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Portland, Oregon’s Pure Bathing Culture are longtime phriends of PHILTHY (We first met them in September of 2014, while they were on tour with Tennis.), but I’m pretty sure they haven’t headlined the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection in close to a decade… and I haven’t gotten...

“I’m so excited we’re playing at Johnny Brenda’s, because it’s one of my favorite places, and we fought for that.  We actually switched some dates around!” says Molly Burch during a recent phone chat.  We’re discussing the Los Angeles-based indie pop singer/songwriter’s upcoming fall headlining tour, which kicks off...

This February New York indie pop duo Overcoats (JJ Mitchell and Hana Elion) brought a preview of their third LP, Winner, to The Music Hall at World Café Live for a WXPN Free at Noon Concert.  Well, the album officially dropped April 7th, and Mitchell and Elion are already...

Denver-based husband-wife indie pop duo Tennis (with whom we last spoke in January of 2018) have played many of our favorite Philly venues over the past 10+ years, although not necessarily in a logical order…  They’ve headlined Johnny Brenda’s, Union Transfer, Underground Arts, MilkBoy, Underground Arts again, and Union...

This Saturday, February 5th, Kansas City indie rock outfit The Greeting Committee kick off their US tour in Saint Paul, Minnesota’s Amsterdam Bar and Hall.  The tour is in support of their sophomore LP, Dandelion, which dropped last September on Harvest Records.  And while the band is still in...

This Saturday, April 2nd, Philly is hosting a lot of PHILTHY’s favorite musical friends, including Worriers at Boot & Saddle and Sleepy Kitty at MilkBoy, but there’s nothing we’re more excited about than our good buddies Pure Bathing Culture, the Portland-based ethereal pop duo, who will be playing a...

In a time when I find myself tripping and face-planting over the sheer number of bands evoking the sounds of the ‘90s on a daily basis, it’s nice to hear an artist yearning for an aesthetic of a different era.  Portland, Oregon duo Pure Bathing Culture, comprised of Dan...