Authors: Brian Udall
The Desert’s Well: White Horse
White Horse’s cocktail menu rotates every three months or so and floats around their selection of amaros for a unique and spicy flavor profile. … read more
The Desert’s Well: Water Witch
Water Witch is just straight-up fun, and if you want to sip on a drink while your friend takes a shot of something on fire, the witch will point the way. … read more
Third Man Pressing: An Evolution in DIY
Third Man Records’ own vinyl pressing plant, Third Man Pressing, opened on Feb. 25, pushing their status up alongside the giants of the industry. SLUG was able to get ahold of Ben Blackwell, drummer of The Dirtbombs and co-founder of Third Man Records, to discuss this new frontier. … read more
Finding an Ocean in a Storm: A Breezy Chat with...
Tennis are one of those rare pop bands that has managed to stay relevant all the way up to a fourth album, their upcoming Yours Conditionally. … read more
Publik Spans the City
As I sat at the new Publik Kitchen in the 9th and 9th area, eating an amazing, syrup-drenched, mocha French toast, I could feel this presence of motion—of ideas, as much as utensils, putting feet to the pavement. … read more
Ought 10.22 @ Kilby Court With Baby Ghosts & Chalk
After having played internationally, including two Pitchfork Music Festivals, it was strange to see Montreal’s Ought in such a small venue as Kilby Court. … read more
Create Reel Change @ The Woodshed 10.23 With Lazy Susan,...
The Create Reel Change organization, created and run by Brian Higgins, held a benefit show to help raise funds in order to maintain their mission of overcoming mental illness through art. … read more
Beachmen @ Diabolical Records with The Wild War, 90s Television
A shimmering ambiance hovers over my memory of Beachmen’s second album release show, bathing the whole experience in orange and bronze. I see guitar pedals and muffled drums from five feet away. We’re in an intimate venue where the crowd is full at six rows deep, filling the entire place up by the time the
