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A Radically Relevant Declaration: Chatting with The Pop Group’s Mark...
On Feb.19, the Pop Group rereleased their phenomenal 1980 album, For How Long Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?, and the 1979 single, We are Prostitutes on their own Y Label, distributed through Rough Trade. These releases boast some of the best of The Pop Group’s signature expression of antagonistic post-punk that is influenced by funk, jazz and dub. … read more
When the Levee Breaks: Surviving Liquidation with Forrest Dowling
The team that made The Flame in the Flood is comprised of folks who’ve mostly had a decade or more of experience making games, which has given us all sorts of benefits, ranging from contacts throughout the industry to experience in managing development and keeping it on schedule. … read more
VanLadyLove: Small Town to Big Town
VanLadyLove had humble beginnings, and that humility is what has carried them to success. “We are going to hit the road so hard,” says Van Hoff when asked about the the band’s next big project. VanLadyLove are driven by passion and hard work and will no doubt continue to do what they love. “We can’t stop the music from being made. We just can’t stop, no matter what we do,” says Clarke. … read more
Worlds Inside Worlds: Say No! To Architecture and Composite Songcraft
Don DeLillo once wrote, “There is a world inside the world.” For Allen Roizman’s musical output, this couldn’t be more true. Say No! To Architecture has been crafting lived-in soundscapes of unidentifiable sources and layers upon layers of sampled noises from Plainview, New York, for close to 10 years now. … read more
Matt Piedmont and The Spoils of Babylon
This episodic mini-series spans multiple decades and genres of cinema, with extra points for its humor and sass. SLUG was lucky enough not only to get a sneak peak of the fully released mini-series, but also to pick the brain of one of its co-creators, Matt Piedmont. … read more
MedusaFest: A Musical Night For Women and Non-Binary People
On the frigid night of Feb. 6, Provo’s The Medusa Collective staved off the cold by putting on MedusaFest at Studio Studio Dada. The show was a collection of bands thrown together by means of names drawn from hats a month prior. … read more
John Moreland: Staying High On Tulsa Heat
I don’t fear getting lumped into that. I don’t care—people can lump me into whatever they want. It’s not going to change what I do. I don’t think country is the most accurate thing to call my music, but it doesn’t bother me if that’s what people will call me. … read more
Welcome to Your Funeral: An Interview with Rigor Mortis Vocalist...
The humbly made, underground-style documentary, Welcome to Your Funeral, is rich with facts and tells great stories about Rigor Mortis from the perspective of friends and band members in the most sincerest way possible. In the documentary, vocalist and director Bruce Corbitt keeps the legend of Rigor Mortis alive, which didn’t die with guitarist Mike Scaccia’s passing: Through interviews with Mike and the other band members, the moments now live on in film. … read more
If the Truth Isn’t Funny, Make it Up: An Interview...
Performers around the world are usually known for a specific feature or characteristic: good looks, intelligence, kindness, talent, passion or hard work. However, RuPaul’s Season 7 Russian Queen, Katya Zamolodchikova, is known by her fans and friends to hone all these qualities and more. Between hilarious performances—like her famous Abe Lincoln look—and her ability to improvise regardless of circumstance, Katya is the drag queen to take notes from! … read more
Mostly Harmless: David Bello of The World is a Beautiful...
Harmlessness, the second full-length album from emo band The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die, has elevated the band’s status in the indie community. … read more
Make Space Zine: We Are All Allowed
For the Riot Grrrls and the girls who look up to Patti Smith. For the girls who want to learn bass and scream into a microphone. For the girls with cameras, paintbrushes and tattoo guns sick of having to justify doing what they love to a white-cis-male dominated industry. … read more
Review: The Dicks From Texas
The Dicks From Texas pays tribute in the best way possible to a band like these guys—it’s raw, unpolished, and choppy in some places, the lighting and audio isn’t perfect, the live footage is all bootlegged, and you definitely get the feeling that it went through a single editing process in someone’s basement. But, you know what? That’s punk rock! And that was the Dicks! … read more
