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Blondshell / Daffo (Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, June 21, 2025) DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: June 21, 2025] Blondshell / Daffo

I really like Blondshell.  I saw her do a Free at Noon, but I couldn’t make her show that night at PhilaMOCA.  Good for her that her next Philly show was at Union Transfer. I was really looking forward to this show.  I had gotten my daughter a ticket because I thought she’d enjoy it and she likes Daffo.  But the night of she was really busy so we both wound up staying home.

We saw Daffo open for Sir Chloe and really enjoyed her set.  At the end of the night my daughter bought a shirt from her and chatted with her.  I was sure she’d want to see her again, but I guess not.

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Liz Phair / Blondshell (Franklin Music Hall, Philadelphia, PA, November 22 2023) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: November 22, 2023] Liz Phair / Blondshell

I guess it was 30 years ago that I really got into Liz Phair.  I loved Exile in Guyville.  And the two follow-ups.

Then she went away for a while and came back as a sell out.  Which she has admitted.  I used to care about things like that, and I never listened to her again, frankly.

I’m somewhat curious about hearing the Guyville songs live.  But I haven’t listened to the record in years either, so it’s like a rock that’s not worth digging up.  Plus it would be weird seeing her in a relatively large space like Franklin Music Hall.

I would love to see Blondshell again, having seen her at a Free at Noon.  But I’d much rather see her a sa headliner.  I’m sure that will happen next year.

 

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Blondshell / Hello Mary (PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA, July 21, 2023) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: April 21, 2023] Blondshell / Hello Mary

Blondshell is a new buzz band.  The creation of Sabrina Teitelbaum, who had been making pop music as BAUM, she debuted Blondshell right around the pandemic.

I’ve liked what I heard from her so far and I was looking forward to seeing her at PhilaMOCA before she really took off in the next year or so.  She’s got that retro 90s female singer thing that I likes so much down perfectly.

I’m a little bummed that the non-musical event that I really want to go to is the same night.  As I’ll never see her again at such a small intimate show.

I’m actually more bummed that I’m missing opener Hello Mary who I like even more.

The New York trio’s self-titled full-length debut, out March 3, is a blast of distorted chords, sunny harmonies, and all-consuming angst that will renew your faith in the hopelessly dated and/or timelessly classic sounds of alternative rock. Hello Mary is an instant contender for 2023’s most bracing entrance to the stage, sharp and self-assured. Oh yeah, and the band’s two founders — singer-guitarist Helena Straight and bass player Mikaela Oppenheimer, both 18 — just graduated from high school this summer.

I have since listened to the album and I love it.  I sure hope they tour soon, maybe as a headliner.

 

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Blondshell: Free at Noon (World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA, July 21, 2023)

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[ATTENDED: July 21, 2023] Blondshell

Blondshell is a new band created by Sabrina Teitelbaum.  She has recorded music under BAUM, but wanted to go in a different direction and so created Blondshell (great name).

I’d heard a couple of songs by her and she was generating a lot of buzz.  I bought a ticket to see her (and Hello, Mary, another young band I like a lot) at PhilaMOCA.  The show sold out soon after.

And then I got invited to a party for my friend’s son. I gladly blew of the show to go to the party.  But when it was announced that Blondshell would do the Free at Noon this week, I immediately grabbed a ticket.

The band played eight songs.  I really enjoyed their guitarist playing some really noisy guitar solos especially at the end of “Veronica Mars.”

The song I know and really like is “Joiner” which sounded great.

And I was impressed that Sabrina sings mostly in a kind of low dirgey style but  that she can really belt out when it’s time for it.  She has some really strong pipes. (more…)

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