Ya Tseen’s (pronounced Yacht Seen) new album, Stand On My Shoulders, is digitally available worldwide today from Sub Pop. Led by multi-disciplinary artist Nicholas Galanin, Stand On My Shoulders is an incandescent exploration of existence, a celebration of love and connection to Land.
Stand On MyShoulders features guest performances from Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, dreamcastmoe, Anel Figueroa, *Jahon Mikal, Pink Siifu, Sidibe, Hanna Ben, and Ashley Young. The album builds on the group’s 2020 Sub Pop debut, Indian Yard, with revolutionary love as the foundation for collective liberation, centering connection, longing, and resistance. The cover art for Stand On My Shoulders is one of Galanin’s monoprints, referencing a photo of his father, who passed away in 2021. His father’s Tlingit regalia remains, but the wearer isn’t visible, highlighting the space to be filled by future generations. With Stand On My Shoulders, Ya Tseen uplifts the gifts given to us by our ancestors and the collective responsibilities we have to future generations. Click here to listen to the entire album.
To celebrate the release of their new album, Ya Tseen will perform live on KEXP today at 11:00 AM PST, with an interview to follow with DJ Cheryl Waters. They will then play a celebratory album release show at Seattle’s Clock Out Lounge later that night. Tickets are available here. They are also confirmed perform on January 24th at The Crystal Saloon in Juneau, Alaska, with more dates to be announced in the coming weeks.
Galanin is a musician and visual artist who has been creating music, customary Tlingit carving, and interdisciplinary art for over two decades. His sculpture and video work have been shown at the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Sydney Biennial, Desert X, Art Week Miami Beach, and by the New York Public Art Fund. Galanin’s visual and sonic work are interconnected streams of creative flow, integral to the watershed of his work.
Ya Tseen Stand On My Shoulders
1. Ircenrraat (feat. Ashley Young)
2. Twilight (feat. Pink Siifu, Sidibe)
3. Perfect Combo (feat. dreamcastmoe)
4. Taste On My Lips (feat. Portugal. The Man, Meshell Ndegeocello, Sidibe)
Netflix is a Joke Presents: Flight of the Conchords’ first Los Angeles appearance in over 10 years at The Greek Theatre on May 9th, performing at the 2026 edition of the Netflix Is A Joke Festival. The Conchords’ will perform fan favorites, and classic banter. This will also be the duo’s only US performance for 2026.
Bret McKenzie says, “Can’t wait to get the entire two-man band back together for this special Los Angeles show! Looking forward to singing some of our old songs again and dusting off some classic banter. This has the potential to be an awesomely fun night! (just need to relearn our own songs).”
Artist and fan presales begin Wednesday, January 21, and are on sale to the general public Friday, January 23 at 10 am PT. Buy tickets here.
New Zealanders Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement debuted on HBO in 2005 in an edition of the comedy series “One-Night Stand,” returning to the network in 2007 for the debut season of their acclaimed, Emmy-nominated series “Flight of the Conchords,” which followed fictionalized versions of their lives in New York City.
The duo also signed a worldwide deal with Sub Pop Records for their recorded music, going on to release the Grammy-winning EP, The Distant Future in 2007, followed by two full-lengths and a live album - their self-titled debut in 2008, I Told You I Was Freaky in 2009, and Live In London in 2019. They also headlined in the US and the UK multiple times, including their wildly successful “Flight of the Conchords Sing Flight of the Conchords Tour” in 2016.
The Conchords’ have also enjoyed individual success. Clement’s film and TV credits include the Rio movies, Men in Black 3, What We Do in the Shadows, and his role in FX’s Legion. More recently, he’s been seen in The Minecraft Movie, Megan 2.0, and as “Dr. Garvin” in the recent Avatar films (The Way of Water in 2022; and Fire and Ash in 2025).
McKenzie was the songwriter for The Muppets, which won him an Academy Award® for Best Original Song for “Man or Muppet,” and “Muppets Most Wanted.” He’s also written songs for TV and film, including The Simpsons and The Minecraft Movie. Bret also recently released two solo albums for Sub Pop - Songs Without Jokes in 2022 and Freak Out City in 2024, and has been touring live in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
What People Have Said About Flight of the Conchords’ Live Show:
“…Flight of the Conchords has been distinguished by its subtlety: songs, jokes and stage banter so understated, you could be forgiven for not realizing when the two men performing them are joking.” New York Times
“…a carefully constructed, carefully executed live comedy of a rare breed–simultaneously large-scale and human-level.” BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Their impressions are razor-sharp, their vocals show huge range (McKenzie’s especially), and their comic timing is better than ever (Clement’s in particular).” - The Week
“You’d be hard-pressed to find any current musical-comedy act that didn’t pick up a little of the Conchords DNA.” PLAYBOY
Iron & Wine, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Sam Beam, will release their eighth full-length album and sixth for Sub Pop, entitled Hen’s Teeth, worldwide on February 27th.
Hen’s Teeth arrives fully formed but sits as a sibling record, of sorts, to 2024’s acclaimed and Grammy-nominated Light Verse. Its seeds were sewn during the multiple sessions done over the last few years in the foothills of Los Angeles with studio owner/engineer Dave Way (Fiona Apple, Jakob Dylan, Sheryl Crow) at the helm. The record features many familiar names from the Iron & Wine universe - David Garza, Sebastian Steinberg, Tyler Chester, Griffin Goldsmith, Beth Goodfellow, Kyle Crane, and Paul Cartwright – lending their talents to a collection of songs that, while complementary in nature, had their own distinct feel.
Hen’s Teeth includes a few new, fresh voices; the Grammy-winning Americana trio I’m With Her - Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan, and Sara Watkins - are featured on two tracks. The trio bring their harmonizing prowess to the ebullient track, “Robin’s Egg,” and in the tender, mournful “Wait Up” they make more with less on a song that is sure to become a fan favorite. The record also marks the recording debut of Arden Beam. Arden (one of Beam’s daughters) contributes harmonies and backing vocals on “Roses,” “Singing Saw,” “Defiance, Ohio,” and “Grace Notes.” Her contributions lend a personal poignancy and a wonderful sonic texture to Hen’s Teeth.
The title Hen’s Teeth, much like the birth of this record, takes its inspiration as something that should not exist; a happy accident that fell out of enjoying the company of the aforementioned players in a setting that offered creativity and inspiration. As Beam states : “To me it suggests the impossible. Hen’s teeth do not exist. And that’s what this record felt like: a gift that shouldn’t be there but it is. An impossible thing but it’s real.”
Today, Iron & Wine has shared an official video for their sonically poignant track, “In Your Ocean.” It’s one of several songs on Hen’s Teeth in which lovers are depicted as so deeply entwined they physically merge. “Praying for dry ground / Though I only want to drown / When I find myself swimming in your ocean.” You can watch the new video, directed by Spencer Kelly, here.
Iron & Wine have announced a WORLD tour beginning in late February in Australia & New Zealand, with headline dates in North America, running from April to May and newly announced dates in October. See below for a complete list of dates. Tickets can be purchased here.
Australia & New Zealand Sat. Feb. 28 - Perth, AU - The Rechabite * Mon. Mar. 02 - Brisbane, AU - The Princess Theatre * Wed. Mar. 04 - Sydney, AU - City Recital Hall * Fri. Mar. 06 - Adelaide, AU - WOMADelaide * Sat. Mar. 07 - Port Fairy, AU - Port Fairy Folk Festival Sun. Mar 08 - Port Fairy, AU - Port Fairy Folk Festival Tue. Mar. 10 - Melbourne, AU - Northcote Theatre * Thu. Mar. 12 - Hobart, AU - Odeon Theatre * Sat. Mar. 14 - Auckland, NZ - Powerstation * Sun. Mar - 15, Wellington, NZ - Meow Nui *
North America Tue. Mar. 17 - Honolulu, HI - The Hawaii Theatre ^ Wed. Mar. 18 - Kahului, HI - Maui Arts & Cultural Center Castle Theater ^ Mon. Apr. 27th - St Louis, MO - The Pageant @ Tue. Apr. 28th - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note @ Wed. Apr. 29th - Omaha, NE - Astro Theater @ Fri. May 01 - Saint Paul, MN - Fitzgerald Theater @ Sat. May 02 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom @ Sun. May 03 - Iowa City, IA - The Englert Theatre @ Tue. May 05 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall @ Wed. May 06 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall @ Fri. May 08 - Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theater @ Sat. May 09 - Niagara Falls, CA - The Avalon Theatre at Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort @ Sun. May 10 - Albany, NY - The Egg @ Mon. May 11 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer @ Wed. May 13 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel @ Thu. May 14 - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club @ Fri. May 15 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa @ Sat. May 16 - Saxapahaw, NC - Haw River Ballroom @ Sun. May 17 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle @
*with Leah Senior ^ with Jenny Yim @ with Improvement Movement
Hen’s Teeth is now available to preorder on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LPs purchased from megamart.subpop.com, MegaMart Europe in the UK + EU, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition on Transparent White (NA), Ox Blood (UK/EU), and Australia/New Zealand (White) while supplies last. Iron & Wine Hen’s Teeth
Track Listing: 1. Roses 2. Paper and Stone 3. Robin’s Egg (feat. I’m With Her) 4. Singing Saw 5. In Your Ocean 6. Defiance, Ohio 7. Wait Up (feat. I’m With Her) 8. Grace Notes 9. Dates and Dead People 10. Half Measures
Today, January 9th, 2026, Father John Misty’s “The Old Law” is a new single available on all digital streaming services worldwide from Sub Pop. The song was produced by Drew Erickson and Josh Tillman, mixed by Michael Harris and Jonathan Wilson at Fivestar Studios in Los Angeles, and mastered by Adam Amyan at Ayan Mastering. “The Old Law” is previously known to Father John Misty fans as “God’s Trash” and debuted as part of the live set in the fall of 2024.
A little over a year later, “The Old Law” single follows the release of Mahashmashana, Father John Misty’s sixth long player in twelve years, released in November 2024.
The Western US leg of Father John Misty’s previously announced international headlining and festival tour dates in support of Mahashmashama kick off Monday, March 23rd in Ventura, CA at the Majestic Ventura Theater and run through Sunday, May 17th in Pomona, CA at The Fox Theater.
Along this run, Father John Misty has scheduled two-night stands at the historic The Castro Theatre in San Francisco (March 24th+25th), and at The Paramount Theatre in Seattle (Apr. 3rd +4th). He will also headline at Boise’s Treefort Festival (Mar. 29th).
Father John Misty’s UK & EU run will start on Monday, June 1st in Lisbon, PT at Sagres Campo Pequeno and end on Sunday, June 14th in Wicklow, IE with a headlining set at Beyond The Pale Festival. Highlights for this run include appearances at Primavera Festival in Barcelona, ES (Jun. 4th), and Northside Festival in Aarhus, DK (Jun. 6th) and Father John Misty’s first headlining shows in Portugal in eight years.
Variety says of his July 2025 headlining performance at The Greek Theatre, “He’s one of contemporary music’s greatest lyricists and one of our loveliest melodists (a good combo, when you can find it, by the way), so there’s usually some kind of euphoric effect even in distemper or dystopia. His wish is our command when it comes to actually enjoying stuff that sounds more challenging on paper, or even on vinyl, than it does in the flesh.”
Mon. Mar. 23 - Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theater @
Tue. Mar. 24 - San Francisco, CA - The Castro Theatre*
Wed. Mar. 25 - San Francisco, CA - The Castro Theatre*
Fri. Mar. 27 - Sacramento, CA - Channel 24 #
Sat. Mar. 28 - Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort and Casino - Grand Theatre@
Sun. Mar. 29 - Boise, ID - Treefort Music Festival
Tue. Mar. 31 - Missoula, MT - The Wilma@
Thu. Apr. 02 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre@
Fri. Apr. 03 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre&
Sat. Apr. 04 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre&
Thu. May 14 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen #
Fri. May 15 - Salt Lake City - Kilby Block Party
Sat. May 16- Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl@
Sun. May 17 - Pomona, CA - The Fox Theater@
EU Tour Dates, June 2026
Mon. Jun. 01 - Lisbon, PT - Sagres Campo Pequeno
Tue. Jun. 02 - Porto, PT - Coliseu do Porto
Thu. Jun. 04 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Festival
Sat. Jun. 06 - Aarhus, DK - Northside Festival
Mon. Jun. 08 - Amsterdam, NL - Live At Amsterdam Bos
Tue. Jun. 09 - Cologne, DE - Carlswerk Victoria
Wed. Jun.10 - Antwerp, BE - OLT Rivierenhof
Fri. Jun. 12 - London, UK - Lido Festival
Sun. Jun. 14 - Wicklow, IE - Beyond The Pale Festival
@ with David Vandervelde
* with Andy Shauf
# An Evening With
& Very Special Guests TBA
Mahashmashana and its singles earned glowing reviews and “Best of” coverage from the likes of Variety, The Ringer, Vogue, Under the Radar, Uproxx, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, The AV Club, PASTE, Consequence of Sound, PopMatters, GQ (UK), Philadelphia Inquirer, Pitchfork, New York Times, and The New Yorker, the latter who called the album “an aching monument to human imperfection.”
“One of the most refreshing voices in indie.” — Paste
“An increasingly rare artist who sees indie pop as more than just wallpaper, Lala Lala has steadily built a discography that aims boldly for the heart.” — FADER
Lala Lala, the project of Lillie West, announces her new album and Sub Pop debut, Heaven 2, out February 27th, and a North American tour (on sale Jan. 9th). In conjunction, she releases two new singles, “Heaven2” and “Even Mountains Erode,” which follow the existential “Does This Go Faster?,” a tone setter for Heaven 2 which “glimmers with champagne-bubbly synths and percussion” (FLOOD).
West has always made her music in response to an itchiness to always be moving, but as she developed a burgeoning desire to settle, she found the surprise realization that steadiness can beget creativity. That evolutionary tension is what fuels Heaven 2. The album was co-produced by West and Jay Som’s Melina Duterte, who provides a strong punchiness as a bed for West’s warm, rounded vocals. Duterte and West performed almost all of the album’s instruments with a few crucial guests, including Sen Morimoto, Macie Stewart and Porches’ Aaron Maine.
For many years, West lived in Chicago, where she established Lala Lala as an integral part of the city’s indie scene, releasing two albums – The Lamb (2018) and I Want the Door to Open (2021) – on the Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. They were powerful statements from a curious artist: catchy guitar-pop songs about being stuck in the ups and downs of life, the struggle to stay sober, to leave town, to blow up your life.
West left Chicago to search for more, and in the process, wrote Heaven 2. On her journey, she landed off the grid in Taos, New Mexico, then made her way to Iceland, where she lived on and off for two years, with the off being in London, where she grew up. Following a residency in a tiny Icelandic town, she made her way to Reykjavik and released an instrumental album, If I Were A Real Man I Would Be Able To Break The Neck Of A Suffering Bird (2024), and finally headed to Los Angeles, where she has, almost surprisingly, fallen in love and found herself settled. It’s been a good place to live, not because she particularly likes or dislikes L.A., but because she’s discovered that, as she puts it, “wherever you go, there you are.” This sentiment permeates throughout Heaven 2.
Take “Even Mountains Erode” in which West sings about how it’s ultimately okay to be on one’s own: “There are symbols and signs, you’re missing your life // You’re under a threat, that you can’t feel yet // And if you need to be free, I don’t see what you see // But I’m not opposed // Even mountains erode.” And the melodramatic “Heaven2,” written at a time of feeling defeated. West’s vocals build like a cloud swelling before a storm, synths sweep across the song, the drums patter like raindrops on a car roof, and then the whole sky opens up, with a massive instrumental outro taken straight from the demo.
Catharsis is not only about the pain, but the escape that happens when you free yourself of it. And so there are moments of bold joy on the album, too. “Resistance is the root of all suffering, and I did not know that,” says West. “I thought that I could dictate the course of my life.” Of course, like everyone else, she could not. Wherever you go, there you are.
Heaven 2 is now available to preorder on CD/LP/all DSPs from Sub Pop. LPs purchased from megamart.subpop.com, MegaMart Europe in the UK + EU, and your local record store, will receive the limited Loser Edition on Ocean Blue (NA) and Crystal Clear (UK/EU) vinyl, while supplies last.
On Friday, April 3rd, 2026, sunn O))) will release their eponymously titled first full-length album for Sub Pop.
sunn O))) was co-produced & mixed by the band and Brad Wood (Hum, Tar, Sunny Day Real Estate, Liz Phair), and was recorded at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, January 2025. You can now listen to the album’s closing track, “Glory Black.”
sunn O))) is available for preorder on CD/2xLP/all DSPs worldwide from Sub Pop. LP preorders through the North American Sub Pop Mega Mart will receive the limited Loser edition on opaque bluevinyl; preorders through Mega Mart Europe will receive the Loser Edition on oxblood vinyl (UK/EU) with reversed cover art. The Loser Editions will also be available at your local record store. There are also two new T-shirts (long and short sleeve) and a baseball hat available (US-only) (All vinyl colors and album merch available while stock lasts!).
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 also featured on the inner LP sleeves and accompanying album merch.
sunn O))) recently sat for an interview with The New York Times, who say of the new album: “The result — captured with exceptional vividness by Brad Wood…is 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 (See January 13th, 2026 feature).”
sunn O)) is also announcing new initial North American headlining shows for 2026 in support of the album. Additional incoming live dates will be announced soon.
Tickets for the below shows will go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 16th at 10 am (local).
Wed. Apr. 01 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren 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 Sat. Apr. 11 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer 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
More on sunn O))): For nearly 30 years, sunn O))) – Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson – have pushed the boundaries of heavy music, straddling the worlds of the avant-garde and rock to forge a style instantly recognisable as their own. Now, sunn O))) return with their first album of new material since 2019’s acclaimed Pyroclasts. Their tenth album – their debut for Sub Pop – demonstrates the duo’s mastery of time and space, light and dark, and their willingness to evolve their unmistakable sound into bold new forms.
The eponymously titled sunn O))) was tracked at Bear Creek Studios, Woodinville, Washington with Brad Wood. This location proved crucial to the recording process. “The vast tracking room had big windows looking out on trees,” says O’Malley. “We could go hiking and be out in the woods, spend time outdoors. That became a big part of it.”
sunn O))) have long welcomed collaborators into their self-contained world: past work has featured, Attila Csihar (Mayhem), composer Hildur Guðnadóttir, multi-instrumentalist Steve Moore, polymath Mark Deutrom, Silkworm’s Tim Midyett and legendary singer-songwriter Scott Walker. But on this album O’Malley and Anderson found fresh possibilities in the primal territory of the duo format, performing all the instrumentation themselves. “What’s been happening with our performances over the last couple years with the two of us and no other collaborators has been really fresh and exciting,” says Anderson.
The compositions on sunn O))) are expansive and panoramic yet finely detailed, reflecting the arboreal setting in which they were recorded. Amidst howling feedback and glacial crunch, one finds surprisingly delicate moments: a field recording of water trickles beneath, piano interludes lend a hushed, solemn feel. All while the duo attains fresh heights of telepathic intensity as they shape music that breathes the bracing, earthy air of the Pacific Northwest.
Framing the album visually are two paintings by the late American artist Mark Rothko. Liner notes are by award-winning British writer Robert Macfarlane, famed for his works concerning landscape and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through the work of the band, Macfarlane, and Rothko, sound, word and visual combine into a fully immersive experience that is undeniably, completely sunn O))) (read full bio at Sub Pop).
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Tracklisting: 1. XXANN 2. Does Anyone Hear Like Venom? 3. Butch’s Guns 4 Mindrolling 5. Everett Moses 6. Glory Black
