SLUG Contributor Limelight
![“When I first started getting into music that wasn’t on the radio or in my parents’ CD collection, SLUG was an invaluable roadmap to all the amazing art that was being created in my own backyard,” Renshaw says.](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/contributor-limelight-nic-renshaw-1024x768.webp)
June 1, 2022
Contributor Limelight: Nic Renshaw
Joining the team in March of 2021, Nic Renshaw has made their mark within our local and national music coverage. “When I first started getting into music that wasn’t on the radio or in my parents’ CD collection, SLUG was an invaluable roadmap to all the amazing art that was being created in my own backyard,” Renshaw says.
Articles by contributor
![Local Music Singles Roundup: December 2022](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/408-Ed-LMSR-Header-1024x683.jpg)
Local Music Singles Roundup: December 2022
SLUG Magazine has your December tunes covered with six new songs by turns shocking and seasonal to give all your winter activities a perfect snowy soundtrack. … read more
![Review: Caterina Barbieri – Spirit Exit](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/caterina-babieri-spirit-exit-1-1024x1024.webp)
Review: Caterina Barbieri – Spirit Exit
Caterina Barbieri = Mort Garson + Tangerine Dream + Hannah Peel … read more
![Local Review: $oel – 16sixteen](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/oel-16.webp)
Local Review: $oel – 16sixteen
$oel = Lil Keed + Rich Homie Quan … read more
![Localized: In Your Grave](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/in-your-grave-band-1-1024x685.webp)
Localized: In Your Grave
In Your Grave wear their early-aughts, nu-metal influences on their sleeve, pulling liberally from all corners of the metal/hardcore universe and beyond. … read more
![Localized: Anonymous](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hardcore-outfit-anonymous-1-1024x682.webp)
Localized: Anonymous
Anonymous combines a variety of musical backgrounds and stylistic preferences to form a metal-tinged punk sound “[like] taking a chainsaw to another chainsaw.” … read more
![Review: Yasuaki Shimizu – Kiren](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/a3515964121_16.jpg)
Review: Yasuaki Shimizu – Kiren
Yasuaki Shimizu = Colin Stetson + Danny Elfman + Ryuichi Sakamoto … read more
![Local Music Singles Roundup: February 2022](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/398-Ed-LMSR-Header-1-1024x683.jpg)
Local Music Singles Roundup: February 2022
In February’s Local Singles Music Roundup, you can find a sample of SLC’s eclectic music style, from mellow-pop beats to an anarchist rager. … read more
![Local Review: Treason Angel – Stigmata Comedy Hour](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/treason-angel-1024x1003.jpg)
Local Review: Treason Angel – Stigmata Comedy Hour
Treason Angel = Puce Mary + Prurient … read more
![Local Review: fuckskin – SYNC/RPT || codelyoko](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/fuckskinsyncrpt-1024x1024.jpeg)
Local Review: fuckskin – SYNC/RPT || codelyoko
If the two parts of SYNC/RPT || codelyoko are meant to coexist, the latter deserves more songs that don’t feel geared towards the former. … read more
![Judas Rising: An Interview With Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Judas-Priest-Interview-Header-1024x682.jpeg)
Judas Rising: An Interview With Judas Priest’s Richie Faulkner
With the 50 Heavy Metal Years tour, Judas Priest seem poised to enter the band’s middle age on no one’s terms but their own. … read more
![Local Review: BLACKSHAPE – BLACKSHAPE](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/asdfasblackshape-1024x1024.jpg)
Local Review: BLACKSHAPE – BLACKSHAPE
BLACKSHAPE = Alpha Male Tea Party + This Will Destroy You … read more
![Local Music Singles Roundup: September 2021](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/393-Ed-September-Local-Music-Singles-Roundup-Header-1024x683.jpg)
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
![Review: Iceburn – Asclepius](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/iceburnasclepius-1024x1024.jpeg)
Review: Iceburn – Asclepius
Iceburn = Melvins + Sleep + Intronaut … read more
![Review: Sunk Heaven – THE FVCKHEAѪTED LVNG](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/SUNK-HEAVEN-1024x1024.jpeg)
Review: Sunk Heaven – THE FVCKHEAѪTED LVNG
Sunk Heaven = Daughters + Coil + Throbbing Gristle … read more
![Local Review: Treason Angel – Ritual Squalor](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/a0780739603_10-1024x1024.jpeg)
Local Review: Treason Angel – Ritual Squalor
Treason Angel = Puce Mary + Prurient … read more
![Review: Amulets – Blooming](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/a0112182832_16.jpeg)
Review: Amulets – Blooming
Blooming makes for a worthy addition to the library of anybody with a voracious appetite for creative, interesting soundscapes. … read more
![Review: Last – All Tunnel, No Light](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/a2516199199_10-1024x1024.jpeg)
Review: Last – All Tunnel, No Light
Even if it didn’t consistently blow me away, All Tunnel, No Lights left me convinced that Last has real potential to sound unlike any other. … read more