Localized: The Adonis

Localized: The Adonis
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Localized is a monthly music showcase held the second Friday of every month at the Urban Lounge. This month’s Localized features two individuals involved with SLUG; one current writer, Jesse Kennedy of The Adonis and one alumni, Chris Carter of Trebuchet as well as opening band Bombs and Beating Hearts. Rather than do the respectable

Localized: Trebuchet

Localized: Trebuchet
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Localized is a monthly music showcase held the second Friday of every month at the Urban Lounge. This month’s Localized features two individuals involved with SLUG; one current writer, Jesse Kennedy of The Adonis and one alumni, Chris Carter of Trebuchet as well as opening band Bombs and Beating Hearts. Rather than do the respectable

Localized: The Lionelle

Localized: The Lionelle
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On Friday, June 8th SLUG Magazine is hosting the first ever all-ages Localized at Kilby Court. The show will feature Kid Theodore, The Lionelle and opener Paul Jacobson. Door are at six, music starts at seven and it will end early enough that anyone over 21 will be able to attend the regular Localized at

Localized: Kid Theodore

Localized: Kid Theodore
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On Friday, June 8th SLUG Magazine is hosting the first ever all-ages Localized at Kilby Court. The show will feature Kid Theodore, The Lionelle and opener Paul Jacobson. Door are at six, music starts at seven and it will end early enough that anyone over 21 will be able to attend the regular Localized at

The Miserable Success of Tragic Black

The Miserable Success of Tragic Black
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Spring is drying up as the summer heat wave approaches; must be time for another three days of striking fashions, twisted poetry and music with a tilt towards the macabre as the annual Dark Arts Festival rears its beautiful head. We turn the spotlight on one prominent local artist: Tragic Black. … read more

Europeans Don’t Consume High Fructose Corn Syrup: A Tour Journal

Europeans Don’t Consume High Fructose Corn Syrup: A Tour Journal
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Eighteen hours seemed like years as we touched down in Frankfurt, Germany. It was now February 2, and the members of Uzi and Ari were officially committed for the next six weeks to face extreme uncertainty in a very strange land. We were jet-lagged, dizzy and without a clue what this tour was going to

Childish Wisdom: An Interview with Billy Childish

Childish Wisdom: An Interview with Billy Childish
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Some people are just inexhaustibly creative. Billy Childish is one of those people. He is maybe the most prolific man in the history of rock music. Starting his career in the late 1970s with the Pop Rivits, Childish went on to play in several English bands, including Thee Headcoats, The Mighty Caesars, Thee Milkshakes and

SY/Boredoms Show Review

SY/Boredoms Show Review
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Leaned up against the balcony railing in the east VIP wing of Studio Coast—one of Tokyo’s premier venues that sits in the harbor of the Pacific across from a picture-perfect ferris wheel—I wait patiently, but anxiously for V∞redoms to drop sound. … read more