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ATX Spotlight: Did You Miss New Slugbug

August 24, 2016 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

A few years ago I raved about Truck Month, my first introduction to Slugbug. Since that time, things have been quiet on that front, and so quiet that I somehow missed the release of his latest release…Stupid Rock EP. One of my favorite things about the songs Paul writes are that he fully embraces oddity, in every sense. His songs never stay wholly in one place as he looks to fill in various spaces with extra textural layers, usually in the way of blips and bloops. If you ever wonder what keeps Austin “weird,” then this is precisely the place to look. Stream the whole EP below, and grab it!

<a href="http://slugbug.bandcamp.com/album/stupid-rock-ep">Stupid Rock EP by SLUGBUG</a>

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Introducing Slugbug

February 13, 2013 nathan.lankford 2 comments

You’ve got to trust your record store clerks; it’s the heart-and-soul of music recommendations. One of the Austin purveyors turned me on to Paul Millar, who works under the moniker of Slugbug. It’s really hard to put the music in any certain genre, as it’s fairly schizophrenic in a fascinating sort of way. His main muse seems to be electronica, but he blends it with elements of oddball pop and post-punk. He’s recently released his Layer of Abstraction EP, with more tunes set to come soon on his Truck Month LP (we’ll give more details as they come). For now, revel in the curious ways of Slugbug; you’ll be glad to find such a unique artist alive and well in Austin. And you can check out a rad old-school type video of the track HERE.

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Download: Slugbug – Linear Narrative [MP3]

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