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This Friday, March 13th, will see the release of Still There’s A Glow, the sophomore full-length from local icons Sweet Pill…  In the years since the release of 2022 debut LP Where the Heart Is, Sweet Pill has toured alongside the likes of La Dispute and The Wonder Years,...

Last year singer, songwriter, violinist, and producer Sudan Archives — real name Brittney Parks — dropped five instantly anthemic singles leading up to the October 17th release of her third full-length, THE BPM, which came via longtime home Stones Throw (also home to our phriend Sofie Royer) and lived...

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...

“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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...