Last month, Sub Pop announced the signing of the prolific and mythical Twisted Teens, the New Orleans band led by Caspian Halliwell and RJ Santos, with plans to release their new music throughout the known universe in 2026 and beyond. Today brings news of their forthcoming album, The HolyCross Tigers, which we’ll release worldwide on Friday, November 6th, 2026. Watch the medieval Anthony Simpkins-directed, Armored MMA official video for its first single, the high-octane, 113-second tale of a love long gone, “When We First Met.”
The Holy Cross Tigers is Twisted Teens’ third album of 2026, following the acclaimed albums Blame the Clown (on Chain Smoking Records in January) and Florida Water Blues (on Going Underground in July).
Twisted Teens just completed a sold-out North American West Coast run and will resume their 2026 tour dates beginning on November 3rd in New York, with a headlining show at The Bowery Ballroom. They will then join their recent tourmates Kurt Vile & The Violators on their headlining run, beginning Wednesday, November 4th in Buffalo, NY, at Asbury Hall and running through Tuesday, November 24th in Baltimore, MD, at Ottobar.
Twisted Teens will also close out 2026 with a tour of Australia beginning Friday, December 11th, in Melbourne at Howler and ending Wednesday, December 16th, in Sydney, at Oxford Art Factory. The tour includes a stop in Meredith, Victoria, on Saturday, December 12th, 2026, for a performance at Meredith Music Festival. Tickets for these shows are on sale now.
For regular performance and ticketing updates, please visit TwistedTeens.com.
Tue. Nov. 03 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom Wed. Nov. 04 - Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall ^ Thu. Nov. 05 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall ^ Fri. Nov. 06 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall ^ Sat. Nov. 07 - St. Louis, MO - The Sovereign ^ Sun. Nov. 08 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall ^ Tue. Nov. 10 - Des Moines, IA - Wooly’s ^ Wed. Nov. 11 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall ^ Thu. Nov. 12 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room ^ Fri. Nov. 13 - Fort Collins, CO - Washington’s ^ Sat. Nov. 14 - Denver, CO - Summit ^ Mon. Nov. 16 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge ^ Tue. Nov. 17 - Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall ^ Wed. Nov. 18 - New Orleans, LA - Joy Theatre ^ Fri. Nov. 20 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club ^ Sat. Nov. 21 - Charleston, SC - The Music Farm ^ Sun. Nov. 22 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre ^ Mon. Nov. 23 - Richmond, VA - The National ^ Tue. Nov. 24 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar ^ Fri. Dec. 11 - Melbourne, VIC, AU - Howler Sat. Dec. 12 - Meredith, VIC, AU - Meredith Music Festival Sun. Dec. 13 - Melbourne, VIC, AU - Northcote Social Club Tue. Dec. 15 - Brisbane, QLD, AU - Crowbar Wed. Dec. 16 - Sydney, NSW, AU - Oxford Art Factory
^ w/ Kurt Vile and the Violators
Twisted Teens’ The Holy Cross Tigers is now available for preorder on CD/LP/CS/Digitally from Sub Pop. LP purchases in North America from the Sub Pop Mega Mart, in the EU/UK from MegaMart Europe, at the band’s live shows and from your local record store will receive the limited Loser Edition on Maroon vinyl. There is also a Bandcamp exclusive on Opaque Maroon w/Black Swirl vinyl (all vinyl colors whilst stock lasts!). Three new T-shirt designs (2 for US, 1 for EU/UK) are also available.
Twisted Teens’ Blame the Clown is out now on Chain Smoking Records. Florida Water Blues is available now in North America through Going Underground Records, and next Friday, September 18th,Sub Pop will release the Florida Water Blues LP for the rest of the world.
Tracklisting: 1. Stalks 2. When We First Met 3. Be An Angel 4. Blue Rose 5. I Spend My Time Crying 6. Blue Flower 7. I Bring 8. Look In The Mirror 9. Lock And Key 10. Figure It Out 11. Armed With A Vision 12. Every Flower 13. Darker The Night Is The Brighter I See
Today, September 9th, 2026, ever-evolving rapper, producer, and musician Shabazz Palaces is sharing “Jheri Curl Jump,” a sensual electro-funk jam and standout from It’s a Style Sport, featuring guest vocals from Marquette Miller (Breaks and Swells, Knife Knights) and Darrius Willrich. Watch the official visualizer animated by returning collaborator Jacob Kasar and edited by Leigh Riibe.
Later this week, Shabazz Palaces will appear at The Stranger’s Genius Awards on Saturday, September 12th at the Moore Theatre in Seattle. Additional live dates will be announced soon.
Shabazz Palaces It’s a Style Sport is available now to preorder on CD/LP/Digital from Sub Pop. LP preorders 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).
It’s a Style Sport is the eighth Shabazz Palaces studio album and the first since the release of sibling mini-albums 2023’s Robed In Rareness and 2024’s Exotic Birds Of Prey.
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, fuelled by curiosity, courage, and a limitless imagination.
It’s a Style Sport features guest appearances from Thaddeus “Thaddillac” Turner, Evan Flory-Barnes, Gerald “Tugboat” Turner, Kassa Overall, Carlos Overall, and the aforementioned Miller and Willrich. The album 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).
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
Friday, September 18th will see the release of Maximum MN, a digital mixtape featuring Sub Pop artists covering Minnesota musicians, capturing a snapshot of Minnesota’s long history of life-changing music and to show solidarity with the people of Minnesota. In the wake of the ICE raids in Minneapolis this year, a lot of communities have been hit hard. Families have been disrupted, people have been displaced, and local support systems are under real strain. Proceeds from this compilation will be sent to The International Institute of Minnesota, a non-profit organization that supports refugees and immigrants through resettlement services, English and citizenship classes, job training (including nursing assistant training), immigration legal services, and direct financial support in the current environment.
The eight-song tracklist includes Downtown Boys (covering the Replacements “Can’t Hardly Wait”), Yuno (covering Hippo Campus “The Way It Goes”), Sweeping Promises (covering Hüsker Dü’s “Something I Learned Today”), Mudhoney (covering Halo of Flies’ “Rubber Room”), Shabazz Palaces (covering Prince’s “Pop Life”), Flock of Dimes (covering Low’s “Especially Me”), Weird Nightmare (covering Paul Westerberg’s “It’s a Wonderful Lie”), and Pissed Jeans (covering former Minnesota Governor and WWF wrestler Jesse “The Body” Ventura’s “The Body Rules”). Please find a full tracklist below.
MaximumMN will be available on all streaming services on Friday, September 18th worldwide from Sub Pop. Fans can also secure the mixtape two weeks early exclusively through today’s Bandcamp Friday on (September 4th).
Various Artists MaximumMN
Tracklisting: 1. Downtown Boys - Can’t Hardly Wait (The Replacements) 2. Yuno - The Way It Goes - Yuno (Hippo Campus) 3. Sweeping Promises - Something I Learned Today (Hüsker Dü ) 4. Mudhoney - Rubber Room (Halo of Flies) 5. Shabazz Palaces - Pop Life (Prince) 6. Flock of Dimes - Especially Me (Low) 7. Weird Nightmare - It’s a Wonderful Lie (Paul Westerberg) 8. Pissed Jeans - The Body Rules (Jesse “The Body” Ventura)
Today is the day, people! The Go’s Free Electricity, the group’s storied, long-lost album, is available today, Friday, September 4th worldwide from Sub Pop. The ten-track-long player was written, composed, and arranged by Bobby Harlow (except track one, which was written by Harlow and Dion Fischer, and track five, written by Harlow and Cary Loren).
Free Electricity, which includes the official videos for the title track,“All Dimensions Are Loose,” and today’s offering, “Secular Century Man,” was mixed and produced by Matthew Smith, engineered by Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders, and mastered by Jim Kissling at Jim Kissling Mastering in Detroit, Michigan.
All Music says Free Electricity “is simply an adventurous and exciting rock record that’s not afraid to lose control. As with everything The Go did before and after, what makes the album wonderful boils down to the combination of Bobby Harlow’s smart songwriting and the band’s willingness to walk their performances right up to the edge of whatever oblivion they’re currently exploring (4.5/5).” Meanwhile, Stereogum offers this of the title track “the sound of a garage-punk band taking things deep into the chaos zone…” Finally, SPIN says “The album captures the Go at a particularly adventurous moment…pushing the band’s high-octane sound into stranger territory.”
Tracklisting: 1. Free Electricity 2. Secular Century Man 3. All Dimensions Are Loose 4. Peacock Angel 5. Pharaoh’s Tomb 6. Into Outer Space 7. Turnin’ On 8. Blood Red Sun 9. Muthers of the Earth 10. Golden Dawn
Wolf Parade has teamed up with Trixie Mattel, the legendary American singer, producer, DJ, actor, drag queen, and recognized “Skinny Legend,” for a new dance remix of the band’s breakout streaming hit, “I’ll Believe In Anything.” The fun rework keeps the spirit of the original alive while building into a driving and euphoric track for the dancefloor.
As strong allies of the LGBTQ+ community, Wolf Parade partnering with Trixie shows the kind of community focus and authentic engagement that is foundational for both indie bands and the gay community. Proceeds from “I’ll Believe In Anything” (Trixie Mattel Remix) will go to Lambert House LGBTQ+ youth center, which serves over 700 youth annually in 12 locations in King County, WA: “Youth come to make friends and to find resources. Some youths’ parents bring them to the door to find friends. Other youths’ parents have kicked them out. Lambert House feeds them, clothes them, and gets them into safe housing. Lambert House is a haven for rationality, safety, and closeness for our young community members.” For more information or to donate, visit www.lamberthouse.org.
“I’ll Believe In Anything” is Wolf Parade’s biggest song to date, due to its prominent use in the steamy hit TV show Heated Rivalry (see February 9th Vulture interview).
On Spotify alone, the original recording of “I’ll Believe In Anything” has now reached 110 million streams to date, with 90 million of those amassed since the show’s premiere in late November 2025. The song’s placement in the show also helped grow the band’s listenership on the platform to over 4 million monthly listeners.
Wolf Parade previously announced North American headlining and festival dates for fall of 2026, resuming Tuesday, November 10th in Calgary, AB at The Palace Theatre and running through Saturday, December 12th, in Toronto, ON at History. The announcement includes their headlining play on Sunday, November 29th at The Showbox at The Market in Seattle with support from newly signed label mate Lex Walton.
Tickets for all other shows are on sale now. Please find a current list of dates below.
Tue. Nov. 10 - Calgary, AB - The Palace Theatre Wed. Nov. 11 - Edmonton, AB - Midway Music Hall Fri. Nov. 13 - Vancouver, BC - The Pearl Sat. Nov. 14 - Vancouver, BC - The Pearl Sun. Nov. 29 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market * Sat. Dec. 12 - History, Toronto, Canada Tickets
* w/ Lex Walton
About Wolf Parade: Wolf Parade was founded in 2003 in Montreal, Quebec. After a pair of self-titled EPs, the band - Hadji Bakara (electronic manipulations), Dan Boeckner (guitar, vocals), Spencer Krug (keyboards, vocals), Arlen Thompson (drums) - released Apologies to the Queen Mary to widespread acclaim in September, 2005. The album was recorded by Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock.
The band followed Apologies with 2008’s At Mount Zoomer and 2010’s Expo 86. After a lengthy hiatus, Wolf Parade returned to Sub Pop to release two more albums, Cry Cry Cry in 2017 and Thin Mind in 2020.
About Trixie Mattel: Trixie Mattel is an American singer, actor, drag queen, and recognized “Skinny Legend.” Trixie is the winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” season 3 (originally competing on season 7). She is also a Billboard Heatseekers #1 charting recording artist (One Stone, 2018), a wildly successful touring act, and one half of a comic duo with Katya on YouTube (“UNHhhh” & Netflix’s “I Like To Watch”).
Additional accomplishments include her documentary, “Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts,” self-launched cosmetics company Trixie Cosmetics, her “Skinny Legend” comedy special, a New York Times best-selling book with Katya called “Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood,” and also started a podcast with Katya called “The Bald And The Beautiful”.
Over the past few years, Mattel has partnered with Fender, worked with Integrity Toys to release the “Trixie” doll, was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award for her “One Night Only” comedy special, and appeared as one of the judges for the hit Paramount+ Queen of the Universe singing competition alongside Michelle Visage, Leona Lewis and Vanessa Williams.
She starred in her own Discovery+ reality renovation show “Trixie Motel” and released her double LP ‘The Blonde and Pink Albums’ to acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard, People, Vogue, NPR and more, as well as performance slots on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and at Austin City Limits & Stagecoach.
She has taken her Solid Pink Disco live DJ tour across the country, making her one of the hottest DJs on the touring circuit today, with additional appearances at Coachella, OutLoud, and opening for Chappell Roan. Throughout 2026, she took her immersive sci-fi-inspired SuperDisco live DJ show to a variety of festivals, including Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Lightning In a Bottle & Outside Lands, Osheaga & Capitol Hill Block Party.
