The Key » Sore Saints http://thekey.xpn.org Discover Philly's Best Local Music Sun, 19 May 2013 21:00:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Copyright WXPN, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Download “Silver Spring” by Speedy Ortiz (playing Kung Fu Necktie on 1/1) http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/12/27/download-silver-spring-by-speedy-ortiz-playing-kung-fu-necktie-on-11/ http://thekey.xpn.org/2012/12/27/download-silver-spring-by-speedy-ortiz-playing-kung-fu-necktie-on-11/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:22:57 +0000 Julie Miller http://thekey.xpn.org/?p=62927 If you were at Space 1026 a few weeks ago to see Thurston Moore & John Moloney (yes, that night) perhaps you caught Massachusetts outfit Speedy Ortiz as well.  The math-y grunge rock band released their Sports EP on Exploding in Sound Records in June and is offering up “Silver Spring” as a free sample.  While Speedy Ortiz has certainly quilted together their own sound with boulder-sized guitar riffs and front-woman Sadie Dupuis’ sweetly aggressive vocals, “Silver Spring” nods heavily and happily in the direction of Thurston Moore (“Queen Bee and Her Pals” comes to mind) and 90s art-rock (that infectious, angular hook).  Speedy Ortiz returns to Philly for a show with Roomrunner and Sore Saints at Kung Fu Necktie on Tuesday, January 1st.  Tickets and information for the 21+ show can be found here.  Below, stream and download “Silver Spring.”

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