Underground Arts

Santa Cruz’s Scowl played an incredible sold out show at Underground Arts, with equally as incredible openers, MSPAINT and Militarie Gun. I love all three bands so much, so I was stoked to be able to attend and shoot this show! Scowl has been making waves in the hardcore...

“Faye is more punk than you think,” says lead vocalist of Atlanta punk outfit Upchuck, Kaila Turner (AKA KT), speaking of Atlanta singer/songwriter and phriend of PHILTHY Faye Webster, best known for blending alt country and R&B into an indie pop amalgam more likely to inspire bursts of emotional...

The last time the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection saw Scowl was on opening night of the World War Tour, which kicked off this February at Union Transfer and had the band paired with Show Me The Body, Jesus Piece, Zulu, and TRiPPJONES, which was captured by...

Bully, the 21st Century grunge outfit of Alicia Bognanno, is about to kick off the next leg of their tour behind Lucky For You, their fourth full-length, which dropped June 2nd on Sub Pop (who also released 2017 sophomore LP Losing and 2020’s third full-length, Sugaregg).  This batch of...

August 18th saw the release of NYC-based singer/songwriter Margaret Glaspy’s third full-length, Echo the Diamond, courtesy of ATO Records.  However, the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection had already gotten a few chances to experience the songs live.  “We had the opportunity to play the songs on this...

2023’s summer amphitheater season is slowly coming to an end…  However, this past Tuesday, September 5th, The Mann hosted arguably the best shed rock spectacle of the year.  The 14,000-capacity venue was nearly overflowing with fans ranging from teens to people well into parenthood, decked out in...

This month marks 20 years since I moved to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.  I was the typical suburban alternative teen, migrating to University of the Arts to study among likely the only fans of The Velvet Underground and Nick Cave hailing from upper-middle-class, yuppie-breeding...

Summertime is quickly coming to an end, but the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection is still awaiting one of the summer’s best double-headlining jaunts, which will find itself at Underground Arts on Friday, August 25th…  This July two of our favorite indie folk acts — Brooklyn quartet...

Next week Los Angeles garage punk trio Together Pangea kick off about a week of end-of-summer shows that will have them returning to our very own Underground Arts on Thursday, August 24th.  They played the Eraserhood basement just last April on some of the band’s first post-lockdown dates.  They...