Music
Local Music Singles Roundup: September 2021
We picked the genres in our September “Local Music Singles Roundup” by throwing six ping-pong balls and seeing which cup they landed in. … 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
Review: Halsey – If I Can’t Have Love, I Want...
Halsey = Joan Jett x 5sos x Avril Lavigne … 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
Local Review: Adult Prom – Mild Horses
Adult Prom = Beach Fossils + Mac DeMarco + Stephen Steinbrink … read more
Local Review: Los Vii – Ephemera
Los Vii = HOMESHAKE + Mac DeMarco + Tame Impala … read more
Local Review: Crook & The Bluff – MONOLITHS
Crook & The Bluff = The Blasters + John Doe + Rush … read more