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“People don’t need therapy, they need to see David Byrne,” my phriend says to me three songs into David Byrne’s third and final night at The Met Philadelphia, amidst Talking Heads classic “And She Was,” already the second Talking Heads song of the evening. October 16th, 17th, and 18th...
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Former Talking Heads frontman and generally ineffably cool musical genius David Byrne is gearing up to make his debut at The Met Philadelphia, where he will be performing next Thursday (10/16), Friday (10/17), and Saturday (10/18) as part of his An Evening With David Byrne – Who Is the...
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Last month marked the fifth anniversary of MACROCOSM, the debut full-length from Colombia-based psychedelic funk trio BALTHVS, the project of guitarist Balthazar Aguirre (who’s joined by bassist Vanessa Muñoz and drummer Santiago Lizcano), who left a career in law after a life-changing rock-climbing accident to pursue a more creative...
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London indie rock band, Bloc Party, perform at The Met, celebrating 20 years of the band and their first album, Silent Alarm. The crowd consisted of older and newer fans alike, and everyone brought the most energy they could to celebrate this big milestone. Check out my photos from the...
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The last time we spoke with indie rock singer/songwriter Samia was September of 2021, just as live music was returning and she was preparing to headline a sold-out show at Johnny Brenda’s. However, we’ve seen her in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection quite a few times...
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“I think headlining shows are, above all, most fun. You can fuck up and you kind of laugh along with your fans,” says Momma’s Allegra Weingarten, before Etta Friedman – Momma’s other co-founder, singer, songwriter, and guitarist – adds, “I think that those moments are very endearing. We never...
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This spring The Met has presented us with an abundance of phenomenal shows, and tonight (5/20) they will be hosting a stellar, nearly-sold-out, three-act bill with opening night of the Long Hair, Long Life Tour, which is entirely comprised of phriends of phriends of PHILTHY MAG. Co-headlining the evening...
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The last two times we saw Ginger Root – the synth-heavy, alt-disco/indie soul outfit of Cameron Lew – in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection was just last October, when the Southern California band played a WXPN Free At Noon at World Cafe Live prior to a...
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This past Wednesday, April 16th, all of the proudly “sad girls” of the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection (okay, about 3,000 of them…) were gathered at The Met Philadelphia for opening night of Lucy Dacus’ Forever Is a Feeling Tour, the former Philthy resident’s most profound local...
“People don’t need therapy, they need to see David Byrne,” my phriend says to me three songs into David Byrne’s third and final night at The Met Philadelphia, amidst Talking Heads classic “And She Was,” already the second Talking Heads song of the evening. October 16th, 17th, and 18th...
Former Talking Heads frontman and generally ineffably cool musical genius David Byrne is gearing up to make his debut at The Met Philadelphia, where he will be performing next Thursday (10/16), Friday (10/17), and Saturday (10/18) as part of his An Evening With David Byrne – Who Is the...
