Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt Speedy Ortiz @ 4Knots 2014 Modern Life Is War recently announced two club dates to happen this summer at Philly's First Unitarian Church on 8/29 and NYC's Bowery Ballroom on 8/30. Since we last spoke,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Dinosaur Jr. / Mac DeMarco @ 2014 4 Knots Music Fest NYC's free, all-ages 4Knots Music Festival went down across two stages at the South Street Seaport. On the main stage (Pier 16), Radkey kicked things... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Dinosaur Jr at MHOW in May (more by Caroline Harrison) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Dinosaur Jr., Those Darlins, Speedy Ortiz, Nude Beach, Radkey, Viet Cong, Juan... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Speedy Ortiz at Brooklyn Night Bazaar in February (more by Ebru Yildiz) The next single in the Adult Swim Singles series is a new one from Speedy Ortiz, "Bigger Party." It's a good one, with singer Sadie... more info

Stereogum — Thus far this summer, most of the songs in the Adult Swim Singles Series have been big, ominous, carefully sculpted things. These are not things you could say about “Bigger Party,” Speedy Ortiz’s contribution to the series. Instead, it’s a fr... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Yesterday we mentioned that Ex Hex and Speedy Ortiz had scheduled some shows together, and it was since announced that it's a full tour happening this fall. The tour brings the two bands to NYC on November 1 at... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ex Hex / Speedy Ortiz at BV-SXSW 2014 (more by Tim Griffin) Two great current indie rock bands, Speedy Ortiz (who owe a lot to the '90s) and Ex Hex (whose members were in some classic '90s bands), have shared... more info

Stereogum — Ovlov announced today that they have broken up. The Connecticut band were one of the key groups on Exploding In Sound, the label that’s helped introduce us to bands like Krill, Speedy Ortiz and Two Inch Astronaut. Last month we premiered what now a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — If you go to shows in and around NYC, you may have seen local garage rockers Heeney on a bill. (Like maybe with Greys, Speedy Ortiz, or Jeffrey Lewis.) Not to mention they're pals with Titus Andronicus (whose drummer... more info