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                                <title>Eliza McLamb</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/eliza-mclamb/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show ELIZA MCLAMB Eliza McLamb's warm, intimate songs weave through confessional folk and clamorous alt-rock in a way that recalls contemporary indie heroes like Julia Jacklin and Lucy Dacus. After building a grassroots fan base through social media, the North Carolina native released her debut EP, Salt Circle, in 2022. She soon joined the roster of Royal Mountain Records, which released her full-length debut, Going Through It, in 2024. Her heightened success led to McLamb leaving Binchtopia, the popular podcast she had co-hosted since 2021, to focus exclusively on her music career. Her sophomore album, Good Story, appeared in 2025, following her first headlining tour.]]></description>
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                                <title>KatzPascale</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/katzpascale/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show KATZPASCALE KatzPascale combines their core instruments of cello and saxophone with vocals and wider instrumentation to startling effect. The duo met performing as session musicians in New York, connecting over a shared love of classical and experimental music as well as 2hollis, Addison Rae and Imogen Heap. They quickly formed KatzPascale and have not looked back. The group have been on a rapid rise, with word of mouth buzz from their live shows capturing a quickly growing audience who want to experience something different. Their debut EP, ELEGY will be released on June 10th, 2026.]]></description>
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                                <title>DeStructos</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/destructos/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show DESTRUCTOS Gamma ray burst rockers celebrate their long awaited debut LP out on local Philly label World Gone Mad records. CARNIVOROUS BELLS Philly tension rockers. A combustible menace. Misfits who used the raw ferocitv of hardcore to explore more adventurous territories. whether it be Saccharine Trust's dissonant jazz leanings, Spike in Vain's blearv chords/ blearv rantings, October File-era Die Kreuzen's adoption of melodv while still retaining the scathing vocals. or Your Food's high energy, spatially deep post punk. And hey, Carnivorous Bels shares some common DNA with all of them! MESH Philly rockers that sound like a long lost pre-hardcore punk band circa sweet-spot 1980-1981 British or middle of nowhere Midwest gem, making songs well informed of the first 1977 punk wave but without leaning into the more aggressive sonic sides.]]></description>
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                                <title>Jake Xerxes Fussell</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/jake-xerxes-fussell-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show JAKE XERXES FUSSELL Over six unique and very personal studio albums, Jake Xerxes Fussell has found his musical future by reimagining, reorchestrating, and reunifying the past. By combining different traditional music sources in a completely original way, he routinely creates fresh works of art that are at once rooted in tradition and ingeniously modern.]]></description>
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                                <title>The Florring Stones</title>
                                <eventupdate>7 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/the-florring-stones/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show THE FLORRING STONES]]></description>
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                                <title>Put It Down</title>
                                <eventupdate>7 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/put-it-down-16/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; ShowPUT IT DOWN - comedy show This month, Johnny Brenda&#8217;s brings you a disorienting multimedia collage of the absolute funniest people on the planet. Hosted by Andrew Shearer and Kyle Harris. Music from Desiree Dabice. &#160; @PUTITDOWNSHOW &#160; FEATURING: Meredith DietzAsante MorrisMichelle GoldLiam ParisThe Moon Baby House Band Links Inc (Codi Jean, Dylan Baldi, Joel Gleiser)]]></description>
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                                <title>It&#8217;s The Year 2006</title>
                                <eventupdate>9 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/its-the-year-2006/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 9 PM &#8211; Doors It's The Year 2006 Celebrating Johnny Brenda's 20 Year Anniversary!With DJs Emynd &#38; Bo BlizHosted by Reef The Lost CauzeALL THE HITS FROM THE YEAR 2006At Johnny Brenda's - UPSTAIRS (Frankford &#38; Girard Ave)1201 Frankford AvePhila. PA 19125$10Friday, September 25, 2026Follow the Story...https://www.facebook.com/ItsTheYearPhillyhttps://www.instagram.com/itstheyearphilly/9-2am21+For more info:215-739-9684215hiphop@gmail.comhttp://www.crossfadedbacon.com/http://www.johnnybrendas.com/https://www.instagram.com/215hiphophttps://www.instagram.com/Emyndhttps://www.instagram.com/LostCauze]]></description>
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                                <title>A Black Celebration &#8211; Philly&#8217;s Favorite Depeche Mode Dance Party</title>
                                <eventupdate>13 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/a-black-celebration-phillys-favorite-depeche-mode-dance-party-18/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 9PM Doors &#160; A BLACK CELEBRATION - PHILLY'S FAVORITE DEPECHE MODE DANCE PARTY &#160; +++ FRIDAY OCTOBER 2ND +++A Black Celebration - Philly's Favorite Depeche Mode PartyDJ Baby Berlin+ Special Guest: DJ CAGE (NYC) Photos: Urbanity Chic&#160;Black Celebration is the fifth studio album by Depeche Mode. This album further cemented the darkening sound and style of DM.&#160;ABC&#160;the party celebrates this darkening depeche mood as well. This event is an inclusive safe space goth party. Homophobia, Misogyny, transphobia, racism, xenophobia, physical violence or hate of any kind will not be tolerated.Expect to hear:TONS OF DEPECHE MODENEW WAVEDARK WAVEPOST-PUNKDEATH ROCKEARLY INDUSTRIALWAX TRAXGOTH CLUB HITSFACTORY RECORDSDepeche Mode, New Order, Ministry, Sisters Of Mercy, Bauhaus, Front 242, Cabaret Voltaire, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, The Cult, Xmal Deutschland, Pet Shop Boys, Tears for Fears, Erasure. INXS, Love and Rockets, Soft Cell, Killing Joke, Tones On Tail, Visage, NIN, Skinny Puppy, Nitzer Ebb, Cold Cave, Joy Division, She Past Away, Boy Harsher, Lords Of The New Church, Yazoo, Gary Numan, Echo &#38; The Bunnymen, Berlin, and more!#abcphilly #ablackcelebration #ablackcelebrationphilly #darkwavephilly #goth #gothnight #gothphilly #newwave #darkwave #depechemode #postpunk #synthpop #tradgothLet's have a black celebration...9PM Doors / $10-$15 / 21+]]></description>
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                                <title>The Bul Bey</title>
                                <eventupdate>17 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/the-bul-bey-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show THE BUL BEY The Bul Bey tells the authentic story of a Philadelphia native with a global perspective. A sharp-witted wordsmith with the optimism of a schoolteacher and the honesty of an Imam, his bouncy bars celebrate the bright sides of working-class life with the lexicon only a true Philly Bul could master.A trusted voice in the Philadelphia community, The Bul Bey&#8217;s impact extends beyond music. With a deep commitment to civic engagement, he has programmed community events featuring world-renowned figures such as Malcolm Gladwell, Francis Collins, Rick Steves, and President Bill Clinton. His voice not only moves crowds but also sparks conversations that matter.His influence has reached national audiences, earning a song placement on the Emmy Award-winning show Abbott Elementary. Whether on stage, in the studio, or in the heart of his city, The Bul Bey continues to build a legacy rooted in authenticity, artistry, and advocacy. CARLA GAMBLE Carla Gamble is a singer, songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.At the age of 13, Carla released her first poetry album, "From My Lips to Your Ears". By age 14 Carla was voted Poet Laureate of Philadelphia. In 2018 Carla released her first single, "Pretty Girl Magic", which was featured in "For Colored Girls" stage play (Directed by Frankie Darcell).In June of 2022, Carla released her music compilation titled "She Is", which received local and national acclaim.&#160;July 2022, Carla received a citation from The City of Philadelphia, for Excellence in Music, for her contribution towards the culture of the arts in Philadelphia. Carla was invited to join the 2023 new member class for the National Recording Academy (Grammys) as a voting member.In 2023 Carla created &#8220;Voices of Philly Soul&#8221; ladies edition concert, celebrating Women&#8217;s History Month. GIO GENESIS New York&#8217;s Gio Genesis presents a versatility that can be rare in this day and age. Genesis is living and walking proof that art, music, love and the essence felt throughout is very much alive. The New York artist blends his diverse upbringing and experiences to showcase his multifaceted abilities. One track you&#8217;ll hear Gio Genesis float over atmospheric, spacey production with his soul-touching vocal range, in the next, he&#8217;s flowing over back breaking beats with a style all his own. In a genre he calls Gio-Pop, Genesis doesn&#8217;t seek to fit in anyone&#8217;s box, infusing elements of multiple sounds and timelines allowing the artist to create a perfect storm of enjoyability and relatability.]]></description>
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                                <title>Lia Menaker</title>
                                <eventupdate>17 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/lia-menaker/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 6 PM &#8211; Doors7 PM &#8211; Show WXPN Welcomes LIA MENAKER KUF KNOTZ &#38; CHRISTINE ELISE BRITTANY ANN TRANBAUGH]]></description>
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                                <title>Fake Names</title>
                                <eventupdate>17 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/fake-names-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show FAKE NAMES]]></description>
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                                <title>Madra Salach</title>
                                <eventupdate>21 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/madra-salach/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show WXPN Welcomes MADRA SALACH The past couple of years have seen Madra Salach become one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary folk, creating music that is both deeply rooted in Irish tradition and strikingly modern. Emerging from Dublin's vibrant independent music scene, the six-piece first came together through informal pub sessions in 2023 , united by a shared love of traditional Irish song. What began as musicians from dif ferent bands getting together to perform traditional standards has evolved into original compositions that seamlessly blends folk, experimental textures and raw, poetic storytelling.&#160;Their songs draw equally from the centuries-old Irish traditional canon and the restless energy of today's alternative music, combining harmonium, mandolin, tin whistle, percussion, guitar and electronics with powerful vocals and striking arrangements. The result is a sound that has earned widespread acclaim, with The Guardian describing the band as "an unexpected and beguiling alloy of purity , poison and potency ."&#160;Much of Madra Salach's reputation has been built on their rousing live performances. The summer of 2025 saw the band debut on the Irish festival circuit, finding fans through word-of-mouth. With every performance drew a bigger audience, captivated by their ability to move effortlessly between intimate, spellbinding moments and exhilarating crescendos. This year has seen them continue their rapid ascent with sold-out headline tours, major festival appearances across the UK &#38; Europe and a growing international following.]]></description>
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                                <title>The Reds, Pinks &amp; Purples &amp; Simon Joyner &amp; The Ghosts</title>
                                <eventupdate>22 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/the-reds-pinks-purples-simon-joyner-the-ghosts/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show THE REDS, PINKS &#38; PURPLES Prolific singer songwriter and concerned social commentator Glenn Donaldson is the central pivot of The Reds, Pinks and Purples. A band that effortlessly captures the essence of indie rock&#8217;s golden era. With a sound that echoes the equally prolific and fellow British-Invasion-disciples Guided by Voices, they weave a tapestry of melodies that are both nostalgic and refreshingly original. Imagine the raw, lo-fi charm of GBV meeting the atmospheric melancholy of The Cure, all while channelling the storytelling of The Go-Betweens.&#160; SIMON JOYNER &#38; THE GHOSTS Simon Joyner is a renowned American singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska who has released albums on independent labels since the early 1990s. His earliest records were influential signposts of the Lo-Fi and home-taping movement which also produced contemporaries like Smog, Lou Barlow, Will Oldham and the Mountain Goats. He is now widely regarded as one of the great songwriters of our time. Gillian Welch calls him her favorite poet and Kevin Morby and Conor Oberst both claim him as a major influence with Bright Eyes also recording covers of Joyner&#8217;s songs &#8220;Burn Rubber&#8221; and &#8220;Double Joe.&#8221;&#160;Despite often being described as a songwriter&#8217;s songwriter, Joyner has soared under the radar for over thirty years. His storytelling has been compared to Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Lou Reed, and Bob Dylan. Over the course of 19 albums his career is hard to pin down as he&#8217;s followed a mercurial path, never content to make the same record twice.&#160; DAVID NANCE David Nance is a musician based in Omaha, Nebraska and David Nance and the Mowed Sound is his latest group and recording project. Led by Nance on vocals, guitar and whatever instrument needs playing, with partners in crime Kevin Donahue on drums, James Schroeder on guitar and Derrick Higgins and Sam Lipsett on bass.Nance grew up in Grand Island, Nebraska, played in the marching band and discovered punk and garage rock before moving to Omaha and joining the mid-2000 garage punk scene happening there with the band the Forbidden Tigers. Several years spent in Los Angeles with his wife Anna led to a period of songwriting and home recording before they decided to move back to Omaha where he began finding his musical identity and started recording his songs with like-minded friends. What developed was a heavy burned-out rock vibe that still somehow fits in the punk universe. Nance also played with Omaha legend Simon Joyner and has continued to record and self-release tapes and cdrs throughout the past decade.]]></description>
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                                <title>Friends of Jerry</title>
                                <eventupdate>27 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/friends-of-jerry-7/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show A New Year's Eve Special with FRIENDS OF JERRY Three sets of Dead etc. Friends of Jerry is a Grateful Dead cover band from Philadelphia. &#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>John Faye, Sug Daniels &amp; Roberta Faceplant</title>
                                <eventupdate>28 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/john-faye-sug-daniels-roberta-faceplant/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show WXPN Welcomes SCORPIO SZN FINALE JOHN FAYE John Faye is a singer-songwriter who has had a prolific multi-decade career as the voice of the Caulfields, IKE, John &#38; Brittany, and his solo work. John is also a member of (Hooters drummer) David Uosikkinen&#8217;s In The Pocket.As the lead singer and songwriter for the Caulfields, he released two albums on A&#38;M Records in the mid-90&#8217;s, had a modern rock radio hit in the US and Australia (&#8220;Devil&#8217;s Diary&#8221;), had song placements in major films and television shows through a publishing deal with Warner-Chappell, and toured nationally and internationally. The Caulfields went on permanent hiatus in 2025, playing two sold-out farewell concerts - at WXPN Free At Noon in Philadelphia, and at the Queen in their home state of Delaware.Faye&#8217;s latest album (his 16th studio release) &#8220;The Long Game&#8221; dropped on vinyl in December of 2024 in partnership Hooters drummer David Uosikkinen&#8217;s ITP Entertainment. The single &#8220;Asking For A Friend&#8221; was added into regular rotation at Philadelphia Non-Com radio powerhouse WXPN and cracked the top 60 on the CDX Triple A singles chart in a national radio campaign. SUG DANIELS Sug Daniels is a Delaware born, Philadelphia based, singer-songwriter and producer who is using the tools around her to capture the emotions of an era. Daniels&#8217; work is as colorful, vulnerable, and charismatic as her personality. She thoughtfully combines elements of folk, R&#38;B, and soul alternatives to create personal and tender music interlaced with messages of truth and positive change. ROBERTA FACEPLANT Roberta Faceplant is a honky tonk hurricane from Philadelphia. Safely in the middle of a Venn diagram where kitsch meets bitch, the five-piece Outlaw Americana band has been called &#8220;a cowpunk miracle&#8221; and been compared to &#8220;Southern Culture on the Skids fronted by Laura Bell Bundy.&#8221; It&#8217;s Country, but you can hear the city.Raucous guitars, a driving rhythm section, and the raw, powerful, and soulful vocals of frontwoman Katie Feeney make Roberta Faceplant a five-fingered fist of Country grit. Lyrically, Feeney and the band pull no punches, tackling current events with tongue in cheek humor and rage. Peppered with Bob Seger-style working-man themes and a dose of Southern Rock, the band still holds tight to the true spirit of country music - three chords and the truth. with special guest appearances by:&#160; IKE, Erin Fox, Annalise Curtin]]></description>
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                                <title>LUCY (Cooper B. Handy)</title>
                                <eventupdate>30 days ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/lucy-cooper-b-handy/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show LUCY (COOPER B. HANDY) Born on Cape Cod, Cooper B. Handy started releasing music as LUCY in 2009. In the years since, the Western Massachusetts based singer/producer has made a career of self-releasing music and videos, unpolished &#38; posted in near real time. LUCY's captivating live performance has earned him a cult following on the DIY circuit, playing shows in basements and warehouses across the country. His music is experimental and raw &#8211; at times even abrasive. His GarageBand-based production has never swayed far from the sample packs and synth sounds he started writing music with 14 years ago. Aggressively prolific, Handy has amassed an extensive catalogue that is both eccentric and earnest. His music channels a sense of creative exploration, and his lyrics pack real wisdom into unassuming one-liners. F.G.S.]]></description>
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                                <title>TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/tj-kong-and-the-atomic-bomb/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show TJ KONG AND THE ATOMIC BOMB Idiots manufacturing joy and dancing out the door.More Specifically...&#160;"Eclectic and evocative, stirring together dusty cinematic arrangements with lyrical tales of depravity and hard-luck humanity that sound like something out of a Cormac McCarthy novel."&#160;- WXPN"Playing Americana 'slash blues', they sing, wail, lament, and brood over being drunk, hungover, alone, depressed, sweaty, and lost. A simple recount of a whiskey-inspired tradition on guitar and harmonica."&#160;- Pop Montreal"One of the most sought after bands in Philly."&#160;- USA Today"It lands somewhere between The Basement Tapes and Anodyne, with a ragged, lo-fi aesthetic and lyrics drenched in heartbreak and whiskey.&#8221;&#160;- Pop Matters SQUAWK BROTHERS Formed by the members of Philly indie rock bands The Teeth/Purples in order to explore a country-influenced aesthetic. As the scope of the band evolved, the members finally grew tired of the &#8220;four dudes&#8221; template and have blossomed into a six-piece harmonic family with the addition of Eliza Becker and Nakita Beauregard. The newer members have thus far raised no objection to keeping the name as it is. MANDY VALENTINE Mandy Valentine is a Philadelphia-based 6-piece country western rock &#38; roll band. Fun, energetic, and described by WXPN as &#8216;playful yeehaws&#8217;, the Mandies play originals and covers in the style of Elvis, Dolly, The Beatles, and 60s girl groups.The Mandies are led by Missy Pidgeon on guitar &#38; vocals, joined by Abbey Heier and Delaney Keefe on backing vocals &#38; percussion. &#160;Freddie Randall III brings his country guitar, with PSU &#8217;13 alum Jay Johnson on bass and Mattie &#8216;Kimi&#8217; Klauser on drums. &#160;New singles No Good, Play Pretend, and New Jersey follow their 2025 debut record, Gone West. &#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Winderman, Colman &amp; Kimock</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/winderman-colman-kimock-3/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7PM &#8211; Doors7:30PM &#8211; Show WINDERMAN, COLMAN &#38; KIMOCK Winderman, Colman &#38; Kimock is the latest sonic adventure from jam-scene stalwarts keyboardist Eli Winderman (Dopapod/Octave Cat), bassist Jonathan Colman (Muscle Tough/Dungeon Crawl), and drummer John Morgan Kimock (Crosby Collective/Oteil &#38; Friends/Mike Gordon). Together, they blend patient grooves, lush textures, and improvisational magic into a genre-fluid musical journey. Adding a unique twist, they reinterpret the music of the Grateful Dead, Aphex Twin, and Phish, delivering a blend of jam-band nostalgia, electronic intrigue, and a whole lot of fun. Whether you love fusion, psychedelia, or adventurous covers, this trio is here to keep you guessing and grooving. PARIS MONSTER WILLIAM H. TRAVIS]]></description>
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                                <title>Nicole Saphos Band, Christina Ward &amp; Emily Drinker</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/nicole-saphos-band-christina-ward-emily-drinker/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show WXPN Welcomes NICOLE SAPHOS BAND CHRISTINA WARD EMILY DRINKER]]></description>
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                                <title>King of Drag: The Royal Tour</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/king-of-drag-the-royal-tour/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show KING OF DRAG Masculinity's about to get a glow-up! King of Drag: The Royal Tour brings the first-ever drag king competition series off your screen and onto the stage, starting October 25, 2026 &#8212; hot on the heels of the Season 2 premiere on September 20. Come see the Kings you've been rooting for all season, side by side, as they flex their Daring, Innovation, Caring, and Charisma with a &#8220;K&#8221; (D.I.C.K.*) live and larger than life. Kings' Court judge Damian hosts the royal caravan, joined by special guests along the way. Expect the challenges you love reimagined live, performances that go bigger than the screen can hold, and a room full of people who showed up to see masculinity done differently&#8212;with heart, humor, and zero apologies. Ultimate King Of Drag Experience One (1) GA Ticket Meet &#38; Greet + Individual Photo Opportunity with the 'King of Drag' Touring Cast One (1) Exclusive VIP Poster, Signed By The Cast One (1) Exclusive King Of Drag Merch Pack One (1) Exclusive King Of Drag Tote Bag One (1) Commemorative VIP Laminate First Access Merch Shopping (where applicable) Venue First Entry (where applicable) On Site VIP Host King of Drag Early Entry Merch Package One (1) GA Ticket One (1) Exclusive King Of Drag Merch Pack One (1) Exclusive King Of Drag Tote Bag One (1) Commemorative VIP Laminate First Access Merch Shopping (where applicable) Venue First Entry (where applicable) On Site VIP Host]]></description>
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                                <title>Babehoven</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/babehoven-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show BABEHOVEN Babehoven is the Hudson, NY based project of singer-songwriter Maya Bon and collaborator Ryan Albert. Since 2017, the band has carved out a sound that blends melodic indie and folk rock with an occasional nod towards country. Bon serves as the project&#8217;s principal songwriter and lyricist, while Albert, a multi-instrumentalist and producer, further shapes the sonic world around her songs. Together, they&#8217;ve built a body of work that feels both intimate and expansive."Blue Around You," Babehoven's new single, is a country-flecked stomper. The song finds Bon singing with hard-won resilience: "Yesterday a stranger told me they can see / That I feel levels of pain that could've broken me / And I thought, mmm but I survived it." Recorded at The Chicken Shack and 12 Lb Genius in Upstate NY, Maya and Ryan gathered an excellent crew of musicians with producer Phil Weinrobe at the helm&#8212;Oliver Hill, Zosha Warpeha, Dylan Nowik, Jared Samuel, Ellington Peet, and Nick Kinsey. The core of the song was recorded live with no playback or headphones with the feel of the room being as much an instrument as the hardanger fiddle and harmonies that soar overhead. JANE LAI sleep rock piano music based in nyc.&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Flooding</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/flooding/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show FLOODING Flooding is a gut feeling.Fronted by guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Rose Brown, Flooding is a 3-piece band that explores genres like slow-core, noise rock, post-hardcore, and post-punk. Brown is supported by bassist Cole Billings and drummer Zach Cunningham, who share the songwriting goal of curating abstract elements of different music styles to create a distinct composition with each album and song, rather than fitting into a particular genre. Flooding is interested in what music can allow us to feel and things it can force us to confront. Softness and harshness coexist in everything - and there's freedom in allowing ourselves to be both at the same time. bloodsports Taking over the sweaty New York venues and curbside congregations that came to be synonymous with the name, bloodsports is set to release their long awaited debut LP 'Anything Can Be A Hammer' via brand new New York label Good English Records on October 17th. Bloodsports has become an undeniable force amidst their latest line up, where members Sam Murphy (guitar/vox), Jeremy Mock (Guitar), Liv Eriksen (bass/vox) and Scott Hale (drums) find solace in the capitulation of sonic strain; where angular sedition blends with economical melodies that lighten the load of the self-destruction that these songs embrace. But as bold as their landscapes have been prior, 'Anything Can Be A Hammer' finds the band embracing a more dynamic approach, maturing in their techniques as these songs brim over with subtle fixations &#8211; balancing a steady pace of experimentation and curiosity that linger amongst the rhythmic blows and befuddling depths that the band confidently explores. Fragile, yet abundant, bloodsports leans into that patience that plays to our own interior designs, where Murphy&#8217;s lyricism is a notion of both what we know and what we think we know, as it all comes to the fore when our obsessions are at large. It&#8217;s an album that&#8217;s got blood in its veins and a finger on the pulse.&#160; E. ATENCIO]]></description>
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                                <title>June McDoom</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/june-mcdoom/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show JUNE MCDOOM There is a hush most of us only knew as children, the warm drift between familiar household sounds and being carried to bed, a place that belongs to you and to some self you have not met yet. June McDoom&#8217;s debut full-length, Follow the Light, lives in that dream space and then keeps walking, slipping out of time and waking somewhere new, barely familiar enough to feel like home yet wholly your own.&#160;She came up in a Jamaican household on the edge of the Florida Everglades, an existence built of extended family, communal care, bass and harmonics. Her father, a carpenter and a student of sound, built his own speakers and kept three sound systems going across as many rooms. His low end would rise through her bedroom floor like some wayward cat while she lay above it with folk records, finding harmonies that were new and hers alone. Two musics in one room. L ushness as past and premonition.&#160;She found folk on her own, somewhere between the cast recording of The Sound of Music and Simon and Garfunkel, while everyone around her called it sleepy music. She did not mind being the only one. The solitude let her fall for harmony first, before words, before anything else, and harmony is still the thing she reaches for.&#160; LUTALO Lutalo&#8217;s highly visceral folk goes electric on The Academy, the Vermont multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer&#8217;s debut LP. On The Academy, Lutalo embraces a literary approach to self-referential songwriting, turning memories from their adolescence into impressionistic folk and rock compositions that are equal parts searing and vulnerable. With their unique baritone and finesse for lyrical world building, Lutalo cuts to the bone&#8211;while only just beginning to reveal the depth of their artistry and vision.]]></description>
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                                <title>Bass Drum of Death</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/bass-drum-of-death/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show BASS DRUM OF DEATH Bass Drum of Death is getting back to basics. From the bare-bones title of their sixth record&#8212;SIX&#8212;to the writing approach&#8212;their first two LPs were recorded entirely on GarageBand&#8212;the creative process for the group is strikingly similar to the early stages of their career. While the new album marks a return to their original recording method, there are a few notable changes. Instead of working solo on the demos, frontman John Barrett and the band (Jim Barrett, guitar; Ian Kirkpatrick, drums) convened for several sessions in Barrett&#8217;s home studio in Nashville to bring the songs to life. Manning the faders was producer Jeremy Ferguson (Cage the Elephant, White Reaper), who then hosted the band for ten snowy days of fine tuning at his Battle Tapes studio. The result is a scuzzy blast of their signature sound, with influences ranging from The Stooges to ZZ Top and very much aided by Ferguson&#8217;s deft engineering touch. If SIX sounds like a return to form, the band proves they still have a few tricks in their pockets and things up their sleeves.]]></description>
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                                <title>Kendall Street Company &amp; MINKA</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/kendall-street-company-minka/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors7:45 PM &#8211; Show KENDALL STREET COMPANY Virginia's Kendall Street Company are no strangers to having a wild time. The genre-fluid, eclectic rock ensemble has drawn varied comparisons to the dynamic jams of Umphrey's McGee and Widespread Panic, songwriting of John Prine, experimental psychedelia of Pink Floyd, progressive jazz-infused rock of Frank Zappa, and off-color humor of Ween and They Might Be Giants. Including elements of crowd participation, off-the-cuff comedic bits, haphazard choreography, musical improvisation, and surprise musical guests, each Kendall Street Company concert is an experience unlike any other. You'll laugh, you'll cry. Just remember to stay hydrated. MINKA Well, there's really no wayto fully capture the experiencesand sounds of Philly-born band,MINKA.But if you want to let yourimagination run wild:&#160;Let's pretend some scientists gotin the lab and crossed Bowiewith Prince, and then sprinkledin some Talking Heads.]]></description>
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                                <title>Korine</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/korine-3/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show KORINE Korine is a Philadelphia based &#8216;dark pop&#8217; duo consisting of members Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye. The pair blend new wave, emo, and punk with a modern pop sensibility, contrasting upbeat rhythms against sullen, emotionally evocative lyrics. Korine&#8217;s latest album &#8220;A Flame In The Dark&#8221; released in March 2025 on Born Losers Records showcases the band&#8217;s ability to blur the past and present seamlessly, combining all their influences into a sound that is uniquely theirs. ZANIAS Zanias has been haunting underground clubs around the world with her instantly recognisable voice and uniquely ethereal electronic productions since 2011, with the spawning of her first project Linea Aspera in London. As a solo artist, based in Berlin since 2013, she explores a more alien and spherical palette of sounds, fusing her coldwave past with the experimental pop influences of Fever Ray, Enya, early Grimes and Caroline Polachek. With her latest album &#8216;Cataclysm&#8217;, Zanias makes a poignant call for revolution of both politics and consciousness in the face of humanity&#8217;s existential threats of war and climate collapse, conveyed through her signature of deeply personal and poetic lyricism. Every song inhabits its own aesthetic universe and rhythm, featuring elemental fusions of post-industrial, witchhouse, trance, breakbeats and hyperpop. As with all her previous albums, Zanias carves her own genre from the solidified ashes of her influences. In 2025 Zanias created a whole new live set with London-based drummer Dream Dilate Decay. Industrial polyrhythms, tribal intensity and a vocal performance akin to a banshee characterise the sonic ritual conjured by the duo, striking a delicate balance of ethereal fragility and iron strength. This new incarnation promises to be her most captivating era yet.]]></description>
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                                <title>Wild Pink</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/wild-pink-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show WILD PINK There&#8217;s a novelistic impression to the songs of Wild Pink, where characters peer over the edge of potential futures, past mistakes and paths not taken. Backed by a dive bar hue, NYC-based frontman John Ross blends the existential with the celestial, gathering pieces of passer-bys, fictional figures, and historical idiosyncrasies to make sense of what&#8217;s in front of him. It&#8217;s on their sixth album, Still Coming Down, that Ross cements the voice he&#8217;s been steadily honing over the years.The album pokes fun at the listlessness of consumerism, coping through detachment and finding the punchline of it all. Ross is a consummate of curiosity, becoming a narrator of a warped and unpredictable America, morphing everyday mundanity into a cinematic, sepia-toned flipbook. Propelled by the witty and ravenous wisdom of 2024&#8217;s Dulling the Horns, Ross&#8217; poetic form has only gained traction, as jocular, heartfelt stories pour with a clever and distinctive ease.NFL bros cruise alongside big guys in grocery stores with even bigger tattoos; ghost stories and references from the cinematic haze of movies like Heat, Moneyball and The Town buzz in the background while Ross also points to Waterworld and The Perfect Storm&#8211;&#8211;heroes who wander, looking for answers at the end of the world.After battling&#8211;&#8211;and beating&#8211;&#8211;cancer, and now becoming a father for the first time, Ross&#8217; outlook has hairpin-bent its way into a simpler significance, where creating music is less about the bigger picture, and more about being present in the moment. It&#8217;s a genuine rock record, leaning into the dynamics of open-armed arrangements, inviting huge chords, harmonicas, horns, keys and pedal steel to morph and blend into a cathartic swirl. Ross looked back to the grunge bands he was obsessed with as a teen, and found that it sparked a deeper presence with his own voice, both in lyrics and performance. He endeavoured to create an album that is as fun to play live as it is for the audience to witness, harkening back to the enthusiasm and motivation he felt growing up.&#8220;Strangely, I feel like I've found my voice on this record,&#8221; he says. HIDING PLACES Shortly after forming, the members of the New York-via-North Carolina indie rock band Hiding Places noticed a secret power. During their live sets, no matter the loudness, scuzziness, or mayhem of the venues they played, their tender, atmospheric sound became the focus of the room, quieting their surroundings as audiences became hypnotized by their steady, rhythmic interplay and bittersweet vocal melodies. From these experiences, the band developed a credo of close listening. If one member plays too fast, they won&#8217;t try to nudge down the tempo; if someone&#8217;s volume rises above the rest, they adapt their levels accordingly. The goal, always, is togetherness&#8212;to maintain a unified whole, always in sync. This philosophy is part of what makes the quartet&#8217;s cozily intricate and hard-hitting Keeled Scales debut, The Secret to Good Living, feel like a bold introduction as much as a well-worn mixtape, passed down from a trusted friend.]]></description>
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                                <title>Nervosa</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/nervosa/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors7:30 PM &#8211; Show NERVOSA Prika Amaral formed the band in February 2010 together with Fernanda Terra (the first drummer). The band began gaining notoriety in March 2012, when they released their first music video, &#8220;Masked Betrayer,&#8221; which reached the incredible mark&#8212;especially for a new band&#8212;of 20,000 views in just one week. This earned them an Honorable Mention from YouTube as the 17th most-watched musicians&#8217; video of the week and the 55th most-watched of the month of March that year. Shortly after, they independently released a 3-song demo.In the following months, NERVOSA achieved a major milestone: signing with the Austrian label Napalm Records, one of the world&#8217;s biggest record labels specializing in rock and metal.2023 began with a major change, with the announcement of Prika Amaral taking over lead vocals, along with the addition of a second guitarist, Greek musician Helena Kotina.That same year, the band released the album Jailbreak, which marked a new era for the band and was very well received by both fans and critics, who described it as the band&#8217;s best phase.With 15 tours around the world, Jailbreak became the only album to reach live performances across 6 continents: North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania.The year 2026 began with the release of the album Slave Machine, which is already being considered the best album of the band&#8217;s career.The band is currently preparing to begin their world tour, which will start in Latin America, beginning in Brazil, to promote the new album. This new era has already started with a major announcement: the band will perform for the second time on the Sunset Stage at Rock in Rio.Nervosa is considered an important reference in the global thrash metal scene, known for countless tours, shows, and festivals alongside major names in metal, making their mark and representing women and Brazil around the world. CASTRATOR EMBRYONIC AUTOPSY]]></description>
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                                <title>Strand of Oaks (Solo)</title>
                                <eventupdate>1 month ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/strand-of-oaks-solo/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show WXPN Welcomes STRAND OF OAKS (SOLO) Winter Classic 2026 Strand of Oaks is the musical project of Tim Showalter. For more than twenty years Showalter has been on a conceptual journey to expand his musical world. Releasing nine records over his career. Strand of Oaks has toured the world, appeared on multiple late night television shows and gained critical acclaim. Showalter played &#8220;Hoosier&#8221; on the FX series Mayans MC for two seasons and continues his work in acting. Born in Goshen Indiana Showalter now resides in Austin TX with his wife and two cats. He spends most of his time painting and working in his yard.]]></description>
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                                <title>Strand of Oaks</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/strand-of-oaks-3/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show WXPN Welcomes STRAND OF OAKS Winter Classic 2026 Strand of Oaks is the musical project of Tim Showalter. For more than twenty years Showalter has been on a conceptual journey to expand his musical world. Releasing nine records over his career. Strand of Oaks has toured the world, appeared on multiple late night television shows and gained critical acclaim. Showalter played &#8220;Hoosier&#8221; on the FX series Mayans MC for two seasons and continues his work in acting. Born in Goshen Indiana Showalter now resides in Austin TX with his wife and two cats. He spends most of his time painting and working in his yard. BIG CLUB]]></description>
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                                <title>Jessica Lea Mayfield</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/jessica-lea-mayfield-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD When I was recording what would become &#8220;Miss Obliteration&#8221; with Day Wave I started to get the eerie sense that I was writing more than lyrics, but predictive themes. I was married to my second husband but could see the writing on the wall, a metaphorical tornado was about to tear through my life I denied it. The record kept getting pushed back for various reasons, and I kept thinking it was getting pushed back by a greater force, now 3 years later my life is entirely different and I am radically changed as a person. From my spiritual beliefs, to my person goals and dreams and just in general, nearly everything. I had a feeling this album wouldn&#8217;t see light until that chapter of my life complete. RACHEL BOBBITT &#8220;The ocean does not care about you at all,&#8221; declares Rachel Bobbitt. &#8220;That&#8217;s what makes something truly awesome&#8212;it could and will exist, with or without you.&#8221;The ocean looms, uncaring yet vital, conceptually and actually on Bobbitt&#8217;s debut full-length LP, Swimming Towards the Sand. Raised in the windswept Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, Bobbitt roots herself in the memories and milestones of home more than a decade after her voice first found an audience through the lens of internet virality. Growing up in a musical household, where her mom&#8217;s side hosted kitchen fiddle parties, Bobbitt was surrounded by music from the beginning. At just 16 years old, she&#8217;d amassed a large Vine following, performing covers and originals to an audience of 400,000 strong, leading to Shorty Award nominations and being crowned by Buzzfeed as one of &#8220;13 Amazing Singers You Should Follow On Vine.&#8221; She now looks back at that time with nuance, feeling both reinforced in her abilities by the response and, at the same time, overwhelmed by the onslaught of opinions&#8212;opinions on her career, appearance, voice, image&#8212;at an age when she was still figuring out what those things meant for herself.A dozen years later, after studying Jazz and Vocal Pedagogy at the renowned Humber College, learning the rules of the road, and navigating the music industry from her home base in Toronto, Bobbitt arrives at Swimming Towards the Sand with an unwavering sense of purpose. It&#8217;s an album that revisits her roots with the clarity of perspective, the wisdom of experience, and the lessons of resilience that can only come with time. It looks back with an eye both clear and nostalgic and reflects her memories via sharply contemporary music.]]></description>
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                                <title>Improvement Movement</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/improvement-movement/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show IMPROVEMENT MOVEMENT Your Perfect Real LIVE '26 Improvement Movement, the social betterment campaign/prog-rock quartet/non-denominational cult from Atlanta, GA, have made a new record just for you and your modern day malaise. It&#8217;s called Your Perfect Real Life, because, well, there&#8217;s a lot going right these days, right? Arriving August 21, 2026 via ATO Records, Your Perfect Real Life is prismatic, angular, jumpy, and eccentric. It&#8217;s sure to inundate your ears, corporeal form, and spiritual body with equal parts unadulterated bliss and realist catharsis, or, in other words, as much good as you can reasonably feel these days.&#160;Set in a world of chaos where the news seems to be perpetually recounting stories of planes falling out of the sky, urban wildfires, the uncanny nature of a southern snowfall, and schlepping ads that feel plucked from a sci-fi movie, Your Perfect Real Life makes an earnest case for embracing life&#8217;s relentless unpredictability. Animated by the band&#8217;s baroque take on the angular harmonies of grunge, the record&#8217;s eleven tracks sprawl and simmer, enlivened by the&#160;Improvement Movement&#8217;s novel employment of dynamics, sticky melodies, four-part harmony, and a treasure trove of experimental instruments. If you&#8217;ve ever found yourself enraptured by the lush harmonies of Fleet Foxes, the theatrics of early Genesis tracks, or the candid intimacy of Art Garfunkel, Improvement Movement may be for you. THE POINT. Despite their influences ranging across the world, The Point. are a band that could only have started in Austin. Fusing psychedelia, Saharan guitar music, and cumbia with jam-band sensibilities, the trio creates a laid-back vibe that&#8217;s more than the sum of its parts. Their latest, Maldito Animal (Deluxe Edition), finds the band exploring new directions, the aural equivalent of a crate-digger showing off their collection, a panoply of taste culled into one source.]]></description>
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                                <title>BAILEN</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/bailen-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show BAILEN SWIM!!! At Your Own Risk Tour BAILEN is a songwriting-forward, indie pop, folk-rock band that has captivated audiences with their musical dynamism and the three-part &#8220;blood harmony&#8221; of siblings Julia (guitar), Daniel (bass), and David (drums). &#160;The trio was raised by two freelance classical musicians in New York City who steeped them in Rock &#38; Roll and Brahms. Their close familial bond is evident in their tight-knit musical arrangements and rich, emotive harmonies.The group has released two studio albums, Thrilled to Be Here (2019), produced by John Congelton, and Tired Hearts (2023), produced by Brad Cook. Both albums showcase their knack for crafting infectious melodies and introspective lyrics, earning them critical acclaim and a dedicated fan base. Their debut album was hailed by Rolling Stone as an &#8220;impressive debut&#8221;, in which they were compared to CSN, Fleetwood Mac, TLC, and Haim. Their catalog has over 50 million streams, and their song &#8220;I Was Wrong&#8221; reached the top 20 on Billboard&#8217;s Adult Alternative Chart. Additionally, NPR voted their song &#8220;Something Tells Me&#8221; #5 on the Best Songs of 2019. The band has made several TV appearances as featured artists, performing on the CBS Morning Show and The Today Show. They&#8217;ve also had the privilege of working with so many artists they admire, releasing collaborations with Amos Lee and Trousdale in 2024.In addition to their studio work, BAILEN is renowned for their engaging live performances, which feature a blend of heartfelt ballads and high-energy anthems. With a history of touring with the likes of Hozier, Amos Lee, The Lone Bellow, and many more, their stage presence and chemistry have made them a standout act at various music festivals and venues across the country.&#160;Currently, BAILEN is preparing to release their third full-length album, which they engineered and produced themselves with collaborators Jake Sinclair (Panic! At The Disco), Riccardo Damian (Sampha), and Chris Tabron (The Strokes). They are excited to release this record fully independent.]]></description>
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                                <title>Ida</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/ida/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show IDA Ida was founded in 1992 by NYC-based singers/guitarists Daniel Littleton (also of The Hated) and Elizabeth Mitchell, bringing together a wide variety of disparate influences into a singular minimalist brand of experimental pop all their own. Ida made their debut with 1994&#8217;s luminous 'Tales of Brave Ida', released on Tsunami frontwoman Jenny Toomey&#8217;s hugely influential Simple Machines label. The project soon grew into a full-fledged band with the addition of Littleton&#8217;s brother Michael Littleton on drums and bassist Karla Schickele, followed by 1996&#8217;s 'I Know About You' and 1997&#8217;s 'Ten Small Paces', both of which earned critical acclaim for their subtle arrangements, rich harmonies, and stunning songcraft.&#8220;Ida is a four-piece band intent on sounding smaller and more private, the better to contemplate questions like ''Am I still the one you wanted me to be?''...Even when Ida allows itself to use a rock beat or guitar feedback, its songs seem hushed. They're like the whispers of uncertain lovers in a perpetual dance of vulnerability and assurance, parting and reconciliation.&#8221; - Jon Pareles / New York Times]]></description>
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                                <title>Stinking Lizaveta</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/stinking-lizaveta-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show STINKING LIZAVETA NORTHERN LIBERTIES ALRIGHT JUNIOR GIBBOUS MOON &#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>The Tubs</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/the-tubs/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show THE TUBS Upon arriving in the United States for The Tubs&#8217; first tour of the country, frontman Owen Williams told The New Yorker, &#8220;We&#8217;re here to unite the country. We&#8217;re gonna come, like, three times. By that point, I think this place will start healing.&#8221; Then, joyously, they did just that, piling into a van and criss-crossing the States, bringing their literary, bleary-eyed, world-weary, night-of-your-life highwire act to the masses when it was needed most. Along the way, they signed to MergeRecords, who will release The Tubs&#8217; third full-length album, Hard Life, on September 11, 2026. SLIPPERS Slippers mastermind Madeline BB&#8217;s new record is a masterpiece. Like if you painted the beatles with a rattle can and wax pencil. Powerhouse of pop, this Karen Carpenter incarnate is fresh off Slippers last record entitled &#8220;Do You Like Slippers?&#8221; More aptly it should have been &#8220;Do You Like Pop Music?&#8221; Because if the answer is no to either then what are we even doing here? If you aren't humming this after two listens are you even alive? Dancing in the Street. 11 songs. 33RPMIn addition to being a longtime drummer who also performs in Le Pain and has previously played in Yucky Duster, BB&#8217;s other passion is animation, and the start of Slippers coincides with her time studying that trade in grad school at California Institute of the Arts.The band began in earnest in BB&#8217;s current home of Los Angeles but her love of animation and music go back to her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia.]]></description>
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                                <title>Brennan Wedl</title>
                                <eventupdate>2 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/brennan-wedl/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show BRENNAN WEDL This is a full circle moment for Brennan Wedl. The Minnesota-raised, Nashville-based songwriter has always felt like she was searching for herself, trying on various versions but never really feeling the euphoric ease that comes with finding comfort in one&#8217;s own skin.Through experimentation in spirituality and empowerment, devoting time and energy into her craft and learning to lean into a playful, carefree outlook, Wedl is experiencing the delicious life moments with a renewed clarity. On her self-titled album&#8211;&#8211;and debut for ANTI&#8211;&#8211;she shakes off the prying eyes of expectation, leaving behind the anxiety of forming yourself for others and welcoming in the delight of finally being exactly who you are.Wedl is already a prolific artist, releasing solo music since 2012, and co-founding the queercore outfit Dazey &#38; The Scouts in 2015. The band, she says, taught her about &#8220;complete vulnerability and collaboration,&#8221; and their surprise viral success on social media fuelled the next stepping stone in Wedl&#8217;s career.&#8220;It&#8217;s shown me the humanity that live music can create,&#8221; she says of the unexpected attention on the band.&#8220;It&#8217;s taught me so much about songwriting as collective care.&#8221;After a string of solo singles in 2024, Wedl&#8217;s latest LP gathers those foundation-cracking moments that make up a life, and sees her fully immersed in the lessons they create. SUB*T Every musician starts off as a fan. Enthusiasm, fixation, denying all self-consciousness in pursuit of your own thrills&#8230;these are the values that propel ordinary people deep into fandom. For Grace Bennett and Jade Alcantara, that fervor also propelled their virtual 2010&#8217;s Twitter friendship into a band called Sub*T. What started as a cross-country online bond over stan culture&#8212;Bennett fighting for the honor of One Direction, Alcantara waving the banner of The 1975&#8212;led first to an Instagram follow, then to the mosh pit (where they met IRL several times a year), and eventually to a life-changing decision. In 2019 and with zero prior musical experience, they each bought guitars and taught themselves how to play, and Sub*T was born. While now a fully New York-based band, their sound is better defined by this origin story. Since meeting, Bennett and Alcantara have allowed themselves to be guided not by the pull of their surroundings and the pressure to be at the cutting edge, but by the force that first united them as teenagers on the internet: fandom. And on their debut LP How My Own Voice Sounds, they come into their own, riding the wave of their love for classic alt-rock, grunge, and indie rock and arriving at a place that&#8217;s decidedly their own.]]></description>
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                                <title>Small Brown Bike</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/small-brown-bike/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show SMALL BROWN BIKE SMALL BROWN BIKE formed in 1996 in Michigan and released four full-length albums plus EPs and singles over their career. Their 2000 sophomore album Dead Reckoning earned international acclaim and a 5-star review from Kerrang, who praised its "unrivaled depth of emotion." The band toured relentlessly, sharing stages with Hot Water Music, Cursive, Sparta, Cave In, and many others. In 2003, they released The River Bed on Lookout! Records before breaking up later that year.&#160;They reunited in 2006 and officially returned in 2009, recording their fourth album Fell &#38; Found in 2011 with producer J Robbins. AV Club praised them as "one of the best purveyors of this sound." The band continued to play shows and festivals through 2016, eventually going on an indefinite hiatus.&#160;In 2023, tragedy struck with the passing of one of their founding members, Travis Dopp, after a three-year battle with cancer. In 2026, the remaining founding members&#8212;Mike Reed, Ben Reed, and Dan Jaquint&#8212;announced shows to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their breakout record, Dead Reckoning, and honor the 30-year anniversary of the band's founding. THE CASKET LOTTERY Feel The Teeth captures a band navigating the tension between exhaustion and revelation, pushing through the haze of disillusionment while still searching for meaning. Lyrically, Feel The Teeth reflects the weight of an era that has shifted in unexpected ways&#8212;personally, politically, and socially&#8212;capturing the complexities of trying to find clarity in a world that often feels out of control.Where their 2020 album Short Songs for End Times felt like a direct confrontation with the chaos of a fractured world, Feel The Teeth dwells in the quieter aftermath, the moments of clarity amidst the noise. The album is soaked in existential fatigue&#8212;tracks like &#8220;Nightsong&#8221; and &#8220;Diamonds&#8221; bring us to the edge of the abyss, questioning the worth of it all, while grappling with the weight of personal and collective history. As Nathan Ellis explains, &#8220;Nightsong&#8221; is a reflection of how time and trauma warp the body and mind: &#8220;I don&#8217;t sleep very well anymore&#8230; now I just have these moments between being awake and my hypnogogic hallucinations.&#8221;At its core, Feel The Teeth is about grappling with internal conflict. Songs like &#8220;Bell Penny&#8221; take on self-preservation versus empathy, while &#8220;Echolalia&#8221; offers a sobering realization of the passing of time: &#8220;A song about middle age enlightenment. Realizing that I spent so many years wanting, when all I needed were the moments I had.&#8221;Throughout the record, teeth become a symbol&#8212;of the things we try to bury, of pain that refuses to be ignored, and of the subtle violence of everyday survival. Tracks like &#8220;Snake Dreams&#8221; and &#8220;Nothing Certain&#8221; explore anxiety and transformation, challenging the listener to not just endure, but to shed old skins and confront what&#8217;s lurking underneath.]]></description>
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                                <title>Swapmeet</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/swapmeet/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show SWAPMEET Swapmeet is a 4-piece band from South Australia composed of Venus O&#8217;Broin (guitar, vocals), Joshua Doherty (bass), Maxwell Elphick (guitar, drums, vocals), and Jack Medlyn (guitar, drums, vocals). Having recently caught the ear of American indie label Winspear, the band is readying their debut album and offering a taste of the new material with &#8220;I Know!&#8221;, a cathartic and buoyant debut single for their new label home. Revved up with gleaming, fuzzy guitars and energetic percussion, the new track blurs jangle pop, shoegaze, and alt-rock with tongue-in-cheek precision. The group met as teenagers in the early 2020s while playing in various projects around the Adelaide music scene and bonded over their love of 90s alternative, citing Pavement and Sonic Youth as early influences. They soon started writing music together and released their debut single in late 2023 and quickly returned with their debut EP, Oxalis, in mid-2024. The EP was well received, earning nods from Rolling Stone Australia and Triple J, and the band was soon moving out of local pub gigs and into big clubs, opening for international touring artists across the whole of Australia, and recently won the Emerging Artist &#38; Best Performance award at SXSW Sydney for their charismatic live show. Swapmeet will make their USA debut thisspring at SXSW Austin. BABY WAVE]]></description>
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                                <title>The Philadelphia Tom Petty Appreciation Band</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/the-philadelphia-tom-petty-appreciation-band-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show THE PHILADELPHIA TOM PETTY APPRECIATION BAND Your friends in The Philadelphia Tom Petty Appreciation Band are returning to Johnny Brenda&#8217;s to celebrate 50 years of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on Friday, Sept. 18 with an evening of big hits, minor hits, deep cuts, and deeper cuts from all corners of the Tom Petty canon: Petty with the HBs, Petty solo, Wilburys, and Mudcrutch. Do we even need to tell you how great this is going to be? &#160; &#160;Your friends in The Philadelphia Tom Petty Appreciation Band are: Pat Finnerty, Zach Miller, Mike Quinn, Justin Mazer, Luke Rinz, and Patrick Berkery.]]></description>
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                                <title>Chanpan</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/chanpan/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show CHANPAN autogratis North American Tour Chanpan&#8217;s music channels a sense of sleekness alongside playful improvisation and deliberate musical choices. There are the nods to the playfulness and vibrancy of PinkPantheress and NewJeans, though tinged with something jazzier and fluid, a willingness to freestyle that&#8217;s characteristic of a distinctly American ethos. And yet these are all disparate definitions, and calling something &#8220;everything&#8221; is only helpful when you have the piece that binds it all together. On Mott Street in New York&#8217;s Chinatown, a neighborhood that&#8217;s become a kind of home base for the many facets of their work, a vision began to crystallize.One day a few years ago, Grace Dumdaw and Lance and Matthew Tran went out busking downtown, something clicked, and Chanpan was born. A disillusionment with working in various political spaces early in their careers led to a pivot to alternative modes of expression and change. In seeking something more immediate and loose, they turned to music, freeing themselves from the expectation that every choice should have a literal meaning, even if said choices are deliberate and specific. Though the music is a means, it&#8217;s not a means to an end. SHEBAD]]></description>
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                                <title>the machine x Sassy 009</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/the-machine-x-sassy-009/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show the machine x SASSY 009]]></description>
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                                <title>WITCH</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/witch/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show WITCH A pioneering Zambian psychedelic act, W.I.T.C.H. (the name is an acronym, standing for We Intend to Cause Havoc) were one of the defining acts of Zamrock, a fusion of Western rock and rhythm &#38; blues with traditional African sounds. They were among Zambia's most popular and influential bands in the 1970s as a wave of psychedelic and hard rock gained an audience in Africa. A landlocked nation in the South of Africa, Zambia was formerly Northern Rhodesia until gaining its independence in 1964, and as Zambia established its own national identity, local musicians began embracing the progressive influences of artists such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Jimi Hendrix, as well as the forward-thinking soul and funk sounds of James Brown. RON GALLO &#8220;The world is fucked, but the universe is inside you&#8221; is the common thread between all 4 albums of Ron Gallo - human, songwriter, musician and general disruptor.&#160; His debut album &#8220;HEAVY META&#8221; described by NPR as &#8220;literate electricity&#8221; was released to widespread critical acclaim and world-wide touring, and an unlikely hit single in &#8220;Young Lady, You&#8217;re Scaring Me&#8221; which has amassed over 70 million streams.&#160; He has performed at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Governors Ball, Newport Folk Festival and Pukkelpop. His latest album &#8220;checkmate&#8221; (out now on legendary Kill Rock Stars) gets back to the basics of songs for voice and guitar with attention on what is left to hang on to in a world that is seemingly crumbling before our eyes. He began an ongoing song series on social media called &#8220;7AM Songs of Resistance for the Internet&#8221; that addresses current social and political issues daily, the project has resulted in 90+ songs and reached millions worldwide.&#160; In 2023 he also published his first book titled "SOCIAL METEOR".]]></description>
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                                <title>Tōth</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/t%c5%8dth/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show TŌTH Brooklyn-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tōth (Alex Toth of Rubblebucket) returns with his third album, And The Voice Said. Known for emotionally potent songwriting shot through with wit and humor, Tōth creates live shows that feel less like performances and more like communal gatherings &#8212; heart-on-sleeve, deeply felt, and open to everyone. His stage presence is magnetic, his banter delightfully unhinged, and his trumpet playing soulful and expressive. Co-produced by Grammy-nominated artist Caroline Rose and featuring Kimbra, And The Voice Said captures Tōth in full bloom as both a singer and visionary artist. ANNA MOSS Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Anna Moss hails from the verdant forests and lush limestone of the Ozarks; yet her musical personality oozes New Orleans, the artist&#8217;s adopted hometown for many years. Anna&#8217;s newfound brand of sultry stripped-down-soul is steeped in Southern R&#38;B, Americana, porch jazz; apocalyptic love songs, gritty hymns of humanity, abolition, and compassion busked to fruition in the historic French Quarter streets.]]></description>
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                                <title>Robert Lester Folsom</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/robert-lester-folsom-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show ROBERT LESTER FOLSOM Sunshine Only Sometimes: Archives Vol. 2, 1972&#8211;1975 continues Anthology Recordings&#8217; excavation, and exploration, of southern singer, songwriter, and psychedelic serviceman Robert Lester Folsom&#8217;s bountiful archives. Recorded across Georgia in various bedrooms, a barn, and a motel room with a reel-to-reel and a revolving cast of whip smart studio musicians in the first half of a dazed and confused decade, Sunshine Only Sometimes furthers Folsom&#8217;s place in the canon of long lost but eventually found independently spirited, high-flying American folk rock. LIZ COOPER The thing about finding yourself is there's always another corner to turn. The Vermont-based singer/songwriter Liz Cooper made her third album during a period of intense self-discovery and reinvention. She moved to New York for the first time, weathered a pandemic, came out to herself after falling in love with a friend, and experienced her first queer relationship and breakup, all in the course of a few years. New Day marks both a personal and a musical revolution for Cooper &#8211; a plunge into psychedelic pop depths and a fullhearted reflection of a whirlwind chapter in her life. These songs scintillate with the kind of self-confidence that only beams through after you've aimed a sharp gaze inward and realized that whatever you see will always keep darting ahead of you.]]></description>
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                                <title>Way Dynamic</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/way-dynamic/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* &#160; THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO MARCH 13, 2027 &#160; 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show WAY DYNAMIC Way Dynamic, the solo project of Melbourne&#8217;s Dylan Young, will soon release internationally Massive Shoe &#8211; a third album that&#8217;s playful and understated, luminous and textured. Massive Shoe is minimalist folk-pop, art rock and baroque pop, produced and largely played by Young, who moonlights in Melbourne&#8217;s beloved Cool Sounds and Good Morning and has played drums with Snowy Band and Kankawa Nagarra.It&#8217;s tempting to only compare these timeless songs to those of yesteryear, but there&#8217;s a sensibility, a turn of phrase, that feels deeply contemporary: it&#8217;s telling that Waxahatchee&#8217;s Katie Crutchfield described &#8220;Miffed It&#8221; as her &#8220;favourite song in a VERY long time&#8221;, and Katie and MJ Lenderman have both taken Way Dynamic on tour. At the same time, Sir Elton John said that he &#8220;just cannot stop listening&#8221; to &#8220;Ibiza&#8221;. Young&#8217;s songs don&#8217;t shy away from sentiment, or equally from silliness: on any given song he might evoke a cruisy trip through hell or earnestly lament a miscommunication. Whether the journey is to space or along the Seine, we&#8217;re very much along for the ride.]]></description>
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                                <title>Baby&#8217;s First Rodeo</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/babys-first-rodeo-8/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show BABY'S FIRST RODEO&#160; DYLAN EARL Born in Louisiana and naturalized by the Natural State, Dylan Earl seeks to understand himself by understanding others. His next album, &#8216;Level-Headed Even Smile&#8217; (2025), offers poignant nostalgia, land history, and a refreshingly progressive approach to country and western music. It is rife with his signature wry wit, irreverence, and an endearing desire to colour outside the lines. Earl is a welcome, original voice in the scene, finding favour in mainstream and alternative spaces alike as a loveable, alt-country hippie. &#160; OLIVIA ELLEN LLOYD Olivia Ellen Lloyd will try anything once. From flight attendant school in Dallas, to producing theater in New York, and teaching in Guatemala, Lloyd sought adventure but struggled to find a greater sense of purpose&#8211;&#8211;until she found her way back to music. Channeling that restless spirit, she writes songs that pay homage to her Appalachian roots while charting fresh territory.&#160;Olivia was named to Nashville Scene&#8217;s Country Music Almanac 2026: Artists To Watch, and Saving Country Music called her recent sophomore album, Do It Myself, &#8220;one of those albums that you measure all of the other albums against as the year unfolds." In the meantime, her debut album, Loose Cannon, has garnered over a million streams while Olivia has been busy touring, winning songwriting contests (Kerrville New Folk 2023; Songwriter Serenade 2024 Finalist), and generally eating life down to the rind.Heavily influenced by country, folk, and indie rock, Lloyd&#8217;s sound combines the traditional, rooted sounds of her West Virginia upbringing with the fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants exhilaration of her current life. She is inspired by the electric heartbeat of New York City, the peaceful quiet of her small hometown, and the rich moments of life on the road in between. &#160; DJ LOST GONZO]]></description>
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                                <title>Scoochie Boochie</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/scoochie-boochie/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show SCOOCHIE BOOCHIE Scoochie Boochie was born from a volcano, and now he&#8217;s the best rapper in the United States. &#160;In celebration of the release of his sixth album: The Drinking Fountain of Youth, he is embarking on a tour around North America, debuting brand new songs alongside viral hits like &#8220;I Have Sex&#8221; and &#8220;Car Butt&#8221;.Scoochie Boochie's music sits at the intersection of rap, comedy, and lore. &#160;Cinematic skits connect the songs, weaving a story across multiple albums full of sharp wordplay and oddball premises.After 10 years grinding in the comedy scenes of Grand Rapids, MI and Chicago, the eruption finally began in January of 2025, when music videos for Car Butt, I Have Sex, and several other songs went viral, opening the floodgates for 400,000+ new fans who have discovered the rest of his catalog is also fire, and that he's shockingly good live. GROOVEBOX VIP TICKET INCLUDES: -Early entry (This takes place 1hr before GA doors) -Meet and Greet/Photo Op&#160; -Bring a small handheld item from home for&#160;Scoochie&#160;Boochie&#160;to sign! (VIPs can&#160;bring one (legal, safe) object for&#160;Scoochie&#160;to sign. Just make sure it's&#160;something that complies with the venue's&#160;rules so it doesn't get confiscated - no merch provided)&#160;]]></description>
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                                <title>Mo Lowda &amp; the Humble</title>
                                <eventupdate>3 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/mo-lowda-the-humble/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show MO LOWDA &#38; THE HUMBLE Mo Lowda &#38; the Humble is a 4-piece, alternative rock band from Philadelphia, PA. NOAH RICHARDSON Noah Richardson is an alt singer-songwriter making waves all the way from his funeral home basement in Philadelphia. With his recent track &#8216;Tangerine&#8217; reaching Top 10 in US, UK, and Canada viral charts,Richardson surpassed over 650,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. With a magnetic energy that can't be ignored, his music and artistry has caught the attention of everyone from, NBC's "The Voice" to Unclear Magazine's "Next Artist to Watch," and American Idol. Recognized by esteemed labels across the world,Richardson continues to solidify himself as a rising star in the alt-pop scene.From humble beginnings as a street performer in Philly, Richardson's meteoric rise has taken him from playing for small crowds to audiences of over 15,000 people in just under a year. Following a successful few tours along the East Coast, Richardson has plans to embark on another tour this year, providing fans with many new releases. CLOVER STIEVE Clover Stieve ("Stee-vee") is a singer-songwriter from Frenchtown, NJ blending the genres of folk, pop, and soul. She released her debut EP, Atlas, (recorded at Electric Lady Studios) in May 2025, and her first LP, Born to Live, is set for release Sept. 2026.]]></description>
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                                <title>Bebe Stockwell</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/bebe-stockwell/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show BEBE STOCKWELL Bebe Stockwell, the Boston-born singer, songwriter, and performer crafts folk anthemspunctuated by an unapologetically and unfiltered Gen-Z perspective. Her life began inthe neighborhood of Beacon Hill where she took piano, drum, and guitar lessons, andpenning songs of her own served as an outlet as a kid. While attending the Clive DavisInstitute of Recorded Music at New York University, she continued to write and record.She eventually caught the attention of GRAMMY&#174; Award-winning producer M-Phazesand together they collaborated on her 2022 breakout &#8220;Love Me Back,&#8221; which to date hasamassed north of 7 million Spotify streams. &#8220;Love Me Back&#8221; paved the way for moremusic, including &#8220;Robbie,&#8221; &#8220;Frosty,&#8221; and &#8220;Helium,&#8221; as well as while along the way, sheshared stages with the likes of Claire Rosinkranz, Stephen Sanchez, Rachel Chinouriri,and M. Ward in addition to gracing the bills of Newport Folk Festival and Boston Calling.&#160;In 2024, the songstress inked a deal with Columbia Records and she released herdebut EP, Driving Backwards, to much acclaim in May 2025. GABRIELLE HOPE Gabrielle Hope is not your average 20-year-old singer-songwriter. Raised in Tennessee as one of 10 kids and now based in Virginia&#8217;s Shenandoah Valley, Hope eschewed college due to its high cost and turned towards the world of shape note singing in search of community. Practiced for centuries, shape note singing allows for easier sight reading because the practitioners start with syllables (fa, sol, la, mi, etc.) and add in lyrics later. Particularly in Appalachia and the South, oftentimes in churches, large groups still come together to learn four-part harmonies and honor this sacred tradition. Hope, who grew up singing in church choirs, fell in love with the scene despite the fact that most of her collaborators are senior citizens. &#8220;I adore old people,&#8221;she says, recalling banjo sessions with her friend Miss Rose at a retirement home. &#8220;She can&#8217;t play anymore, but I&#8217;ll go and play for her because she still wants to hear it.]]></description>
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                                <title>Groove For Good &#8211; Lutheran Settlement House Fundraiser</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/groove-for-good-lutheran-settlement-house-fundraiser/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* + From 6-9PM DJ Sweat Daddy will be spinning w/ light bites provided by the JB's kitchen&#160;+ &#160; Support Lutheran Settlement House and dance away domestic violence! Show off your best moves on the dance floor while supporting the strength of survivors - Join us and Groove for Good! &#160; For nearly 125 years, Lutheran Settlement House has provided a wide range of critical social services to Philadelphia. During times of crisis and transition, we offer safety, community, compassion, and hope.]]></description>
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                                <title>Be Your Own Pet</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/be-your-own-pet/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show BE YOUR OWN PET When the four members of Be Your Own Pet stepped into a practice space in December, 2021,it had been more than a decade since they&#8217;d all been in the same room. The quartet had lastbeen together in London&#8217;s Heathrow airport, having just played to sold out rooms across the UK.&#160;Their trajectory had been fast&#8212;in the span of two years and starting when they were just 16,BYOP released two albums (via Thurston Moore&#8217;s Ecstatic Peace in the US and XL Recordingsin the UK), found themselves magazine cover stars, and played to ravenous crowds around theworld. But the flame might have burned too quickly and they decided to call it quits.The quartet had been living in a pressure cooker&#8212;both to put on wild performances every nightand to keep up with the wild party lifestyle expected to come with their records. &#8220;You give abunch of teenagers some money and tell them to go on tour forever? It's probably not thehealthiest thing,&#8221; guitarist Jonas Stein says. &#8220;I just felt like I could not maintain a healthy emotional status and craved stability.&#8221; Vocalist Jemina Pearl was facing her own layer of stress as the focal point of constant judgment and attention singing at the center of the stage&#8212;not to mention as the only woman in the group. &#8220;We were all under 21 and were partying our asses off all the time,&#8221; she says. &#8220;And I think people had this expectation that the Be Your Own Pet show was gonna be crazy. We needed to be that spectacle every single night, and it was a lot for us to take on.&#8221;2023 finds Be Your Own Pet not only back with a new album, but stronger than ever before. Due August 25, Mommy bolsters the group&#8217;s patented garage punk ferocity with matured songwriting, inspired musicianship, and a fervor to claim their space and define their future. &#8220;I&#8217;m not your victim, I&#8217;m my own person/ I&#8217;m not some casualty, I set myself free,&#8221; Pearl roars on lead single &#8220;Hand Grenade&#8221;, propelled forward by a burst of guitar shrapnel from Stein and a time-bomb rhythm section courtesy of Vasquez and Eatherly. Born during the group&#8217;s first day of writing, the track is both a vicious rebuke of the sexism and abuse that pervades the music world and a steely refusal to be defined by it. &#8220;That song&#8217;s one of my little babies,&#8221; Pearl says. &#8220;By telling our stories and sharing our truth, we can gain power back from a situation where we felt powerless.&#8221; FARMER'S WIFE There is an intersection of dark fairy tales and anguished love, technological nightmares and horror show romance. Brooding squarely within that crossroads sits Austin&#8217;s Farmer&#8217;s Wife. Pulling from 90&#8217;s dirge rock, 60&#8217;s psych and occasionally 80&#8217;s nonchalance, their songs are reminiscent of classic early records from Smashing Pumpkins, Slowdive, and Hole as well as the pained imagery of 2000&#8217;s emo pioneers. &#160;Songs as powerful as they are frail, as ethereal as they are stark. EMPATH Empath gently transports you on the wings of infinity to the realm of Angels]]></description>
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                                <title>DICE</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/dice-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show DICE It&#8217;s been said that young people don&#8217;t know how to communicate anymore. DICE exists to respond to that idea.Comprising of Ben Hodge, Tom King, Regan Beazley, and Sam Barrett-Lennard, the Perth-based four-piece makes music for authentic connection. For movement, for feeling, and for being present.These are songs that push you to run outside and be a kid again, to fall in love, dance in your kitchen, take a spontaneous trip with mates, or lie in the grass doing nothing at all.This mission has resonated far beyond their Western Australian roots. Since the 2024 release of their ARIA-charting debut album Midnight Zoo, DICE has transformed from local indie-rock darlings into a high-velocity global export. Following the critical acclaim of their debut, the band spent 2025 cementing their status as a premier live act, turning the pressures of early adulthood into bright, liberating anthems for sold-out crowds in London, New York, Toronto, Amsterdam, and Sydney.Having maintained a position on triple j&#8217;s Most Played Artists list for three consecutive years, DICE continues to build momentum with an unwavering life&#8217;s too short philosophy. The band entered 2026 with the release of &#8216;COOLER&#8217;, a track that quickly became a cornerstone of their evolution.Premiering on triple j and soaring straight into high rotation, the single&#8212;produced by Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, The White Stripes), was hailed by critics as a sophisticated refinement of their sound.Now, the momentum shifts toward their next chapter. On May 15, DICE return with &#8216;Loose Change&#8217; ,a high-octane anthem for the risk-takers. Born from a 2023 voice note and refined in LA during a writing session with G Flip and Aidan Hogg, the track was brought to life at Hollywood&#8217;s legendary EastWest Studios. While the band continues to explore sophisticated new sonic DNA,&#8216;LooseChange&#8217; leans into the raw, sun-drenched energy of fan-favorites like &#8216;Double Espresso&#8217; and &#8216;Stop Sign&#8217;. It is a euphoric reminder that taking the leap is always worth the view, a sentiment the band lived firsthand while navigating the grit required to reach this global milestone. FAI LACI &#8220;What can we do to get people off their fucking phones?&#8221; exclaims founder and frontman Luke Faillaci, explaining the mission behind Fai Laci, the band he founded and fronts. &#8220;And how can we give them something real and make them have a great time? That&#8217;s the most important thing we can do: Just communicate with our followers and let them know they fucking rule!&#8221; The Boston quintet &#8212; which also includes guitarists Anthony Cervone and Michael &#8220;Goldie&#8221; Goldblatt, bassist Cal Hamandi, and drummer Zack Putnam &#8212; have already amassed a grassroots fanbase thanks to their energetic, wildly cathartic live shows around the Northeast. They&#8217;ve seen a community coalesce around their inspired rock songs, with a quarter-million monthly followers and millions of streams despite, until recently, having no label, no publicist, and no manager. They&#8217;re proof that good tunes can still find their audience, and they&#8217;re working hard to bring others into the fold. &#8220;We&#8217;ve always been making music for ourselves, and we&#8217;re going to hold ourselves to that, because we know other people will want to hear it, too.&#8221;]]></description>
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                                <title>Squirrel Flower</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/squirrel-flower/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show SQUIRREL FLOWER Fly off the handle bohemiennes~ the Squirrel Flower Express is coming your way. Ella Williams returns for her first full band headlining tour in 2 years!! DARI BAY Led by Burlington, Vermont-based musician Zachary James, Dari Bay is the result of a twisted home recording project gone horribly right. His eccentric lo-fi sound evolved into more grounded (if still slightly surreal) expressions by the time of Longest Day of the Year, a 2023 album that found Dari Bay&#8217;s experimental spirit folding into deceptively neutral, unassuming tunes. Double Double Whammy is pleased to be teaming up with Dari Bay, beginning with the expanded reissue of Longest Day of the Year (Originally a self-released and minimally distributed affair) in 2026."I remember working on this album and thinking it was a big vibe shift from other music I had made previously, and being excited by that,&#8221; James reflects. &#8220;After the release we were able to do some real fun scrappy touring and met a bunch of good people in the process. It hasn&#8217;t been very long since Longest Day was released but a fair amount has changed, maybe partially thanks to the album? With the reissue it&#8217;s a cool opportunity to extend the party a bit. On the album there&#8217;s a theme of staying at a party too long so it&#8217;s kinda perfect.&#8221;The more time passes, it becomes clearer that the party in question exists on a timeline of its own. There&#8217;s both ageless comfort and time-bending confusion in the sunset-colored guitar tones of album opener &#8220;Wait For You,&#8221; and in the unfussy amble of &#8220;Same Old Bumpy Road.&#8221; Hints of recognizable &#8216;90s alt rock achiness or twangy slowcore show up here and there, but closer listening reveals how winding and non-linear these seemingly stripped-down songs actually are. &#8220;Shy of a Nurse&#8221; wraps its heart-rending hooks in a tangle of feedback, and &#8220;Walk On Down&#8221; wanders through a lonely dust storm of jangling acoustic guitars and graceful vocal harmonies before opening up into an unexpected clearing of bells and key-changing countermelodies. This reissue includes the addition of one previously unreleased track, &#8220;Interstate.&#8221; Recorded before the sessions for LDotY, &#8220;Interstate&#8221; represents evidence of the transition from Dari Bay&#8217;s earlier, noisier material into the more fine-tuned songcraft of the album.James says, "&#8217;Interstate&#8217; is sort of a prototype for Longest Day Of The Year, I think it was one of my first attempts at writing pop-leaning music that felt somewhat successful. And lyrically I suppose it fits the theme of the album. It&#8217;s a love song that&#8217;s also a car song."&#160;The unpredictable twisting of guitar tones, lyrical phrases, and feeling itself puts Dari Bay in a lineage of idiosyncratic songwriters that reaches from Judee Sill and Alex Chilton through to Elliott Smith and Liz Phair, right up to present day boundary-bending contemporaries. The songs invite everyone in with a friendly smile, but make no promises as to where they&#8217;ll take us after that. Throughout Longest Day of the Year, James leans into listener expectations as often as he completely disregards them, ultimately finding a captivating equilibrium between the alien and the familiar.]]></description>
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                                <title>Fantastic Cat</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/fantastic-cat/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show FANTASTIC CAT Dubbed &#8220;the Harlem Globetrotters of Americana&#8221; by Rolling Stone and &#8220;The Wu-Tang Clan of folk rock&#8221; by The Village Voice, Fantastic Cat is, much like pornography, better seen than described. Featuring four widely lauded singer/songwriters who trade vocals and swap instruments on nearly every tune, the band emerged to broad critical acclaim with the release of their irreverent debut, The Very Best of Fantastic Cat, which earned the group their first national TV appearance, sold out headline dates around the US and Europe, a performance at the Sundance Film Festival, and a song in the Paramount+ series Tulsa King. Two years later, they followed it up with the similarly celebrated Now That&#8217;s What I Call Fantastic Cat, which featured an appearance from Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz, landed the band dates with Dawes and Lucius, and prompted WFUV to declare them &#8220;one of the best Americana and rock bands to tumble out of New York over the last few years.&#8221;Now, Fantastic Cat has defied the odds&#8212;and their therapists&#8217; strong urging&#8212;to return with their third and most-likely-to-prompt-a-lawsuit-from-the-Meat-Loaf-estate album yet, Cat Out Of Hell. Produced by the band and mixed by D. James Goodwin (Goose, Kevin Morby, The Hold Steady), the collection elevates Fantastic Cat&#8217;s trademark blend of craftsmanship and chaos to new sonic heights, capturing the freewheeling, lightning in a bottle energy of their must-see live show and channeling it into a ramshackle house party full of existential searchers, desperate romantics, and barstool philosophers.Individually, each member of Fantastic Cat boasts their own impressive resume including appearances everywhere from the New York Times and the Tiny Desk to Bonnaroo and Cayamo. NPR said Anthony D&#8217;Amato &#8220;sings and writes in the tradition of Bruce Springsteen or Josh Ritter.&#8221; Pitchfork called Brian Dunne&#8217;s new album &#8220;wise and poetic,&#8221; declaring that &#8220;every song sounds like his life depends on it.&#8221; Paste proclaimed Don DiLego's latest record a "stunner,&#8221; and Rolling Stone hailed Mike Montali&#8217;s band, Hollis Brown, as &#8220;the soundtrack for a late-night drive through the American heartland."Together, they form a four-headed songwriting Hydra (yes, we know the Hydra had nine heads, but this one has four, so just deal with it) that combines the lush harmonies of CSNY, the playful wit of The Traveling Wilburys, and the relentless interpersonal strife of the Eagles.]]></description>
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                                <title>ULTRA SUNN</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/ultra-sunn-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show ULTRA SUNN In the heart of Brussels, a city where centuries of history coexist with a restless underground pulse, ULTRA SUNN emerged as one of the most vital voices of the new darkwave generation. Formed in late 2019 by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Sam Huge and keyboardist/producer Gaelle Souflet, the duo quickly carved their own space between heritage and modernity, between the shadows of Belgium&#8217;s electronic legacy and the urgent lightof the present moment.From the very beginning, their story was charged with paradoxes. Sam came from classical arts and archaeology, Gaelle from fashion design, worlds far removed from club basements. Yet what united them was a vision: electronic music not just as entertainment, but as catharsis,as community, as resistance. When they released their debut single Keep Your Eyes Peeled in 2020, it was more than a track, it was a manifesto. A pulsating anthem of vigilance and resilience, it spread like wildfire, from underground dance floors to TikTok feeds, accumulating more than 40 million streams and echoing far beyond the city that birthed it.ULTRA SUNN&#8217;s sound draws from the DNA of the Sound of Belgium, the industrial rigor of EBM,the strangeness of New Beat, the nocturnal melancholy of Coldwave. Yet they refuse nostalgia. Instead, they distill these elements into sharp, modern anthems, carried by Sam&#8217;s commanding baritone voice and Gaelle&#8217;s hypnotic synth textures. Their music is both vulnerable and defiant, embedding themes of mental health, identity, and empowerment within luminous melodies and pounding beats. SOFT VEIN]]></description>
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                                <title>Spencer Krug</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/spencer-krug-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show SPENCER KRUG As the Canadian musician behind Sunset Rubdown and Moonface, co-frontman of Wolf Parade, songwriting member of Swan Lake, and keyboardist for Frog Eyes and Fifths of Seven, Spencer Krug has been a major player on over twenty-five releases within the past two decades. He currently resides on Vancouver Island, continues to play with Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown, runs his own label called Pronounced Kroog, and writes, releases and performs a prolific amount of music under his own name, showcasing a mix of new and old material on stage. LIZDELISE Lizdelise is a literal expression of abstract expression, sometimes expressed by one person, other times expressed by more than one person, never expressly expressed by one or more persons. The twist? The doctor was his mom the whole time.]]></description>
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                                <title>Francis of Delirium</title>
                                <eventupdate>4 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/francis-of-delirium-2/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM The epitome of a modern artist, Jana Bahrich does most things herself, no matter how painstaking - writing, producing, directing, designing and so on, going as far as to lose eyesight for a day after hand animating a video for a week straight. The daughter of Canadian teachers, she grew up moving around - born in Belgium, relocating to Switzerland then Canada before settling in Luxembourg. This wanderlust plus her mom constantly making art helped to foster an artistic curiosity in Jana from a young age as well as a passion for guitars, which accelerated in her mid teens - fueled by hours spent on YouTube watching music videos and live performances, scrollingReddit forums, and devouring music blogs, all in search of something new.Meeting and subsequently working with drummer and producer Chris Hewett - an American living in Luxembourg - led to Jana forming Francis of Delirium. Taking 90s US college rock influences and the majesty of Sufjan Stevens as the start point, her band are now known for euphoric music that breathes life into rock from a Gen Z perspective. Stereogum summed her up perfectly when saying "There&#8217;s a bit of Pixies and Snail Mail and The Beths in there, and maybe some Lomelda and Lucy Dacus and Built To Spill. You know, that really f*cking good sh*t.&#8221;Released as Jana was finishing up high school, her first single ('Quit Fucking Around') landed in2020. A brilliant introduction, it remains a raucous moment in her live show and is one of her most enduring songs. Shortly after it came out, she signed to artist-first indie Dalliance Recordings (Gia Margaret, HighSchool) and three EPs (All Change [2020], Wading [2021], The Funhouse [2022]) and a striking debut album (Lighthouse [2024]) on and Jana has Francis of Delirium flying - her confessional and honest songwriting strike a chord while raw, powerful guitars and surging drums add real bite, folding to softer moments and harmonic payoffs when need be.]]></description>
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                                <title>Bedouine</title>
                                <eventupdate>5 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/bedouine/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show BEDOUINE As a child, if you&#8217;re lucky, summer afternoons stretch out like a yawn, pool waves are as warm and engulfing as a blanket, the safety of your mother&#8217;s arms feels endless. On her new album, Neon Summer Skin, Bedouine, the project of Azniv Korkejian, explores this feeling of safety long before one can fully understand the concept. Written with vivid, honest and intimate imagery after visiting her family in Saudi Arabia, it tells the story of family and upbringing, and mourns the end of her childhood. There is a singular resonance and newfound heft in this music previously unheard in Bedouine&#8217;s discography.Bedouine is known for making gentle, lilting folk songs that build fingerpicked guitar melodies into tsunamis of emotion. Her masterful songwriting and timeless melodies have earned her praise from publications like Pitchfork, who said her music &#8220;boasts a surreal calm and lived in glow,&#8221; and Rolling Stone, who lauded her &#8220;humble folk-pop brilliance,&#8221; plus an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, and tours with the likes of Fleet Foxes and Father John Misty. OTHER DELIGHTS Other Delights. Ferncore. Easy glistening. Screwtop exotica. Cocobilly. A band with suchremarkable cross-genre fluency that no single descriptor captures their essence, and newterminologies emerge.Other Delights was forged in Los Angeles in 2024 by drummer and producer Robin MacMillan,singer-songwriter Adron, bassist Aaron Olson ( LA Takedown, Musical Tracing Ensemble) and Andrew Dorsett (Lake, Tucker Zimmerman) on keys. All shared passions for dollar-bin lounge,'60s Euro cinema soundtracks, bubblegum psychedelia and Tropic&#225;lia. Shaking off thehangover of recent cynic-donimated decades where "extra" is a pejorative, Other Delights gobananas - Adron's vocals frequently soar into operatic ranges. MacMillan's blocks and bellsconjure wild, hallucinatory, even cartoonish spaces. Olson's harmonica serves hammy andheartfelt in equal measure. Dorsett's keys sweep and sparkle in exquisite melodrama. "Yes,and," indeed.]]></description>
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                                <title>Rocketship</title>
                                <eventupdate>5 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/rocketship/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM &#8211; Doors8 PM &#8211; Show ROCKETSHIP Some of the best records are those that transcend the usual parameters of music to create worlds of their own. When it&#8217;s clear that what you&#8217;re listening to isn&#8217;t just a collection of that year&#8217;s songs, but a deeply thought-out, architected space where ideas clash, converse, interlock; these are the albums that end up lasting well beyond their era, changing with us, and revealing new surprises every time we return to them. One of the clearest examples of an album that crafts a strange and beautiful world not quite like any other is Rocketship&#8217;s 1996 full-length debut A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness. Even upon arrival, this was an experience unto itself, and 30 years later, these eight songs of bittersweet bliss still feel new. Slumberland is delighted to release a 30th Anniversary edition of this instant classic, making it readily available on vinyl and CD once again after years of unavailability and collector demand.Rocketship came into focus in the early &#8216;90s, incubating through a series of demos and early 7&#8221;s into their fully-realized album. The continuum of sounds that made up A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness were recorded at home by bandleader and vocalist/songwriter Dusty Reske with help from members of the early lineup. While they sometimes melt into one another, each of the eight songs goes somewhere a little different. The bright, jangling guitars, zooming tempo, and co-ed vocals of brilliant opener &#8220;I Love You Like the Way That I Used to Do&#8221; blurs mod energy into something dreamier, practically blueprinting the next decade of indie pop in the process. The atmospheric weather patterns of &#8220;Heather, Tell Me Why&#8221; drift between melancholic acoustic guitars and gusts of overwhelming noise. It&#8217;s baroque pop from another solar system, but it doesn&#8217;t feel jarring when the bass-forward slow down of &#8220;Let&#8217;s Go Away&#8221; follows, or bounding fits of fuzzy enthusiasm like &#8220;Carrie Cooksey&#8221; enter the picture. The songs cautiously orbit each other, all glued together by that interplanetary all-tube M2 Hammond organ, loud in the mix. This was an album of unrepentantly vulnerable melodies, unusual seventh chords, lingering ambient interludes, and soft sentiments in a time when unfriendly, self-conscious punk rock was the order of the day. Even in the considerably gentler environs of the U.S. indie pop scene of the time, these were bold moves. LIGHTHEADED Lightheaded are, simply, a great pop group. Their songs are full of melody and harmony, are bittersweet and memorable, familiar yet original. The Jersey based jangle pop softies make songs that call on the unsatisfied tunefulness of classic indie pop and college rock, as well as tapping into the idealistic daydreaming of '60s chamber pop. They signed on with Slumberland Records for the release of their proper debut album, 2024's Combustible Gems, then added UK based Skep Wax to their list of sponsors for the thoughtful, reverb-bathed follow-up, 2025's Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming.]]></description>
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                                <title>Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers</title>
                                <eventupdate>5 months ago</eventupdate>
                                <link>https://johnnybrendas.com/event/teen-jesus-and-the-jean-teasers/johnny-brendas/philadelphia-pennsylvania/</link>
                                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 8 PM &#8211; Doors9 PM &#8211; Show TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS IN NORTH AMERICA&#160; ARIA Award-winning indie-rock four piece Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - Anna Ryan (they/she; vocals/guitar), Scarlett McKahey (she/her; guitar/vocals), Jaida Stephenson (she/her; bass) and Neve van Boxsel (she/her; drums) - have gone from strength to strength since the release of their debut EP Pretty Good For A Girl Band (2022), with its lead single &#8216;Girl Sports&#8217; landing at #55 on the triple j Hottest 100. Their debut album I Love You (2023) landed at #6 on the ARIA Charts, placed at #52 on the Hottest 100 (&#8216;I Used To Be Fun&#8217;), with its deluxe I Love You Too (2024) featuring new singles &#8216;Dull&#8217; ft. Softcult and &#8216;Please Me&#8217; ft. The Linda Lindas - the former landing at #187 in triple j&#8217;s Hottest 200 this year.&#160;They have just announced their second album GLORY - which was produced with 3x GRAMMY Award-winning, London-based Catherine Marks (boygenius&#8217; The Record, Wolf Alice) and features the singles &#8216;BALCONY&#8217;, &#8216;UNSCARRED&#8217;, and latest single 'MOTHER' - will be released November 7, 2025 (Community Music)Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers have raked in a slew of accolades including nominations and wins at the ARIA Awards, J Awards, APRA Awards, Rolling Stone Awards, AIR Awards and Music ACT Awards, being named one of Spotify&#8217;s Artists To Watch, and being hand-picked to open for legendary international heavyweights Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam in Australia and the US.&#160;Now based across Ngunnawal/Canberra, and Naarm/Melbourne, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers are just as concerned about issues facing today&#8217;s women, non-binary people and young people everywhere as they are with making music that continues to push boundaries and expectations. They are ambassadors for Green Music&#8217;s No Music on a Dead Planet, played Rising Tide on Parliament House steps, contributed to the Parliament inquiry into challenges and opportunities within the Australian live music industry and are firm supporters of Michael&#8217;s Rule. This is a band never to be pigeonholed, and definitely never underestimated.&#160;]]></description>
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