Edge City

Speedy Ortiz is at the forefront of gender equality conversations in the indie rock world. The first single from the band's sophomore album Foil Deer directly quotes the #BanBossy campaign, and in particular, their frontwoman Sadie Dupuis is upfront about her and her bandmates' feminist and queer politics. In addition to all that, Speedy Ortiz is responsible for some of the best music of 2015: Foil Deer is a tightly wound, darkly gorgeous slice of rock goodness, with sometimes cryptic ("So will you cauterize the bleeding or bastardize the meaning? / I'm the one worth seeing") but cathartic ("Is it getting old sealing all your kisses with poison?") lyrics, and melodies that hook into the core of your brain. (Much has been made of the fact that Dupuis got an MFA in poetry, and rightly so.) As the band gears up for a tour supporting the Girls Rock Camp Foundation, HelloGiggles spoke to Dupuis about the fallout from the band's safe space hotline ...