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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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“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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We’re nearly halfway through Pride Month and we’ve already attended some fabulous events. However, there are still several musical celebrations of queerness that we’re eagerly anticipating, including June 22nd at Theatre of Living Arts. The evening will be headlined by Lynn Gunn electropop outfit PVRIS, with opening duties being...
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Last year the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection saw a number of noteworthy “classic album” tours, from Superheaven doing Jar at Union Transfer to Sparta doing Wiretap Scars at Underground Arts and Boris and Melvins doing Heavy Rocks and Bullhead (respectively) at Brooklyn Bowl. However, the first...
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This Friday, 4/19, South Street – Philadelphia’s historic hot spot for goths, punks, rockers, weirdos and alternative kids of every variety – will fittingly be hosting the Gothic Summer Tour at Theatre of Living Arts. Headlining the evening is Australian progressive pop sister duo The Veronicas, whose ...
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“We’re punch-drunk and happy to fucking be here,” proclaims Carrie Brownstein Monday night mid-set from the stage of The TLA, the most intimate room Sleater-Kinney have played in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection since their stop at The Starlight Ballroom in the summer of 2006, on...
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Last weekend electro-industrial trio HEALTH kicked off their RAT-BASED WARFARE TOUR in support of studio LP RAT WARS, which dropped digitally last December, amidst their European tour supporting Sleep Token (earning spots on “Best Albums of 2023” in the likes of Revolver, Alternative Press, and New York Magazine/Vulture, with...
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Industrial pioneers KMFDM have played Philadelphia countless times over the years. Sascha K and his cohorts (which have included now-wife Lucia Cifarelli on keyboards/vocals and Andy Selway on drums since 2002, along with Andee Blacksugar on guitar since 2017) have headlined The Trocadero and TLA a plethora of times...
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“Me and Mark Gardener looked alike, we released records at the exact same time, and we were in the studio with Flood and Alan Moulder, who were best friends,” jokes Tim Burgess, frontman for The Charlatans, about his legendary Madchester band’s longtime relationship with shoegaze (although I hear they...
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...
“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...
