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NEWS : WED, NOV 4, 2026 at 7:00 AM

Hannah Jadagu Shares New Single + Official Video For “Curse”

Today, Wednesday, November 4th, Hannah Jadagu releases the spellbinding new single “Curse,” available now worldwide from Sub Pop. The song picks up where her 2025 album Describe left off, expanding on her pop sensibilities as she further explores synthesizer and analog sounds to an alluring effect.

The hypnotic official video stars Hannah, who also co-directs with regular visual collaborator Sam Wilbert.

“Curse” was co-produced by Hannah and returning collaborator Sora, mixed by Geoff Swan at the Nest in New Forest, UK, and mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters in Pasadena, CA.

Hannah is supporting sombr’s fall arena tour, with a show tonight, Wednesday, November 4th, in Chicago at United Center. The tour ends with a two-night stand in New York City at Madison Square Garden on Monday, November 23rd, and Tuesday, November 24th.

Hannah and her live band have been wowing audiences over the last year with performances at New York’s Governor’s Ball this past June; support slots for Del Water Gap (Jan-Feb 2026) and Gigi Perez (Oct 2025); and late fall 2025 festival appearances at Pitchfork London, Pitchfork Paris and London Calling in Amsterdam.

For updated tour dates and ticketing info, please visit https://www.hannahjadagu.com/tour.

Wed. Nov. 04 - Chicago, IL - United Center *
Fri. Nov. 06 - Indianapolis, IN - Gainbridge Fieldhouse *
Sat. Nov. 07 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena *
Sun. Nov. 08 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena *
Tue. Nov. 10 - Washington, DC - Capital One Arena *
Thu. Nov. 12 - Pittsburgh, PA - PPG Paints Arena *
Fri. Nov. 13 - Cleveland, OH - Rocket Mortgage Arena *
Sat. Nov. 14 - Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center *
Mon. Nov. 16 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena *
Wed. Nov. 18 - Boston, MA - TD Garden *
Thu. Nov. 19 - Philadelphia, PA - Xfinity Mobile Arena *
Sat. Nov. 21 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center *
Mon. Nov. 23 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *
Tue. Nov. 24 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden *

* Supporting sombr

Hannah Jadagu’s Describe is also available to purchase now on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LPs purchased from megamart.subpop.com in North America, MegaMart Europe in the UK + EU, Hannah’s live shows, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition on Clear Pink (NA) or Bio Pink (UK/EU) vinyl (all vinyl color editions whilst stock lasts!)

What People Have Said About Hannah Jadagu’s Describe:
“Jadagu mixes a blunt confessional quality with ethereal vocals and a broader sound range on her second album, foregrounding her guitar work against an electronic backdrop that calls to mind
the work of artists like Björk.” PASTE

“She pairs shoegazing textures with modern pop structures, occasionally bumping into a sharp electronic edge… Jadagu makes her presence felt.” MOJO

“Describe offers a peek into life as a twenty-something, untangling the thorns of maintaining connections.” CLASH

“Describe isn’t just a step forward, it’s the sound of an artist finding joy in her own evolution.” ★★★★ DORK

“Describe contains some of Jadagu’s most personal songwriting, while the arrangements show that she’s constantly looking to push her sound forward.” All Music

“Throughout the record, Jadagu layers drum machines, harmonised vocals, and electronic flourishes to explore this new chapter of her life and sound.” ★★★★ Indie Is Not a Genre

“…she keeps her signature silky vocals but expands her craft to encompass a variety of styles… with this sophomore album, she will be difficult to forget.” Aesthetica Magazine

NEWS : MON, NOV 2, 2026 at 9:00 AM

The Gits’ Etcetera: A Thirteen-Song Collection of Rare and Previously Unreleased Singles and Cover Songs Is Available Today on All Streaming Providers Worldwide From Sub Pop

Today, November 2nd, 2026, Sub Pop and The Gits are releasing Etcetera, a thirteen-song collection of unreleased material by Mia Zapata and The Gits, available digitally today worldwide from Sub Pop. Originally released as a limited-edition (and now sold-out) LP for Record Store Day 2026, it features live tour recordings and rare solo performances by Mia Zapata, including covers of Bessie Smith, Iggy & The Stooges, and even James Taylor. Etcetera is the definitive Gits collector’s piece, hand-selected by the band from their personal vault and recorded when the band was at their finest.

One of the songs on the compilation, “Blue Spirit Blues,” was recorded that same year at the Canal Street Tavern in Dayton, Ohio, near the tiny college town of Yellow Springs where The Gits got their start. We’d first – and erroneously – believed the song was titled “Graveyard Blues,” but with the advent of the Internet we now know the proper title. Here, Mia was inspired by Bessie Smith’s 1929 recording of the piece.

Later this month, The Gits will be featured in MOPOP’s (the Museum of Pop And Culture) Puget Sound Stories: Seattle Music + Beyond Exhibit: From intimate jazz clubs to the riotous rise of grunge, Puget Sound Stories: Seattle Music + Beyond traces the artists, venues, and performances that gave the PNW its voice. Explore unearthed images, musical ephemera, stage-worn fashion, and more from the artists who forged the region’s musical identity. The exhibit opens Saturday, November 21st, 2026.

The Gits formed in 1986 at Antioch College in Ohio, and moved together to Seattle in 1989 as the world was taking notice of the burgeoning scene there. Although their raucous, blues-infused punk powered by Mia’s indelible vocals didn’t quite fit the mold being cast by their Pacific Northwest peers, The Gits quickly found a tight foothold and built a strong following.

Tragically, Mia Zapata was murdered in July of 1993, just having returned to Seattle from a successful West Coast tour, while The Gits were recording their second studio album. Enter: The Conquering Chicken, which was eventually released on C/Z Records the following year.

In addition to the unusual cover songs and Mia Zapata solo performances on Etcetera, this new album also includes live versions of recognizable Gits songs recorded when the band was at their finest.

One such song is “Daily Bread,” which was recorded during a 1993 tour at Klub Kommotion in San Francisco. Kommotion was a quasi-legal space for underground arts located in the Mission District, which had become a welcoming second home for The Gits. Mia never had an opportunity to record the vocals for “Daily Bread” in the studio, so we’re thrilled this live version exists.

During that same West Coast tour in early 1993, Mia performed a solo acoustic set in the back room of a small San Francisco bar called the Albion Room when the full band had a night off. It was a teeny room behind a heavy velvet curtain where Mia sang quieter renditions of several Gits songs and covers that were recorded at the soundboard.

One of those cover songs was James Taylor’s “I Was Only Telling a Lie” from his 1977 studio album, JT. Certain members of The Gits harbored a seething hatred for Mr. Taylor’s music and were perplexed when Mia began including the song in her solo performances. Mia responded, “It’s a good song, and I like it, so just give it a chance. Or else, fuck off!”

Four of the tracks on Etcetera were recorded live on-air in 1992 when the band played live at KDVS, the college radio station of UC Davis. These include “Bob (Cousin O.),” “Social Love,” “Slaughter of Bruce,” and “A.”

“Absynthe” was recorded live in Seattle at a club called the Off Ramp, which still exists although some people suggest it changed its name to something different some twenty years ago.

The Barfing Blues Band was a group that Mia, Matt, and Steve briefly had while at college, along with Chris Birdman McCullough on guitar and piano whilst Andy was off traveling in a faraway land with hobbits, elves, and Gandalf. They recorded “Tight Pants” at a live show in a dorm basement. The song is an early version of the Stooges’ song which evolved into “Shake Appeal,” and was included on Iggy & the Stooges’ Raw Power album of 1973.

The Gits’ entire discography – Enter: The Conquering Chicken, Frenching the Bully, Kings & Queens, Seafish Louisville, and Live at The X-Ray, as well as the aforementioned Etcetera – is available on all DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop. Also available are The Gits’ Frenching the Bully and The Gits’ Enter: The Conquering Chicken on CD and LP through Sub Pop Mega Mart in North America, MegaMart Europe in the EU/UK, The Gits website, and independent retailers worldwide.

Revisit Evelyn McDonnell’s interview with The Gits’ band members Andy Kessler and Matt Dresdner in The New York Times (see November 12th story “A New Set of Gits Releases Gives Mia Zapata Her Voice Back”). You can also read Tim Sommer’s extensive liner notes on The Gits reissues here.

The Gits
Etcetera

1. Bob (Cousin O.) (Live on KDVS 1992)
2. Social Love (Live on KDVS 1992)
3. Tight Pants (Barfing Blues Band 1987)
4. Precious Blood (Mia Zapata Live at The Albion 1993)
5. Cut My Skin it Makes Me Human (Mia Zapata
Live at The Albion 1993)
6. I Was Only Telling a Lie (Mia Zapata Live at The Albion 1993)
7. It Doesn’t Matter (Mia Zapata Live at The Albion 1993)
8. Absynthe (Live at The Off Ramp 1992)
9. Slaughter of Bruce (Live on KDVS 1992)
10. A (Live on KDVS 1992)
11. Daily Bread (Live at Klub Komotion 1993)
12. While You’re Twisting I’m Still Breathing (7” Single Version 1991)
13. Blue Spirit Blues (1987)

NEWS : FRI, OCT 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM

PISS you made me / skin on linen Out Today

“The Vancouver punk band PISS embeds raw, political lyricism into exhilarating riot grrrl on their song ‘Time Loop at Hot Slit.’”
The New York Times

“’you made me / skin on linen’ stopped me in my tracks. It’s an assemblage of guttural yells, engrossing poetry, samples of feminist thinkers and activists, grueling bass, unyielding drums, and landmine guitars. In just over 30 minutes, the album articulates the evolution of personhood in a world that seems to welcome sexual violence, the societal norms that have allowed such violence to continue throughout history, and the oppositional viewpoints on how to move forward and prevent that injustice from continuing.”
“Band to Watch,” STEREOGUM

Today, Friday, Oct 30th, PISS has released their long-awaited debut album you made me / skin on linen on LP/CD/CS/DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop and in Canada from Paper Bag Records. The Vancouver, B.C., four-piece combines punk, poetry, sound collage, performance art, and visual art, creating a multidisciplinary body of work that blurs the line between the personal and the political.

Following the previously released singles, “Rote Zora. ‘Resistance is Possible.’ Emma, no. 6, June 1984, pp. 39-41.”, “blocking a scene you can’t remember,” “time loop at hot slit,” the band has shared; the final single, alongside their album release today, titled “i wanted to be a singer.” PISS’ frontperson, Tay Zantingh says: “‘i wanted to be a singer’ is a sludgy, jarring noise-rock song. Using plain language, the singer directly addresses the listener without literary devices or narrative techniques. It is an introduction to the album: this record is not entertainment but a necessity born from the impossibility of writing truth without addressing this trauma. It contrasts childhood dreams of performing with a painful reality, and forces listeners to confront that reality before they engage with the record.”

The album release comes as the band’s North American tour with Gilla Band comes to a close, featuring electrifying performances at Second Summer Festival and a SOLD OUT show with Gilla Band at Lee’s Palace in Toronto. They perform in Portland tonight, with shows in Vancouver tomorrow night at The Pearl, concluding this run with Gilla Band on Sunday, November 01 in Seattle, WA. An upcoming international run includes Iceland Airwaves, Pitchfork Paris, and a SOLD OUT London show at Moth Club. The band will return to play London’s Scala in February and recently confirmed Primavera and Best Kept Secret in the summer of 2027.

PISS live dates:
Fri. Oct. 30 - Portland, OR, USA - Mississippi Studios *
Sat. Oct. 31- Vancouver, BC, Canada - The Pearl on Granville *
Sun. Nov. 01 - Seattle, WA, USA - Neumos *
Thu. Nov. 05 - Reykjavik, IS - Iceland Airwaves
Sat. Nov. 07 - Paris, FR - Pitchfork Paris
Sun. Nov. 08 - Kortrijk, BE - Sonic City
Tue. Nov. 10 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso (Small Hall)
Wed. Nov. 11 - Nijmegen, NL - Merleyn
Thu. Nov. 14 - London, UK - Moth Club *SOLD OUT*
Wed. Feb. 24 - London, UK - Scala
Fri. Jun. 04 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound
Fri. Jun. 11 - Porto, Primavera Sound
Sun. Jun. 13 - Hilvarenbeek, NL - Best Kept Secret

* supporting Gilla Band

PISS recently played an indelible set at KEXP, performing 11 songs in sequential order from their forthcoming debut full-length. The session was hosted by Sonic Reducers’ Brian Foss; you can watch HERE. In other exciting news, PISS has graced the covers of EXCLAIM in Canada (read HERE), NME in the UK (read HERE), and yesterday’s “Band To Watch” feature on STEREOGUM (read HERE.)

PISS is Taylor Zantingh (vocals), Tyler Paterson (guitar), Gavin Moya (bass), and Garreth Roberts (drums). The Vancouver, B.C. band combines punk, poetry, sound collage, performance art, and visual art, creating a multidisciplinary body of work that blurs the line between personal and political. ‘you made me / skin on linen’, depicts a childhood shaped by structural, systemic, and intimate violence. Throughout the record, art-making motifs serve as metaphors for the myriad ways we carry the effects of this violence: each experience leaves an impression, gradually creating or deforming the self, much like a piece of clay moulded by every mark it receives. The record resists simple conclusions; rather than offering a single perspective, it examines violence as a ubiquitous facet of our culture. It asks questions—how does violence impact our development? Are our wounds inextricable parts of us? And if not, then where do our wounds end and we begin?—and allows the listener to devise their own answers.

The band recorded ’you made me / skin on linen’ in January 2025 with Colin Stewart at Hive Creative Labs. It is now available from Sub Pop and Bandcamp. LP orders from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe in the UK/EU, and your local record store will receive the album on Baby Pink vinyl, with a Baby Pink/Grey Blend available exclusively on the band’s Bandcamp page and at the band’s live show, while supplies last.

What people are saying about PISS you made me/skin on linen:

“Its so visceral, its so powerful…its jarring, its uncomfortable in many ways… it also feels really, really important.” “New Music Friday,” NPR Music

“Raw, refined and radical, you made me / skin on linen is a complex and challenging record, and one that shouldn’t be taken for granted. Art like this doesn’t come often, or without cost.” 9/10, EXCLAIM!

“Bathed in the intimacy of unrelenting emotion, PISS cuts to the bone with a blade of bass-laden dissonance and driving, hard-hitting rhythms. 10/10, The Line of Best Fit

“The most uncompromising art possible.” The Wire

“A blistering hurricane of hardcore-meets-artcore that genuinely defies categorisation” Shindig!

“Their shows are finely choreographed, emotionally intense and deeply immersive… The effect is jarring, unsettling and profoundly moving.”
The Guardian

“Piss will not be forgotten by anyone who saw them” (End of the Road live review) MOJO

“Their performance is moving, terrifying and haunting.” - (End of the Road live review) So Young

“Devastatingly powerful hardcore punk, complete with performance art flourishes and crushing narrative poetics… PISS are fated to become leaders of the contemporary hardcore punk movement, returning it to its fierce roots of political candor and forthright rage.” DIY

“Piss are about to become *the* band everyone is talking about for the year to come.” DORK

PISS
you made me / skin on linen

Tracklisting:
1. kai and friends
2. i wanted to be a singer
3. andrea I
4. time loop at hot slit
5. manon on the trial of gisèle pelicot
6. a little girl’s horse craze betrays her
7. toni
8. there was a door
9. andrea II
10. how can you act opposite to this emotion?
11. blocking a scene you can’t remember
12. self-blame with thorn necklace and hummingbird
13. vikki
14. Rote Zora. “Resistance is Possible.” Emma, no. 6, June 1984, pp. 39-41.
15. i keep trying to change the ending

NEWS : THU, OCT 29, 2026 at 7:00 AM

waterbaby Shares New Song “Creek”

Today, Thursday, October 29th, waterbaby has released the dreamy new standalone single, “Creek.” waterbaby and longtime musical collaborator Marcus White wrote and recorded the song in Stockholm, Sweden.

Next week, waterbaby will kick off a 7-date EU tour, beginning Monday, November 2nd in her hometown of Stockholm, Sweden, at Södra Teatern and running through November 19th in Geneva, CH at Festival Les Créatives. The tour will also include stops in Gothenburg, Malmö, Lulea, and Brussels.

Mon. Nov. 02 - Stockholm, SE - Södra Teatern
Wed. Nov. 04 - Gothenburg, SE - Neffertit
Thu. Nov. 05 - Malmö, SE - Malmö Live
Fri. Nov. 06 - Linköping, SE - Babettes
Sat. Nov. 07 - Luleà, SE - Luleà Live
Thu. Nov. 12 - Brussels, BE - Festival Fifty Lab
Thu. Nov. 19 - Geneva, CH - Festival Les Créatives

“Creek” follows the release of waterbaby’s full-length debut album, Memory Be a Blade, released earlier this year. Over the short span of an EP and a full-length album, the singer has earned over 100 million worldwide streams on DSPs and has over 690k monthly listeners on Spotify.

Earlier this summer, waterbaby delivered a sublime COLORS SHOW, weaving memory and emotion into a fragile, string-laced medley of “Minnie” and “Minnie Too.” Watch here.

Over the last few months, waterbaby has also been filming a series of intimate “Live in the Studio” sessions for Memory Be a Blade songs, which you can watch here.

Read more on waterbaby at Sub Pop.

NEWS : FRI, OCT 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM

Shabazz Palaces’ It’s a Style Sport Is Out Today

Today, Friday, October 23rd, Grammy Award-winning artist, producer, and visionary Ishmael Butler is releasing his kaleidoscopic new Shabazz Palaces album, It’s a Style Sport, available worldwide via Sub Pop.

The 10-track outing features the highlights ‘Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet),” “Jheri Curl Jump,” “Tongue in Chic,” “Field Notes,” and “From One Future To Another,” and was produced by Shabazz Palaces and Erik Blood, recorded at Circular Ruin Studios in Brooklyn (NY), Lake View Studios and Hall of Justice in Seattle (WA), and Parkman Labs in Los Angeles (CA). It was mixed by Blood at Circular Ruin, and mastered by Warren Defever at Third Man Mastering in Detroit (MI).

It’s a Style Sport features guest appearances from Marquette Miller, Thaddeus “Thaddillac” Turner, Evan Flory-Barnes, Gerald “Tugboat” Turner, Kassa Overall and Carlos Overall.

It’s a Style Sport is a bold, forthright, and heavy-hitting album. Throughout, Butler compiles what he’s learned from his storied, dense career into a playful, shimmering portal, again proving himself an artist of chameleonic ambition, fueled by curiosity, courage, and a limitless imagination.

Ishmael Butler has consistently explored music’s outer reaches for the last three and a half decades. In the early 90s, he helped pioneer jazz-infused hip-hop by founding Digable Planets, the Grammy Award-winning trio that released two landmark albums, toured with Sade, and still plays live together today. Butler’s creative rebirth as Shabazz Palaces began in earnest 15 years ago with the experimental, highly influential debut album, Black Up. Butler has continued to push boundaries over seven subsequent Shabazz Palaces albums, and his exemplary taste and verve has led to collaborations with Flying Lotus, Thundercat, George Clinton, Clipping, Battles, Oneohtrix Point Never, Animal Collective, plus his own son, Lil Tracy.

Shabazz Palaces has toured with Radiohead, TV On The Radio, and Ms Lauryn Hill. Additionally, Butler’s ability to spot like-minded visionaries, both in music and the wider creative cosmos, has led to striking visual output alongside filmmakers Khalil Joseph (Beyoncé, FKA Twigs, Kendrick Lamar) and Hiro Murai (Atlanta, Widow’s Bay), to incredible design work with Toronto artist/designer and his fellow Black Constellation member Nep Sidhu.

Shabazz Palaces It’s a Style Sport is available now on CD/LP/Digital from Sub Pop. LP orders from megamart.subpop.com in North America, Mega Mart Europe in the UK and EU, and your local record store will receive the limited Loser edition on Metallic Silver (North America) and Sparkle Starlight (EU/UK) vinyl (while supplies last).

More on It’s a Style Sport by Tasha Riley here.

What People Are Saying About Shabazz Palaces’
It’s A Style Sport:
“The beats and production still feel a century ahead of their time. He’s pulling from the jazz, hip-hop, and electronic influences that defined early Shabazz Palaces, but continues to find new possibilities within these sounds.” Bandcamp Daily

“No doubt, It’s a Style Sport is a praiseworthy achievement—an exercise in originality, almost a forgotten principle in
present-day hip hop.” Treble

“Recorded over eight days with players who’ve worked with Butler for years, the album boasts an unexpectedly loose, live feel.”
★★★★ SLANT

“…his musical map remains gloriously kaleidoscopic, spanning Sun Ra-style celestial Afrofuturism, reverb-drowned electro-funk and the luscious, trippy, retro-soul majesty of ‘From One Future To Another.’” UNCUT

“It’s a Style Sport is his eighth Shabazz Palaces album, with “Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet)” offering the first glimpse. It’s a pick for listeners who want to hear where an artist can take rap when he refuses to stand still.” “Fall Culture Index 2026,” EBONY

”It’s a Style Sport explores memory as a tool for analyzing the grand mysteries. He’s always harnessed the aesthetics and swagger of eras past—’80s electro drums pepper the Shabazz Palaces catalog—but here, Butler takes a pointed look at his personal history for inspiration, indexing what he’s learned and where it led him. It’s a record rooted in gratitude, a serious and smirking ode to resilience and curiosity.” Pitchfork

“The eighth album from Ishmael Butler as Shabazz Palaces sees the mercurial, inimitable rapper and producer waxing philosophically (or carnally) over often live-sounding grooves alongside Washington State musicians like the sibling sax-and-drum duo of Carlos and Kassa Overall.” New York Magazine

“Seventeen years into one of the greatest second acts in hip-hop history, Seattle’s own Shabazz Palaces is still putting numbers on the board with new album “It’s a Style Sport,”…By now, former Garfield High School champion point guard Ishmael Butler — Shabazz’s leader and Grammy Award winner with Digable Planets in the ’90s — stands nearly peerless as a rapper/producer.” Seattle Times

“Ishmael Butler has a quantum physicist flow that collapses space and time. This profoundly freeform record mirrors the idea that “the future and the past are happening constantly and simultaneously.” That’s science!” VICE

“Over beats that range from hyper-dynamic, Afrofuturistic soundscapes to Italo disco synth melodies, It’s A Style Sport finds Butler at his most reflective. Across an array of different deliveries, he looks back on the loves, lessons and losses accumulated along the way without losing sight of what comes next.” [Feature] RANGE

“a jazz-tinted, noir-style, whirling set of ten spellbinding performances.” Glide

“Three decades in, Butler still makes big thinking look easy.”
RIFF Magazine

Shabazz Palaces
It’s a Style Sport

Tracklisting:
1. Ahh World (I Won The Alpha Bet)
2. Field Notes
3. Show Me Missouri In Mink
4. Jheri Curl Jump
5. Deadstock Dude
6. Tongue In Chic
7. Heliocentric Immortality Manifesto H.I.M.
8. Olivia According To Touch
9. Money Can’t Save Your Mind
10. From One Future To Another