Music
youngassNICO, Phobia the Greatest and MOD @ August SLUG Picnic...
SLUG’s outdoor concert series, SLUG Picnic, returned this August with an explosion of late-summer heat and enthusiastic showmanship. … read more
SLUG Picnic: MUTIE
Like other mutant-punk groups, the members of MUTIE don a full persona with an ever-rotating series of masks. … read more
SLUG Picnic: TOTAL CEREAL
With local venues resistant to book them, Total Cereal created the label CITY OF DIS to carve out a home for local noisecore groups. … read more
SLUG Picnic: NARC
NARC pull their influences from other women-fronted, three-piece power violence and grindcore groups, but with a revolutionary fervor. … read more
SLUG Picnic: Gag Order
Gag Order is a hardcore punk group creating emotionally layered songs that traverse political oppression, queer life, identity and more. … read more
Staying in Tune to Survive: An Interview with Lexagon
Cross-species communes and metaphysical kinships inhabit the experimental sound worlds of Alexa Burrell’s new Lexagon record, Feminine Care. … read more
Opening Weekend at Red Butte: Lucinda Williams, Jason Isbell and...
For many, this Red Butte concert may be the first community event they have been able to attend since the beginning of the pandemic. … read more
Crucialfest: Year 10
This year, local hard rock/metal festival Crucialfest will celebrate its 10th anniversary with Crucialfest 10, Aug. 26–29. … read more
SLUG Picnic: Phobia the Greatest
The contagious confidence of Phobia the Greatest’s high-spirited sound reflects the energy of her musical process. … read more
SLUG Picnic: youngassNICO
youngassNICO grew up by Baisley Park in South Jamaica, Queens, and found a lot of music from $5 bootlegged CDs from the Rite Aid parking lot. … read more