Last year, beloved Chicago DIY institution Twin Peaks emerged from a six year slumber to announce a pair of shows at their hometown Thalia Hall. Two quickly turned into four, then six, then eight – and, well, they all sold out immediately. Last week the band announced NE-HI, Lifeguard, comedian Carmen Christopher, Post Animal, Finn Wolfhard & more as support. The reunion shows were billed as a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the band’s touchstone 2016 full-length, Down In Heaven. So, what we’re about to say, should surprise exactly no one:
Twin Peaks Down In Heaven: 10th Anniversary Edition arrives May 22nd!
This special reissue is limited to 1,500 units on parchment-colored vinyl. Each copy includes two rarities from the sessions on limited-edition colored flexi-discs: “Back Door” (Blue) and “Who’s It Gonna Be” (Yellow). The anniversary edition hits record store shelves on May 22nd, but you can secure your copy by pre-ordering right now.
For the true Peax diehards, we’re also bundling the vinyl with some extras. It features the Down In Heaven b-sides, “Disappear” and “I Don’t Wanna Miss You,” on 7-inch vinyl, plus one of the original 2016 coloring books designed by Clay, previously only available at a handful of record stores around the US a decade ago.
And if you’re one of the lucky few thousand folks to secure a ticket to one of the Thalia shows, there’ll be something even more unique waiting for you there. The Shuga Edition features a clear PVC picture frame cover with the iconic collage artwork layered over an original, unedited jacket photo, finished with a custom obi strip. This edition will be available exclusively at the merch booth during the band’s residency, alongside other limited DIH10 collectibles, with remaining stock to follow at Shuga.
If you missed out on tickets to Thalia, the dudes have a solution for you. They’re livestreaming two nights, May 18th and 19th. Individual tickets are $20 and the 2-night bundle is a discounted $35. Chicago not in the cards for you? Watch from your couch. Pre-order tickets here.
In what can only be described as the best thing to happen in literal years, Twin Peaks are officially back. Last year they announced a pair of reunion shows at their iconic hometown venue Thalia Hall, which somehow turned into an eight night run of sell outs. We’ve got some surprises up our sleeves (which we’ll be announcing soon – like, maybe next week?), but the band announced support for each night yesterday. It’s the most perfectly Chicago list, featuring our very own NE-HI coming out of their own hiatus for night one, along with comedian Carmen Christopher, VV Lightbody (who played on Side A), Finn Wolfhard, Post Animal and more. Full list below.
05-14 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall w/NE-HI
05-15 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall w/Lifeguard
05-16 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall w/Carmen Christopher (comedy), Pool Holography
05-17 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall w/Carmen Christopher (comedy), Neptune’s Core
05-18 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall w/Free Range
05-19 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall w/VV Lightbody
05-20 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall w/Finn Wolfhard
05-21 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall w/Post Animal
Jordanaland arrived late last year, but she returns today with a music video and an extension of her 2026 Jordanaland Tour across Europe and the United Kingdom. The late May and Early June dates are her first full-band trip outside of the US. Tickets go on-sale this Friday at 10 am locally. The US leg kicks off a little under a month from now. All shows below and tickets available on her artist page here.
To celebrate, the Jordanaland standout “Burning Me Down” gets a conveniently-timed Valentine kiss-off about jealousy, embedded above. It’s the latest in a series of videos from the EP directed by Alex LaLiberte (aka Otium), who previous helped Jordana found her own nation state in videos for “Still Do” and “Jordanaland,” bewitch a pool on “Blouse,” lobotomize herself in a hype house on “Like That,” and become an alcoholic food network star on “Hard Habit To Break.”
Jordana explains that this is, “a song about self imposed competition for someone’s attention, the feeling of aching to be noticed for more obvious, meaningful, romantic qualities.”
All Dates:
03/05 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
03/06 Santa Cruz, CA – The Atrium
03/07 Healdsburg, CA – Little Saint
03/09 Boise, ID – Shrine Social Club
03/11 Fort Collins, CO – The Coast
03/12 Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
03/13 Iowa City, IA – Gabe’s
03/14 Madison, WI – UW Memorial Union / The Sett
03/16 Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
03/17 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
03/18 Pittsburgh, PA – Bottlerocket Social Hall
03/20 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere (Hall)
03/21 Amherst, MA – The Drake
03/22 Portland, ME – SPACE Gallery
03/23 Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom
03/25 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
03/26 Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall
03/27 Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
03/28 Columbus, OH – Rumba Café
03/30 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
03/31 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
04/01 Kansas City, MO – recordBar
04/02 Oklahoma City, OK – Resonant Head
04/04 Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
05/15 Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
05/30 Dublin, Ireland – Sound House
06/01 Glasgow, Scotland – The Rum Shack
06/02 Manchester, United Kingdom – Pink Room
06/04 Bristol, United Kingdom – The Exchange
06/05 London, United Kingdom – Earth Theatre (Upstairs)
06/07 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso (Upstairs)
06/08 Paris, Frances – Supersonic Club
06/10 Cologne, Germany – Blue Shell
06/11 Berlin, Germany – Kantine Am Berghain
06/12 Hamburg, Germany – Molotow Top Ten Bar
Today Sex Week’s Richard Orofino and Pearl Amanda Dickson share a video for “Beethoven,” a highlight from their 2025 EP, Upper Mezzanine, out now and available in the shop here.
“We’ve been traveling a lot and so this video is a bit of a compilation of those travels. It’s kind of about summoning someone from afar through meditation and dance,” they explain.
In other exciting news, Sex Week will be playing 3 shows in New York in March supporting the mighty Mitski, as well as a North America run alongside moody Australian dreampop group Acopia. All dates below and ticket links available on the artist page here.
Tour Dates:
3/02 – New York, NY @ The Shed *
3/03 – New York, NY @ The Shed *
3/04 – New York, NY @ The Shed *
3/07 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas #
3/09 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison #
3/10 – Montréal, QC @ Bar Le ‘Ritz’ P.D.B. #
3/11 – Somerville, MA @ The Rockwell #
3/13 – Kingston, NY @ Tubby’s #
3/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Warehouse on Watts #
3/15 – Washington D.C. @ DC9 #
* w/ Mitski
# w/ Acopia
It’s nice being a small label. We get to feel every page of the calendar fall while we’re working with our artists. So today we’re marking the end of a truly special 2025 by looking back at the the past twelve months for Samia, Sex Week, Jordana & dog eyes.
SAMIA
Hard to believe she crammed all of this into 365 days.
Things kicked off in January with the announcement of Bloodless, Sam’s third full-length. It’s easily her strongest work yet, filled with the trademark songcraft we’ve been blown away by since 2017, but enhanced by a newfound trust in her most daring instincts. “Craziest Person” cuts off right in the middle of the song (yes, your vinyl is fine). “Pants” has an entire second song attached to the end like a comedown coda. “Carousel” sneak attacks the listener with a rocket ship of guitars. The whole record is interconnected by hisses of radio static and interstitials and song fragments. The triumphal “North Poles,” perhaps her best song ever, wasn’t even a single! Come on…
Of course, she toured the hell out of this thing, a leg of sold out record store shows in the UK around release, twolegs of her biggest shows ever in the US (we were able to see a few!), and another capper in the UK playing her biggest ever London headline at a sold-out KOKO.
Meanwhile,”Pool,” the first song from her 2020 debut record The Baby, went mega-viral. Millions of videos. Billions of views. SZA shared it on IG! Now “Pool” is a soundtrack for sad stuff on the internet forever and Samia can snarkily refer to herself as “How Long Girl” on our conference calls. As luck would have it, all this happened around the 5th birthday for the album, so a deluxe anniversary edition featuring NPR Tiny Desk performances was born.
Recorded with longtime friends from the NY pop group MICHELLE (RIP), the EP found Jordana leaving behind the hazy Laurel Canyon via Yacht Rock vibes of the last full-length for some pure, unadulterated pop music. Instantly memorable chorus after instantly earwormed hook all over this thing – “Still Do,” “Like That,” “Blouse.”
Then to end the year, her 2021 single with TV Girl, “Better In The Dark” inspired hundreds of thousands of uploads on Instagram, YouTube Shorts & TikTok and landed itself on the viral charts.
Bursting onto the New York art rock scene with their self-titled 2024 EP, Sex Week was born fully formed. They did it all – wrote & recorded themselves, handled their own artwork, shot their own videos (alternating between trippy Lynchian/Cronenberg fever dreams and endearing reality TV spoofs). They are a band with a complete vision and confidence way beyond their years.
Upper Mezzanine was this year’s follow-up and it spread the duo’s creative wings even further – from the country-twinged “Moneyman” to the mutant-dance of “Coach” to the eerie pitch-black experimentation of “Lone Wolf.” It did everything the debut did – but more and better.
2025 found the band crisscrossing the states on their first real tour with Chloe Moriondo. Then it found them leaving the states for their first international tour, with shows in the UK and stops at festivals like Green Man & Manchester Psych. Anyone who saw them knew the score.
This is one of the most exciting young bands making music right now. And we’ve heard the demos for what comes next. So you’re going to want to stay tuned.
DOG EYES
The only band we’ve ever signed form a cold email!
dog eyes have a knack for writing fragile & heartfelt folk songs that tap into a nostalgia for a life we never even lived. In 2024 we dropped holy friend, the SF duo’s sophomore full-length (available on cassette alongside their debut album in our Bandcamp).
This year they returned with blue bird rain cloud, a far more concise thought. Where the full-length felt universal in its emotional breadth, on the EP, they zoomed into tiny moments and unpacked the details. Like on “nano” (a song about an iPod) or the half-title track “bluebird,” which washes over you like a warm, still moment in the sun. These are songs for daydreamers. People who appreciate a quiet moment.
We’ll be taking a few quiet moments with blue bird as the year comes to a close.
ELSEWHERE
Outside of our current releases, the Grand Jury extended universe was very busy this year too. Twin Peaks announced a reunion for christ’s sake! Hippo Campus dropped LP4, a beautiful love letter to growing up, recorded with Brad Cook & Caleb Wright (Baby Boys alert!). Elliot Moss celebrated the 10th anniversary of Highspeeds (a record we released with him in 2015) with an expanded edition. Arcy Drive took us all straight to the Pit on their debut (pssst: watch this space for news on a potential first vinyl pressing of Beach Plum some time next year). AI assholes impersonated several of our bands – no, that Seoul song was not real or new, as much as we’d like to say there was or is a new Seoul song. Native Sun dropped their blistering first full-length. TOLEDO put out new EP & played a show with goddamn Grizzly Bear. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Before we go, we’d also love to share our annual 25 for ’25 Year End Playlist, highlighting songs from our own releases, and some of our personal favorites from this year – sure, there’s a Geese song there, but there’s also some hidden gems from folks like Prewn, Fust, Nat Lefkoff & more.
Yeah, it’s nice being a small label. And it’s really nice to watch all of the incredibly talented people we’re lucky to work with do incredible things.
Samia’s Bloodless is one of the best albums of the year. But you don’t have to take our word for it – Rough Trade just awarded it with a #7 ranking on their annual Albums of the Year list. And alongside it they’ve launched an exclusive limited edition CD version of Bloodless Tour – Live From First Avenue. Samia’s first ever live release was recorded earlier this year in June at the iconic Minneapolis venue. The 20 song collection features songs from her recent record, alongside catalog favorites like Honey, Triptych, and the recent viral breakout Pool. In addition to the CD, it’s available today everywhere you stream music.
Samia says, “It was an honor to play First Avenue, and the crowd was so warm. Some friends there made me a shirt that said MPLS on it with a big mosquito. Everybody danced at the end of the set. Also, there’s a great video on YouTube that I used to watch of Rilo Kiley doing ‘Breakin Up’ at First Avenue in 2007. Jenny Lewis is playing the cowbell and it’s so aspirational. There’s no cowbell in mine, but there WAS a dog named Cowbell in the green room.”
Bloodless Tour – Live From First Avenue Tracklist
1. Triptych – Live From First Avenue
2. Dare – Live From First Avenue
3. Fair Game – Live From First Avenue
4. Sacred – Live From First Avenue
5. Bovine Excision – Live From First Avenue
6. Proof – Live From First Avenue
7. Carousel – Live From First Avenue
8. Hole in a Frame – Live From First Avenue
9. Big Wheel – Live From First Avenue
10. Kill Her Freak Out – Live From First Avenue
11. Spine Oil – Live From First Avenue
12. Craziest Person – Live From First Avenue
13. Lizard – Live From First Avenue
14. North Poles – Live From First Avenue
15. Fit N Full – Live From First Avenue
16. Pants – Live From First Avenue
17. Biscuits – Live From First Avenue
18. Pool – Live From First Avenue
19. Is There Something In The Movies – Live From First Avenue
20. Honey – Live From First Avenue
Ever-evolving, extremely prolific singer-songwriter Jordana Nye is back today to found her own nationstate with a new EP entitled Jordanaland. Waiving the flag proudly on release week is the lithe “Blouse,” a streamy synth pop masterstroke about one-sided romantic intimacy and wondering if there’s potential for more. Watch the Alex LaLiberte-directed music video above.
“It’s a song about wanting someone to realize there’s a romantic connection underneath the superficial reasons,” explains Jordana. “Through a one-sided passionate intimacy, shouting into the ether, questioning if tender moments with each other could mean anything more than just a physical relationship.”
In equally wonderful news, Jordana has also announced the Jordanaland Tour, kicking off in March 2026. Tickets are on sale now. Hit her artist page for ticket links.
Jordana recently announced her new EP Jordanaland, out November 7th. She previously shared “Still Do” and today she reveals a new song entitled “Like That.” A reminder of the promises we make to others about caring for ourselves, “Like That” is accompanied by a Alex LaLiberte-directed music video that cheekily finds Jordana exploring the wonderful world of content creation. Los Angeles Hype House! Ring Lights! Choreographed dances! Your influencer besties! What more could you want? Unless…
Jordana says “Like That” is “a song about being totally encapsulated in someone, but at the same time, feeling as though they want you only for superficial reasons. It’s about knowing the situation you’re in is bad for you, even promising to others that you wouldn’t ever degrade yourself again, but your feelings are so intense, it’s difficult to navigate.”
“If I got what I wanted, would I want the thing I got”
2025 has been a good year for Samia. A critically-adored new record this Spring, a viral breakout for one of her most devastating songs, “Pool,” this Summer, and a Fall that’s kicking off with headline dates across the US & UK, the announcement of her first ever stop at Coachella, and incredibly… a brand new song!
Recorded in Minneapolis only a few months after Bloodless sessions wrapped, “Cinder Block” finds Samia directly weaving a long-time love of legendary songwriter Leonard Cohen into her lyricism. Here, she interpolates two classics, “Suzzane” and “Hallelujah,” singing “I’ve touched your perfect body with my mind” and “this is my Hallelujah.” All over a gentle electric guitar strum that anchors a song swelling with tender persistence and patient intensity.
In other news, Samia was announced for next year’s Coachella – just the first of what is sure to be a busy festival season. She’s on the road right this minute – hit the artist page for tickets.
Samia continues to ride an insane wave of online attention from her gut-wrenching NPR Tiny Desk performance of The Baby album-opener “Pool.” There are quite literally hundreds of thousands of TikTok videos using the audio, and fans old and new have been asking for the Tiny Desk songs on streaming ever since the clip went viral in late July.
Today we mark the fifth anniversary of her debut record with the announcement a special digital-only edition featuring performances from the NPR Tiny Desk Concert (thanks to NPR Music for helping make this happen!), alongside previously-released artist covers and remixes from the likes of Bartees Strange, Palehound, Anjimile, Briston Maroney, Christian Lee Hutson and more from The Baby Reimagined.
The collection is out September 5th – pre-save here.
Samia on the success of “Pool” and the anniversary of The Baby: “Tiny Desk is like the GRAMMY’s to me – I still can’t believe they let me do that. I was struggling to stay conscious during the concert but it was the honor of a lifetime. The NPR version of ‘Pool’ resonating online is just a giant cartoon cherry on top. I’m still proud of ‘The Baby’ five years later and feel grateful that it’s meant something to some people.”
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Last year, beloved Chicago DIY institution Twin Peaks emerged from a six year slumber to announce a pair of shows at their hometown Thalia Hall. Two quickly turned into four, then six, then eight – and, well, they all sold out immediately. Last week the band announced NE-HI, Lifeguard, comedian Carmen Christopher, Post Animal, Finn Wolfhard & more as support. The reunion shows were billed as a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the band’s touchstone 2016 full-length, Down In Heaven. So, what we’re about to say, should surprise exactly no one:
