Today, August 13th, you can hear Six Finger Satellite’s “Massive Cocaine Seizure (2025 Remaster),” the raucous A-side from the band’s rare, out-of-print 7” single, originally released on Sub Pop in 1996. The new remastered version is available today on all DSPs, and is from the forthcoming Severe Exposure: Deluxe Edition, the expanded 30th anniversary version of the group’s exhilarating 2nd album available worldwide from Sub Pop on September 12th, 2025.
In addition to the original album, Severe Exposure: Deluxe Edition includes a bonus 12” of the 1994 Machine Cuisine EP, and a download of 17 additional songs, including rare singles, compilation tracks, and unreleased material (see “Parlous Games (2025 Remaster)” Official Video). All the material has been freshly mastered by JJ Golden, and the vinyl is packaged in a lovely slipcase with individual jackets for each LP.
Severe Exposure would go on to become Six Finger Satellite’s best-selling album to date, which the band recorded at their own studio, The Parlour, in Providence, Rhode Island.
Formed in 1990 in Providence by J. Ryan (singer/keyboards), John MacLean (guitar), Peter Phillips (guitar), Chris Dixon (bass), and Rick Pelletier (drums), Six Finger Satellite quickly signed to Sub Pop for the Weapon EP. Shortly thereafter, they released their landmark 1993 debut, The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird, and then, in 1995, Severe Exposure.
Severe Exposure foreshadowed the early ‘00s revival of post-punk and synth-oriented rock by adding synths to the band’s caustic, tense post-punk sound. All Music called the album, “Herky-jerky pandemonium rife with buzzing guitars and spooky, deliberately melodramatic synth and Moog lines, Severe Exposure is filled with tight, paranoid riffs that fulfills the deepest wish of anyone who ever wanted to find out what the unholy progeny of Big Black and Devo would sound like.” Trouser Press wrote that “‘Rabies (Baby’s Got The)’ and ‘Simian Fever’ are animal aggressive and messy, while sharing the synthetic digitone lusts of new wave.” The SF Weekly praised it as “a party record, the kind you slip on at that inevitable point when you want ‘certain people’ to head home.” Chunklet doubles down on the album’s festive vibe: “Severe Exposure is a guaranteed party…”
Severe Exposure: Deluxe Edition is now available to preorder from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com, Mega Mart Europe, and select independent retailers will receive the limited Loser Edition on Coke Bottle Clear & Transparent Orange (the EU edition is limited to 1k copies).
Six Finger Satellite Severe Exposure: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
1. Bad Comrade 2. Parlour Games 3. White Queen to Black Night 4. Pulling a Train 5. Simian Fever 6. Cock Fight 7. Dark Companion 8. Where Humans Go 9. Rabies (Baby’s Got The) 10. Board the Bus 11. Love (Via Machine) 12. Blue Melodica 13. The Magic Bus 14. Hans Pocketwatch 15. The Well-Tempered Monkey 16. Like to Get to Know You 17. The Greek Arts 18. White Temples 19. Untitled Instrumental* 20. Fisher of Men* 21. 2MuchKungFu* 22. EV365a* 23. kgbg* 24. Rabies (Baby’s Got The) dub* 25. Mistaken Street* 26. Swing Alone* 27. Spooks/So Lonely* 28. Shadows Moving* 29. Trigger Mac* 30. Man Behind the Glasses* 31. War Crimes* 32. Dark Companion (7” Version)* 33. If I Tried* 34. Massive Cocaine Seizure* 35. Human Operator* *Digital download bonus tracks
On Friday, October 24th, Hannah Jadagu will release Describe, her new album worldwide through Sub Pop. The 12-track long player features the pre-release single “My Love,” along with highlights “Gimme Time,” “Normal Today,” “Tell Me That!!!!,” the title track, and today’s new offering, the buoyant pop song “Doing Now.”
On Describe, Hannah Jadagu learns the hard way that distance is relative. After 2023 debut album Aperture garnered glowing praise from outlets like The New York Times and NPR, Jadagu’s promising career took her away from her blossoming relationship in New York. “I was feeling love and gratitude, but also guilt about being away for my job,” she recalled. “Being a musician requires sacrificing time–And one thing about me, I’m a quality time girlie.” Her expansive second album sees her grappling with that separation, finding connections that extend beyond the physical and strengthening her own voice in the process. Describe verberates with that tension, between wanting connection and craving space. Its lyrics, as on her debut, ache with an emotional specificity that can only be pulled from lived experience.
But that distance also pushed Jadagu to explore new dimensions of her sound. “I’m super into artists that are able to mix analog with modern,” she said, and moving to California for the summer gave her the opportunity to meet new collaborators and experiment with analog synthesizers and drum machines. And while the warm hum of her guitar was her primary instrument for Aperture, she began to feel that her muscle memory of the instrument was holding her back. “It was freeing to be able to sit at a synth and drone on one note while I explored my vocals,” she said. ”I found that to be a bit more freeing than playing on a guitar.” Working with her co-producer Sora at his studio in Altadena and remotely on a few songs with Aperture co-producer and collaborator Max Baby out of Paris, Jadagu carved out a sound on Describe that is both distinctively hers and a total departure from the distorted guitar melodies of her debut (read more at Sub Pop).
With its collage-like soundscapes, combining a deceptively simple guitar melody with her hypnotic vocals repeating the song’s hooky, self-aware refrain (“Timid, I get so”), “Doing Now” showcases this exciting new direction with Hannah’s songwriting. Its accompanying and humorous official video was directed by Sam Wilbert and stars Hannah as “Le Han” at a local Basketball league match, where her team wins “the big game.”
Also being announced today are Hannah’s new live dates for 2025 in support of Describe. In the US, she will open for The Japanese House in Woodstock, New York on September 28th, before heading out as direct support for Gigi Perez’s headlining US tour October 7th through 21st. Hannah has also scheduled an album release show at Brooklyn’s Public Records on October 24th.
Hannah then heads overseas for a short EU/UK tour beginning October 29th in Berlin at Kantine am Berghain, and closing the tour with appearances at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris on November 4th and Pitchfork Selects in London on November 5th.
Tickets for these shows are on sale now. Additional live dates to be announced soon.
Sun. Sep. 28 - Woodstock, NY - Bearsville Theater ^ Tue. Oct. 07 - Houston, TX - House of Blues ** Wed. Oct. 08 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues ** Thu. Oct. 09 - Fort Worth, TX - Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall ** Wed. Oct. 15 - Boston, MA - House of Blues ** Thu. Oct. 16 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall ** Fri. Oct. 17 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz ** Sat. Oct. 18 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore ** Mon. Oct. 20 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater** Tue. Oct. 21 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern ** Fri. Oct. 24 - Brooklyn, NY - Public Records Wed. Oct. 29 - Berlin, DE - Kantine am Berghain Fri. Oct. 31 - Brussels, BE - Les Nuits Weekender @ Botanique (Orangerie) Sat. Nov. 01 - Amsterdam, NL - London Calling @ Paradiso Tue. Nov. 04 - Paris, FR - Pitchfork Paris @ Le Trianon Wed. Nov. 05 - London, UK - Pitchfork London @ 93 Feet East
^ w/ The Japanese House ** w/ Gigi Perez
Describe is available to preorder now on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LP purchased from megamart.subpop.com in North America, MegaMart Europe in the UK + EU, 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!)
Earlier this summer, Hannah Jadagu released the Describe track “My Love,” the scintillating R&B electro pop song to positive reviews and has become one of her most popular singles to date.
What People Have Said About Hannah Jadagu: “Awesome new tune…The track possesses the bubbly, warm feeling of infatuation” [“My Love”] STEREOGUM
“A cozy, feel-good love song about wanting to be with the person you miss. Jadagu keeps it light and sweet here, with a bouncy beat and a soft undercurrent of longing.” [“My Love”] NYLON
“Hannah Jadagu’s “My Love” Is a Force of Nature” “Staff Pick,” EXCLAIM
“As an artist with a chameleon-like quality, shifting seamlessly from R&B to indie rock, Jadagu’s first preview of her new era is pure electro-pop. In “My Love,” she sings about a long-distance romance, craving to be with the person she’s enamored with and giving them all her time. It’s a song that you can imagine soundtracking a romantic moment in a teen TV show like Heartstopper, that captures the emotions of young love. “ “Best New Songs,” PASTE
Hannah Jadagu Describe
Tracklisting 1. Describe 2. Gimme Time 3. More 4. D.I.A.A. 5. Perfect 6. My Love 7. Couldn’t Call 8. Tell Me That!!!! 9. Normal Today 10. Doing Now 11. Miracles 12. Bergamont
There’s trouble in the monkey house in the primal official video for Six Finger Satellite’s “Simian Fever (2025 Remaster),” the Severe Exposure: Deluxe Edition album highlight, which you can watch now at YouTube. The new visual, which mixes animation and live action footage, was directed by Christy Karacas and Luca Depardon.
Severe Exposure: Deluxe Edition, the newly remastered and expanded 30th anniversary version of the group’s exhilarating 2nd album, is available today worldwide from Sub Pop.
The Wire, in its recent review of the album, said, ”Six Finger Satellite were ruthless operators. After signing to Sub Pop for Weapon in 1992, they took their advance and began building a studio - The Parlour - in their home base of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, just outside of Providence. Following that debut EP, but before construction was completed on The Parlour, the hard-rocking quintet recorded their first album, 1993’s The Pigeon Is The Most Popular Bird, with Shellac’s Bob Weston. On that sprawling work, Six Finger Satellite (6FS) switched between agitated post-punk that expertly aped The Pop Group, Gang Of Four, and The Birthday Party, and instrumentals featuring analogue synthesizers that functioned like interstitial movements between the splenetic aggressiveness of the songs. 6FS drew upon the previous generation of mutated rock (Devo, Chrome, Big Black) and became harbingers of mutants yet to come (Arab On Radar, The VSS, Men’s Recovery Project). They had few contemporaries outside of Ohio’s avant-garde androids Brainiac.
“With ten songs in 35 minutes, there is not an ounce of excess on Severe Exposure, which makes the generous portion of bonus tracks so welcome. This intensely creative period for 6FS is buttressed by nearly an hour of digital extras that include rarities, remixes, live takes and studio experiments. “Spooks/So Lonely” is like synth punk Neubauten, while “Mistaken Street” harnesses the jaunty robotics of Palais Schaumburg. Live staple “Man Behind The Glasses” makes an appearance, as does “Massive Cocaine Seizure”/”Human Operator” single…Six Finger Satellite have always been severely underrated, but three decades on, the innovative nature of their music cannot be overstated (see The Wire Issue 500, September 2025).”
In addition to the original album, Severe Exposure: Deluxe Edition includes a bonus 12” of the 1994 Machine Cuisine EP, and a download of 17 additional songs, including rare singles (like 1996’s “Massive Cocaine Seizure”), compilation tracks, and unreleased material (see “Parlour Games” Official Video). All the material has been freshly mastered by JJ Golden, and the vinyl is packaged in a lovely slipcase with individual jackets for each LP.
Formed in 1990 in Providence by J. Ryan (singer/keyboards), John MacLean (guitar), Peter Phillips (guitar), Chris Dixon (bass), and Rick Pelletier (drums), Six Finger Satellite quickly signed to Sub Pop for the Weapon EP. Shortly thereafter, they released their landmark 1993 debut, The Pigeon Is the Most Popular Bird, and then, in 1995, Severe Exposure.
Severe Exposure would go on to become Six Finger Satellite’s best-selling album to date.
Severe Exposure foreshadowed the early ‘00s revival of post-punk and synth-oriented rock by adding synths to the band’s caustic, tense post-punk sound. All Music called the album, “Herky-jerky pandemonium rife with buzzing guitars and spooky, deliberately melodramatic synth and Moog lines, Severe Exposure is filled with tight, paranoid riffs that fulfills the deepest wish of anyone who ever wanted to find out what the unholy progeny of Big Black and Devo would sound like.” Trouser Press wrote that “‘Rabies (Baby’s Got The)’ and ‘Simian Fever’ are animal aggressive and messy, while sharing the synthetic digitone lusts of new wave.” The SF Weekly praised it as “a party record, the kind you slip on at that inevitable point when you want ‘certain people’ to head home.” Chunklet doubles down on the album’s festive vibe: “Severe Exposure is a guaranteed party…”
Six Finger Satellite Severe Exposure: 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
1. Bad Comrade 2. Parlour Games 3. White Queen to Black Night 4. Pulling a Train 5. Simian Fever 6. Cock Fight 7. Dark Companion 8. Where Humans Go 9. Rabies (Baby’s Got The) 10. Board the Bus 11. Love (Via Machine) 12. Blue Melodica 13. The Magic Bus 14. Hans Pocketwatch 15. The Well-Tempered Monkey 16. Like to Get to Know You 17. The Greek Arts 18. White Temples 19. Untitled Instrumental* 20. Fisher of Men* 21. 2MuchKungFu* 22. EV365a* 23. kgbg* 24. Rabies (Baby’s Got The) dub* 25. Mistaken Street* 26. Swing Alone* 27. Spooks/So Lonely* 28. Shadows Moving* 29. Trigger Mac* 30. Man Behind the Glasses* 31. War Crimes* 32. Dark Companion (7” Version)* 33. If I Tried* 34. Massive Cocaine Seizure* 35. Human Operator* *Digital download bonus tracks
“Cathartically boisterous, brutally candid post-punk” - The Guardian
“Louder, sharper, and more resolute than ever.” - Dork
“Noise-makers Sprints, fronted by the fierce and smart Karla Chubb, are making a dash to the front of the rock queue.” - The Telegraph
Today, Dublin band SPRINTS has announced a North American headline tour for early 2026, which will begin on January 28th in Minneapolis, MN, and continue through February 14th in Seattle, WA. Since the band’s inception, they have established a name for themselves, crafting a ferocious live show that echoes the band’s recorded sound, equal parts raw and refined, catapulting listeners into controlled chaos. See below for a full list of shows.
UK In-store + Outstore Performances September 2025
Sat. Sep. 20 - Rome, Italy – Monk Thu. Sep. 26- Dublin, IE - Tower Records Sat. Sep.27 - Liverpool, UK - Jacaranda (Outstore at Baltic) Sun. Sep. 28 - Manchester, UK - Piccadilly (Outstore at Night & Day) Mon. Sep. 29 - Brighton, UK - Resident (Outstore at Chalk), Tue. Sep. 30 - London, UK - Rough Trade East Wed. Oct. 01 - Bristol, UK - Rough Trade Thu. Oct. 02 - Kingston, UK - Banquet (Outstore at Fighting Cocks) Fri. Oct. 03 - Berlin, DE - Rough Trade (Outstore at Mikropol)
EU/UK October/November 2025 Fri. Oct. 17 - Saint Brieuc, FR - Carnavalorock Festival Sat. Oct. 18 - Le Havre, FR - Ouest Park Festival Sun. Oct. 19 - Joué-lès-Tours, FR - Le Temps Machine Tue. Oct. 21 - Nimes, FR - Paloma Wed. Oct. 22 - Lyon, FR - Marché Gare Thu. Oct. 23 - Etagnières VD, CH - Croc the Rock Festival Sun. Nov. 02 - Belfast, UK - Empire Mon. Nov. 03 - Huddersfield, UK - The Parish Thu. Nov. 06 - Glasgow, UK - SWG3 Fri. Nov. 07 - Leeds, UK - Leeds Beckett Student Union Sat. Nov. 08 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall Mon. Nov. 10 - Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK - Newcastle University Student Union (NUSU) Tue. Nov. 11 - Sheffield, UK - The Fondry Wed. Nov. 12 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City Fri. Nov. 14 - London, UK – Troxy Sat. Nov. 15 - Bristol, UK - O2 Academy Bristol Sun. Nov. 17 - Southampton, UK - The 1865 Tue. Nov. 18 - Oxford, UK - O2 Academy 1 Oxford Thur. Nov. 20 - Dublin, IE - Vicar Street
North America January/February 2026 Wed. Jan. 28 – Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry Fri. Jan. 30 – Detroit, MI - Sanctuary Sun. Feb. 01 - Toronto, ON - Longboat Hall Mon. Feb. 03 – Boston, MA - The Sinclair Thu. Feb. 05 – New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom Fri. Feb. 06 – Washington, DC - The Atlantis Sat. Feb. 07 – Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s Tue. Feb. 10 – Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy Wed. Feb. 11 – San Francisco, CA - The Chapel Fri. Feb. 13 – Portland, OR - Mission Theater Sat. Feb. 14 – Seattle, WA, - The Crocodile
EU March 2026 Tue. Mar. 10 – Tourcoing, FR - Grand Mix Wed. Mar. 11 – Brussels, BE - Botanique Thu. Mar. 12 – Amsterdam, NL - Melkweg Fri. Mar. 14 – Cologne, DE - Kantine Sat. Mar. 15 – Hamburg, DE - Uebel & Gefahrlich Tue. Mar. 17 – Copenhagen, DK - Loppen Wed. Mar. 18 – Berlin, DE - Metropol Thu. Mar. 20 – Warsaw, PL - Voodoo Fri. Mar. 21 – Prague, CZ - Akropolis Mon. Mar. 24 – Zürich, CH - Bogen F Tue. Mar. 25 – Milan, IT - Arci Bellezza Wed. Mar. 26 –Munich, DE - Strom Fri. Mar. 28 – Paris, FR - Cabaret Sauvage Sat. Mar. 29 – Luxembourg, LU - Den Atelier Tue. Mar. 31 – Münster, DE - Skaters Palace Cafe Wed. Apr. 01 – Wiesbaden, DE - Schlachthof Thu. Apr. 02 – Schorndorf, DE - Club Manufaktur
SPRINTS have also shared a new song/video for their latest single “Better.” This aurally visceral song is off the band’s forthcoming new record, All That Is Over, out September 26th on Sub Pop for North America and City Slang for the rest of the world.
Directed by Niamh Bryson, “Better” is a song that “sounds like a love song but definitely isn’t,” shares frontperson Karla Chubb. “It explores the idea not of liking someone better, but only liking them when they’re better. It’s tough, sad, but honest and frank. It’s an old demo that was brought back in conversation by Sam and backed by Zac. It’s inspired quite heavily by MBV, especially the Loveless album, and has touches of Big Dreams by Amyl and the Sniffers.”
All That Is Over is now available to preorder on CD/LP/DSPs from Sub Pop in North America and City Slang for the rest of the world. LP orders from both labels will receive the album on limited-edition marbled coral pink vinyl (while supplies last). The album features the standout and previously released songs “Rage”, “Beg,” and “Descartes,“ the latter of which Stereogum calls “…a feverish slasher.”
SPRINTS All That Is Over
Tracklisting: 1. Abandon 2. To The Bone 3. Descartes 4. Need 5. Beg 6. Rage 7. Something’s Gonna Happen 8. Pieces 9. Better 10. Coming Alive 11. Desire
Clipping’s Dead Channel SkyPlus, the digital deluxe edition of the group’s Cyberpunk-inspired Hip-Hop project originally released earlier this year, is available today on all streaming services worldwide on Sub Pop.
Dead Channel Sky Plus expands and reorders the original 20-song sequence. The album is now 24 tracks long and includes the new songs “Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison and Kid Koala),” “Forever War,” “Hard-Eyes,” and today’s offering, the official video “Mirrorshades, Pt. 1,” directed by Iddo Goldberg.
The new Max Headroom-inspired visual stars the group, with Daveed Diggs taking the lead as the titular character. Goldberg offers this, “It’s easy to shut the world out with our Mirrorshades. Maybe we should celebrate our similarities and not our differences. Through her vulnerabilities, LYRA discovers that she’s more like most of us than she thought she was.” Watch now.
Dead Channel SkyPlus was produced and mixed by Clipping and Steve Kaplan and mastered by Levi Seitz at Black Belt Mastering.
Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky is also available on CD/2xLP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP purchases from megamart.subpop.com (US) and Mega Mart Europe (UK/EU), your local record store, and at Clipping’s live shows will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Emerald/Forest Green Ghostly Mashup (North America) and Neon Pink (UK/Europe). The Dead Channel Sky album art was created by Designers Republic.
Clipping previously announced UK/EU tour dates in support of Dead Channel Sky Plus are underway, with a show tonight, Friday September 19th in Brussels, BE at Botanique and and currently runs through Wednesday, September 24th, in Glasgow, UK, at The Garage.
Upon their return to the US, Clipping has scheduled two festival appearances: Chicago, IL’s COLD WAVES XIII Festival (Sep. 27th) and Cincinnati, OH’s Talk Low Fest (Sep. 28th). Please find a complete list of dates below.
Fri. Sep. 19 - Brussels, BE - Botanique Sat. Sep. 20 - Paris, FR - Le Machine Du Moulin Rouge Sun. Sep. 21 - London, UK - Koko [Sold Out] Tue. Sep. 23 - Leeds, UK - Project House Wed. Sep. 24 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage Sep. 27 - Chicago, IL - COLD WAVES XIII Festival (@The Metro) Sep. 28 - Cincinnati, OH - Talk Low Fest (@Memorial Hall)
What People Are Saying About Clipping’s Dead Channel Sky: “An epic masterpiece.” ★★★★ ½, DIY
“It’s simply a masterclass in vibrant, unique and breath-stealing hip-hop whose layers of complexity never stand in the way of its fun, vivid storytelling.” 9/10, CLASH
“Dead Channel Sky is clipping. at their most techno-shocked, reconnecting with the nexus of hip-hop and sci-fi fused by pioneers…” ★★★★ ALL MUSIC
“On their most immediate and vital album yet, the LA rap trio reimagine a cyberpunk-inspired present and future.” PASTE
“Named after the static-filled sky in William Gibson’s sci-fi novel Neuromancer, the album’s cyberpunk-inspired production - courtesy of Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson - imagines an alternate reality where a fusion of electro, Dutch hardcore, drum ‘n’ bass and industrial noise is the norm, while rapper Daveed Diggs explores abandoned pasts and doomed futures in his signature rapid-fire style.” CRACK
“This music here is less the atmospheric synthesizers of a Vangelis score and more the kind of neural buzz and ecstasy rush of the Crystal Method, the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy soundtracking films like the mid-’90s inside-the-computer action of Hackers. However block-rockin’ their beats might be, clipping. aren’t excavating the past just for the sake of nostalgia.” 8/10, Exclaim
“The album is shot through with high-concept storytelling and industrial beats infused with glitchy electronic noises. Diggs’ propulsive rapping lends each song urgency, leading to an overall sound that can only be described as post-apocalyptic.” The AV Club
“The whole thing is a total head-trip.” BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Album of the Week,” Louder Than War
Clipping Dead Channel Sky Plus
Tracklisting: 1.Intro 2. Dominator 3. Change the Channel 4. Run It 5. Go 6. Simple Degradation (Plucks 1-13) (with Bitpanic) 7. Code 8. Dodger 9. Malleus (with Nels Cline) 10. Mirrorshades pt. 1 11. Scams (feat. Tia Nomore) 12. Keep Pushing 13. “From Bright Bodies” (Interlude) 14. Mood Organ 15. Forever War 16. Polaroids 17. Simple Degradation (Plucks 14-18) (with Bitpanic) 18. Madcap 19. Mirrorshades pt. 2 (feat. Cartel Madras) 20. “And You Called” (Interlude) 21. Hard-Eyes 22. Night of Heaven (feat. Counterfeit Madison & Kid Koala) 23. Welcome Home Warrior (feat. Aesop Rock) 24. Ask What Happened
Today, September 12th, Guerilla Toss has released their latest long-player, You’re Weird Now, available worldwide on CD/LP/Digitally from Sub Pop.
With You’re Weird Now, Guerilla Toss reclaim the word “weird” for everyone brave enough to let their freak flag fly and stay true to their artistic vision, no matter what—a way riskier act than it’s ever given credit for, and one that requires a certain amount of serene self-confidence that it takes time and effort to cultivate and sustain.
While in Vermont recording their new full-length album, frontwoman Kassie Carlson would prepare what she called ‘punk lunch’: a communal meal made by raiding the studio fridge for whatever was left and assembling a sandwich from the most random ingredients imaginable.
Regularly joining punk lunch were two legends from their own corners of the weird music world: Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, The Jicks) and Trey Anastasio, Phish guitarist and owner of The Barn, the recording studio where Guerilla Toss made You’re Weird Now, with Malkmus in the producer’s seat. Also at the table were engineer Bryce Goggin, who has worked with Malkmus since Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, and Ben Collette, Phish’s longtime engineer at The Barn.
While the idea of the guy from Phish and the guy from Pavement sitting around with Guerilla Toss, congenially assembling sandwiches from random foodstuffs dug up from the depths of a studio fridge, might seem absurd, it also makes total sense. Because really, if there’s any band that serves as the natural bridge between slacker punks who saw Pavement way before you did, wild-eyed wooks who’ve seen Phish more times than you ever will, and even the eccentrics in ’90s drip following former GT tourmates Primus—it’s Guerilla Toss. A band so imaginative and unapologetically themselves, they’re basically the real-life manifestation of a utopian, post-snob world where all musical ideas are worthy of expression and everyone is welcome.
Beginning tonight, Guerilla Toss will embark on a 28-date North American run. This tour includes standout dates in Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Los Angeles, Austin, and Brooklyn, culminating in Boston, MA, on October 19. See below for a complete tour routing.
Fri. Sep. 12 - Bethel, NY - Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Sat. Sep. 13 - Kingston, NY - Tubby’s Tue. Sep. 16 - Buffalo, NY - Nietzsche’s Wed. Sep. 17 - Lakewood, OH, Mahall’s Thu. Sep. 18 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle Fri. Sep. 19 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club Sat. Sep. 20 - Davenport, IA - Raccoon Motel Sun. Sep. 21 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St. Entry Thu. Sep. 25 - Seattle, WA - Vera Project Fri. Sep. 26 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios Sat. Sep. 27 - Boise, ID - Shrine Basement Sun. Sep. 28 - Reno, NV - Holland Project Wed. Oct. 01 - San Francisco, CA - Chapel Thu. Oct. 02 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room Fri. Oct. 03 - San Diego, CA - Casbah Sat. Oct. 04 - Phoenix, AZ - Linger Longer Lounge Sun. Oct. 05 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress Tue. Oct. 07 - Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves Showroom Wed. Oct. 08 - Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas Thu. Oct. 09 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall Fri. Oct. 10 - New Orleans, LA - No Dice Sat. Oct. 11 - Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5 Sun. Oct. 12 - Nashville, TN - Blue Room @ Third Man Records Tue. Oct. 14 - Washington, DC - DC 9 Thu. Oct. 16 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl Fri. Oct. 17 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny B’s Sat. Oct. 18 - Burlington, VT - Foam Sun. Oct. 19 - Boston, MA - Crystal Ballroom
What people are saying about Guerilla Toss:
“…with every album, they tease and tickle well-constructed songs within which friendly melodies wriggle about.” - Arts Desk
“Red Flag to Angry Bull…serves up their signature playful ferocity and catchy hooks.” - [“Red Flag to Angry Bull”] Stereoboard
“It’s the work of a band fully in control, bursting with bizarro majesty as it bounces toward anthem status.” - [“Red Flag to Angry Bull”] Stereogum
”The boisterous, synth-heavy jam takes elements of math rock and art pop and combines them into an overwhelming stimuli of catchy melodies and delirious interludes.” - [“Life’s a Zoo”] FLOOD
”Very cool tune.” - [“Red Flag to Angry Bull”] Deb Grant, BBC 6 Music
“US outfit offer up a wonderfully rich and infectious post-punk stunner.” - [“Psychosis Is Just a Number”]Mystic Sons
“‘Red Flag To Angry Bull’ is witty, playful, and catchy” - [“Red Flag to Angry Bull”] Clash
“freakily delightful new single” - [“Red Flag to Angry Bull”] Our Culture Mag
