The exhibition »What Grows Between Us« brings together artistic and academic perspectives that reveal feminism and ecology as intertwined forces. skug met one of the artists, Monica C. LoCascio, for an interview.

Ponyclub Tartiflette is a Dutch provo punk band consisting of guitarist Annelies and drummer Anatole.

Dimitri Van Elsen is a Belgian electronic musician who was mainly active in the 1990s, both solo, in a duo with his brother Stefan and in a trio.

With the German release of »Adama«, the second book in Lavie Tidhar’s »Maror« trilogy, we spoke with the author about the story’s background and how he transforms historical facts into compelling fiction.

The Pisa-born composer Pierluigi Billone, now Viennese by choice, is awarded the Erste Bank Composition Prize in recognition of his highly original oeuvre. An interview with a master of an unmistakable compositional style.

Ein Interview mit George Lewis über seine Arbeit als Musiker und Komponist, seine Einflüsse und natürlich stellen wir auch die leidige Frage nach dem Genre.

Am 18. August 2025 veröffentlichte die in New York ansässige Noise-Rock-Newcomer-Band German Suplex ihr Debütalbum »Anonymous Tip-Off«. Im Interview stellt sich deren Drummer Duncan Livingston unseren Fragen.

Andrew Chalk’s album »Mosaics« is made up of 36 scene-pieces with a strong drone influence. Incidental music, or »Inzidenzmusik«, is present in these sections, coinciding with a general form. Mark Lubbock had written that one type of incidental music is that which has not been specifically composed to be included in a theatrical act or, we might imagine, a film, although it maintains a certain subsidiary character. The magic of this album is a bit of a reminder of this independent quality, which, while it may refer us to the imagery of a complete, gestalt scene, should not prevent us […]

»Hyperfake« by Swagger Life is the second single in the »Songs From The Gutter« series from Brussel-based label Montage.

Dutch guitar player Michiel Klein started his own experimental folk label Minorie, which he wants to use to make limited edition tape releases.

Eric Arn is a Vienna-based American guitar player. His new album »fixe Idee« is a solo fingerstyle steel-string acoustic guitar album out on Feeding Tube and Carbon Records.

Wallonia-based quartet Dögmën released their debut »Bitten By The Hand« in 2024, a raw but catchy hardcore-punk album.

Rotterdam-based The Hobknobs are Arie van Vliet (Lewsberg) and Yaël Dekker (The Klittens). The limited mini-tape »Gather No Moss« is their first release, containing three minimal and poppy indie-songs.

Staraya Derevnya is a British Israeli kraut-folk collective playing psychedelic improvisations. Their latest record is called »Garden Window Escape« and contains seven heavily loaded cut-up jams. 

Singer-songwriter Ian Fisher will present his latest album »Go Gentle« – an ode to his late mother – on April 9, 2025, at Stadtsaal Vienna together with his band.

Im Interview mit skug spricht Elle Heedles über die Newcomer-Band Swelle, deren Anfänge und Zukunftspläne und die Obsession mit Monster Energy.

»It’s Been a While« is the come-back single of Belgian EBM pioneer Luc Van Acker, remixed by Dirk Da Davo of Neon Judgement and Neon Electronics.

Canadian downbeat jazz musician Jarius Sharif released his second solo album »Basis Of Unity« as a follow-up to his 2022 debut.

The duo utrumque, consisting of Gerhard Eckel and Ludvig Elblaus, will produce a sub-sonic to ultrasonic manipulated sound space that links the movement and vocal patterns of dancers and the audience in iterative loops.

Kroppskännedom is the solo act of Andreas Malm, key figure in the Swedish free rock / experimental scene. His self-titled debut LP blends elements of fourth world music, drone, library synth music and loner psych in a very natural way.

»Tidawt« is a tape made by Australian drummer Will Guthrie and Malien Tuareg musician Ahmed Ag Kaedy. All profits from the album go to Ag Kaedy, who is in a particularly difficult financial situation, having been displaced from his Northern town of Kidal to the Southern capital of Mali, Bamako.

Bacht’n De Vulle Moane is the black metal duo A.A.K. and Scum. Their synth and drum computer-based debut »Klaagrituelen« was released at the end of 2024.

734smg is the moniker 37-year old Michigan-based Alex Yeager uses for his hiphop / trap music. He made more than 35 releases since 2015.

Primitive Call is a punk band from Turkey which formed at the beginning of 2024. They just released their first song called »I’m Sweet Enough«.

A group of Finnish artists, led by Lauri Ainala, head of the music project Paavoharju, is processing the discovery of old, disintegrating photo negatives in a joint exhibition. We spoke with Ainala about the accompanying book and his work as a sound artist.

So Sner is the duo of bass clarinettist Susanna Gartmayer and electronic musician Stefan Schneider. »The Well« is their second collaborative album, out on Schneiders TAL label.

Hexenhammer is a self-called Gen X metal band from Columbia, Tennessee. They started out in 1984, took a hiatus and returned in 2023 with »Hyberacula«.

Droomwolkje is a trancecore DJ from Brussels, living in Ghent. She effortlessly incorporates J-core, hard trance melodies, hyperpop, hardtek grooves, ambient and bass into her DJ sets.

David Roeder makes head-scratching and otherworldly sound explorations as Nein Rodere. He also plays in bands such as CD3 and Primitive Structures.

Aerdryk is the brainchild of Belgian black metal artist Corvus. His debut LP »Met De Driertand Op Mijn Huid« is a gritty and bass-heavy album based on the folklore of the Flanders region. A new release is on its way.