The Met Philadelphia

“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...

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...

If the reunited Pixies were a person, they would’ve turned legal drinking age this April (with the original only making it to the ripe age of seven).  However, for all of those latter-era Gen Xers who grew up just a little too young to catch them the first time...

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...

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...

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...

We remember the days of Texas psych-funk trio Khruangbin playing Eraserhood’s Underground Arts like it was yesterday (The last time was apparently 2018…)  However, their last date in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection had them headlining the significantly grander and more opulent opera house (The Met...

Earlier this month, emo legends Dashboard Confessional announced a fall tour, which includes a September 15th stop at The Met.  However, the artist on the bill that we’re most excited about is Nashville-based (She’s originally from Wellsboro.) pop-punk powerhouse Taylor Acorn, who will be opening the entire tour.  We...