World Cafe Live

If you caught the latest episode of Philthy Radio (now streaming on Y-Not Radio), you heard “Robber,” the opening track and lead single of 2021’s Ignorance, the fifth studio album from The Weather Station, the indie rock/folk project of Toronto singer/songwriter Tamara Lindeman, who have become regulars on Philthy...

I’m not gonna lie, we’re still pretty bummed that Philadelphia missed out on Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Well World Tour, the 2024 jaunt behind her eponymously named sixth studio album, making it nearly five years since we’ve seen the eight-time GRAMMY-winning musician who manages to merge the best aspects of...

“We were a different band in a lot of ways from when we played Philly at World Café Live in 2023; we even had more members then.  We’ve learned and grown so much since then,” says Wallace, drummer of indie pop/rock trio Koyal, who will be returning to the...

The season for live music may be winding down, but there are still a handful of very notable shows coming up in the very near future, including the Union Transfer debut of Josiah and the Bonnevilles, who will be bringing The Redline North American Tour to the Eraserhood venue...

This past Friday indie rock veterans Deer Tick released their ninth studio album, Coin-O-Matic, an ode to their home state of Rhode Island (The album’s title is taken from the cigarette-vending-machine company that served as the headquarters of legendary Providence mobster Raymond Patriarca, whose crew Deer Tick singer/guitarist John...

Tonight indie folk outfit The Paper Kites kick off their North American Headline Tour behind their seventh studio album, If You Go There, I Hope You Find It, which dropped this January via Nettwerk.  And one week from today, May 8th, the Australian quintet, longtime phriends of PHILTHY MAG,...

“Bewitched was the first album when we were really a proper band, that we’d done as a quartet; we did Lunapark as a trio.  Bewitched is the first record that really felt like Luna to me,” says Dean Wareham, founder and frontman of the legendary NYC band, who will...

You may have recently heard Yumi Zouma’s Charlie Ryder on Y-Not Radio, the home of Philthy Radio.  Earlier this month, the guitarist/bassist/keyboardist of the New Zealand indie-rockers did a Y-Not Radio Takeover (now streaming) where he took some time to discuss and spin tracks from the band’s fifth LP,...

“I like playing smaller rooms more than bigger rooms.  I like to fill the whole room with my voice.  I played a lot of churches in Europe, which you’d think would be great, but I feel like my voice got lost in the rooms,” says longtime PHILTHY phriend and...