Lackluster performance from a less-than-Speedy Ortiz
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Though Speedy Ortiz’s band name implies experience, the pacing of one of the band’s concert at Cafe du Nord suggested otherwise.
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Speedy Ortiz talks the Simpsons and playing in space at Pitchfork Festival 2014
Within the span of a couple of years, Speedy Ortiz progressed from playing shows at frat house basements on the East Coast to touring with Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus. Although the rock quartet from Massachusetts, made up of Sadie Dupuis, Darl Ferm, Mike Falcone and Devin McKnight, isn’t officially touring anymore,
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Indie music takes over Windy City at Pitchfork Music Festival
Say what you will about Pitchfork and its fanbase, but it does know how to run a music festival. Sure, every fifth person at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago’s Union Park was wearing cutoff jeans, every 10th person was smoking a cigarette, and almost everyone was white. Cups of craft
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Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks give solid performance at Slim’s
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks do not have the vibe of a headliner. Performing at Slim’s this past Thursday, their two hour set felt like the soothing, free-spirited closer to the opening band Speedy Ortiz, whose sloppy, loud, energetic style overtook the crowd early on. While both bands are heavily
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