Well, Speedy Ortiz continue to dominate guitars, hearts, and newslines. The Northampton foursome, with new guitarist (Grass is Green’s Devin McKnight) now in tow, just released a video for Real Hair EP standout “American Horror”, and also provided this month’s ROOKIE theme song, a cover of little-known ’70s German folk-singer Sibylle Baier’s “Lost Something in the Hills”. They are prolific, aren’t they? The band also just announced a fall tour with Mary Timony’s new band, Ex Hex, and, still, this is all coming on the heels of their Adult Swim single, “Bigger Party”. The cover is a beefed up, though no less haunting, update of the original; the video is like an American anime kid’s wet dream; the single has got their catchiest chorus to date. You can check all of it out, including tour dates, below.
Tour with Ex Hex:
October:
5 Washington, DC – Black Cat
7 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
9 Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
10 Albuquerque, NM – Sister
11 Phoenix, AZ – Yucca Tap Room
12 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
16 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
17 Vancouver, British Columbia – Electric Owl
18 Seattle, WA – Barboza
19 Olympia, WA – Capitol Theater
23 Fargo, ND – The Aquarium
24 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry
25 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
26 Detroit, MI – PJ’s Lager House
27 Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern
28 Montreal, Quebec – Il Motore
29 Burlington, VT – The Monkey House
30 Allston, MA – The Great Scott
31 Hamden, CT – The Space
November
01 Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
02 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
04 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
05 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
06 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
