A visual artist and painter as well as an unconventional, self-taught songwriter and musician, everything that fuels the creative output of Manchester's Xenya Genovese, AKA Freak Slug, is about raw, ...

Freak Slug have announced a trio of east-coast headlining shows for October 2025, as part of their ongoing Big Candles world tour. The UK indie-rock project, revolving around singer-songwriter Xenya ...

Freak Slug exudes bubbling chill on "Underwater", which comes alongside news of her upcoming EP I’m In Love. Whimsical fun characterises everything Freak Slug is about, right down to that strange, ...

Alongside her debut album, I Blow Out Big Candles, the Mancunian multi-disciplinary Freak Slug delivers "Piece of Cake", a reflection on the dessert-like presentation of sumptuous but all too often ...

Every Friday, The FADER's writers dive into the most exciting new projects released that week. Today, read our thoughts on Freak Slug's I Blow Out Big Candles, Man/Woman/Chainsaw's Eazy Peazy, Good ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Manchester’s Freak Slug, a.k.a. Xenya Genovese, makes ...

The Whole Music Club will welcome Freak Slug and Huron John Saturday night, two relatively niche indie acts who are still nothing to sneeze at. The British indie rocker, real name Xenya Genovese, will ...

Freak Slug - the project of UK multi-disciplinarian Xenya Genovese - today shares her latest single ‘Blue Eyes’, set to feature on her forthcoming EP Loose Tooth And A Short Skirt out on Nov 7 via ...