Slug is one of hip-hop’s unique voices and he’s quite capable of joking about it. “I’m tagged as the sensitive guy who is always upset about women,” he says with a laugh. “I’m always writing these ...

Sunday night at Terminal 5 sees indie rap icons Atmosphere return to New York City for the first time since the release show for their new album Southsiders earlier this year. While recent years have ...

Sean Daley has always embraced darkness in his music, lacing his lyrics with emotional rawness, unvarnished truths and a wicked sense of humor. Better known as Slug, the MC half of long-running ...

They named their debut Overcast! for a reason. Sean Daley AKA 1/2 of Atmosphere AKA Slug has made looking inward and digging into life’s gray areas an MC artform. And while “Sunshine”may be one of ...

Back in 2001, when Atmosphere’s album Lucy Ford was released, the group members were at the vanguard of a new wave of underground white rappers. Their lyrics were intensely personal, and they never ...

The Minneapolis-based hip-hop duo Atmosphere capped off their fall tour with a Twin Cities double-header — one night at First Avenue and one night at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul over Thanksgiving ...

Mike Palm Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 10:22 a.m. | Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 10:22 a.m. It’s been more than 20 years since Atmosphere, the underground hip-hop duo out of Minneapolis, first toured with Sage ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) (John Valenzuela/Staff Photographer) Rapper Slug of Atmosphere ...

Atmosphere frontman Slug (right) made an oddly apt comparison at his act’s sold-out Ogden show on Saturday night. Atmosphere is big in Colorado — maybe not as big as the other acts playing around ...

Sean Daley, A.K.A. Slug of Atmosphere, is an outspoken dude. Just listen to The Family Sign, released earlier this year by Slug's label Rhymesayers for proof. Over live guitar, keyboards and beats ...

The title of Atmosphere’s new album is “You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having.” The rappers, it seems, are being sarcastic. It’s hard to think otherwise after a few spins of songs that cover ...