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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

By Kyle Forbush

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Unclouded
Melody's Echo Chamber

Melody's Echo Chamber = Air + Beach House + Tame Impala

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

By Russ Holsten

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Super
Hangxiety

Hangxiety = Early Sonic Youth x Rush x Bad Brains

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

By Ezra Smith

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An Ode to Self-Sabotage
Lounge Monkey

Lounge Monkey = Sonic Youth + Pixies + Thornhill

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

By Kyle Forbush

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Interview: The Apathetics

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

By Cam Elliott

Interview: Punks & Punchlines

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

By Cam Elliott

Interview: Shon Taylor

24tix handles ticketing for a ballpark estimate of 2,000 concerts a year — some of them multi-million dollar ordeals. … read more

By Mary Culbertson

SLUG Localized: Stand-Up Comedy

Dare I say this fills me with a little more hope for the future of comedy than I had before. Don’t miss their sets at SLUG’s Comedy Localized at Urban Lounge. … read more

By Sam D’Antuono