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The last time we saw burgeoning pop icon Griff in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was in January of 2022, amidst another wave of COVID and a massive snowstorm. The show was at The Foundry (and technically sold-out) and was actually great, despite the icy circumstances...
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“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...
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“I try to be very honest in all my music. I don’t lie,” laughs singer/songwriter Ava Della Pietra, going on to explain, “I try to be very authentic in my songwriting process… I feel like it’s easier for people to connect with me that way.” The 19-year-old (She recently...
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Last month LA-based, country-tinged folk-pop trio Trousdale stole the show with a 45-minute set opening The Met for Aussie blues-rockers The Teskey Brothers. Trousdale’s musical journey began when the three University of Southern California students (now alum) — Quinn D’Andrea, Georgia Greene, and Lauren Jones – went viral on...
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The last time we caught up with Washington DC-based indie pop trio SHAED – comprised of multi-instrumentalist twin brothers Spencer and Max Ernst, along with lead vocalist Chelsea Lee, Spencer’s wife – was in February of 2019, when the family band was about to embark on their first-ever headlining...
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“I can see if you’re on Twitter or on Instagram. I can read your phone,” jokes Addie Sartino, lead vocalist for The Greeting Committee, upon being asked if she has a message to fans coming out to see the indie rock band on their upcoming headlining tour. Sartino, a...
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“We would play the smaller venue for like a decade, and rolling our amps through the bigger venue, it was kind of like stinging. So, when our fate changed, it was such a milestone,” says Mother Mother vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter Ryan Guldemond (with whom I last spoke...
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My first encounter with David Bazan’s Pedro the Lion came in November of 2002 when he played Washington DC’s The Black Cat, which had recently relocated to a few doors down the street. Pedro the Lion were touring their third LP, Control, a concept album revolving around a businessman...
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Earlier this month Nate Amos (of Water From Your Eyes) released Box for Buddy, Box for Star, the first “official” album from This Is Lorelei (which dropped courtesy of Double Double Whammy), a solo project whose music he’s been self-releasing online since 2014. The album — whose origins date...
The last time we saw burgeoning pop icon Griff in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was in January of 2022, amidst another wave of COVID and a massive snowstorm. The show was at The Foundry (and technically sold-out) and was actually great, despite the icy circumstances...
“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...
