Nearly two decades in the making. That's how long it's been since Michael Southerton, aka Southerton, released new solo music. Today he releases his new single, "Tiny Neighborhood". After spending a decade playing in and around the Philly music scene, his band Song Dogs played their final show at Johnny Brendas in 2017. Since then [...]
The glorious sun is SHINING my friends. I hope you have something lovely planned on this beautiful day, whether that be laying in a park with a good book, meeting up with a friend for happy hour, or taking a delicious nap with the window open. Welcome back to Philly Finds, and it's a hefty [...]
It has been a minute since a concert or music review has appeared on the blog. We're changing that today, folks. On Friday April 1 and Saturday April 2, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (CYHSY) played to a packed house at Johnny's Brenda's. I was able to attend the April 1st show, and was dancing [...]
New York-based artist Becky Crosby is set to release her new EP "Laugh It Off" this week. I had the chance to preview the album, and am in love with her song "Numb" (I'm listening to it yet again as I type this). I also had the chance to interview Becky, learn about her songwriting [...]
At only 17-years-old, Boston-based artist AV. is already blazing her own trail in music, as she's set to release her new single tomorrow. Written in 2019, “Our Ghosts” is AV.’s second single off of her debut EP called “Guess I’m A Ghost”, which will be released in spring of 2022. In this song, AV. describes [...]
This is the final post of 2021. Thank you for another year of support, I appreciate you very much. As always, if there's something you'd like to see more of, just let me know and I'll happily oblige dear reader ❤ I've always enjoyed the Christmas cards which detail what each member of a family [...]
During lockdown in 2020, Sarah Dia Rue and Justin King jumped on the opportunity to join forces and disappear into Justin’s basement studio, re-emerging as the prophetic new project, TWIN SINES. Twin Sines is an indie group of ethereal proportions. Known for her spellbinding vocal performances and biting neo-jazz keyboard style, front woman Sarah Dia [...]
Nate Smith is a 2x GRAMMY® Award-nominated drummer, composer and producer. Last night, he played at World Cafe Live as part of a limited East Coast run of tour dates in support of his latest album, Kinfolk 2: See The Birds. I had the chance to attend and photograph the event, and while I'm not all that familiar [...]
Pulse check on everyone right now - how are you doing? Seemingly everything has been especially heavy as of recent. My world view has been unsurprisingly extremely pessimistic the past week or so. I've been spending more than my usual amount on social media (which is already too much time) and it's been taking a [...]
If you haven’t yet, I hope you’ll subscribe to my weekly newsletter, which is a mish-mosh of pop culture news, reviews, personal writings, and whatever fancies me. Philly-rooted band, TEA HEAD, share their new album “Bachelor” via Free Dive Records. It was recorded throughout 2020-21 at Little Brother Audio in West Philly and produced/mixed by Vic [...]
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