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Speedy Ortiz blazes through Soda — in shorts
Not a lot of rock bands would take the stage wearing shorts. For a recent gig at the Soda Bar, Massachusetts four-piece Speedy Ortiz did exactly that. Maybe they're hip to the fact that San Diego doesn't sweat a dress code. Maybe they're just not like a lot of rock bands.
Actually, they're like at least one. A couple tunes into their guitar-glorious set, one fan loudly dubbed front woman Sadie Dupuis "Female Malkmus." No one objected. While her voice invokes Liz Phair or Aimee Mann, there's no questioning the influence of Pavement on her songwriting and musicianship.
A number of tracks from SO's debut full-length, Major Arcana, conjured memories of that ’90s alt-rock mainstay, as well as Olympia noise-rockers Unwound. Whether the elliptical melody of “Casper (1995)” or exquisitely angular riffs of “Pioneer Spine,” the songs energized the smallish but attentive crowd.
The best kept 'til last, though. While the music geeks in attendance had to practically drag Dupuis back onstage for an encore, they were rewarded with a smoking rendition of the group's must-listen Bandcamp single, “Ka-Prow!” during which the group's other lead guitarist Matt Robidoux unloaded the contents of his backpack onto his upturned instrument for a feedback jam assisted by no less than books, notebooks, and wadded up copies of San Diego alt-weeklies.
- Concert: Speedy Ortiz
- Date: July 28
- Venue: Soda Bar
- Seats: GA
Here's something you might be interested in.
Speedy Ortiz blazes through Soda — in shorts
Speedy Ortiz blazes through Soda — in shorts
Not a lot of rock bands would take the stage wearing shorts. For a recent gig at the Soda Bar, Massachusetts four-piece Speedy Ortiz did exactly that. Maybe they're hip to the fact that San Diego doesn't sweat a dress code. Maybe they're just not like a lot of rock bands.
Actually, they're like at least one. A couple tunes into their guitar-glorious set, one fan loudly dubbed front woman Sadie Dupuis "Female Malkmus." No one objected. While her voice invokes Liz Phair or Aimee Mann, there's no questioning the influence of Pavement on her songwriting and musicianship.
A number of tracks from SO's debut full-length, Major Arcana, conjured memories of that ’90s alt-rock mainstay, as well as Olympia noise-rockers Unwound. Whether the elliptical melody of “Casper (1995)” or exquisitely angular riffs of “Pioneer Spine,” the songs energized the smallish but attentive crowd.
The best kept 'til last, though. While the music geeks in attendance had to practically drag Dupuis back onstage for an encore, they were rewarded with a smoking rendition of the group's must-listen Bandcamp single, “Ka-Prow!” during which the group's other lead guitarist Matt Robidoux unloaded the contents of his backpack onto his upturned instrument for a feedback jam assisted by no less than books, notebooks, and wadded up copies of San Diego alt-weeklies.
- Concert: Speedy Ortiz
- Date: July 28
- Venue: Soda Bar
- Seats: GA