PhilaMOCA

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...

This past Wednesday, November 22nd, a leather-clad Liz Phair gave Gen Xers the perfect pre-Thanksgiving emotional cleanse with a performance of her seminal ’93 debut, Exile in Guyville, as part of the album’s 30th anniversary tour.  The “legendary albums” performance had the now-56-year-old Phair performing the lo-fi masterpiece at...

This coming Sunday, October 29th, Mudhoney will be playing their most intimate stop in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection since their 2003 show at North Star Bar (I mean, they’ve only played here twice since, but still…)  However, we’re equally excited for openers Hooveriii, who are...

Last month Los Angeles-based punky indie rockers Worriers — the project of songwriter Lauren Denitzio, who is currently joined by band members Atom Willard (Against Me!, Social Distortion), Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady), Frank Piegaro, and Cayetana’s Allegra Anka — released Trust Your Gut, their second full-length of the...

The last time glittery, retro electropoppers Cannons were in town was March of last year, when they sold out 175-capacity PhilaMOCA.  Well, they’re about to make their return, and this time they’ll be across the street, headlining the 1,300-capacity Union Transer.  The Los Angeles band’s last stop in the...

“We’re so excited to play as many new songs as we can fit in, maybe all of them…  We’ve just been practicing the new record for the release show, the 25th at Schubas in Chicago,” says Julia Steiner, vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist for Chicago post-country (a term championed by...

“Philadelphia has always showed up for us, which is crazy, because we’re not from here, but this is our biggest show ever, I think.  It’s like our home away from home,” says Wednesday guitarist, vocalist, frontwoman, and founder Karly Hartzman after opening their June 17th headlining set at Union...

This past Friday afternoon I found myself hanging with local artist Leta Gray at The Woodlands cemetery in West Philthy.  Although perhaps best known as a tattoo artist and musician, this June (1st-30th) PhilaMOCA will be hosting SYSTEMIC: A Retrospect of Americana Artwork by Leta Gray.  This Thursday, June...