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![SLUG Mag Gets Too BUKU Part Deux: Day Two](/uploads/exclusives/9631-img_0041-crop-396x288.jpg)
SLUG Mag Gets Too BUKU Part Deux: Day Two
If you visit New Orleans and don’t eat as much food as you possibly can, you’re committing a crime. … read more
![SLUG Swings SXSW](/uploads/exclusives/9630-10941520_10153101497097435_8607834574065352638_n-crop-396x288.jpeg)
SLUG Swings SXSW
Being handed a press pass for SXSW made me feel like a 12-year-old in a candy store with an unlimited credit card. Believe me, whatever you’ve heard about Austin being the place to see music is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. … read more
![SLUG Mag Gets Too BUKU Part Deux – Day One](/uploads/exclusives/9628-img_0010-crop-396x288.jpg)
SLUG Mag Gets Too BUKU Part Deux – Day One
For the second year in a row, SLUG attended The BUKU Music and Art Project in New Orleans. After last year’s lineup—which featured acts like The Flaming Lips, Ellie Goulding Chromeo, Nas and The Glitch Mob, this year would be hard-pressed to beat it. … read more
![Gallery: Pennywise @ Club Sound 03.12 with A Wilhelm Scream, Teenage Bottlerocket](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/pennywise-performing-live-at-club-sound.jpg)
Gallery: Pennywise @ Club Sound 03.12 with A Wilhelm Scream,...
Pennywise, A Wilhelm Scream, and Teenage Bottlerocket performed at Club Sound in Salt Lake City on March 12, 2015. … read more
![Enslaved @ Bar Deluxe 03.13 with YOB, Ecstatic Vision, SubRosa](/uploads/photos/943-enslaved_bardeluxe_2015_13-crop-396x288.jpg)
Enslaved @ Bar Deluxe 03.13 with YOB, Ecstatic Vision, SubRosa
A wonderful black metal show featuring Enslaved, YOB, Ecstatic Vision and local act Subrosa that took place on no other than Friday the 13th. … read more
![Expire @ Kilby Court 03.11 with Rotting Out, Suburban Scum, Bent Life, Mizery](/uploads/photos/942-img_3805-crop-396x288.jpg)
Expire @ Kilby Court 03.11 with Rotting Out, Suburban Scum,...
Mizery, Bent Life and Suburban Scum set the stage for an excellent hardcore showing from Rotting Out and Expire over the weekend. … read more
![Parking Lot Show with BØRNS and Handsome Ghost @ The Complex 03.11](/uploads/photos/941-img26845-crop-396x288.jpg)
Parking Lot Show with BØRNS and Handsome Ghost @ The...
After Misterwives cancelled their show due to illness, BØRNS and Handsome Ghost took to the parking lot of The Complex, with just their bare instruments. Surrounded by fans that refused to leave empty handed, they played covers, old classics and … read more
![Bleachers @ In The Venue 03.06 with Joywave, Night Terrors of 1927](/uploads/exclusives/9589-20150306_202910-crop-396x288.jpg)
Bleachers @ In The Venue 03.06 with Joywave, Night Terrors...
Not since post-dreadlocks Incubus have I seen a band come out to so many screeching fans. Arms raised and grasping for lead singer contact, the followers of Bleachers were completely exhilarated to see their band play live. … read more
![Westward CD Release: Local Show at The Loading Dock 03.06 with Standing In For Joe](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/westward-band.webp)
Westward CD Release: Local Show at The Loading Dock 03.06...
Westward are a truly talented group of musicians playing a very interesting take on what I would describe as “space cowboy rock.” … read more
![PRhyme @ Urban Lounge 03.04 with Your Old Droog, Boldy James and DJ Juggy](/uploads/exclusives/9575-preemo_royce_asd003-crop-396x288.jpg)
PRhyme @ Urban Lounge 03.04 with Your Old Droog, Boldy...
There’s a new wave of hip hop rising to the scene with corporate hooks and lyrics that center around making money rain and fucking bitches, but DJ Premier and Royce da 5’9” aren’t having it. … read more