Review: War Child Records – HELP(2)

Review: War Child Records – HELP(2)
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HELP(2) by War Child Records showcases indie’s range through original songs and truly ingenious covers. It has a consistent tone of resistance mixed with grief. … read more

Screenings So Bad: A Secondhand Screenings Special

Screenings So Bad: A Secondhand Screenings Special
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In this special edition of Secondhand Screenings, we indulged in media so deplorable that it nearly killed us. This is Screenings So Bad! … read more

Review: Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds — Mutiny After Midnight

Review: Johnny Blue Skies & the Dark Clouds — Mutiny...
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I listened to Mutiny After Midnight by Johnny Blue Skies over a dozen times. What proceeds is a raw, rock-heavy coalescence of edgy hedonism and revolution. … read more

The Belated Valentine’s Edition of Secondhand Screenings

The Belated Valentine’s Edition of Secondhand Screenings
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The films for this Valentine’s edition of Secondhand Screenings show some extent of the “moral imperative” that most lovers have in yearning for one another. … read more

Style Your Home for Generations: Design Within Reach

Style Your Home for Generations: Design Within Reach
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The heart of Design Within Reach is style for your home that endures. The prominent furniture retailer exists to provide access to authentic modern design. … read more

Local Review: CLUB MUNGO — GRASSHOPPER

Local Review: CLUB MUNGO — GRASSHOPPER
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GRASSHOPPER is deeply nostalgic — for a past we’ll never get back, for a future we may never reach, for an endless summer that lives inside our heads. … read more

Local Review: Lounge Monkey — An Ode to Self Sabotage

Local Review: Lounge Monkey — An Ode to Self Sabotage
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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 Alive As Ever

Top Five Albums of 2025 That Prove Rap Is As...
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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

Local Music Singles Roundup: January 2026
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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

Local Review: The Narcs — Local Hero
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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 Nick Allred

In the Stu’ With a True Music Guru: Spy Hop’s...
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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

SLUG Magazine Presents: 31 Days of Secondhand Givings
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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