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 ...

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 Minnesota hip-hop duo will perform at The Observatory North Park in San Diego on Feb. 10 and at The Novo in Los Angeles ...

The title of Atmosphere’s new album is “You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having.” The rappers, it seems, are being sarcastic. It’s hard to think otherwise after a few spins of songs that cover ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Deep within the mass of beats and rhymes found on the Minneapolis based label, Rhymesayers, Atmosphere’s , You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having, is already grabbing critics attention. In Slug’s ...

It’s been more than 20 years since Atmosphere, the underground hip-hop duo out of Minneapolis, first toured with Sage Francis and Mr. Dibbs, and their new Imagine the Fun tour with all three acts is ...

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 ...

"Put your hands in the air like you really do care" -- Sean Daley, aka Slug of Atmosphere, had his trademark earnestness on full display in a nearly four-hour show February 2 at the Orange Peel. Sean ...