Music
Local Review: Rachael Jenkins — The End
This is a middle finger! This is Punk Rock! And Rachael Jenkins delivers it with a quiet guitar and a quivering voice, but the anger lingers just the same. … read more
Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman of Momma Talk Welcome to...
I sat down for a virtual interview with Momma’s primary singers, songwriters and guitarists, Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman, to discuss Welcome to My Blue Sky. … read more
Localized: Sad Cowboy
Sometimes, a band is greater than the sum of its individual members, and musicians can push each other to greater creative heights through collaboration. … read more
Localized: The Lingo
The music The Lingo makes is more about the experience than any message, with songs that evoke visceral mind-trips instead of imparting coherent lyrical ideas. … read more
Local Music Singles Roundup: May 2025
The through line for all six of these tracks is dissent (except for the ones that aren’t about dissent). Now, just like the past, is a great time for dissent. … read more
Local Review: Henny — In Case of Fear
With an affinity for a well-placed sample of dialogue from an old sitcom or talk radio show, there is an element of effortless mastery in Henny’s sound. … read more
Local Review: Jacob T. Skeen — They Won’t Let Me
Skeen’s fuzzed-up guitar chugs away like a high-powered diesel engine, hitting fast and cutting deep. … read more
Bartees Strange on Horror, Alternate Worlds and George Clinton
I got the chance to dig into the goals of Horror, his personal transformation through the writing of Horror and the greatest of all time: George Clinton. … read more
Local Review: Gracemaker — EP
It’s fast, it’s loud and it makes you mad that you’re subjected to live in a system not of your own design. … read more
SOFT PLAY + Kneecap @ The Depot 04.15.2025
There was never a dead moment in the energy at this show — it’s not often you see an opener compliment the headliner as well as SOFT PLAY managed to do for Kneecap. … read more
The Linda Lindas Are Good at Being Angry, but It...
The Linda Lindas chatted with SLUG ahead of their first major headlining tour about the joys of playing all-ages venues and the difficulties of expressing anger as a young person. … read more
Localized: Olympic Deth
The raw and rough elements that come from Andersen’s recording philosophy have become signature to Olympic Deth’s sound. … read more
