Music

Suffering is Softening with Vagabon’s Latest Album
Performing as Vagabon, multi-instrumentalist Cameroonian-American Laetitia Tamko is the kind of artist whose sound is always evolving. … read more

SUMAC Tours Europe and the UK by Volcanic Storm
Northwest-based trio SUMAC, consisting of guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner, bassist Brian Cook, and drummer Nick Yacyshyn, establishes the voices of our ancestry. … 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

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

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

Localized: Vape Plug
What is Vape Plug? Punk, hardcore and anything that could’ve been the title song for your PS1 copy of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. … read more

Two Broke Boys, One Backroom: The bbno$ Interview
Alex Gumuchian is known by many names––primarily through mispronunciations and nicknamed the “lalala” guy. However, friends, fans and yours truly know him as bbno$. … read more