Today, September 11th, Sub Pop recording artist Frankie Cosmos has teamed up with Australian indie rock outfit Good Morning to release a version of Margo Guryan’s classic song, “Take a Picture.” This cover is featured on the 12-song compilation Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan, which will be released worldwide on November 8th. A portion of proceeds from this album will be donated to a nonprofit that provides and advocates for affordable reproductive health services.
Greta Kline of Frankie Cosmos shares: “I first heard Margo Guryan on a playlist by Everyday Oil (yes, a playlist by a face oil) a few days before she passed away. I ended up getting into ‘Take A Picture’ and ‘27 Demos’ during the late fall of 2021 while we were mixing “Inner World Peace.’ I specifically remember Alex driving us through Brooklyn on a rainy November evening to Nate and Katie’s house (where they were finishing mixing), and we were talking about how great ‘Take A Picture’ sounded. Maybe not a specific mixing reference, but it was definitely in the air while we were working.
“I remember feeling like I was the last person to learn about Margo Guryan. I’d like to think that every time someone uncovers Margo Guryan, they start to piece together how many of their friends already know and love her songs. Hopefully, more people will learn about her music and listen to her records, and I’m happy to be part of that with this compilation!”
Frankie Cosmos is currently working on a follow-up to their 2022 release, Inner World Peace. The band is confirmed to perform five SOLD OUT shows, September 14th-19th at Webster Hall, opening for their fellow compilation-mate Clairo in NYC. Frankie Cosmos will then embark on a 17-date run, with Cavetown through the northeast, midwest, and south, ending on November 14th at the Paramount in Huntington, NY. See below for a complete list of shows.
Sat. Sep. 14 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Sat. Sep. 15 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Tue. Sep. 17 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Wed. Sep. 18 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Thu. Sep. 19 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall $ Thu. Oct. 24 - Albany, NY - The Egg % Fri. Oct. 25 - New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall % Sat. Oct. 26 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground % Sun. Oct. 27 - Portland, ME - State Theatre (ME) % Mon. Oct. 28 - Syracuse, NY - The Song & Dance Tue. Oct. 29 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE % Wed. Oct. 30 - Columbus, OH - KEMBA Live! % Thu. Oct. 31 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle Fri. Nov. 01- Madison, WI - The Sylvee % Sat. Nov. 02 - Minneapolis, MN - The Fillmore % Mon. Nov. 04 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works % Tues. Nov. 05 - Chattanooga, TN - Firepole Concerts Wed. Nov. 06 - Oxford, MS - Proud Larry’s Thu. Nov. 07 - New Orleans, LA - Joy Theater % Fri. Nov. 08 - Birmingham, AL - Iron City % Sat., Nov. 09 - Columbia, SC - The Senate % Mon. Nov. 11 - Raleigh, NC - The Ritz % Tue. Nov. 12 - Norfolk, VA - The Annex Wed. Nov. 13 - Richmond, VA - The National % Thu. Nov. 14 - Huntington, NY - The Paramount %
$ w/ Clairo % w/ Cavetown
Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan is now available to preorder from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (North America), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), and independent retailers worldwide will receive the limited Loser edition on Opaque Red vinyl (while stock lasts!).
Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan Launch is now available to preorder from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (North America), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), and independent retailers worldwide will receive the limited Loser edition on Opaque Red vinyl (while stock lasts!).
Various Artists Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan
Tracklisting: 1. Sunday Morning (TOPS) 2. Sun (Rahill) 3. Love Songs (Clairo) 4. Thoughts (June McDoom) 5. Don’t Go Away (MUNYA | Kainalu) 6. Take a Picture (Frankie Cosmos |Good Morning) 7. What Can I Give You (Kate Bollinger) 8. Think of Rain (Pearl & The Oysters) 9. Can You Tell (Bedouine | Sylvie) 10. Someone I Know (Empress Of) 11. Love (Barrie) 12. California Shake (Margo Price)
Following the BBC Radio 1 “Hottest Record” single premiere earlier this morning, you can now watch Suki Waterhouse‘s EPIC new video for “Model, Actress, Whatever” from Memoir of a Sparklemuffin, out this Friday, September 13th, worldwide from Sub Pop.
The video, directed by Tyler Falbo, will see its broadcast premiere today at noon EST on MTV Live, MTVU, MTV Biggest Pop, and on the Paramount Times Square billboards in New York City. Tomorrow night, Wednesday, September 11th, Suki will be a presenter at the VMAs.
The Sparklemuffin Tour, Suki’s headlining US tour, begins September 28th in Denver. Preceding the tour, she will support Mitski at Portland’s Moda Center on September 21st.
Sub Pop is proud to present “John Waters Covers ‘The Singing Dogs’ “Jingle Bells’” b/w “It’s a Punk Rock Christmas,” a new 7” single available ahead of “A John Waters Christmas,” his annual holiday tour. The single will be released worldwide on November 8th through, you guessed it, Sub Pop.
The A-side single features a parody version of The Singing Dogs’ “Jingle Bells’,” which takes the Christmas classic on a howling turn that should delight (and possibly dismay) dog owners everywhere. Meanwhile, the B-side, “It’s a Punk Rock Christmas,” is a raunchy spoken word yarn about the lack of the punk rock spirit during the anxiety-provoking season.
The new single was produced by Grammy-winner Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, The Good Ones [Rwanda], poet Raymond Antrobus, Parchman Prison Prayer) who produced all of Waters’ previous three singles. Brennan states, “In producing John’s annual Christmas tour for over twenty years, it seemed almost negligent that he didn’t have a Christmas record. Everyone from U2 to Justin Bieber to William Shatner to Bob Dylan does, and John’s wit couldn’t be a more fitting cheer for the annual holiday music canon.”
The Pope of Trash has also announced his annual “A John Waters Christmas” comedy tour, which begins Sunday, December 1st, in Santa Cruz, CA, at Rio Theatre and ends Thursday, December 19th, in Baltimore, MD, at Baltimore SoundStage. Tickets for these shows are on sale now.
“A John Waters Christmas” 2024 Tour Dates Sun. Dec. 01 - Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre Mon. Dec. 02 - San Francisco, CA - The Great American Music Hall Tue. Dec. 03 - Seattle, WA - The Neptune Theatre Wed. Dec. 04 - Seattle, WA - The Neptune Theatre Thu. Dec. 05 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre Fri. Dec. 06 - Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre Sat. Dec. 07 - North Hollywood, CA - El Portal Theatre Sun. Dec. 08 - San Diego, CA - Lou Lou’s Jungle Room Sat. Dec. 14 - Cincinnati, OH - Live at the Ludlow Garage Sun. Dec. 15 - New York, NY - City Winery Tue. Dec. 17 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer Wed. Dec. 18 - Alexandria, VA - Birchmere Music Hall Thu. Dec. 19 - Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
“John Waters Covers ‘The Singing Dogs’ “Jingle Bells’” b/w “It’s a Punk Rock Christmas” is available to preorder on Clear with Red and Green Swirl vinyl from Sub Pop Mega Mart in North America, MM2 in the UK and Europe, and select independent retailers worldwide.
“John Waters Covers ‘The Singing Dogs’ “Jingle Bells’” b/w “It’s a Punk Rock Christmas” follows the 2022 release of “It’s In the Book” (which features Waters covering a stand-up routine recorded and made famous by midwestern-US comedian/actor/musician Johnny Standley in 1952), and his 2021 single, “Prayer to Pasolini” (his tribute to the legendarily controversial Italian film director Pier Paolo Pasolini). Both singles are also available from Sub Pop.
John Waters “John Waters Covers ‘The Singing Dogs’ Jingle Bells”’ b/w “It’s a Punk Rock Christmas”
Tracklisting: A. “John Waters Covers ‘The Singing Dogs’ Jingle Bells”’ B. “It’s a Punk Rock Christmas”
Today, Naima Bock shares “Feed My Release,” a new single and visualizer from Below a Massive Dark Land, her forthcoming second album.
Naima says of the song, “‘Feed My Release’ is mostly about regret. It’s a simple song I thought wasn’t worth recording for a long time until I started singing it with violinist Oliver Hamilton, and his harmonies brought it to life. Then, Holly Whitaker joined along with her amazing voice, as well as Cassidy Hansen, Clem Appleby, and Meitar Wegman, adding their parts, and the song in its current form was born! It’s a very collaborative arrangement & recording; everyone’s contribution to it is really their own.”
Below a Massive Dark Land will be available Friday, September 27th, 2024, worldwide through Sub Pop and Memorials of Distinction. Below… is the follow-up to Giant Palm, one of 2022’s most critically acclaimed debuts.
Naima’s previously announced international tour dates for the summer and autumn of 2024 to support Below a Massive Dark Land continue with a show tomorrow night, Thursday, September 5th in Arcata, CA, at The Miniplex and currently ends Friday, December 13th in Paris at La Boule Noire. Along the way, Naima will perform solo (September 8th-15th), as a duo with Oliver Hamilton (November 6th), and with a four-piece band (November 7th-December 13th). Please find the dates below.
Thu. Sep. 05 - Arcata, CA - The Miniplex Sun. Sep. 08 - Portland, OR - Music Millennium (instore) Fri. Sep. 13 - Walla Walla, WA - Billsville West Sun. Sep. 15 - Seattle, WA - The Rabbit Box* Thu. Sep. 19th - Seattle, WA - Easy Street (instore)
Thu. Sep 26th - Portsmouth, UK - Pie & Vinyl (instore) Mon. Sep 30th - London, UK - Rough Trade West (instore) Sat. 19th Oct - Birmingham, UK - Future Days Festival* Mon. Oct. 21 - Boston, MA - Warehouse X1 Wed. Oct 23 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Side Chapel Fri. Oct. 25 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool Sat. Oct. 26 - Washington, DC - Rhizome
Wed. Nov. 06 - London, UK - St. Pancras Old Church + Thu. Nov. 07 - Bristol, UK - Jam Jar * Fri. Nov. 08 - Liverpool, UK - Leaf * Sat. Nov. 09 - Newcastle, UK - Cumberland Arms * Sun. Nov. 10 - Glasgow, UK - McChuills * Tue. Nov. 12 - Leeds, UK - Hyde Park Book Club * Wed. Nov. 13 - Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute * Thu. Nov. 14 - Cambridge, UK - Storey’s Field Centre * Sat. Nov. 16 - Falmouth, UK - The Cornish Bank * Sun. Nov. 17 - Frome, UK - The Tree House * Mon. Nov. 18 - Exeter, UK - Cavern Club * Wed. Nov. 20 - Ipswich, UK - St Stephens Church * Thu. Nov. 21 - London, UK - The Ivy House *
Tue. Dec. 03 - Lille, FR - L ‘Aéronef * Wed. Dec. 04 - Brugge, BE - Cactus Café * Fri. Dec. 06 - Haldern, DE - Pop Bar * Sat. Dec. 07 - Hamburg, DE - Nachstasyl * Sun. Dec. 08 - Berlin, DE - Neu Zunkunft * Tue. Dec. 10 - Cologne, DE - Subway * Wed. Dec. 11 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso * Thu. Dec. 12 - Brussels, BE - Botanique * Fri. Dec. 13 - Paris, FR - La Boule Noire *
* Full band show + Duo with Oliver Hamilton
Below a Massive Dark Land was predominantly produced by Jack Ogborne (Bingo Fury) and Joe Jones, and recorded at The Crypt in north London, with additional production and arrangement by Oliver Hamilton (caroline, Shovel Dance Collective) and Naima herself. Six of the tracks on Below… were mixed by Jason Agel, with the remainder done by Ogborne and Jones. The album was mastered by Kevin Tuffy.
Below a Massive Dark Land will be available on CD/LP/DSPs and is available now for preorder from Sub Pop/Memorials of Distinction. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (North America), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), and independent retailers worldwide will receive the limited Loser edition vinyl on Blue Jay (US) and the eco-friendly Yellow Bio (UK/EU) (All whilst stock lasts!). Naima also created the art for the Below… album cover.
Naima Bock Below A Massive Dark Land
Tracklisting: 1. Gentle 2. Kaley 3. Feed My Release 4. My Sweet Body 5. Lines 6. Further Away 7. Takes One 8. Age 9. Moving
The Bug Club’s On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System is out now worldwide from Sub Pop. The album, which features feel-good ditties “Quality Pints,” “Lonsdale Slipons,” “A Bit Like James Bond,” and “We Don’t Care About That,” was produced and mixed by Tom Rees at Rat Trap Studios in Cardiff, Wales, and mastered by Mikey Young.
The Bug Club is supporting On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System with previously announced 2024 tour dates, as well as a show (or instore performance, as it happens…) on this very night, Friday, August 30th at Brighton, UK’s Psych Fest. Please see a current list of tour dates below.
Fri. Aug. 30 - Brighton, UK - Brighton Psych Fest
Sat. Aug 31 - Hull, UK - The Adelphi
Sun. Sep. 01 - Edinburgh, UK - Edinburgh Psych Fest
Mon. Sep. 02 - Riley & Coe Session, BBC Radio 6 Music
Tue. Sep. 03 - Liverpool, UK - Rough Trade (instore)
Wed. Sep. 04 - Nottingham, UK - Rough Trade (instore)
Thu. Sep. 05 - London, UK - Rough Trade East (instore)
Fri. Sep. 06 - Cardiff, UK - Spillers (instore)
Tue. Oct. 15 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby’s All Right
Sat. Oct. 19 - San Diego, CA - Whistle Stop (5 pm show)
Sun. Oct. 20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
Mon. Oct. 21 - San Francisco, CA - Kilowatt
Wed. Oct. 23 - Portland, OR - Showbar
Thu. Oct. 24 - Seattle, WA - Black Lodge
Thu. Nov. 07 - Bournemouth, UK - Bear Cave
Fri. Nov. 08 - Margate, UK - Lido
Sat. Nov. 09 - Bedford, UK - Esquires
Wed. Nov. 13 - Newcastle, UK - The Cluny
Thu. Nov. 14 - Hebden Bridge, UK - The Trades Club
Fri. Nov. 15 - Leicester, UK - The SoundHouse
Sat. Nov. 16 - Norwich, UK - Norwich Arts Centre
On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System sees the band serve up a beefy slab of their signature Modern-Lovers-meets-Nuggets garage rock, featuring B-52’s call-and-response fun mixed with AC/DC power chord grunt (read more at Sub Pop).
The Bug Club’s On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System is available on CD/LP/DSPs from Sub Pop. LP orders from the Sub Pop Mega Mart (North America), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), independent retailers worldwide, and at the band’s live shows will receive the limited Loser Edition on a mix of Red, Orange and Clear vinyl (US) or an Opaque Orange/Red Marble (UK/EU) (whilst stock lasts!). On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System’s album cover artwork is from UK illustrator and comic book artist Willem Hampson.
What people are saying about The Bug Club:
“On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System… is lean and mean. Recorded with Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard’s Tom Rees at his Rat Trap studio in Cardiff, its 11 songs crackle with incisive melodies and funny pop culture-addled lyrics – they reference The Great Escape’s Virgil Hilts one minute, and move on to the horror of Lonsdale slip on daps the next – but they’re in and out in under 26 minutes. Zero fat.” NME
“All of the singles from On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System are classic Bug Club–we get Willmett ranting and raving (“Quality Pints”), dryly opining (“Lonsdale Slipons”), and cracking a bit of a smirk (“A Bit Like James Bond”) accompanied by Harris racing to catch up, all over catchy, electric rock and roll music.” - Rosy Overdrive
“The Bug Club’s OTIIWOTS blends otherworldly musicianship while filtering their observations of the world around them through a dry sense of humor. It is easy to get lost in the catchy hooks and jovial vocals of this 11-song outing.” GLIDE
“The full title of scrappy Welsh duo The Bug Club’s first album for Sub Pop is On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System By Means of Popular Music Or the Contemplation Of Pretty Faces, Tinned Bubbles and Strife which, as they note, is ‘long as fuck’ even it it doesn’t quite approach Fiona Apple length. It’s definitely the longest thing about the album which, like previous records, delivers two-minute DIY-punk blasts about mundane subjects (this time topics include beer and ‘the worst shoes in the UK.’).” 64 Albums We’re Anticipating For Summer 2024 - BROOKLYN VEGAN
“Throw back a few (and then a few more) to this great record of Modern Lovers meets Nuggets-garage rock…” [On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System] Bandcamp
“‘Quality Pints’ is a wild two-minute rager that reminds me of the Buzzcocks and the Vaselines. It’s all about something the band has surely experienced during all that touring: the search for a decent beer in various cities around the world. In addition to the explosive punk-rock energy, the song has a hip-shaking rock ‘n’ roll element, manifested in a rattling tambourine and occasional outbursts of electric-shock lead guitar” STEREOGUM
“The amped-up punk track is a blast of shout-along energy, and vicious guitar solos following the pair’s journey to secure a solid pint of beer… It’s as ridiculous as it is fun, and Harris and Willmett are bringing their particular flavor of absurdity to Sub Pop’s legendary roster. Cheers, indeed.” [“Quality Pints”] “Best New Songs” - PASTE
“’Quality Pints’ vigorously extols the anticipatory pleasures of searching for good alcohol, but even a teetotaler like your blogger can get inebriated on its speed-demon rock. This is faster, punkier, and more immediately catchy than anything else in the Bug Club’s discography, with manic guitar solos that’ll make you spit out your lager in admiration. One senses that, if he were alive, another BBC DJ, John Peel, would love the Bug Club as much as he did the Fall. Let’s hope an album’s in the works.” The Stranger
“‘Lonsdale Slipons’ is a post-punk supernova with an infectious bassline, satisfying dual vocals, and a great climax as Sam Willmett declares: ‘These drugs are tasty as hell! I think I’ll have another!’ Listen below and slip on your Lonsdale slip ons and sway.” STEREOGUM
“This song is a ridiculous amount of fun and blends art rock and fun in a way that they rarely are. Personally, I hear a little more Strokes style guitar than AC/DC, but regardless ‘Lonsdale Slipons’ is going to insert itself into your brain and have you singing along to ‘These drugs are tasty as hell / I think I’ll have another’ for days to come.” If It’s Too Loud
“‘Lonsdale Slipons’ is a throbbing container of mechanical riffs ready to erupt into chaos. ‘These drugs are tasty as hell!’ Sam Willmett cries out. ‘I think I’ll have another!’ Tilly Harris flicks a bassline that leaps out of the speakers after trading punches with Willmett’s guitar. It’s call-and-response soul music reconfigured into crooked-mouthed English post-punk.” “Best New Songs” - PASTE
Today, The Postal Service have shared a brand-new remix of their fan-favourite track “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” by multi-GRAMMY Award nominated electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso.
The track - which is taken from the band’s critically acclaimed album Give Up - comes ahead of their extended 20th anniversary co-headline ‘Give Up Transatlanticism’ tour with Death Cab For Cutie. This extraordinary live run celebrates the 20th anniversaries of each band’s seminal 2003 album, The Postal Service’s RIAA Platinum-certified Give Up and Death Cab for Cutie’s RIAA Platinum-certified breakthrough fourth studio LP Transatlanticism – two classics released within a mere eight months of one another, and created with a total recording budget of just $20k.
Speaking on the remix – which is released via Sub Pop - The Postal Service’s Jimmy Tamborello says, “I love Sylvan Esso and was excited to hear the song through their ears. It came out so good, big and tweaky and fun!”
Speaking on being asked to reimagine the track, Sylvan Esso say, “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight was a formative song for both of us, Nick remembers hearing the promo copy spooling out of his car speakers while he delivered pizza - Amelia remembers hearing it in the back of someone’s van during her freshman lunch hour. Both of us thought the song touched something new then - and to be asked to reinterpret it now is an honour.”
LISTEN TO “THE DISTRICT SLEEPS ALONE TONIGHT (SYLVAN ESSO REMIX)”HERE
This week’s highly anticipated live dates include shows in Glasgow, Cardiff, and Barcelona (tickets available HERE), as well as their co-headline show at London’s All Points East (ft. The Decemberists, Yo La Tengo, Phoenix, The Lemon Twigs, Sleater-Kinney, Teenage Fanclub, Gossip + more) on 25th August, as well as Kalorama in Madrid, Spain, and Meo Kalorama in Lisbon, Portugal. Full dates outlined below. Support at the Glasgow and Cardiff dates comes from Teenage Fanclub and from The Kills in Barcelona.
The extension comes in response to massive demand from fans, following the joint tour’s critically acclaimed and wildly-successful US 2023 dates. That run was entirely sold-out and included back-to-back shows at NYC’s Madison Square Garden, three nights at LA’s Hollywood Bowl, and marquee dates in many other major cities – bringing 250k+ fans together at iconic arenas and amphitheatres across the US.
Benjamin Gibbard, co-founder of both bands, will continue to pull double duty on the 2024 dates, performing Give Up and Transatlanticism in full alongside his respective bandmates. “Few musicians have released two culture-shifting records in the span of a single year,” Pitchfork proclaimed within their glowing review of this fall’s first MSG show, “and even less have done it with two different musical outfits.”
“I know for a fact I will never have a year again like 2003. The Postal Service record came out, Transatlanticism came out. These two records will be on my tombstone, and I’m totally fine with that. I’ve never had a more creatively inspired year.” – Benjamin Gibbard
Ben also recently spoke with The Guardian for a career-spanning piece ahead of the live dates. Take a read HERE.
The Postal Service is comprised of Gibbard, Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis; Death Cab for Cutie is comprised of Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Dave Depper, Zac Rae, and Jason McGerr. All upcoming tour dates are enclosed below.
THE POSTAL SERVICE x DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | CO-HEADLINE UK / EU TOUR DATES
AUGUST
23 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro* 24 – Cardiff, UK – Utilita Arena* 25 – London, UK – All Points East Festival 27 – Barcelona, ES – Poble Espanyol^ 29 – Madrid, ES – Kalorama Madrid 30 – Lisbon, PT – Meo Kalorama
*with special guest Teenage Fanclub ^with special guest The Kills
