{"id":167512,"date":"2026-02-24T21:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/167512\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:45:21","slug":"ohio-noise-project-slugg-comes-to-stardust-to-play-with-some-of-orlandos-wildest-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/167512\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio noise project Slugg comes to Stardust to play with some of Orlando’s wildest this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Slugg Credit: Matthew Moyer<\/p>\n

Musician and composer Kristal Mills is one of the greatest cultural ambassadors for Cleveland since Pere Ubu, full stop. And like that august avant-garde ensemble, Mills\u2019 solo noise project Slugg is inextricably linked to and informed by the post-post-industrial grit and grime of that city. The results, of course, are wildly different, and yet similar.<\/p>\n

A Slugg performance is a can\u2019t-miss proposition \u2014 even on a weeknight \u2014 a harrowing, almost theatrical, journey through several distinct musical movements: ambient dread, minimal synth majesty, Atari Teenage Riot-style breakcore freakouts, shrieking noise and playful manipulation of trinkets and baubles as musique concr\u00e8te-style sound sourcing.<\/p>\n

Mills returns to Orlando (8 p.m. Thursday, Feb, 26, Stardust Video & Coffee, $10) to play a one-off show with Crimesididntcommit, Shania Pain and Kaiju Bride and ISYA and air tracks from her latest album, just ahead of a longer tour. Orlando Weekly duly peppered her with questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This Orlando show is a prelude to a larger tour in March \u2014 tell us about that.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m doing a small Southwest tour with my good friend Liv Mershon. She\u2019s a harsh ambient noise artist. It\u2019ll start in Los Angeles and then end in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Your live shows, based on personal experience, seem to have somewhat of a narrative or dramatic arc, ebbing and flowing as the instrumentation shifts. Are we far off?<\/p>\n

Not at all \u2014 it\u2019s an emotional journey. Anything from a breakup, to not feeling valued for the work I do, to finding a bird with a broken neck lying on the sidewalk gasping for air. Each song is a purge of my intense feelings about my experiences.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What inspired you to start Slugg? What were some of your early epiphanies with noise and experimental music?<\/p>\n

I wanted to make music that I wanted to hear. I wasn\u2019t getting the nastiness that I desire in electronic music. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s out there, but I didn\u2019t feel like looking for it \u2014 I wanted to make it myself. It\u2019s funny because I don\u2019t listen to noise or experimental music. I had never been to a noise show prior to someone inviting me to play one. I was a big fan of post-punk and R&B growing up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What do you remember about your last Florida show? And what are your connections to the state?<\/p>\n

The last Florida show was my first out-of-town show for Slugg. Andrea Knight [Bacon Grease] booked it for me and I didn\u2019t even know her. She found me online and was an early supporter. It was one of my most special shows and I\u2019m really excited to be coming back a year later after traveling across the country and playing a lot of shows. I have adopted family in Sebastian so I come down every year to visit.<\/p>\n

You released a new album, ggggg<\/a>, <\/a>last summer that promptly sold out on cassette \u2014 tell us about writing and recording it.<\/p>\n

The album wrote itself. It was bizarre. The recording process was me doing a live performance in the studio. I couldn\u2019t think of any other way to record it since it\u2019s kind of one long movement with an emotional intensity and anxiety that I feel like you only get when I\u2019m doing it all at once. It hits hard though, which is what I wanted.<\/p>\n

Slugg with Crimesididntcommit, ISYA, Shania Pain, Kaiju Bride: 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26; Stardust Video and Coffee; 1842 E. Winter Park Road; $10<\/p>\n

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