The Foundry

  • Sunflower Bean: “Whole new vibe. We’re back and better than ever.” (5/14 at The Foundry)

    Earlier today NY indie rock trio Sunflower Bean premiered their latest single and music video, “In Flight.”  The single is yet another preview to their third LP, Headful of Sugar, which drops tomorrow on Mom + Pop (The band had previously released videos for album tracks “I Don’t Have...
  • Hatchie: “We have a proper light show involved this time around and sooo many new songs!” (5/5 at The Foundry)

    Last week Australian dream pop singer/songwriter Hatchie released her sophomore LP, Giving The World Away, courtesy of Secretly Canadian (Cherry Glazerr, Faye Webster, Skullcrusher).  Although the album follows-up 2019’s Keepsake, Hatchie has said it feels like a restart of sorts.  Without losing any of the charm of Keepsake or...
  • Raveena, the “Space Princess” (5/12 at The Foundry)

    This Friday one of Coachella’s most impressive sets (at least according to the seven songs that appeared on the livestream) came from experimental R&B singer/songwriter Raveena.  The Indian artist (who grew up on America’s East Coast) released her sophomore album, Asha’s Awakening, earlier this year.  The LP is, “a...
  • Shilpa Ray: “I get to run around and lie down more cause the stages are bigger.” (4/15 at The Foundry w/ July Talk)

    Shilpa Ray’s recent singles “Heteronormative Horseshit Blues” and “Bootlickers of the Patriarchy” obviously reflect a focus on recent social tumult (She’s described her latest single, “Lawsuits And Suicide,” as, “a diss track to my abuser from a relationship I had suffered through in my mid to late 20s.”), despite...
  • Hovvdy: “I feel like we dig pretty deep on that record.” (4/25 at The Foundry)

    “Whenever you do something really specific and personal you don’t know if people will be able to relate to it, so to see it resonate with people is so great,” says Charlie Martin of True Love, the latest LP from Texas indie pop duo Hovvdy.  The album dropped last...
  • Lala Lala and the Epically Ethereal (4/22 at The Foundry)

    Last Fall Chicago-based musician Lala Lala (Lillie West) released one of our very favorite pandemic albums, I Want The Door to Open, via Hardly Art.  The album, the artist’s third, has already received a plethora of critical acclaim.  Pitchfork said, “I Want the Door to Open slips into new...
  • FLETCHER: “Rowdy as fuckin’ hell.”

    An hour before doors opened, “Verified Resale Tickets” for FLETCHER’s show at The Foundry last Friday were going for $305.  And while the rapidly-blowing-up pop star normally performs on a massive-for-a-nightclub, two-tiered stage, the modest stage of the 450-capacity venue had no room for that, making for an extra...
  • Valley: Pop and Spectacle

    I imagine than Toronto-based quartet Valley make the kind of pop that Butch Walker would love: vulgar, yet completely inoffensive.  They know how to put on a helluva party, but a party which your parents are well aware of and hope is enjoyed by all of those who attend. ...
  • Hailey Whitters: “I’m a songwriter, not a heart surgeon.” (2/25 at The Foundry)

    Although she’s currently in the middle of her first-ever headlining tour, there’s a good chance that country music fans of Philadelphia are already familiar with Hailey Whitters.  2019 saw the Iowa-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter supporting Maren Morris at The Met and just last November she opened for Midland at the...