SUNN O)))’s critically acclaimed eponymous new album is out today worldwide from Sub Pop. The six-track, 80-minute long-player, which features the singles “Glory Black,” “Butch’s Guns,” and “Does Anyone Hear Like Venom?,” was co-produced & mixed by the band and Brad Wood (Hum, Tar, Sunny Day Real Estate, Liz Phair), and recorded at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, January 2025.
Tracklisting: 1. XXANN 2. Does Anyone Hear Like Venom? 3. Butch’s Guns 4 Mindrolling 5. Everett Moses 6. Glory Black
SUNN O))) is now available on CD/2xLP/Digitally from Sub Pop. 2xLP purchases in North America through megamart.subpop.com and in the UK/EU from Mega Mart Europe will receive the limited Loser Edition on opaque blue (North America) and oxblood (UK/EU) colored vinyl. The limited Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store (All vinyl colors and band merch available while supplies last!)
Framing the album visually are two paintings by the late American artist Mark Rothko - one on the front cover and one on the back cover, with the art reversed for UK & European pressings. The CD and LP package also includes expansive liner notes by author Robert Macfarlane, whose 2025 novel Is a River Alive? is among the many sources of inspiration for the album. And, illustrations by French artist Elodie Lesourd are featured on the inner LP sleeves and accompanying album merch.
Photo Credit: Charles Peterson
9/10, UNCUT 8/10, CLASH 8/10, The Line Of Best Fit ★★★★★★ Musikexpress ★★★★ ½ musicOMH ★★★★ “Album of the Week,” The Guardian ★★★★ “Album of the Month,” MOJO ★★★★ Kerrang! ★★★★ Record Collector
“…a hyperdistilled version of its core aesthetic, in which snarling distortion and glinting feedback ooze from the speakers like the dense fog that fills the air at the band’s shows.” New York Times
“The sound of this record is almost perfectly described by that mixture of words and images - a visceral, droning response to the infinite, groaning wonders of nature.” The Wire
“…a beguiling work that distills the overwhelming impact of nature on the human psyche into 80 minutes of utterly transcendent avant metal. ‘Album of the Week’, The Quietus
“…a characteristically loud yet dynamic tribute to the beauty and strength of our environment.’ PASTE
“For its abundance of sonic richness and ability to inspire meditative bliss, Sunn O))) is such a gift. For those who seek wonder, who seek mysteries riddled in sound, Sunn O))) welcomes you.” Treble
SUNN O)))’s international headline tour is currently underway with a show tonight, Friday, April 3rd in Dallas, TX at Trees, and currently ends Saturday, July 11th in Lisbon, Portugal at República Da Música. Tickets for these shows are on sale now.
North America, April 2026 Fri. Apr. 03 - Dallas, TX - Trees Lounge Sat. Apr. 04 - Austin, TX - Emo’s Sun. Apr. 05 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall Mon. Apr. 06 - New Orleans, LA - Civic Theatre & Tue. Apr. 07 - Atlanta, GA - The Goat Farm Thu. Apr. 09 - Columbus, OH - The Bluestone Fri. Apr. 10 - Washington, DC - The Lincoln Theatre Sat. Apr. 11 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer Sun. Apr. 12 - New York, NY - The Town Hall ! Mon. Apr. 13 - Montreal, QC - Le National @ Tue. Apr. 14 - Toronto, ON - 131 McCormack Thu. Apr. 16 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed * Sat. Apr. 18 - Iowa City, IA - Englert Theatre * Sun. Apr. 19 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room * Mon. Apr. 20 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre * Wed. Apr. 22 - Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club * Fri. Apr. 24 - Seattle, WA - Showbox (So Do) % Sat. Apr. 25 - Portland, OR - Roseland #
* w/ Gentry Densley & w/ MJ Guider ! w/ David Torn @ w/ Mat Ball % w/ Stebmo # w/ Thrones
UK/EU, June/July 2026 Tue. Jun. 16 - Gothenburg, SE - Monument + Wed. Jun 17- Stockholm, SE - Debaser + Thur. Jun 18- Oslo, NO - Kulturkirken Jakob + Fri. Jun 19 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega + Sun. Jun 21- Groningen, DK - De Oosterpoort ^ Mon. Jun 22- Neunkirchen, DE - Gebläsehalle ^ Tue. Jun. 23 - Zurich, CH - Rote Fabrik ^ Wed. Jun. 24 - Antwerp, BE - Trix ^ Thu. Jun. 25 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso ^ Fri. Jun. 26 - Koln, DE - Essigfabrik ^ Sun. Jun. 28 - Bristol, UK - Prospect Building ** Mon. Jun. 29 - Brighton, UK - Corn Exchange ** Tue. Jun. 30 - Liverpool, UK - The Dome ** Wed. Jul. 01 - Leeds, UK - Project House ** Thu. Jul. 02 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Institute ** Fri. Jul. 03 - London, UK - Troxy ** Mon. Jul. 06 - Berlin, DE - Silent Green Betonhalle Tue. Jul. 07 - Berlin, DE - Silent Green Betonhalle Fri. Jul. 10 - Porto, PT - Fundação de Serralves Sat. Jul 11 - Lisbon, PT - República Da Música
^ w/ Stephen Moore & Natasha Grujovic ** w/ Black Mountain “Twin Oscillations” + w/ Maria W Horn
On May 1st, Weird Nightmare (the new project from METZ frontman, Alex Edkins) will release their stellar new long-player, Hoopla, on CD/LP/DSPs from Sub Pop Worldwide and Dine Alone in Canada. The album was co-produced by Edkins and Spoon’s Jim Eno at Seth Manchester’s Machines With Magnets in Providence, RI. Hoopla was crafted with just the right amount of punk rock fuzz and crunch. The immediate, crisp, unfussy recording brings you right into the studio with Edkins and his band.
Today, Weird Nightmare has shared an official video for their introspective and anthemic new song “Where I Belong”. Directed by boy wonder, you can watch this video here. “Where I Belong”, follows the release of the standout singles, “Pay No Mind,”“Forever Elsewhere,” and “Might See You There.”
Weird Nightmare has expanded its world tour, announcing additional shows in North America, the UK, and the EU. The North American run begins on Saturday, April 18th in New York City at Indie Plaza for Record Store Day and runs through Sunday, June 28th in Medford, MA, at Deep Cuts. Their UK/EU run will begin on Friday, August 28th, in Malaga, ES, at the Canela Party Festival, with additional shows continuing through Sunday, September 13th, in Asten, NL, at the Misty Fields Festival. See below for a full run of shows.
North America Sat. April 18 - New York City, NY - Indie Plaza Fri. Apr. 24 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar Sat. Apr. 25 - Los Angeles, CA - Gold Diggers ^ Sun. Apr. 26 - Oakland, CA - Thee Stork Club ^ Wed. Apr. 29 - Seattle, WA - Baba Yaga Fri. May 01 - Toronto, ON - Sonic Boom in-store Sun. May 03 - Brantford, ON - zBTFD in-store Tue. May 12 - Kingston, ON - Broom Factory Wed. May 13 - Montreal, PQ - Bar le Ritz Sat. May 16 - Halifax, NS - Marquee Ballroom # Wed. May 27 - St. Paul - Turf Club Thu. May 28 - Chicago, IL - Cobra Lounge Fri. May 29 - Pontiac, MI - Pike Room Sat. May 30 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop Wed. Jun. 17 - London, ON - London Music Hall # Thu. Jun. 18 - Hamilton, ON - Bridgeworks # Fri. Jun. 19 - Toronto, ON - Masonic Temple # Sat. Jun. 20 - Ottawa, ON - The Bronson # Wed. Jun. 24 - Richmond, VA - Richmond Music Hall Thu. Jun. 25 - Washington, DC - Songbyrd Fri. Jun. 26 - Philadelphia, PA - Ortlieb’s Sat. Jun. 27 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool Sun. Jun. 28 - Medford, MA - Deep Cuts
UK/EU Fri. Aug. 28 - Malaga, ES - Canela Party Festival Sat. Aug. 29 - Brighton, UK - Alphabet Tue. Sep. 01 - Leeds, UK - The Attic Wed. Sep. 02 - Glasgow, UK - Hug & Pint Thu. Sep. 03 - Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds Fri. Sep. 4th - Southampton, UK - Heartbreakers Sat. Sep. 5 - London, UK - The Lexington Sun. Sep. 6 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotown Tue. Sep. 8 - Berlin, DE - Urban Spree Wed. Sep. 9 - Cologne, DE - Bumann & Sohn Thu. Sep. 10 - Paris, FR - Point Ephemere Sat. Sep. 12 - Lille, FR- Aeronef Sun. Sep. 13 Asten, NL - Misty Fields Festival
^ with Mrs. Magician # with Wintersleep
LP preorders in the US through Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the limited Loser Edition on Emerald Green-Blue vinyl; preorders through Mega Mart Europe will receive the Loser Edition on Transparent Orange (UK/EU). The Canadian exclusive will be available on Orange/Blue/White Solar Flare from Dine Alone. The limited Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store (All limited vinyl colors available while stock lasts!).
What people have said about Weird Nightmare: “Inspired by the simplicity and ‘big bar chords’ of The Undertones and Protex, [‘Might See You There’] evokes a rose-tinted sense of teenage nostalgia.” - DIY
“Weird Nightmare is all about hooks and melody. Still delivered with levels in the red, but these are ultracatchy powerpop songs first and foremost, and really good ones at that.” - Brooklyn Vegan
“The debut Weird Nightmare album from METZ guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins is a hook-filled set of blown-out power-pop with distorted guitars, punchy rhythms and bright pop melodies.” - KEXP
“Alex Edkins finally lets those melodies loose, resulting in an irresistibly euphoric blast of feedback spattered garage-pop that is just what the doctor ordered to chase away any lingering post-lockdown blues.’” - The Quietus
Weird Nightmare Hoopla
Tracklisting: 1. Headful of Rain 2. Might See You There 3. Baby Don’t 4. Forever Elsewhere 5. Never in Style 6. Pay No Mind 7. If You Should Turn Away 8. Little Strange 9. Bright City Lights (ft. Julianna Riolino) 10. Where I Belong
The exhilarating French heavy psychedelic rock band SLIFT is returning with Fantasia, their new album, available Friday, June 6th, 2026 worldwide from Sub Pop. The longplayer was produced by the band at Daft Studios in Brussels, Belgium, mixed by Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts, and mastered by Magnus Lindberg at Vrtkl Audio in Stockholm, Sweden. Fantasia features the highlights “The Day of Execution,” the title track, and today’s offering, the soaring “A Storm of Wings”
Fantasia is now available for preorder on CD/2xLP/Digitally worldwide from Sub Pop. 2xLP preorders in North America through megamart.subpop.com and in the UK/EU from Mega Mart Europe will receive the limited Loser Edition on Mustard Yellow (North America) and Sparkle Starlight (UK/EU) colored vinyl. The limited Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store while supplies last.
SLIFT’s previously announced European tour schedule for the Spring and Summer of 2026 resumes Thursday, April 16th in Bourges, FR at Printemps du Bourges, and runs through Saturday, August 15th in Carhaix, FR at Motocultor Festival. New headlining dates for North America and Europe for 2026 will be announced soon.
Thu. Apr. 16 - Bourges, FR - Printemps du Bourges Sat. Apr. 18 - Tilburg, NL - Roadburn Festival Thu. May 07 - Copenhagen, DK - A Colossal Weekend Festival Tue. May 26 - Bucharest, RO - Control Club Wed. May 27 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Club Pave Thu. May 28 - Thessaloniki, GR - Soul Fri. May 29 - Athens, GR - Arch Club Sat. May 30 - Larnaca, CY - What The Fuzz Festival Fri. Jun. 05 - Tampere, FI - Ankea Festival Thu. Jun. 18 - Vannes, FR - Festival Echopark Fri. Jun. 19 - Clisson, FR - Hellfest Sat. Jun. 27 - Lärz, DE - Fusion Festival Mon. Jun. 29 - Paris, FR - L’Olympia Fri. Jul. 03 - Hérouville-Saint-Clair, FR - Festival Beauregard Sat. Aug. 08 - Josefov, FR - Brutal Assault Festival Sat. Aug. 15 - Carhaix, FR - Motocultor Festival
More on SLIFT’s Fantasia:
In the technical sense, every previous album by the radiant and heavy French trio SLIFT has been a fantasia—a composite of genres and forms that allowed the band to improvise, to jam on themes until they seemed to spiral together into space. Their acclaimed third album, 2024’s Ilion, was a sci-fi story built with 10- to 13-minute exploratory escapades, often starting with doom metal or stoner rock before spinning freely into glorious instrumental oblivion. But, in a bit of intentional irony, SLIFT’s fourth album is actually called Fantasia. It’s their leanest and most direct record to date; taken together, its eight songs clock in at less than 50 minutes. It is also their most riveting album yet, a pointed saga about overcoming international upheaval delivered by a band bearing down, not wasting a single second in the process.
They wanted to write and render songs that recognized the turmoil of these days and to sing of a more hopeful vision, of a time when a reckoning arrives. SLIFT didn’t want to lose the message by playing too much. To wit, the longest song on Fantasia is the opening title track, a nine-minute preamble in which Jean Fossat screams of his desires for the world: rising above our pain, burying our dread, and finding, individually and collectively, “a fire for your soul.” The songs that follow aren’t lacking the complexity or intensity that have made SLIFT a rising, radical star in heavy music; it’s simply that they’ve found new ways to weave the complexities of their past inside every piece, like a tapestry that reveals a new layer every time you look. In doing so, they offer an affirming and urgent message: Together, we can still change the times in which we live.
Though only Jean and bassist Rémi Fossat are related, SLIFT is essentially a band of brothers. They’ve been friends with drummer Canek Flores since high school, and 2026 marks a decade together in this trio. They rehearse with religious regularity in a basement in the countryside near Toulouse, inside the jam room where they’ve long indulged their propensity for longform wonder. But they built the songs of Fantasia differently. Jean started many of the songs by himself, then quickly brought them to basement rehearsals with a clear and concise idea of how he imagined them taking shape. At first, SLIFT struggled to keep the songs tight, old habits making them wonder if this song or that one shouldn’t break the double-digit threshold. By the time they crossed France’s northern border into Belgium to record in the enormous live room at Daft Studios, though, the songs were lean, agile, and punchy. They made most of them in a single take.
As Jean Fossat wrote the core of Fantasia, he thought a lot about Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentinian author whose fiction deftly wove elements of magic and surreality into places and plots that almost felt real. He wanted to accomplish the same thing, to add supernatural touches to his contemplations of politics so that the listener might see reality differently, might question what they were missing about this plane. SLIFT even borrowed the song title “Orbis Tertius” from a 1940 Borges short story that uses the idea of subjective idealism—that is, believing the world only exists as far as our minds go—to ask questions of memory, history, possibility, and, ultimately, control. Fantasia, then, is an imagined town plagued by a sense of unknowing and xenophobia, of trying to eliminate anything that disrupts the accepted order.
The town first comes into focus on “Corrupted Sky,” where lurid keyboards and a relentless rhythm section illustrate a city of power-hungry wastrels. Jean’s guitar solo feels like an exhilarating chase sequence in a video game, as he tries to dodge doom while arriving in Fantasia. They treat the newcomer like poison incarnate during the prog gem “The Village,” while he predicts their downfall during “A Storm of Wings.” In a mighty, fists-up anthem that suggests Clutch getting wild, SLIFT alludes to John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov to portend the arrival of some great liberating force, some redemptive truth.
That slowly starts to emerge during the record’s back half, as memory returns to the masses, as people start to remember that they are more than the oppressive uniformity of their society. “Waiting Man”—a psychedelic ballad that suggests Pink Floyd wandering into the Master of Reality sessions—is the breaking point. The narrator realizes that the world he’s committed to is a lie. “I waited for love, waited my time,” Jean Fossat sings, his voice more vulnerable than it’s ever been. “Waited the seasons of my life.” He knows he must find his own way out of this mess and into something better, so long as it’s not too late.
It is dreadfully easy these days to feel powerless. We have instant access to a world of news, and so much of it is so very heavy. SLIFT reckons directly with the modern onslaught of cruelty and absurdity on Fantasia, whether that’s not caring about our home planet or one another. But these eight songs are about trusting in some hidden power for fighting back, for believing in a world where something we cannot yet articulate or define offers not just a way to disrupt the status quo but perhaps to destroy it completely. SLIFT is loud, heavy, and aggressive inside these anthems. They’re preparing for a battle they think we can still win.
What People Have Said About SLIFT:
“Crosshatching space rock to stoner metal, Krautrock to black metal, the void to the arduous resurrection, their musical scope is broad enough to at least approach that end-times question: Where can we go when what we have is gone?” ‘Album Of The Day,’ Bandcamp
“Exhilaratingly expansive music balanced by a sense of darkness and foreboding, traveling simultaneously into outer space and inner turmoil. SLIFT’s expansive energy and transcendental creativity provide a uniquely rewarding thrill.” Kerrang!
“An exhilarating ride, one which continually scales modes of attack and intensity, even as it’s held in place by SLIFT’s purposeful songwriting.” - The Wire
“SLIFT’s mind-expanding mastery of heavy dynamics, six-string flair and psychedelic experimentalism marks them out as one of the most exciting metal bands we’ve heard…” Guitar World
“Though French cosmonauts Slift are very much a cult prospect, it’s only a matter of time before their mesmerising live shows make them superstars…The trio’s concerts are transcendent, cosmic thrillrides. Their genre-jumping deviations are always erratic and exciting, anchored around the herculean drumming of Canek Flores. Meanwhile, the otherworldly aura emitted by singer/guitarist Jean Fossat’s distorted wails and echoing riffs, and his bassist brother Remí’s throbbing twangs, is hammered home by a huge video backdrop, playing what seem to be Doctor Who openings that were abandoned for being too weird.” ★★★★★ Louder Sound
SLIFT Fantasia
Tracklisting: 1. Fantasia 2. Corrupted Sky 3. The Village 4. A Storm of Wings 5. Orbis Tertius 6. Waiting Man 7. The Day of Execution
Today, recent Sub Pop signee Hayden Pedigo is announcing newly rescheduled North American headlining dates for the fall of 2026, beginning on Sunday, September 13th in Indianapolis, IN at Turntable and running through Thursday, October 8th in Detroit, MI at Trinosophes. This announcement includes seven rescheduled dates from Hayden’s canceled November and December 2025 touring, along with three new ones. Tickets are on sale now.
As for fans who purchased tickets for the rescheduled fall 2025 shows, those will be honored at the new dates (except for the Third Man Records show in Nashville on Sep. 24th).
Please find a full list of dates below.
Sun. Sep. 13 - Indianapolis, IN - Turntable Wed. Sep. 23 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade (Altar) Thu. Sep. 24 - Nashville, TN - Blue Room at Third Man Records Sat. Sep. 26 - Cincinnati, OH - Talk Low Festival Tue. Sep. 29 - Philadelphia, PA - Sanctuary at First Unitarian Church Wed. Sep. 30 - Washington, DC - Union Stage Fri. Oct. 02 - Somerville, MA - The Rockwell Sat. Oct. 03 - Portland, ME - One Longfellow Square Sun. Oct. 04 - Montreal, QC - L’Esco Tue. Oct. 06 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall Thu. Oct. 08 - Detroit, MI - Trinosophes
About Hayden Pedigo: Hayden Pedigo: man, myth, master of disguise; un-picker, finger-picker, absurdist, perfectionist. The unorthodox contender for Amarillo City Council, subject of the film Kid Candidate, and creator of the acclaimed albums for Mexican Summer: Letting Go (2021), The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored (2023), and his latest release, I’ll Be Waving as You Drive Away (2025).
He’s an innovator of the instrumental genre. A challenger of the stereotypical, son of a truck-stop preacher, he backs up a cherry red Silverado under his own smiling, Brylcreemed and Nudie-Suited billboard. His foot hesitates above the gas pedal as a cloud of dust rises. Where between beaming advert and disillusioned entertainer might his truest self lie? I’ll Be Waving…his intentionally maximalist, genre-resistant work of warped instrumental Americana – is an exclamation point at the end of an accidental trilogy of records. The album was selected for “Best Albums of 2025” lists from All Music, Nialler9, No Ripcord, PASTE, and Pitchfork. The latter says of the record in its “Best New Music” review, “On his most majestic and sincere record yet, the Texas guitarist plays with grace and power, evoking the gentle emptiness of the American West.”
2025 also saw the release of In The Earth Again, the well-received collaborative album with Oklahoma City’s Chat Pile, released on the Computer Students label. That album also saw year-end praise from the likes of Beats Per Minute, The Needle Drop, Treble Zine, and Stereogum, who called the album “…the two acts find a cohesive middle ground in this brutally dystopian guitar music, with Pedigo’s fingerpicking contrasting Raygun Busch’s seared vocals. The result almost feels like a southern gothic novel: devastating, vast, yet oddly warm all the same.”
Today, March 30th, Man Man has officially released their song “So It Goes,” and it is available now on all DSPs from Sub Pop. Originally only heard within the 2020 game Cyberpunk 2077 under the Fingers and the Outlaws moniker, “So It Goes” quickly became a favorite among the game’s players, racking up millions of streams from fan uploads on YouTube and SoundCloud over the intervening years, with many cover versions from fans, and much speculation as to when and if it would ever officially be released. At long last you can now listen to this ballad for the dusty trails of your heart here.
Man Man is also announcing new North American headlining dates for the summer of 2026, beginning on June 6th in Cortland, NY at The Family Hoedown/Country Music Park and running through Sunday, August 16th in Pioneertown, CA at Pappy & Harriets. These tour dates will feature support from Suicide Squeeze Records act Death Valley Girls (July 6th-25th; select dates) and American Tomahawk (August 7th-16th). See below for a full run of shows.
Sat. Jun.06 - Cortland, NY - The Family Hoedown/The Country Music Park Mon. Jul. 06 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar * Tue. Jul. 07 - Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall * Fri. Jul. 10 - Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea’s Live * Sat. Jul. 11 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall * Sun. Jul. 12 - Austin, TX - 29th Street Ballroom * Mon. Jul. 13 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada * Wed. Jul. 15 - St Louis, MO - Delmar Hall * Thur. Jul. 16 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall * Fri. Jul. 17 - St. Paul, MN - Turf Club * Sat. Jul. 18 - Highbridge Hills, WI - Highbridge Hills Disc Golf Mon. Jul. 20 - Louisville, KY - The Whirling Tiger * Tue. Jul. 21 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre * Thu. Jul. 23 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts * Fri. Jul. 24 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair * Sat. Jul. 25 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg * Fri. Aug. 07 - Santa Cruz - The Atrium at Catalyst ^ Sat. Aug. 08 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s ^ Mon. Aug. 10 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios ^ Wed. Aug 12 - Seattle, WA - Neumos ^ Fri. Aug. 14 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel ^ Sat. Aug. 15 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex ^ Sun. Aug. 16 - Pioneertown, CA - Pappy & Harriets ^
* w/ Death Valley Girls ^ American Tomahawk
In Man Man adjacent news, Ryan Kattner (aka frontman Honus Honus) joins Season 3 of the critically acclaimed Interview with the Vampire series, now rebranded as The Vampire Lestat. Kattner will star as series regular Salamander, and has also written an episode and composed original music for the season. The Vampire Lestat premieres June 7th on AMC.
