[DID NOT ATTEND: December 8, 2025] Speedy Ortiz / Phoebe Rings / @ / Dylan Baldi
When I bought the ticket for this show, I thought it might be my last show of the year. I also thought it would be fun to end the year with another Speedy Ortiz show. But then I found out that Chokecherry, a band I’ve been wanting to see again, was playing the following night. And since I’ve seen Speedy a bunch, I blew this show off.
It turns out this was a 25th anniversary showcase night for bands on the Carpark label. All four bands are on the label.
We had just seen Phoebe Rings open for The Beths. When this was first announced I wondered how Phoebe Rings could get two gigs so close together. It was planned that way. After two nights with The Beths, there was no rest for them as they moved on to conquer Johnny Brenda’s.
We saw @ open for Waxahatchee. I wrote They are kind of interesting and experimental, with lots of sounds layered on to straightforward lyrics. But live, they were the least dynamic duo I’ve ever seen. So I’mnot sad to be missing them.
The only person I didn’t know was Dylan Baldi, although I see that Dylan Baldi is guitarist and songwriter for Cloud Nothings. I’ve heard of Cloud Nothings–in fact I feel like I even know them. But I don’t think I do, they’re kind of pop punky. He doesn’t seem to have any solo albums out so I assume he was going to sing Cloud Nothings songs.
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