Midwest, there's a lot of Hoopla coming yr way! @weirdnightmare.bsky.social kicks off the next leg of tour tomorrow in St. Paul. Be there-> www.weirdnightmare.net/tour

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“If You Should Turn Away” from the new album Hoopla. Out now on @subpop.bsky.social @dinealonerecords.bsky.social music.subpop.com/weirdnightma...

open.substack.com/pub/soundsfr... My latest newsletter is out. It’s from an episode aired over a month ago. Highlights include Drew Cagle and the Reputation, Kurt Vile, Slyder Smith and the Oblivion Kids, Goose, @julezandtherollerz.bsky.social, @weirdnightmare.bsky.social, Wormstew and others.

Some of my favourite SP records. But there’s lots more too.

1. Comets on Fire - Blue Cathedral ☄️ 2. Sebadoh - Bakesale 🚽 3. Constantines - Shine a Light 🔦 4. Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff 🎸 5. Heron Oblivion - s/t 6. Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight 🔥 7. Six Finger Satellite - Severe Exposure 📡 8. Beachwood Sparks - Once We Were Trees 🌳

my WRUW playlist with @theleaflibrary.bsky.social @theblueherons.bsky.social @gladiephilly.bsky.social @pictoriavark.bsky.social @anniehartforsure.bsky.social @queenofjeans.bsky.social @oceanator.bsky.social @theprettyflowers.bsky.social @shapeslikepeople.bsky.social @weirdnightmare.bsky.social +mo

1092! Weird Nightmare hear Kreative Kontrol ⬇️ 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e... 💰: www.patreon.com/posts/ep-109... ☁️: overcast.fm/+AA3_nt7CRXI vk: bit.ly/3OOHu0d 🌲: linktr.ee/vishkhanna @weirdnightmare.bsky.social @subpop.bsky.social @dinealonerecords.bsky.social

From Seattle all the way to Horizon Japan, listen to Sub Pop Radio 📻 on Forza Horizon 6 with yr hosts Abbie and Atticus playing yr favs from Bully, Tunde Adebimpe @weirdnightmare.bsky.social and more! Follow the playlist-> open.spotify.com/playlist/2HE...

Weird Nightmare - Hoopla [89] www.metacritic.com/music/hoopla... "Between the Joe Jackson snarl of Pay No Mind & the Beatlesque punk riffing of Little Strange, there's a satisfying balance of smart pop songcraft and rugged power that suggests he's found the sweet spot." - AllMusic

We’ve gotta get that @weirdnightmare.bsky.social account over 100 followers before we go to bed tonight. This album rules.

Five Questions w/ Alex Edkins (Weird Nightmare, METZ, @subpop.bsky.social @dinealonerecords.bsky.social). “The new @weirdnightmare.bsky.social LP was written & recorded before METZ decided to go on hiatus, so it wasn’t a reaction to that in any way.” Check it out: magnetmagazine.com/2026/05/05/f...

#RedPlanet next up it’s @weirdnightmare.bsky.social #MightSeeYouThere + new #indierock record out now on @subpop.bsky.social + #NP WSUM 91.7fm Madison wsum.org weirdnightmare.bandcamp.com/track/might-...

Hoopla is out today and is one of @brooklynvegan.bsky.social albums of the week! Thank you! music.subpop.com/weirdnightma...

It’s Sub Pop For The Record with Alex Edkins of Weird Nightmare and METZ 🔥 featuring many of Alex’s fav Sub Pop albums—all very good choices if you ask us. Add Weird Nightmare’s new album, Hoopla to yr cart today for Bandcamp Friday-> weirdnightmare.bandcamp.com

❤️ Coup de Coeur du Jour ❤️ Weird Nightmare - Hoopla @weirdnightmare.bsky.social #weirdnightmare @subpop.bsky.social weirdnightmare.bandcamp.com/album/hoopla

Hoopla, the sensational new LP from @weirdnightmare.bsky.social (the new project from METZ frontman, Alex Edkins), is available now! Grab the limited Loser Edition vinyl at an indie record store near you-> music.subpop.com/weirdnightma...

Hoopla is out today and is one of @brooklynvegan.bsky.social albums of the week! Thank you! music.subpop.com/weirdnightma...

📻RADIO ALERT🚨 Tune in to @weirdnightmare.bsky.social live on KEXP at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET playing jams from the new album, Hoopla, dropping this Friday at yr local indie record store.

Then, SEATTLE ⚓️ catch @weirdnightmare.bsky.social live tonight at Baba Yaga w/ Constant Lovers. Doors @ 7 PM; Show @ 8 PM. Might see you there-> babayagaseattle.com/seattle-pion...

@weirdnightmare.bsky.social kicks off their West Coast tour tomorrow in San Diego at Soda Bar! Fri, Apr 24 - Soda Bar, San Diego Sat, Apr 25 - Gold Diggers, Los Angeles Sun, Apr 26 - Three Stork Club, Oakland Tue, Apr 28 - Polaris Hall, Portland Wed, Apr 29 - Baba Yaga, Seattle

With album No. 43 dropping next month, I put together a guide to Guided by Voices for @bandcamp.com Daily, featuring input from @sad13.horse, Good Flying Birds, @ratboysband.bsky.social, Kiwi Jr., @weirdnightmare.bsky.social and 2nd Grade: daily.bandcamp.com/lists/guided...

San Diego! We are playing Soda Bar April 24th w/ Blair Gun. Tickets on sale now. music.subpop.com/weirdnightma... @subpop.bsky.social @dinealonerecords.bsky.social

Los canadienses @weirdnightmare.bsky.social están de estreno con "Where I belong" subnoise.es/foro/videos/...

L.A. April 25th! We are playing Gold Diggers with the most excellent Mrs. Magician! See you soon! music.subpop.com/weirdnightma...

Now playing on A-POP! on NOISEBOX RADIO: Weird Nightmare - Where I Belong weirdnightmare.bandcamp.com || @weirdnightmare.bsky.social || instagram.com/weirdnightmare subpop.bandcamp.com || @subpop.bsky.social || instagram.com/subpop noiseboxradio.com

My latest single “Where I Belong” is out now. Pre-order vinyl and CD from @subpop.bsky.social and @dinealonerecords.bsky.social Listen to more here: music.subpop.com/weirdnightma...

North American Tour Tickets on Sale now! www.weirdnightmare.net/tour @subpop.bsky.social @dinealonerecords.bsky.social

Hoopla limited edition vinyl from @dinealonerecords.bsky.social looking beautiful in front of the original Jamie Morrison painting. Pre-order available now. Only 300 copies. weirdnightmare.bandcamp.com/album/hoopla

Giddy up

Listen to @weirdnightmare.bsky.social's characteristically catchy new power-pop gem "Where I Belong"

Thank you @stereogum.com Weird Nightmare is the solo project of Alex Edkins, formerly the frontman of METZ and currently one half of Noble Rot. As Weird Nightmare, he makes catchy-as-fuck power-pop, and he's extremely good at it.

Aim yr sees n hears at @weirdnightmare.bsky.social‘s “Where I Belong” - the anthemic new track from forthcoming album ‘Hoopla’ (out May 1st), complete with a video 🎥 by Boy Wonder -> youtube.com/watch?v=r5qjMQNfzL0.

Giddy up

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The countdown is on. We're less than a month away from the the new LP by @weirdnightmare.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social . I'm properly stoked. Are you?

Hoopla limited edition vinyl from @dinealonerecords.bsky.social looking beautiful in front of the original Jamie Morrison painting. Pre-order available now. Only 300 copies. weirdnightmare.bandcamp.com/album/hoopla

North American Tour Tickets on Sale now! www.weirdnightmare.net/tour @subpop.bsky.social @dinealonerecords.bsky.social

See you all at the Hoopla listening party on @bandcamp.com Listen to @weirdnightmare.bsky.social's new album before it drops on April 2nd at 11 AM PT with Alex in the chat guiding you through each track. RSVP now-> weirdnightmare.bandcamp.com/merch/hoopla...

Fuzzy power-pop hooks and wry one-liners turn modern burnout into a riff-driven earworm on @weirdnightmare.bsky.social's “Pay No Mind." They join #AaronHibell, #TaylorDallasVidic, #Nimino, #BrianSella and #SprintsMusic. ✏️ : Peter Knezevich.

Fuzzy power-pop hooks and wry one-liners turn modern burnout into a riff-driven earworm on @weirdnightmare.bsky.social's “Pay No Mind." ALSO: #AaronHibell, #TaylorDallasVidic, #Nimino, #BrianSella and #SprintsMusic. ✏️ : Peter Knezevich.

“Pay No Mind”, tercer adelanto del segundo álbum de @weirdnightmare.bsky.social, remite a la energía power pop de Elvis Costello & The Attractions, con su riff seco de guitarra y los densos golpes de tambor. @subpop.bsky.social 💽 Es nuestra canción del día, por Pepe Nave.

Pay No Mind es el nuevo sencillo de Hoopla, próximo álbum de @weirdnightmare.bsky.social El segundo disco en estudio de Alex Edkins se publica el 1 de mayo con @subpop.bsky.social

@weirdnightmare.bsky.social se inspiran en Elvis Costello para su nuevo vídeo subnoise.es/foro/videos/...

amei muito, quando todos os meus problemas acabarem eu vou ficar assim (sonhando

Our new single “Pay No Mind” from the forthcoming “Hoopla” LP is now available for your ears. Check out the @cowboydrugs directed video of us goofing around with guitars. This band will be on tour in Canada/US/UK/EU very soon and tickets are on sale now ✌️ music.subpop.com/weirdnightma...

Wake up to new @weirdnightmare.bsky.social! Watch the rollicking official video for "Pay No Mind" from the infectious second LP, Hoopla, by former METZ frontman Alex Edkins-> www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwvp...

Check out former METZ leader Alex Edkins' extremely cool new @weirdnightmare.bsky.social song "Pay No Mind"

As a power-pop junkie, I am so looking forward to the new LP by @weirdnightmare.bsky.social on @subpop.bsky.social. The spirit of the '90s is alive with these guys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwvp...