Review: LANY — Soft

Review: LANY — Soft
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This album is precious. Like the title track and opener say, it is soft. It’s delicate. It’s a little hard to listen to if you aren’t in the throes of romance. … read more

Local Review: Dysregulation — Self-Titled

Local Review: Dysregulation — Self-Titled
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Across the five tracks, Dysregulation show they have the skills and artistic talent to get that dizzying and frightening feeling across and into your own skull. … read more

Review: The Last Dinner Party — From The Pyre

Review: The Last Dinner Party — From The Pyre
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From The Pyre refreshingly deters from the concept of digestibility. It is not interested in telling you how to feel while listening; it simply allows you to feel it. … read more

Top Five Album Revisits That Kept Me Grounded in 2025

Top Five Album Revisits That Kept Me Grounded in 2025
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Boy, what a scorched wreckage this year has left us in, huh? Between heartbreaks and headaches, the rocky road through 2025 has finally reached the edge. … read more

Review: Melody’s Echo Chamber — Unclouded

Review: Melody’s Echo Chamber — Unclouded
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Melody’s Echo Chamber is the musical project of French musician Melody Prochet. Her latest album Unclouded is a shock to the senses. … read more

Local Review: Hangxiety — Super

Local Review: Hangxiety — Super
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Super by Hangxiety is the sonic equivalent of blacksmithing: dirty and rhythmic, but it will burn your skin off if you don’t respect it. … read more

Top Five Albums of 2025 for Mesmerizing Busy Minds 

Top Five Albums of 2025 for Mesmerizing Busy Minds 
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Either way, I spent a lot of time in 2025 looking for music that would move me to move on, scratch my brain just so and trigger an emotional unclogging. … 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

Localized: The Apathetics

Localized: The Apathetics
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Kick off the night with Hangxiety, laugh your ass off with Punks & Punchlines and top it all off moshing to The Apathetics! Catch SLUG Localized at Kilby Court. … read more

Localized: Punks & Punchlines

Localized: Punks & Punchlines
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When you think of punk rock, the first thing you think of probably isn’t stand-up comedy. Unless you’re Antonio Iacobellis, the founder of Punks & Punchlines. … read more

Top Five Albums for the Sad Girl Psyche

Top Five Albums for the Sad Girl Psyche
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Being a “sad girl” isn’t defined by gender or expression, either; it is in your psyche. Here are five albums that have carried me through all of my emotions.  … 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