Stereogum — Carpark Records is about to celebrate its 16th anniversary with the release of a basketball-themed 12″ picture disc compilation called Sweet Sixteen. The record includes new songs from people like Memory Tapes, Dog Bite, and Montag, as well as lock... more info

Stereogum — In the video for “Raising The Skate,” the great single from their new album Foil Deer, the members of the whipsmart Massachusetts DIY band Speedy Ortiz spend the night in a haunted house, and things don’t go so well for most of them. Like the b... more info

Stereogum — Sadie Dupuis is the latest famous musician to annotate her songs on Genius, joining the likes of Rick Rubin, The-Dream, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, and Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath. The Speedy Ortiz leader shared insights about numerous songs, includ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Courtney Barnett, Speedy Ortiz and Torres show at Terminal 5 go on BrooklynVegan presale today at noon. Password = CBBV. If you miss out on getting tickets in the BV presale, you'll have another chance in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Courtney Barnett at SXSW 2015 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) Courtney Barnett's tour in support of her great new album will have her in NYC for three sold-out shows at Bowery Ballroom in May, and now... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Mitski at Bowery Ballroom - 4/25/15 (via Sarah Madges) Mitski wrapped up her run supporting Speedy Ortiz over the weekend, hitting NYC at the sold-out Bowery Ballroom on Saturday (4/25). Judging by the huge cheers Mitski... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Speedy Ortiz at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Speedy Ortiz, Mitski, Krill @ Bowery Ballroom Speedy Ortiz's new album, Foil... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dinosaur Jr producer Justin Pizzoferrato has been the go-to guy for younger bands who want to get a similar aesthetic to Dino's '80s/'90s indie rock, like Speedy Ortiz, California X, Blessed State, Placeholder and more. One of the newest... more info

Stereogum — Speedy Ortiz’s sophomore album Foil Deer dropped today, and in honor of its release the band has presented the video for its second single “The Graduates.” Matthew Caron directs as Sadie Dupuis encourages her bandmates to drop googly eye tabs c... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Shervin Lainez This new record was written after almost a year of constant touring with Speedy. We would meet girls at our shows who would talk to us about being inspired to start bands because... more info