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NEWS : THU, NOV 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM

waterbaby Delivers Intimate Studio Performance For Her Dreamy New Single “Creek”

Today, Thursday, November 5th, waterbaby is releasing an intimate studio performance of her dreamy new single, “Creek,” as the final live outtake from her “Live in the Studio” session series, recorded for her acclaimed album, Memory Be a Blade.

The sessions began filming earlier this summer, with waterbaby delivering performances of Memory Be a Blade highlights “Minnie”, “Amiss” and “Minnie Too,” and its title track.

Released last week, the studio version of “Creek” drew praise from The Guardian, The Line of Best Fit, Dork, and Stereogum, the latter of which calls the track “a lush two-minute folk song with a florid acoustic guitar and a dash of psychedelic flute.”

Across her debut EP, Foam, and full-length album, Memory Be a Blade, waterbaby has earned over 100 million worldwide streams on DSPs and over 800k monthly listeners on Spotify.

waterbaby is currently on a short European tour supporting Memory Be a Blade, with a show tonight, Thursday, November 5th, in Malmö, SE, at Malmö Live. The tour wraps on Thursday, November 19th in Geneva, CH at Festival Les Créatives. Please find a current list of dates below.

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

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

Read more on waterbaby at Sub Pop.

What People Are Saying About waterbaby’s Memory Be a Blade:
“A fascinating character study with improvised lyrics and a light, pretty sound that belies its emotional depth” ★★★★ The Guardian

“With its gentle percussion, trembling strings and sweet, cooed harmonies, the song has the intimate, handmade quality of a scrapbook.” [“Memory Be a Blade”] The New York Times

”Memory Be a Blade captures an artist in transition: rather than offering neat conclusions, waterbaby sits with her discomfort, turning nostalgia from a place of safety into a site of reckoning.” ★★★★ DIY

“Through gentle folk, soulful R&B, and bedroom pop, waterbaby creates a healing remedy to break free from the romantic shackles of the past.” The Line of Best Fit

“This album is potent yet delicate, waterbaby’s voice serene, almost angelic.” “The Cover,” NME

“Steeped in the sort of saudade that leaves you gazing longingly into the middle distance.” DAZED

“An unguarded DIY R&B moment coming out of the Swedish capital.” The FADER

“A real jewel, a thrilling and evocative slice of future-facing pop.” CLASH

“worth a few hundred plays.” Loud and Quiet

“waterbaby’s writing feels both fragile and fearless, cementing her status as one of alt-pop’s most quietly devastating new voices.” Wonderland

“Beautiful…” Notion

“rich lyrical breakthroughs imbued with tenderness and melancholy…” The Forty-Five

“With themes about love and loneliness, waterbaby’s songs both break you and build you back up.” Bandcamp Daily

“Under the gaze of auto-tuned vocals and alt-rock textures, waterbaby has forged something wholly original and awing.” PASTE

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.