Authors: Kyle Forbush
Local Review: Lounge Monkey — An Ode to Self Sabotage
Lounge Monkey can finally be a confident, born-again, five-piece rock band with clear direction and purpose, unleashed from their insecurities and inhibitions. … read more
Top Five Albums of 2025 That Prove Rap Is As...
I can attest, after besieging my already-fragile eardrums for nearly 12 months straight, that rap still overflows with creative vigor. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: January 2026
We’ve got punk-ish punches to lay you out, even vein-injected industrial for your withdrawal. Come find your high on this edition of SLUG’s Local Music Singles Roundup! … read more
Local Review: The Narcs — Local Hero
The Narcs operate much like a jam band, using a democratic approach with different members taking the lead at different times in the varying grooves they create. … read more
In the Stu’ With a True Music Guru: Spy Hop’s...
Allred approaches each student with the goal to foster the personal vision they inherently possess. … read more
SLUG Magazine Presents: 31 Days of Secondhand Givings
Gather around the radiant glow of the box set and don your gay apparel, you little freaks, for a festive installment of Secondhand Screenings! … read more
Arts | Film | Film Reviews
Local Review: Steal Fate — Sovereign
Steal Fate sounds like an army trying to gatecrash through your speakers, and it makes you wonder how three people can get so loud. … read more
Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist @ The Union 11.01.2025
The night ensued with a mixture of hits from Alfredo and Alfredo II, with Gibbs delivering his bars word-for-word in his gravelly, hard-edged timbre, pausing only to hype up the audience, The Alchemist, and himself. … read more
Concert | Music | Show Reviews
Local Music Singles Roundup: November 2025
Are you hungry for a hearty plate of poppy bops? Or are you craving some creamy vocals for a late-night snack? Either way, we’ve got a Thanksgiving feast for the ears. … read more
Local Review: Jill Whit — I’ve Been Thinking About Me,...
Whit’s newfound brand of radical tranquility indicates that she has found within herself the means to dance and groove a bit, while encouraging her listeners to do the same. … read more
SLUG Magazine Presents: 31 Nights of Secondhand Screenings
Your only salvation hums in the neon lights of the marquee. So lock the doors, check your candy and be very afraid… This is 31 Nights of Secondhand Screenings! … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: October 2025
The genres chosen are unknown, but the talent is unmatched. Venture forward as you’re about to enter… SLUG’s Local Music Singles Roundup! (Insert The Twilight Zone theme.) … read more
