Relive the show! @ecocohen captures the brilliant @UpsahlMusic & @wiztheemcee in #Philly at @FillmorePhilly now on mylifeinsound.com:
UPSAHL brought her epic tour to Philly with WizTheMC and our photographer & writer Emily Cohen couldn’t get enough. Arizona native UPSAHL released a new mixtape, her first volume of The PHX Tapes featuring two new songs before setting out on her US headlining tour with WizTheMC. UPSAHL says of the new mixtape release:“I had been writing so many songs since the beginning of the year and started…
Sweet Pill – Music Hall of Williamsburg – May 9, 2024
With just two nights left on their first headlining tour, in support of their new EP, Starchild, Philadelphia five-piece Sweet Pill — combining “the sonic armaments of hardcore with the sugar-fueled anxiety of emo pop” — played a sold-out Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday night.
(Sweet Pill close out their tour with a hometown show at Union Transfer in Philly tonight.)
btw, my release show was not the worst. You can listen to my song "(Sweet) Nothing" everywhere now, but it will never again sound like it did that night!
Mannequin Pussy Bring Terrific New Album to Sold-Out Brooklyn Steel
Mannequin Pussy – Brooklyn Steel – May 16, 2024
Maybe you hadn’t seen them before. Maybe someone brought you. Maybe you were there alone. If any of the above applied, Mannequin Pussy heard you. They get you. If there was an overarching message at Brooklyn Steel on Thursday night, it was that you were welcome. More than welcome: You were invited to scream. Literally.
Marisa Dabice, lead vocalist, reprised a Mannequin Pussy standby — an overture to the audience to recognize their anger, embrace it and move it out of their systems. In a breathy voice that built to pure id, Dabice, to cheers and whoops, declared the world of politicians and the like all pure “bullshit.” This was an evocative moment and also a marker in a set that built shockingly linearly from the anthemic indie feels to the raw power reminiscent of older albums that made Mannequin Pussy must-see.
The yearning of “Sometimes” gave way to “Loud Bark” gave way to “Aching” gave way to “Clams” — the first three off Mannequin Pussy’s new LP, I Got Heaven. A steady turnup that I’m sure was carefully planned. Dabice was a vision, keeping the energy hot and heightened. And I hope the band’s heights were realized. Looking at the sold-out crowd of deeply loyal listeners, some made that very night, I’d say they were. —Rachel Brody | @RachelCBrody
(Mannequin Pussy play Union Transfer in Philadelphia on Sunday.)
(Mannequin Pussy play Union Transfer in Philadelphia on 5/22.)
(Mannequin Pussy play Union Transfer in Philadelphia on 5/23.)
(Mannequin Pussy play Asbury Lanes in Asbury Park, N.J., on 9/27.)
Photos courtesy of Edwina Hay | thisisnotaphotograph.com