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We haven’t spoken to Cate Le Bon since 2016, when she was preparing to play Johnny Brenda’s while touring her brilliantly psychedelic-leaning fourth LP, Crab Day, featuring the drumming of Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa. However, the Welsh art pop singer/songwriter has had us out to a number of notable Philadelphia...
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“I’m excited to go on tour with Built to Spill!” says Kassie Carlson, front person of New York art rockers – and longtime PHILTHY phriends – Guerilla Toss, who played their umpteenth show at Johnny Brenda’s less than two months ago, a venue Carlson tells me she’s a big...
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“We’re really psyched to be back in Philly at Warehouse on Watts on December 9th!” proclaim San Francisco post-rock/shoegaze duo chokecherry, who will be headlining the 250-capacity all ages venue next Tuesday as part of their first-ever full-scale North American headlining tour, which they suggest is their biggest show...
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“We’ll have to make sure to play different sets, if you’re gonna be there all three nights!” says Simeon Kavanagh-Vincent, guitarist/synthesist of New Zealand quartet Phoebe Rings, who are, indeed, preparing to play three Philadelphia shows next month, when they open Union Transfer for fellow New Zealanders The Beths...
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“As an Alaskan, I have a lot of thoughts on Thanksgiving,” says Portugal. The Man’s John Gourley, laughing, coyly admitting, “I never really believed in that holiday or the origins of the celebration.” However, during a recent phone chat, the indie rock band’s founder, primary songwriter, and only constant...
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Asheville-based Southern rock band Wednesday performed to a sold-out Union Transfer on November 10th, with support from Daffo. Wednesday’s critically acclaimed sixth studio album, Bleeds, was released in September, but I’ve been following them since their first album (2018’s Yep Definitely) and saw them play in tiny rooms, so...
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One week from today, November 21st, indie retro pop/soul septet Couch will be at our very own Union Transfer as they prepare to play their most monumental gig yet just 24 hours later… but during an October phone chat with Zach Blankstein, the Couch lead guitarist tells me that...
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Last year, seminal punk rockers The Saints – of whom Bob Geldof has said, “Rock music in the 70s was changed by three bands – the Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the Saints.” – released a 4-LP box set of their 1977 debut, (I’m) Stranded (also featuring an unreleased...
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Y-Not Radio, home of Philthy Radio, is giving away a pair of tickets to see Cut Copy next Tuesday, November 18th, at Union Transfer, which they last played in 2017. The date comes in the middle of a two-week North American jaunt in support of the Australian synth-pop act’s...
We haven’t spoken to Cate Le Bon since 2016, when she was preparing to play Johnny Brenda’s while touring her brilliantly psychedelic-leaning fourth LP, Crab Day, featuring the drumming of Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa. However, the Welsh art pop singer/songwriter has had us out to a number of notable Philadelphia...
“I’m excited to go on tour with Built to Spill!” says Kassie Carlson, front person of New York art rockers – and longtime PHILTHY phriends – Guerilla Toss, who played their umpteenth show at Johnny Brenda’s less than two months ago, a venue Carlson tells me she’s a big...
