Listen to Speedy Ortiz’s first song from their first album via NPR’s All Songs Considered.

They not ready.

Click here to check it out.

Thanks to Pirate Press for including this bad boy on their RECORD OF THE WEEK blog. 

“This ‘Cyan Blue’ / ‘Piss Yellow’ half-n-half vinyl is outta control! INFLATED RECORDS and Speedy Ortiz killed it with this one…”

“KA-PROW!” B/W “HEXXY” COMES OUT TOMORROW. We’re packing up pre-orders as I type this and you’ll be able to download the mp3s on the bandcamp at midnight EST. 

DIGITAL HERE - http://inflatedrecords.bandcamp.com

VINYL HERE - http://inflatedrecords.bigcartel.com

ALSO

julia selinger from ad hoc posted a nice write up last fri.

pretty much amazing posted about “hexxy” today as well.

amanda hatfield took some shots at wbar-b-q that made us wish we were back in college. 

this interview with “the new myspace” kind of rules. sweet photoshop skills, new myspace.

“Two swift drum beats, then Speedy Ortiz don’t fuck around getting close up and dirty on the b-side to their forthcoming single, “Ka-Prow”, where singer Sadie Dupuis sings of bugs and beasts and roots crawling all over one another in a messy fight for vital resources; she shirks domestic responsibilities, quarrels with guilt, and confronts traitors in a gimlet-eyed, taunting tone that seems to say, “Just try me.” “Hexxy” and “Ka-Prow” are among Speedy Ortiz’s earliest-written songs, but they seem to have been hidden in reserve, providing an unexpectedly heavy gut-punch that doesn’t make concessions to jauntiness like their Sports EP did; the low rumble here (and on their forthcoming full-length) shares a lot of dank, ominous territory with Slint, the vocal attitude with the Breeders circa the Safari EP, and the chorus sounds like it could rip through asphalt without too much bother.”

Lots of Speedy news to catch up on…

- “Hexxy” premiered on Stereogum earlier today and they said nice things - “…now with their new single they’ve moved up to being one of the best and most exciting upcoming bands of 2013, period.” 

- The single doesn’t come out until next Tuesday (4/30), but you can snag a copy at the record release show this Saturday. 

- They signed to Carpark Records (Toro Y Moi, Cloud Nothings) for the release of their debut full length, Major Arcana, which is due out on 7/9. 

If you think the tracks from the single are cool, then you have really good taste, congrats. Now start mentally preparing yourself for the 9th of July because you haven’t heard anything yet.

allstonpudding:

The events that unfolded on Monday left us at a loss for reaction. There was no way we could spin the situation to make sense of it, and we knew we weren’t alone. As we searched for ways to possibly help, turning to the Boston music scene was a no brainer… [READ THE REST, AND DOWNLOAD THE MIX TO DONATE]

sippycupeverything:

Greetings from The Krill/Squarehead Merger. Photo taken by yours truly at appx. 9pm on March 30th, 2013 at The Vault in Burlington, Vermont.

So, there’s a new Krill album - recorded by Julian & Carlos from Ava Luna - which you can pre-order in the form of a “USB drive embedded in a ball of mozzarella cheese.” We’re fairly certain that all music will be consumed this way in the future and might have to steal this idea moving fwd. Listen to the first single “Never A Joke” here.

KRILL FOREVER

TO: Santa, FROM: Satan

The premiere of Speedy’s new vid for “Ka-Prow!”

Featured on…

Noisey - http://noisey.vice.com/blog/watch-ka-prow-the-new-video-by-speedy-ortiz

and

Stereogum - http://stereogum.com/1324961/speedy-ortiz-ka-prow-video/video/

Nirvana? Who?