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Tomorrow, June 17th, KELS — an Atlanta-based artist who’s made a name for herself blending jazz, pop, and soul in a manner that has earned the attention of Big Boi and Timbaland — will be performing a long-sold-out show at Kung Fu Necktie.  However, we’re just as excited about...

“It wasn’t too thought out, to be honest…  The whole premise was we were just helping each other,” says Aaron Graham, one half of Ray Bull, before the other half of the New York-based duo, Tucker Elkins, admits, “We didn’t have a plan.”  I’m chatting with Aaron and Tucker...

Earlier this month, Swedish icon of subversive pop Cobrah — best known for delectably transgressive bangers like “GOOD PUSS” and “BRAND NEW BITCH” — put on what just might be the live music spectacle of the year May 5th at Union Transfer… which almost didn’t happen…  The date came...

“That was one of the craziest shows I’ve played in the past few years!  I think they shut it down halfway through because it was so much chaos, but it was so much fun energy,” says GRAMMY Award–winning, 4X platinum recording artist Daya of her experience performing at UPenn’s...

“There’s like a punk element, a big ‘fuck you’ element in a really light and fun way,” Liz Cooper proclaims of her It’s A New Day Tour, which resumes tonight in her current home state of Vermont (where she moved last July after about half a decade in Brooklyn)...

Last week our phriend Natalie Jane released brand-new single “sabotage,” the follow-up to 2025 LP the world i didn’t want, a 13-track collection that documents her thoughts navigating young womanhood as a burgeoning pop star.  And just yesterday Natalie Jane dropped the first official vlog from “the world i...

Some of you may have seen Amelia Day opening The Foundry for Elio Mei on “Halloweekend” of last year…  And later this week the Nashville-based singer/songwriter will return to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection under more somewhat spooky circumstances when she headlines MilkBoy on Friday the...

You may have seen Toronto’s Jane Inc. opening The Foundry for Meg Remy’s U.S. Girls in spring of 2023, a tour that Carlyn Bezic tells me during a recent phone chat has proven to be a highlight of the project, allowing her to introduce her solo output to some...

Earlier this week, indie pop quartet The Aces kicked off the Gold Star Baby World Tour, beginning with a little more than a month of North American dates, including a November 14th stop at Theatre of Living Arts.  The tour — featuring support from Lydia Night of The Regrettes...