg of their Live for the Last Time FAREWELL TOUR, which will have them playing their debut full-length, 2013’s Sistrionix,...

Minneapolis quartet Gully Boys are no strangers to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection, having headlined PhilaMOCA in 2021 and opened Johnny Brenda’s for Bad Bad Hats in 2022, but this Wednesday, January 10th, the band play their biggest local show yet when they will find themselves...