#d.u.d.s.

[nightsidewrestling]

Captioned Moodboards: Eddie 11

"I'll knock your jaw right off ya face."

[coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe]

D.U.D.E Return Sneak Peek: The King of Hell (4/4)

[raccoon-ingot]

D.U.D.E. (cyborg guy, friend's oc) got a little bored and decided to throw Jon (the green guy, my oc) out of a window.

[coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe]

Genuinely considering using Jack as a face claim for one of the (D.U.D.E) Kingston kids when they're an adult.

[futuresandpasts]

Futures & Pasts | MRR #429

Nearing the last of my columns for the print version of Maximum Rocknroll; this one was from #429 (February 2019) & if y’all are quick, you still might be able to pick up some back issues. 

Since I just finished putting together my requisite top ten of 2018 list for MRR, which always feels so unnatural and stresses me out way more than it probably should, I feel like I’ve earned the right to mentally shift gears here for a bit and start my final column of 2018 by talking about what I’ve actually been listening to as this year is about to end, even if it’s mostly things that came out almost four decades ago…

Fringe post-punk resurrectionists Bunkerpop Records are back with their first release in two years, a reissue of the 1985 four-song 7-Inch Round Black Thing EP by Auckland, New Zealand’s art-damaged provocateurs ?FOG. Vocalist Sam Swan landed in the group after her stint in the short-lived LIFE IN THE FRIDGE EXISTS (whose “Have You Checked The Children?” remains one of the most eternal classics of ‘80s Kiwi DIY), and both projects shared a decidedly shambolic approach with inclination toward performative theatricality. ?FOG ultimately took things into a much more confrontational direction—deep, propulsive bass lines colliding with urgent drumming, stuttering razor-wire guitar, and deadpan lyrical recitations marked by pitch black, tongue-in-cheek sarcasm (especially on the fiery feminist take-down of “Fatman With a Big Dork”). The choppy rhythms and dueling male/female rant between Sam and guitarist Lindsay Fog on “Five Heads of State” puts ?FOG on a very EX-like axis of agitated skronk, and there’s even some distant echoes of the Rough Trade school of spiky AU PAIRS/DELTA 5-style UK femme-punk in “Move Your Brain,” if that particular sound had then been refracted through the cracked lens of harsh-edged avant-noisemakers like the GORDONS over on New Zealand’s South Island. Between this single, the two recent NOCTURNAL PROJECTIONS LP collections, and the THIS SPORTING LIFE CD anthology, 2018 has been a pretty solid year for bringing renewed attention to some of the weirder and less musically linear products of the early-to-mid ‘80s NZ underground, but this one is an especially obscure delight to have been rescued from the archives. (Bunkerpop Records, bunkerpop.bandcamp.com)

French coldwave group COLDREAMS released a two-song 7” that’s since become one of the formative (and most highly sought-after) touchstones of the genre’s mid-’80s second wave, so the straight reissue of the original single that just recently turned up on Parisian label Camisole is a nice end-of-year surprise for any Factory Records-meets-4AD freaks out there. While COLDREAMS borrowed from the detached presence and bass-anchored minimalist post-punk rhythms associated with the early Euro coldwavers like CHARLES DE GOAL and KAS PRODUCT, their approach was also much less mechanical and dystopian, instead leaning toward gauzy, ethereal melodies not entirely dissimilar to those of goth-tinged dream-pop combos like COCTEAU TWINS or even Faith/Pornography-era CURE. You can almost picture frost forming on some dimly-lit window as the swirling synths in “Morning Rain” blur right into Géraldine Sala’s sweet-yet-somber vocals, but there’s an almost breezy undercurrent amidst all of the longing and gloom that spares COLDREAMS from any overly melodramatic darkwave pretensions. While that song is great, but the sparse B-side “Eyes” is the real gem here, quietly drifting in the same mysterious and otherworldly minimal wave/synth-pop atmosphere as cult heroes SOLID SPACE, and it’s just as chillingly beautiful as anything on that group’s much-beloved Space Museum. (Camisole, camisolerecords.bigcartel.com)

Not reissued (at least not yet), but something that I’ve been playing a bit lately: RAZOR PENGUINS were from Columbus, Ohio, and their debut two-song 7” from 1981 was an exercise in bleak, incisive post-punk that largely deviated from the sort of warped and deconstructed weirdo sounds generally associated with late ‘70s/early ‘80s Ohio DIY (think ELECTRIC EELS, DEVO, PERE UBU, et al). There’s definitely some psychic connections to be drawn between the post-industrial decay of the Rust Belt and the grey, brutalist urban landscapes of London and Manchester, so in that sense, it’s entirely fitting that RAZOR PENGUINS would have turned to the early output of 4AD and Factory Records for their primary source material—JOY DIVISION, obviously, but also slightly less canonized groups such as CRISPY AMBULANCE or IN CAMERA who had a similar affinity for sinister bass throb, martial beats, and vocals delivered with a desperately anxious edge. The single’s frantic A-side “Paris” is a perfectly dark discotheque smash for the black peacoat and clove cigarette crowd, all needling guitar, loping bass, busy hi-hat, and anguished shouts like they were trying to come up with an American response to SECTION 25’s “Girls Don’t Count”. On the flipside, “Indifference” gives in to the band’s starker goth leanings, existing in some parallel universe where Ian Curtis never died, NEW ORDER never existed, and JOY DIVISION had simply gone into semi-secrecy to come up with a follow-up to Closer after relocating to the middle of Ohio. RAZOR PENGUINS wound up putting out one more 7” in 1986 before totally falling off the radar, but it couldn’t reach the same heights at this one. Midwest post-punk gold!

On a more contemporary tip, Manchester’s clattering and clanging combo D.U.D.S. (formerly known as, uh, DUDS) are back from last year’s apparently brief foray on Castle Face with a new LP called Immediate, and it’s an even more controlled exercise in walking the tightrope between spiral scratched post-punk and the kinetic danceability of the early ‘80s post-No Wave downtown sound (think LIQUID LIQUID or pretty much anyone on ZE/99 Records). The clash of rubbery bass and wiry, minimalist guitar definitely still harks back to GANG OF FOUR, but without that band’s tendency toward dryly caustic lyrical commentary on the effects of capitalism on interpersonal relationships—the shouted (and somewhat buried) declarations that D.U.D.S. throw out seem to be much more abstracted and cryptic, with a good number of the songs this time around dispensing with words altogether, leaving just a skeleton of knotted and frenetic rhythms behind. The occasional sharp bursts of brass that were scattered across their previous record have also been more fully integrated into the D.U.D.S. equation this time around, with “Humour and Friction” and “Same Device” in particular recalling the horn-spiked harsh funk and mutant disco commotion of early A CERTAIN RATIO. Shack up, y’all. (Opal Tapes/Red Wig, opaltapes.com)

[burlveneer-music]

D.U.D.S. - Immediate - skronky postpunk that’s being described as The Fall meets Liquid Liquid

The latest release from D.U.D.S. is a deepening of the sinister sonic territory they have been exploring, in various forms, since they formed. Bass lines and percussion lope through the undergrowth while jagged guitars pierce the ears. Then there’s the brass section, which works less as a means of driving home a song’s point, than as a warning that whatever comes next is unlikely to be anything you expect. Lyrics are still somewhat hard to make out, emerging from the rhythmic chaos at intervals, as though you were listening to the recording of an Old Testament prophet, preaching from the ruins of the twenty first century. I don’t know what kind of band D.U.D.S. are supposed to be. There are labels you could apply to them, terms like ‘wave’ and ‘punk’ with various prefixes designed to qualify the fact that they don’t really sound like anyone else. Immediate makes that fact all the more obvious and all the more compelling.

Sometimes you catch something unexpected which resets a switch, excites and engages. I caught D.U.D.S. a couple of years ago on a whim, they were visiting Newcastle supporting their debut album. I had never heard them or of them but the moment their perfectly disjointed music hit the room, I was all smiles. Warping brass shapes through the room entwined with guitars played as percussively as they are melodically, the whole sound coalesces into a rolling ball of spiked energy.

Their take on punk rock welds the caustic atonality of The Fall to the coiled funk of Liquid Liquid. Both drenched in negative information and loaded with dance floor impact. Lyrically themes explore the human condition a lurching dread and this dichotomy of no-wave funk and the lyrical creep is the hook the grabs me/you/us and forces a regular return.

[usesluh]

POVRATAK LOVRE!

FEB 6

La Femme - It's Time To Wake Up (2023) konrad sprenger - opening JPEGMAFIA - Thug Tears

Neon Lies - Silenced Parnepar - Jedan Smjer (demo) Parnepar - t4 (demo) Macula Dog - Proxy Rock errorsmith - my party Duds - Pro Tem Duds - No Remark

STAR TREK DISCOVERY CHAT

Maraudeur - Fake Talks on the Phone Maraudeur - Property to Property Maraudeur - Strange Afternoon at the Swimming Pool Maraudeur - Value the Death JPEGMAFIA - (panic emoji)

clark - pig jasss - to eat with dirty hands

[obbimoonski]

MY SON.

[yu-lya]

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO REACT TO THIS???????

[nightsidewrestling]

Moodboards: Eddie (12/?)

[coffee-n-bagels-comic-universe]

D.U.D.E Return Sneak Peek: The King of Hell (3/4)

[cardest]

Scotland playlist

There are two seasons in Scotland: Winter and July.  - Billy Connelly But...there is one Scottish playlist. This! We recently lost Sean Connery and I thought it time to post my Scottish playlist. Have I missed any songs or bands on this list? Tell me!

001 Killing Joke - The Death & Resurrection Show 002 Grave Digger - The Clans Will Rise Again 003 EURYTHMICS -  WOULD I LIE TO YOU 004 Tears For Fears - Shout (these are the bras we can do without) 005 Edinburgh Military Tattoo - The Massed Pipes and Drums 006 The Exploited - Law for the Rich 007 The Proclaimers - Scotland's Story 008 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sometimes Always - Video 009 D.U.D.S - Four 010 Amebix - The Messenger 011 Motorhead - I got mine 012 Entombed - Scottish Hell 013 Dog Faced Hermans - Big Pot 014 Garbage -  Stupid Girl 015 Falloch - Beyond Embers and the Earth 016 Scotland the Brave - The Lowland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland 017 Molly Nilsson - Mona Lisas Smile 018 Lou Reed - Modern Dance 019 Simple Minds - All The Things She Said 020 The Fall - Edinburgh Man 021 THOMAS LEER  - private plane 022 Grave Digger - The Piper McLeod 023 Bruce Dickinson - accident of birth 024 Big Country - Fields of Fire 025 GLORYHAMMER - Angus McFife 026 Rob Roy - O'Sullivan's March 027 Jag Panzer - Thane of Cawdor 028 Iron Maiden - The Clansman 029 Cnoc An Tursa - The Lion Of Scotland 030 James Horner - Braveheart Theme Song 031 The Almighty - Full Force Lovin' Machine 032 Paul McCartney - Mull Of Kintyre 033 Darkthrone -  The Hardship Of The Scots 034 Angel Witch - Angel Witch 035 John Barry -  007 On Her Majesty's Secret Service 036 Nazareth - This Flight Tonight 037 Stealers Wheel - I Get By 038 Saxon - Northern Lady 039 DEMONIC OBEDIENCE - Decampment 040 Black Sabbath - Lord Of This World 041 Alestorm-Magnetic North 042 Absu - ...Of Celtic Fire, We Are Born (...In the Eyes of Ioldánach) 043 Edinburgh Military Tattoo HIGHLAND CATHEDRAL (Massed Pipes & Drums) 044 Demons and Wizards- The Whistler 045 T.I.S.M. - I Await the Coming of the Scottish Third Reich 046 Crystal Eyes - Highland Revenge 047 Falloch -  The Carrying Light 048 The Corries - Bonnie Dundee 049 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same 050 Iron Maiden - Stranger In A Strange Land 051 LOCH LOMOND ~ PIPES & DRUMS OF LEANISCH. 052 Mastodon - Ol'e Nessie 053 Wicker Man OST - Maypole 054 Ayreon - Tunnel Of Light (Into The Electric Castle) 055 Big Country - In A Big Country 056 David Bowie - Quicksand 057 Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Saturday Night 058 Grinderman - Worm Tamer 059 Judas Priest - Lochness 060 Absu - Highland Tyrant Attack 061 Grave Digger - Hammer Of The Scots 062 Bruce Dickinson  - Man of sorrows 063 The Real McKenzies - Nessie 064 Shetland TV Intro 065 The vaselines - Slushy 066 Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Cows 067 Saor - Roots 068 The Police - Synchronicity II 069 Various - The Lotus Eaters (Tribute to Dead Can Dance) - Persephone / Spirit 070 QUEEN -  PRINCES OF THE UNIVERSE 071 King Witch - Under the Mountain 072 Barshasketh - Vacillation 073 Simple Minds - Love Song 074 Hellripper - Black Arts & Alchemy 075 Teenage Fanclub - The concept 076 Fire Engines - Meat Whiplash 077 Wodensthrone - The Name of the Wind 078 Josef K - Heads Watch 079 Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Crowley 080 Grave Digger -  Highland Farewell 081 The Rezillos - [My Baby Does] Good Sculptures 082 Ministry - Golden Dawn 083 Metropak - Here's Looking At You 084 Eurythmics - Love Is A Stranger 085 Billy Connolly - If It Wasnae for Your Wellies 086 Sean Connery - Pretty Irish Girl (Darby O'Gill and the Little People) 087 The Exploited - Jimmy Boyle 088 Iron Maiden -  Moonchild 089 Tau Cross - stonecracker 090 Mogwai -  Glasgow Mega-Snake 091 After Forever - Who Wants To Live Forever 092 SABATON - Blood of Bannockburn 093 The Valves - Ain't No Surf in Portobello 094 Lower Slaughter - The Measure Of A Man 095 Jim Campbell Band - Tiltin' The Jig 096 Garbage -  Man On a Wire 097 David Bowie - Shake It 098 Saor Patrol - Lost Song 099 AC Acoustics - Mother Head Sander 100 AC/DC - Go Down 101 APB Band - Something to Believe In 102 Cado Belle  - I Name This Ship Survival 103 Ruadh – Sovereign 104 Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man 105 The Human Beast  - Maybe Someday 106 Enslaved - Lindisfarne 793 107 Motorhead - Shine 108 Amebix - arise 109 Scatha - I am one! 110 Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) 111 Valaraukar – Demonian Abyssal Visions 666 Proclaimers  - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

[dabomdiggy]

StarGal ✨

d.u.d.s

Do U Digg??

[futuresandpasts]

Nervous wreck / Any other way it would be different. 

Download the show here. Stream at the link above.

Artist - Song Title - Album Title - Label

The Buzzcocks - Promises - Promises 7" - United Artists Hand Grenades - Murder - Demos to London EP - Last Laugh The Lillettes - Nervous Wreck - V/A - Vaultage 79 - Attrix Rays - Work of Art - You Can Get There From Here - Trouble in Mind Jezebel - Sweety - Sweety 7" - Etiquette The Frantic Elevators - Hunchback of Notre Dame - Searching for the Only One 7" - Crackin' Up Garage Class - I Got Standards - Terminal Tokyo EP - Outer Reaches The Male Nurse - I'm A Man - GDR 7" - Guided Missile Jungle Nausea - Job Club - V/A - Sub Pop 5 cassette - Sub Pop The Girls - Any Other Way It Would Be Different - Punk Dada Pulchritude - Feeding Tube The Whines - Here We Sit - Hell to Play - Meds ?Fog - Five Heads of State - Seven Inch Round Black Thing EP - Bunkerpop Terry - Under Reign - I'm Terry - Upset the Rhythm Indifferent Dance Centre - Flight & Pursuit - Flight & Pursuit 7" - Outer Reaches The Staches - The Great Depression - The Great Depression 7" - Six Tonnes de Chair The 2x4s - Iron Line - s/t - Metal Snowball Student Teachers - Channel 13 - Channel 13 7" - Ork De Minz - Adultery - V/A - No Big Business - Kleo Dow Jones & the Industrials - Mental Disease - Can't Stand the Midwest, 1979-1981 - Family Vineyard Alpaca Brothers - The Lie - Legless EP - Flying Nun D.U.D.S. - Humour & Friction - Immediate - Opal Tapes The Monochrome Set - He's Frank (Slight Return) - He's Frank (Slight Return) 7" - Rough Trade Liliput - Turn the Table - First Songs - Mississippi/Water Wing The Reserves - Shattered Revolt - Look for Wire - self-released God & the State - 1967 Summer - Ruins - Happy Squid

[amandahalligan]

D.U.D.E 😳🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤣🤭 https://www.instagram.com/p/CeozgTaJiUd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=