I Just Read About That…

[DID NOT ATTEND: January 24, 2025] Porridge Radio / Sluice

I heard about Porridge Radio from NPR back in 2020.  They are exactly the kind of weirdo post-punk British band that I love and would never hear anywhere on the radio.

Singer Dana Margolin is more of a talker than a singer.  Her accent is thick and her intensity is palpable.  The band mixes melody and noise in an unexpected way.  And of course there’s “the growing legend of their intense live shows.”

I wasn’t able to see them the last time they came to Philly.   And tonight’s show was the same night as the Guster show!  The worst part was that they were playing literally upstairs from where we were.   The same thing happened the last time we saw Guster at The Fillmore, when Dilly Dally played upstairs (but I was able to catch one song from them).

This is also apparently the last tour that Porridge Radio is going to do, so I’m especially bummed to have missed it (although Guster was awesome).

Sluice is the stage name of American indie rock musician Justin Edward Morris.  He plays a kind of indie folk which isn’t quite as odd as Porridge Radio, but was probably a good opener.