Phoenix-based shoegazers and JOVM mainstays Glixen — founder Aislinn Ritchie (vocals), along with Esteban Santana (guitar), Keire Johnson (drums) and Sonia Garcia (bass) — released their Sonny DiPerri-produced sophomore EP quiet pleasures last year.
quiet pleasures EP included the previously released “sick silent” and four singles I wrote about on this site, “foreversoon,” “lust” “lick the star,” and “all tied up.”
The JOVM mainstays supported their sophomore EP with stops across the global festival circuit, playing sets at Coachella, Reading and Leeds. They played a headlining Stateside tour with several sold-out shows. They hit the road with Turnover, Panchiko and Scowl — including their first UK and EU tour, supporting Turnover. They closed out 2025 with a co-headlining tour across the Southwest and West Coast with Glare.
2026 will see the band embarking on their first headlining tour in Japan and returning to the global festival circuit with a stop at Manchester, UK’s Outbreak. Throughout April and May, the JOVM mainstays will embark on a North American tour that includes an April 21, 2026 stop at Elsewhere Hall. As always, check out the tour dates below.
But in the meantime, the band remains busy. Earlier this year, they released “Medicine Bow.” The JOVM mainstays follow “Medicine Bow” with their latest single “unwind,” a hazy and woozy track that unfolds as a slow-burning churn, anchored around swelling textures that ebb, flow and dissolve. The result is a song that evokes a queasy push and pull somewhere between weightlessness and being yanked into an undercurrent. If you’ve ever had a complicated
“‘Unwind’ is about that feeling of relief when someone comes back to you after they’ve left,” Glixen’s Aislinn Ritchie explains. “It’s human nature to crave that push and pull—a drug weaned off. Blindingly hard to say no, we succumb to willful ignorance. We recorded this song in Los Angeles with Sonny Diperri producing, and it’s the first song we incorporated different instrumental elements, and it’s a glimpse into our evolution.”
★ GLIXEN LIVE 2026 ★
MARCH
12 – Nagoya, JP – Huck Finn
13 – Osaka, JP – Pangea
14 – Kyoto, JP – Urbanguild
15 – Tokyo, JP – Nine Spices
16 – Tokyo, JP – Fever
APRIL
10 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger *+
11 – Houston, TX – The Secret Group *+
13 – New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa *+
14 – Orlando, FL – The Social *+
15 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade – Hell *+
16 – Asheville, NC – Eulogy *+
17 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 *+
18 – Washington, DC – Union Stage *+
19 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church *+
21 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere Hall *+
22 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair *+
23 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount *+
24 – Toronto, ON – Hard Luck *+
25 – Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch *+
26 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop *+
28 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge +#
29 – Minneapolis, MN – Amsterdam Bar & Hall +#
MAY
1 – Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck #$
2 – Denver, CO – Marquis #$
3 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court #$
4 – Boise, ID – Shrine Basement #$
5 – Seattle, WA – Substation #$
6 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre #$
8 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel #$
9 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom #$
10 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar #$
12 – Phoenix, AZ – Walter Studios #$
13 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad #$
15 – Austin, TX – Brushy Street Commons #$
16 – Dallas, TX – Trees #$
JUNE
26-28 – Manchester, UK – Outbreak Festival
* – w/ Her New Knife
+ – w/ Knifeplay
# – w/ Keep
$ – w/ Money
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