Steve Slagg

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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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Kiko!!!!!!!!!

thanks so much for the shout-out!

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

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.

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

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..."

Bluesky Bullet Points: December 2, 2024 This week’s strongest releases are from Mountain Grass Unit and Steve Slagg.

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 ⭐"

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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.

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!

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 […]

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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...

Indigo Bunting, by Steve Slagg from the album I Don't Want to Get Adjusted to This World

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...

Fruita (feat. Erin McKeown), by Steve Slagg 1 track album

The second single, Fruita, is a duet with my friend Erin McKeown about the spiritual exile of hiking while gay
steveslagg.bandcamp.com/album/fruita...

Outside All the Time b/w Maybe Start Now, by Steve Slagg 2 track album

The first single, Outside All the Time, got kicked out of every group and lost every job, so it went on vacation: steveslagg.bandcamp.com/album/outsid...

It’s about a changing world, migrations of birds and people, what happens to us after we die, the mistrust of happiness, the new condos that keep springing up everywhere, and the eventual twink death of the universe

I Don't Want to Get Adjusted to This World, by Steve Slagg 11 track album

My third album, I DON'T WANT TO GET ADJUSTED TO THIS WORLD, is out 9/21/24. You can pre-order it now. It's my queer wilderness spirituality album: steveslagg.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont...