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Speedy Ortiz, Big Ups & more played Baby's All Right; Grass Is Green, Porches, Krill & others playing more shows

Speedy Ortiz @ Baby’s All Right – 12/30/13 (via Jason Burger)
Speedy Ortiz

Exploding In Sound Records celebrated the new year in NYC with a huge show at Baby’s All Right on 12/30 that included Big Ups, Porches, Roomrunner, Grass Is Green, Two Inch Astronaut, Ovlov, Krill, Dead Wives, Baked, Bad History Month, Woozy, Gnarwhal, Pile (acoustic), and special guests billed as “Average Cock,” who you may have guessed was actually Speedy Ortiz. That’s Speedy pictured above, and there’s a high quality video of Big Ups from the show below. EIS celebrated NYE proper with a smaller show in Boston.

As discussed, Grass Is Green and Speedy Ortiz are touring together, and though that tour doesn’t hit NYC, Speedy will open for Los Campesinos! at Irving Plaza on 1/22 (tickets), and since we last spoke, Grass Is Green added a NYC show happening on January 31 at Silent Barn for the 10th annual Berfest with Baked, Radical Dads, Frankie Cosmos and Poverty Hollow. They also posted another track from their upcoming Vacation Vinny LP not along ago, “Sammy So-Sick.” You can stream that, along with the updated list of their tour dates, below.

Big Ups also have another show happening on February 1 at Death by Audio with Eula, Kal Marks and Malatese.

UPDATE: Big Ups also play a release party for their upcoming Eighteen Hours of Static LP at Shea Stadium on January 9 with Flagland, Mannequin Pussy and Washer; and the NYC Arts Collective Late Bloomers Kick Off Multi-Media Series at Baby’s All Right on January 25 with Beach Party, Tei Shi, Charlie Wavers Quartet and DJ sets by Au Revoir Simone, Lee Bannon and The Range. Tickets for the Baby’s show are on sale now and proceeds benefit the Ali Forney Center.

Porches next play Silent Barn on January 10 with My Dad, Gunk and Flagland.

And the next day at Silent Barn (1/11), the venue hosts the Gravesend Recordings Compilation Vol. 1 release party which features Krill, Palehound, Bueno, Jazz Massagers and Hannah Ch’oe, plus “possible special guests.”

In more related news, Palehound and Frankie Cosmos team up again for a Brooklyn show at Trash Bar on January 17 with Eskimeaux and Florist.

Lastly, Ovlov‘s next NYC gig is opening for Self Defense Family and Pity Sex at Santos on 1/19 with Heroes of Modern Earth and Deep Pockets. Tickets for that show are still available. They also play Silent Barn on 2/6.

All lists of dates, along with that Grass Is Green song and Big Ups video, below…

Big Ups at Baby’s All Right – 12/30/13

Grass Is Green – “Sammy So-Sick”

Grass Is Green — 2014 Tour Dates
01/03 – Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts Theatre w/ Fins, Vundabar, Speedy Ortiz
01/04 – Philadelpha, PA @ Golden Tea House w/ Bleeding Rainbow, Ghost Light, Speedy Ortiz
01/05 – Baltimore, MD @ Floristree w/ Roomrunner, Hive Bent, Speedy Ortiz
01/06 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter w/ Sundials, Spit Take, Speedy Ortiz
01/07 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 w/ Blanko Basnet, Speedy Ortiz
01/08 – Charleston, SC @ John Waters Communications Museum w/ Parasitic Male, Southern Femisphere, Speedy Ortiz
01/09 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbit’s w/ Speedy Ortiz, Memphibians, The Willow Wacks
01/10 – Tampa, FL @ Mojo w/ Speedy Ortiz, Y Los Dos Pistoles, Sweet Divorce
01/11 – Tallahassee, FL @ Office Lounge w/ Ex-Breathers, Speedy Ortiz
01/12 – Atlanta, GA @ Capsule Gallery w/ Gold-Bears, Del Vinnici, Speedy Ortiz
01/13 – Birmingham, AL @ Seasick Records w/ Speedy Ortiz, In Snow
01/14 – Nashville, TN @ The Stone Fox w/ Gnarwhal, Speedy Ortiz
01/15 – Asheville, NC @ Toy Boat w/ Speedy Ortiz, That’s a Thing, Old Flings
01/16 – Charlottesville, VA @ Tea Bazaar w/ Sundials, Speedy Ortiz
01/17 – Washington, DC @ The Dougout w/ Two Inch Astronaut, Speedy Ortiz
01/18 – New Brunswick, NJ @ Cooler Ranch w/ Neur, Speedy Ortiz
01/25 – Cambridge, MA @ Elks Lodge w/ Ovlov, Krill, Palehound & Trespasser
01/31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn w/ Baked, Radical Dads, Frankie Cosmos, & Poverty Hollow
02/06 – Portsmouth, NH @ Red Door
02/21 – Allston, MA @ O’Brien’s Pub w/ Alarms & Controls, Horsehands, & Lady Bones


Kal Marks — 2014 Tour Dates
01/24 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Upstairs w/ “Average Cock,” Bad History Month, Pile, Fax Holiday, & Flat Swamp
02/01 – Brooklyn, NY @ Death By Audio w/ Big Ups, EULA, Malatese


Krill — 2014 Tour Dates
01/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Dog Morgue w/ Palehound, Alex G, and Anchor III
01/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn w/ Palehound, Bueno, Jazz Massagers, Hannah Ch’oe
01/13 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott w/ Mutual Benefit & Frankie Cosmos
01/25 – Cambridge, MA @ Elks Lodge w/ Ovlov, Grass Is Green, Palehound & Trespasser


Ovlov — 2014 Tour Dates
01/03 – Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar w/ Potty Mouth
01/04 – Portland, ME @ Space w/ Potty Mouth
01/05 – Burlington, VT @ Monkey House w/ Potty Mouth
01/07 – New Haven, CT @ Cafe Nine w/ Potty Mouth
01/17 – Pawtucket, RI @ The Met w/ Pity Sex & Self Defense Family
01/18 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary w/ Pity Sex & Self Defense Family
01/19 – New York, NY @ Santos Party House w/ Pity Sex & Self Defense Family
01/25 – Cambridge, MA @ Elks Lodge w/ Grass Is Green, Krill, Palehound & Trespasser
02/01 – CT @ Pearl Harbor – Berfest
02/06 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn


Palehound — 2014 Tour Dates
01/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Dog Morgue w/ Krill, Alex G, and Anchor III
01/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn w/ Krill, Bueno, Jazz Massagers, Hannah Ch’oe
01/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Trash Bar w/ Frankie Cosmos, Eskimeaux, and Florist
01/24 – New Paltz, NY w/ What Moon Things
01/25 – Cambridge, MA @ Elks Lodge w/ Grass Is Green, Krill, Ovlov & Trespasser
02/14 – SUNY Purchase @ The Stood w/ Swearin’ and Frankie Cosmos


Porches — 2014 Tour Dates
01/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn w/ My Dad, Gunk, & Flagland
01/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Golden Tea House w/ My Dad, Gunk, Kite Party, Vietnam