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This past Wednesday, November 22nd, a leather-clad Liz Phair gave Gen Xers the perfect pre-Thanksgiving emotional cleanse with a performance of her seminal ’93 debut, Exile in Guyville, as part of the album’s 30th anniversary tour. The “legendary albums” performance had the now-56-year-old Phair performing the lo-fi masterpiece at...
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Later this week, alt-country singer/songwriter Lydia Loveless kicks off their first tour behind their sixth studio album, Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again, which dropped this September on their previous home, Bloodshot Records (previous LP, 2020’s Daughter, was released via their own Honey, You’re Gonna Be Late Records),...
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This Friday, November 17th, Americana-flavored indie rockers Deer Tick will return to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection for not one, but two concerts, with a Free At Noon performance at World Café Live in the afternoon (There are still spots remaining.), and a full-length set that...
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There are still tickets remaining for My Morning Jacket’s shows this Friday (10/27) and Saturday (10/28) at The Met, the band’s most intimate area appearances since they played the Tower Theatre in 2015. And while it is a rare opportunity to see the psychedelic Southern rockers indoors (in an...
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We first met New-York-by-way-of-Texas indie rockers Why Bonnie – whose sound I’ve described as “Americana-laced retro alt-rock” – this March, in the middle of SXSW and prior to a headlining date at Kung Fu Necktie in support of their debut LP, 90 in November, which dropped last August on...
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“I feel like it’s probably not quite as chaotic, but we’re a live band, and we like to put on a good show. But this time around we’re also more about nailing the music part, playing the songs correctly ,” says Jemina Pearl, frontwoman of legendary Nashville garage punk...
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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...
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“I’m so excited we’re playing at Johnny Brenda’s, because it’s one of my favorite places, and we fought for that. We actually switched some dates around!” says Molly Burch during a recent phone chat. We’re discussing the Los Angeles-based indie pop singer/songwriter’s upcoming fall headlining tour, which kicks off...
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This past Wednesday, August 30th, was the official Pearl Anniversary of The Breeders’ Last Splash, the sophomore LP from the alternative rock legends, featuring ‘90s classics like “Saints,” “No Aloha,” and “Cannonball,” the ineffably anthemic track inspired (at least in part) by the Marquis de Sade, whose Kim-Gordon-and-Spike-Jonze-directed music...