Jan 30, 2025 By Mark Moody

Durham, North Carolina-based Fust (led by singer/songwriter Aaron Dowdy) are releasing their third studio album, Big Ugly, on March 7 via Dear Life. Now they have released the album’s second single, “Bleached,” and an accompanying video. More

Mar 07, 2025 By Mark Moody

Take a map of the Eastern U.S. (the paper kind) and draw lines from Washington, D.C., Cincinnati, Nashville, Pittsburgh, Charlotte into the heart of West Virginia and one of those lines may put you close to Big Ugly. At least 200 miles from any of those cities (Cincy is the closest), the Big Ugly community metaphorically and literally sits in the middle of nowhere. Big Ugly Creek empties into the Guyandotte River and it’s in this rural region that Fust’s Aaron Dowdy’s grandmother grew up. More

Mar 05, 2025 By Mark Moody

Pick whichever of your senses you like, but suffice it to say that Fust’s Big Ugly smells like a breakout. More