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This past weekend French viral Viking duo Eihwar brought their electro Nordic folk to American stages for the very first time with the commencement of their U.S. Nordic Ritual Nights Tour, which will wrap on September 20th at our very own Underground Arts.  The band, comprised of Asrunn (Vocals,...

“We were really surprised at the turnouts at the shows.  Philly was actually one of my favourite shows, and I’m not just saying that!” says Gussie Larkin, vocalist, guitarist, and one-half of New Zealand-bred, Berlin-based heavy psych two-piece Earth Tongue (alongside drummer Ezra Simons), reflecting upon the band’s first-ever...

The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection just saw Oklahoma indie rockers BRONCHO this past July when they played a sold-out Friday night show at Johnny Brenda’s amidst a tour supporting the quartet’s fifth full-length, Natural Pleasure, which dropped earlier that year.  However, BRONCHO are already set to...

“I’m really working on getting free on stage.  I’m normally quiet, being on stage isn’t my natural state, so I’ve been really loving this last year of playing shows, getting a new taste of being a bit more comfortable,” says Portland, Oregon-based singer/songwriter Anna Tivel, reflecting on her most...

As all serious music fans in the Mid-Atlantic know, this week is the official/unofficial start of touring season (“Fall Edition”), so hopefully we’ve all gotten enough sleep throughout the summer to spend 4-7 nights of each of the next 12 weeks or so in the city’s nightclubs, barrooms, listening...

Rachel Bochner is currently our phavorite burgeoning queer pop icon in the making.  We’ve been Twitter mutuals for a little while and I found out recently that she’s besties with likeminded queer pop phenom Xana, who we got to know earlier this year.  The two actually played Philthy mini...

“We’re gonna have a big old fat party!” says Serra Petale, songwriter and guitarist of London-based quartet Los Bitchos, who kicked off a seven-date North American tour last night in DC and will be headlining our very own Underground Arts tonight, 9/23 (And Petale admits to being a big...

“I love supporting any band that’s doing intelligent pop music.  I feel like the dream would be like Stereolab, Sufjan Stevens, Belle & Sebastian… Alex G, that would be a really fun tour,” says Joe Stevens, founder and songwriter of Los Angeles avant-pop outfit Peel Dream Magazine (Yes, named...

Today Vancouver-based queer pop phenom Xana released “Monster,” the third single from her forthcoming sophomore LP, The Sex Was Good Until It Wasn’t, which drops May 10th.  “I wrote this song at a time where I was forced to look my mistakes square in the eye and take accountability...