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 ...

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 ...

Minneapolis-bred Atmosphere aptly fits into that “old-school” indie rap category. Since 1989, the group has released six studio albums and 10 extended plays, touched base on some deep societal issues, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Also potentially cringe-inducing is the fact that Slug sings on Lemons more than on any previous Atmosphere record. While some moments are definitely better than others, this expanded vocal range ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shuffler: Sean Daley, a.k.a. Slug, frontman for Minneapolis rap group Atmosphere. A deeply personal, sardonically funny lyricist, Slug is at the top of his game on Atmosphere's most recent disc, You ...

Atmosphere struck gold yet again with their album 'Southsiders', which recently dropped on Rhymesayers Entertainment and landed in the Top 10 of the Billboard album sales chart. After working together ...