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Marian Runk @marianrunk.bsky.social · 10d

Playing a special show with @steveslagg.bsky.social and Contorno on Oct 14 and we hope you can make it! Tickets: www.etix.com/ticket/p/725...

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · 14d

contorno.bandcamp.com
marianrunk.bandcamp.com

Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · 14d

The words “changing world” come up a lot in these reviews, and - what do you know? - the whole world *did* change in the last year, and not for the better. I’m glad these songs haven’t buckled under the strain yet. I feel the same way about Marian and John’s songs too.

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · 14d

Folks wrote some wonderful things about ADJUSTED and included it on a few “best of 2024” lists. I still love the old-school music review so this really delighted me. c/o @rainbowrodeo.bsky.social @varioussmallflames.bsky.social @chirpradio.org @tonybreed.bsky.social @countryuniverse.net.

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · 14d

Tickets: hideoutchicago.com/.../hideout-...

hideoutchicago.com

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · 14d

In honor of the one-year (and change) anniversary of I DON’T WANT TO GET ADJUSTED TO THIS WORLD I’ll be playing my only full-band, headlining show of the year at The Hideout in Chicago with Contorno and @marianrunk.bsky.social, who also have album anniversaries coming up.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Apr 26

when I say I have that dog. in me I mean the 90s powerpop quartet

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Apr 15

I can market/sell MYSELF as a freelancer, so I know I’m capable of it! But not the SONGS, their hands are soft and they should never work a day of their life, I work so they don’t have to, etc. Is all this SMART? I do not know

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Apr 15

I want my songs to be heard and can get obsessive about that, but no part of me will ever care if they make $$$. Meanwhile when I need money I can get obsessive about finding gig work, letting the dopamine drive push the $$$ counter up. But these parts of my brain have never met one another.

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Apr 15

I thought becoming a full-time musician might trick me into treating my songs like a product and motivate me to sell it more, but that… did not happen. I just have way less money and way more time now to make stuff I think should be (and basically is) free lol

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Apr 12

Or two more that are not the precise vibe you described but adjacent to it: BLUE COLLAR, my favorite Paul Schrader, a perfectly sweaty and surprisingly funny union drama, and NETWORK if you want 70s political satire with a few thriller (and every other genre) elements thrown in

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Apr 12

I was recently the last person in the world to see ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, and it's a sacred text for a reason: some scenes give you that perfect "why on earth am I so scared watching a Watergate movie" fight or flight feeling. +Robert Redford at his very hottest

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Dec 2

Kiko!!!!!!!!!

Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Dec 2

thanks so much for the shout-out!

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Dec 2

Hearing country people connect with my music makes my day. I've got a lot of city-mouse/country-mouse impostor syndrome, even though on Thanksgiving a pony and a horse strolled through my mom's yard after holding up traffic on the state highway for a few minutes.

A pony and a horse walk on a grassy field with trees in the background on an overcast day.

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Dec 2

Also never shared this review, from @rainbowrodeo.bsky.social's inimitable @rachelcholst.bsky.social "With meditative care, Slagg invites us to glide through atmospheric songs about death, boredom, and beauty..."

Steve Slagg -- I Don't Want to Get Adjusted to This World

Steve Slagg paints epic vistas with breathless intimacy on his new masterpiece I Don't Want to Get Adjusted to This World

rainbowrodeomag.com

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Dec 2

Thanks @countryuniverse.bsky.social! "Another fine example of how ‘Americana’ would be so much richer if it centered more diverse production aesthetics... Slagg’s narratives find the faultlines in America’s heartland, foregrounding queer perspectives in his anxieties and uncertainties. 4/5 ⭐"

Bluesky Bullet Points: December 2, 2024

This week’s strongest releases are from Mountain Grass Unit and Steve Slagg.

www.countryuniverse.net

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Rainbow Rodeo Magazine @rainbowrodeo.bsky.social · Dec 2

We loved this album! Give Steve a follow!

Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Oct 4

Happy Bandcamp Friday! I DON'T WANT TO GET ADJUSTED TO THIS WORLD is two weeks old today!
ICYMI, I was on WBEZ's Reset With Sasha-Ann Simons to spin a little of the album and talk about Lilith Fair, hiking while gay and writing around the trauma backstory www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

Queerness and nature: Chicago folk musician Steve Slagg on these themes and more in his new album

Slagg takes his listeners on a journey through the lens of a queer person outside in nature.

www.wbez.org

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Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · Sep 21

My brilliant, talented, and wonderfully kind friend @steveslagg.bsky.social was on WBEZ Chicago to talk about his stunningly beautiful new album. Give it a listen!

Queerness and nature: Chicago folk musician Steve Slagg on these themes and more in his new album

Slagg takes his listeners on a journey through the lens of a queer person outside in nature.

www.wbez.org

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Oct 4

Finally, a great & comprehensive track-by-track review (long live this format!!) of the album at
@thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social
thirdcoastreview.com/2024/09/23/r...

Review: Steve Slagg Plants the Seeds of Grief to Grow the Fruits of Acceptance on <em>I Don’t Want To Get Adjusted to This World</em> | Third Coast Review

It’s one of my life’s great treasures to stumble upon a new artist you connect with, made even better when they’re from our great city of Chicago! I only recently […]

thirdcoastreview.com

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Oct 4

Also, my song "The Newest Soil" got a lovely write-up in one of my favorite weird-folk blogs. If you only ever hear one of my songs, you should probably make it this one.
varioussmallflames.co.uk/2024/09/23/w...

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Oct 4

Happy Bandcamp Friday! I DON'T WANT TO GET ADJUSTED TO THIS WORLD is two weeks old today!
ICYMI, I was on WBEZ's Reset With Sasha-Ann Simons to spin a little of the album and talk about Lilith Fair, hiking while gay and writing around the trauma backstory www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

Queerness and nature: Chicago folk musician Steve Slagg on these themes and more in his new album

Slagg takes his listeners on a journey through the lens of a queer person outside in nature.

www.wbez.org

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Sep 6

While you’re there, get one of my favorite albums of the decade

Harrison Lemke @hplemke.bsky.social · Sep 6

it's #BandcampFriday and i have a bunch of tapes of my album Forever Only Idaho just waiting to find their place on a little shelf in your apartment or house. heartfelt 4-track indie rock/americana about inland northwestern despair harrisonlemke.bandcamp.com/album/foreve...

Forever Only Idaho, by Harrison Lemke

14 track album

harrisonlemke.bandcamp.com

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Sep 6

Vinyl has arrived for I DON’T WANT TO GET ADJUSTED TO THIS WORLD, just in time for Bandcamp Friday. If you pre-order today I get 100% and Bandcamp waives its fees. (Hank for scale.)

steveslagg.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont...

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Steve Slagg @steveslagg.bsky.social · Aug 26

Third single Indigo Bunting is a psych-folk jam about a little blue bird, and how nobody's from anywhere anymore
steveslagg.bandcamp.com/track/indigo...

Indigo Bunting, by Steve Slagg

from the album I Don't Want to Get Adjusted to This World

steveslagg.bandcamp.com

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