NEWS : WED, JAN 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Iron & Wine Welcome 2026 with Hen’s Teeth; Shares Lead Single “In Your Ocean” (Official Video)
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NEWS : MON, DEC 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Sub Pop To Release A Limited-Edition 7” + Digital Single From Chat Pile…“Masks“ b/w “Sifting”
On Friday, February 6th, 2026, Sub Pop will release a limited-edition 7” single from Oklahoma City noise-rock powerhouse Chat Pile featuring two studio tracks: one brand new original titled “Masks,” and the other a burly reimagining of the early Nirvana song “Sifting.”
The single will be available on sea-glass with black swirl vinyl, and can be preordered now in the US from Sub Pop Mega Mart, in the UK/EU from Mega Mart Europe, and an independent retailer near you. A tour-only version pressed on peach vinyl will also be available at Chat Pile’s live shows. Finally, there is a sick new collaborative logo T-shirt also available (7” Single and T-shirt, available while supplies last!).
Sub Pop is thrilled that Chat Pile graced us with these two massive songs, and we couldn’t be happier to add them to the list of greats who have released. The band kindly shared their perspective on this release, so we’ll let them elaborate further:
“It’s a true dream to put out a single on Sub Pop, and our new song ‘Masks’ hopefully honors the spirit of the mythical, sometimes mystical, city of Seattle. Thanks in part to the movie Hype, we have long been obsessed with Seattle, the American underground of the late ‘80s, and Sub Pop and their tools of world domination. Everything we learned about packaging Chat Pile, we learned from Sub Pop co-founders Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt.
“We wanted to cover a song from the early Sub Pop era, and something off Bleach seemed the obvious choice. Songs like ‘Paper Cuts,’ ‘Negative Creep,’ and especially ‘Sifting’ are fairly lateral to the type of sounds we make with Chat Pile. (Perhaps next time we’ll take on a TAD song!)
“P.S. - Fuck ICE.”
The single will be available on sea-glass with black swirl vinyl, and can be preordered now in the US from Sub Pop Mega Mart, in the UK/EU from Mega Mart Europe, and an independent retailer near you. A tour-only version pressed on peach vinyl will also be available at Chat Pile’s live shows. Finally, there is a sick new collaborative logo T-shirt also available (7” Single and T-shirt, available while supplies last!).
Sub Pop is thrilled that Chat Pile graced us with these two massive songs, and we couldn’t be happier to add them to the list of greats who have released. The band kindly shared their perspective on this release, so we’ll let them elaborate further:
“It’s a true dream to put out a single on Sub Pop, and our new song ‘Masks’ hopefully honors the spirit of the mythical, sometimes mystical, city of Seattle. Thanks in part to the movie Hype, we have long been obsessed with Seattle, the American underground of the late ‘80s, and Sub Pop and their tools of world domination. Everything we learned about packaging Chat Pile, we learned from Sub Pop co-founders Jonathan Poneman and Bruce Pavitt.
“We wanted to cover a song from the early Sub Pop era, and something off Bleach seemed the obvious choice. Songs like ‘Paper Cuts,’ ‘Negative Creep,’ and especially ‘Sifting’ are fairly lateral to the type of sounds we make with Chat Pile. (Perhaps next time we’ll take on a TAD song!)
“P.S. - Fuck ICE.”
Chat Pile August 2026 Tour Dates
Sonic Blast Festival - Ancora, Portugal
Off Festival - Katowice, Poland
Palp Festival - Col du Lein, Switzerland
Arctangent Festival - Bristol, United Kingdom
Sonic Blast Festival - Ancora, Portugal
Off Festival - Katowice, Poland
Palp Festival - Col du Lein, Switzerland
Arctangent Festival - Bristol, United Kingdom
*Performance dates to be announced soon
The Limited Edition Chat Pile x Sub Pop Single.
The Limited Edition Chat Pile x Sub Pop T-Shirt.
NEWS : WED, DEC 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Hear Newish J Mascis Track “Say it On” Available For The First Time on Digital Streaming Services
Today, guitar virtuoso and musical G.O.A.T. J Mascis is releasing a newish song, “Say It On,” available now for the first time on all streaming platforms from Sub Pop. The digital single features new cover art by his son, Rory, and the song was recorded during the 2017 sessions for Elastic Days.
This marks the first time the track has been digitally available; it previously appeared as a Japanese B-side for the album and on the 2025 Fire Relief Compilation, Gimme Shelter, compiled by FLOOD Magazine.
Photo credit: Jeffrey Fowler
Mascis has just returned from London, opening for shoegaze heavyweights My Bloody Valentine at Wembley Arena. Stay connected on all things J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr here.
NEWS : FRI, NOV 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
La Luz Announce Extra! Extra! Reworked Versions of Songs from News of the Universe Exclusively Available For Record Store Day Black Friday 2025!
La Luz returns with Extra! Extra!, the 5-song limited EP exclusively for Record Store Day Black Friday 2025! Picking up on the themes originally shared on their 2024 album News of the Universe, this limited EP showcases the band’s agility, with reworked versions of a selection of recent songs, offering new perspectives on already well-loved tunes.
“Extra! Extra! finds us unwinding and unravelling after a year on
the road in support of News of the Universe,” explains the band’s frontperson, Shana Cleveland. “Our planetary love letter to the strangeness and beauty of life on Earth.”
“After running around the globe, playing these songs every night, we thought it would be fun to deconstruct and reinvent them together. We headed back to Tiny Telephone in Oakland for a few sweet sessions, this time with the line-up of Audrey Johnson and myself (both having recorded for the album), joined by touring members Lee Paige and Maryam Qudus, the latter having joined the live band after producing and engineering News of the Universe.”
“Extra! Extra! finds us unwinding and unravelling after a year on
the road in support of News of the Universe,” explains the band’s frontperson, Shana Cleveland. “Our planetary love letter to the strangeness and beauty of life on Earth.”
“After running around the globe, playing these songs every night, we thought it would be fun to deconstruct and reinvent them together. We headed back to Tiny Telephone in Oakland for a few sweet sessions, this time with the line-up of Audrey Johnson and myself (both having recorded for the album), joined by touring members Lee Paige and Maryam Qudus, the latter having joined the live band after producing and engineering News of the Universe.”
For more information about RSD Black Friday, click the adjoining link.
La Luz has spent much of 2025 tirelessly touring North America, Europe, and the UK in support of their News Of The Universe. They will conclude the year with a run, opening for Portugal. The Man, see below for a full list of shows.
La Luz has spent much of 2025 tirelessly touring North America, Europe, and the UK in support of their News Of The Universe. They will conclude the year with a run, opening for Portugal. The Man, see below for a full list of shows.
Fri. Nov. 21 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
Sat. Nov. 22 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed #
Tue. Nov. 25 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Theater #
Wed. Nov. 26 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop #
Thu. Nov. 27 - Toronto, CA - History #
Sat. Nov. 29n- Boston, MA - Roadrunner #
Sun. Nov. 30 - Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes #
Tue. Dec. 02 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg #
Wed. Dec 03 - New York City, NY - Terminal Five #
Thu. - Dec 04 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer #
Fri. Dec. 05 - Washington, DC - Anthem #
Sun. Dec. 07 - Pelham, TN - The Caverns #
Mon. Dec. 08 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel #
Tue. Dec. 09 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern #
Thu. Dec.11 - Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory #
Fri. Dec. 12 - Austin, TX - ACL Live #
# w/ Portugal. The Man
“…manages to turn personal chaos into something universally beautiful.” - The Guardian
“News Of The Universe luxuriates in collaborative experimentation while fixing birth, life and death in an unflinching gaze.” - [★★★★★] SHINDIG!
“With its captivating melodies and sci-fi charm, News
Of The Universe is as poignant as it is hopeful.” - [★★★★] MOJO
“News boasts robust, controlled sonics and arrangements, as if more money was used with good taste. Musically it widens with grace, too: Bits and pieces of krautrock and prog, vintage synth-pop and New Wave,
and ’70s pop-rock thread the psych flawlessly.” - [Grade: A] SPIN
“La Luz takes a big day-glo colored leap in News of the Universe, expanding a spooky, surf-rocking, girl-group sound into psychedelic overload. This is a full-on, trippy symphony, evoking baroque late Beatles, Os Mutantes
and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd.” - Dusted
“Producer Maryam Qudos evokes a retro-leaning atmosphere on the record, balancing wiry guitar fuzz with unfiltered drum sounds and swarming keyboard washes to give the band’s B-movie psychedelia a fresh depth.” -
[8/10 ] Under the Radar
“News of the Universe is La Luz’s best work yet.” - [★★★★ ½ ] FAR OUT
“A blissful psych exploration of embracing love in a
changing world. Their most ambitious to date.” - [★★★★ ½] LOUDER THAN WAR
“The first single is the spacey, bass-y bombast of ‘Strange World.’ It pairs the band’s cushioned cocoon of vocals with a snarl of guitar
and dosing of New Wave keys.” - Raven Sings The Blues
“‘Strange World’ may start with a familiar garage rock template to get pulses going, but this soon melts away to enter Stereolab territory before a menacing breakdown invokes guitarist John McGeoch’s work
with Siouxsie and the Banshees. Icy indeed.” - CLASH
Sat. Nov. 22 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed #
Tue. Nov. 25 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Theater #
Wed. Nov. 26 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop #
Thu. Nov. 27 - Toronto, CA - History #
Sat. Nov. 29n- Boston, MA - Roadrunner #
Sun. Nov. 30 - Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes #
Tue. Dec. 02 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg #
Wed. Dec 03 - New York City, NY - Terminal Five #
Thu. - Dec 04 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer #
Fri. Dec. 05 - Washington, DC - Anthem #
Sun. Dec. 07 - Pelham, TN - The Caverns #
Mon. Dec. 08 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel #
Tue. Dec. 09 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern #
Thu. Dec.11 - Dallas, TX - Bomb Factory #
Fri. Dec. 12 - Austin, TX - ACL Live #
# w/ Portugal. The Man
“…manages to turn personal chaos into something universally beautiful.” - The Guardian
“News Of The Universe luxuriates in collaborative experimentation while fixing birth, life and death in an unflinching gaze.” - [★★★★★] SHINDIG!
“With its captivating melodies and sci-fi charm, News
Of The Universe is as poignant as it is hopeful.” - [★★★★] MOJO
“News boasts robust, controlled sonics and arrangements, as if more money was used with good taste. Musically it widens with grace, too: Bits and pieces of krautrock and prog, vintage synth-pop and New Wave,
and ’70s pop-rock thread the psych flawlessly.” - [Grade: A] SPIN
“La Luz takes a big day-glo colored leap in News of the Universe, expanding a spooky, surf-rocking, girl-group sound into psychedelic overload. This is a full-on, trippy symphony, evoking baroque late Beatles, Os Mutantes
and Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd.” - Dusted
“Producer Maryam Qudos evokes a retro-leaning atmosphere on the record, balancing wiry guitar fuzz with unfiltered drum sounds and swarming keyboard washes to give the band’s B-movie psychedelia a fresh depth.” -
[8/10 ] Under the Radar
“News of the Universe is La Luz’s best work yet.” - [★★★★ ½ ] FAR OUT
“A blissful psych exploration of embracing love in a
changing world. Their most ambitious to date.” - [★★★★ ½] LOUDER THAN WAR
“The first single is the spacey, bass-y bombast of ‘Strange World.’ It pairs the band’s cushioned cocoon of vocals with a snarl of guitar
and dosing of New Wave keys.” - Raven Sings The Blues
“‘Strange World’ may start with a familiar garage rock template to get pulses going, but this soon melts away to enter Stereolab territory before a menacing breakdown invokes guitarist John McGeoch’s work
with Siouxsie and the Banshees. Icy indeed.” - CLASH
La Luz
Extra! Extra!
01. News of the Universe (Extra! Extra! Version)
02. Strange World (Extra! Extra! Version)
03. Good Luck With Your Secret (Extra! Extra! Version)
04. I’ll Go With You (Extra! Extra! Version)
05. Poppies (Extra! Extra! Version)
Extra! Extra!
01. News of the Universe (Extra! Extra! Version)
02. Strange World (Extra! Extra! Version)
03. Good Luck With Your Secret (Extra! Extra! Version)
04. I’ll Go With You (Extra! Extra! Version)
05. Poppies (Extra! Extra! Version)
NEWS : WED, NOV 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Velocity Girl’s ¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded) Will Be Available On CD/LP/All DSPs Friday, February 13th, 2026
On Friday, February 13th, 2026, Sub Pop will release Velocity Girl’s ¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded), a new reissue of the long out-of-print 1994 sophomore album by the beloved indie-rock band, a few months ahead of its 32nd Anniversary.
On ¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded), the album gets an overdue sonic refresh with mastering by Golden, updated artwork by Ed Fotheringham, and a treasure trove of bonus tracks from the ¡Simpatico! era. Today, you can hear the band’s cover of New Order’s “Your Silent Face (2025 Remaster)” from the bonus material associated with the release.Velocity Girl’s ¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded) will be available on CD/2xLP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP preorders in North America at the Sub Pop Mega Mart, in the UK and Europe at Mega Mart 2, and at your local record store will receive the limited Loser edition on opaque jade blue and opaque violet vinyl (North America), or petrol and magenta vinyl (UK/EU). (All vinyl colors whilst stock lasts!)
Velocity Girl formed in 1989 or so at the University of Maryland outside Washington, DC with guitarist Archie Moore (Black Tambourine), guitarist Brian Nelson (Black Tambourine), drummer Jim Spellman (Starry Eyes, Foxhall Stacks, High Back Chairs, Julie Ocean, Piper Club), bassist Kelly Riles (Starry Eyes), and singer Sarah Shannon (Starry Eyes, The Not Its). The band combined English-inspired noisy shoegaze fuzz with scrappy US indie rock and classic ‘60s-style pop songwriting. A killer single on Slumberland and non-stop touring grabbed the attention of the indie-rock cognoscenti, and soon after Velocity Girl signed a contract with Sub Pop on a car hood in Hoboken, New Jersey.
After touring in support of their 1993 debut, Copacetic, the band spent the better part of a year coming up with a batch of songs for a second album. They had never worked that way before – having focused time, and a budget (from a label!), to make an album that wasn’t a self-produced, punk-rock studio thing was a fresh experience. After playing their new material for months in the noisy style of Copacetic, the band found themselves excited about the tunes, but trying to move away from the scrappy, amateur vibe of their previous records. And their influences were a bit different this time around: less My Bloody Valentine and Wedding Present, more New Order.
Somebody at Sub Pop connected the band with John Porter, the one-time Roxy Music member who had produced The Smiths, Billy Bragg, The Alarm, and a bunch of other 80’s stuff. They met up on a tour stop in Los Angeles, at a Hamburger Hamlet. He agreed to produce the album in a three-week session at Cue Studios in Falls Church, VA. He was exactly what the band needed: an editor, arranger, and taskmaster. As he mercilessly excised every unnecessarily repeated bar, the band realized they’d gravitated to a sound with cleaner lines, and almost entirely ditched the noisy guitar, no doubt influenced by Porter’s presence. Velocity Girl was extremely happy with the results, and ¡Simpatico! came out in June of 1994.
This expanded reissue adds eight songs recorded at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA, a few months after the album sessions. These sessions provided playfully experimental B-sides to the album’s singles, two cover songs (the New Order cover “Your Silent Face,” and a Beach Boys cover) for a single on Merge Records, and a compilation track.
Upon ¡Simpatico!’s release, Rolling Stone gave the album a 4-star review, and said, “The very first guitar shriek on Simpatico! slices through any residue left over from the hazier Copacetic, revealing crisp, gleaming pop. On the new album, Velocity Girl add vocal harmonies, courtesy of guitarist Archie Moore, who joins singer Sarah Shannon on several tracks, thickening the weave of spinning guitars and cursive rhythms. As on Copacetic, the textures are heaped on, but the musical lines are less runny, the riffs are sharpened, the hooks grab tighter, and the vocals skate out front. With the help of producer John Porter (Roxy Music, the Smiths – bands famed for their own brand of alterna-sheen), the group manages to mop up the garage-band spills to reveal simple melodic constructions without washing away the music’s defining layers. This record should help Velocity Girl transcend the Lush and My Bloody Valentine comparisons that flogged them after Copacetic.”
Velocity Girl
¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded)
1. Sorry Again (2025 Remaster)
2. There’s Only One Thing Left To Say (2025 Remaster)
3. Tripping Wires (2025 Remaster)
4. I Can’t Stop Smiling (2025 Remaster)
5. The All-Consumer (2025 Remaster)
6. Drug Girls (2025 Remaster)
7. Rubble (2025 Remaster)
8. Labrador (2025 Remaster)
9. Hey You, Get Off My Moon (2025 Remaster)
10. Medio Core (2025 Remaster)
11. What You Left Behind (2025 Remaster)
12. Wake Up, I’m Leaving (2025 Remaster)
13. Marzipan - from Sorry Again EP (2025 Remaster)
14. Labrador (Drum Machine Version) - from Sorry Again EP
(2025 Remaster)
15. Diamond Jubilee - from Sorry Again EP (2025 Remaster)
16. What You Left Behind (Reprise) - from Echoes of the Nation’s Capitol #2 compilation (2025 Remaster)
17. Your Silent Face - from Your Silent Face single (2025 Remaster)
18. You’re So Good to Me - from Your Silent Face single (2025 Remaster)
19. Seven Seas - from Seven Seas single (2025 Remaster)
20. Breaking Lines - from Seven Seas single (2025 Remaster)
¡Simpatico! (Remastered and Expanded)
1. Sorry Again (2025 Remaster)
2. There’s Only One Thing Left To Say (2025 Remaster)
3. Tripping Wires (2025 Remaster)
4. I Can’t Stop Smiling (2025 Remaster)
5. The All-Consumer (2025 Remaster)
6. Drug Girls (2025 Remaster)
7. Rubble (2025 Remaster)
8. Labrador (2025 Remaster)
9. Hey You, Get Off My Moon (2025 Remaster)
10. Medio Core (2025 Remaster)
11. What You Left Behind (2025 Remaster)
12. Wake Up, I’m Leaving (2025 Remaster)
13. Marzipan - from Sorry Again EP (2025 Remaster)
14. Labrador (Drum Machine Version) - from Sorry Again EP
(2025 Remaster)
15. Diamond Jubilee - from Sorry Again EP (2025 Remaster)
16. What You Left Behind (Reprise) - from Echoes of the Nation’s Capitol #2 compilation (2025 Remaster)
17. Your Silent Face - from Your Silent Face single (2025 Remaster)
18. You’re So Good to Me - from Your Silent Face single (2025 Remaster)
19. Seven Seas - from Seven Seas single (2025 Remaster)
20. Breaking Lines - from Seven Seas single (2025 Remaster)