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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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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...
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“People don’t need therapy, they need to see David Byrne,” my phriend says to me three songs into David Byrne’s third and final night at The Met Philadelphia, amidst Talking Heads classic “And She Was,” already the second Talking Heads song of the evening. October 16th, 17th, and 18th...
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Today, King Princess – singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer/actor Mikaela Straus – dropped her latest single, “Cherry,” the follow-up to LP #3, Girl Violence, which hit shelves last month via section1. The song is named for King Princess’ archnemesis, “a large busted, cartoon stone fruit that has tried to thwart KPs advances at...
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Hopefully you’ve heard by now that tomorrow, October 17th, is the October/Halloween edition of Philthy Radio (9-11pm ET on Y-Not Radio), where I’ll be spinning spooky songs from a plethora of phriends, including our newest phriend, Tei Shi, whose upcoming North American tour kicks off this coming Monday, October...
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This Friday, October 17th, is the October/Halloween edition of Philthy Radio (9-11pm ET on Y-Not Radio), where I’ll be spinning a plethora of especially spooky tracks from phriends of PHILTHY, including a hand-picked selection from London-based dream pop trio (comprised of electronic producers) Night Tapes, who are currently touring...
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Shoegaze/noise rock quartet Laveda firmly cemented their status as a NYC band with the September 12th release of LP #3, Love, Darla (which dropped via Bar/None Records), an album both sonically and thematically inspired by frontwoman Ali Genevich and guitarist Jake Brooks’ 2023 move from Albany to Queens. However,...
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“It’s gonna be a really special show! It’s gonna be completely solo and acoustic, all around one mic, which I’ve never done,” says NYC singer/songwriter and longtime phriend of PHILTHY Margaret Glaspy (who we first met in October of 2016, prior to a Johnny Brenda’s show where she was...
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This weekend Alex G returns to the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection for the first multiple-night stand in his hometown in three years. November of 2022 had the singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist performing three nights in a row at Union Transfer in support of ninth studio LP...
“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...
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...
