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Destroyer, Japanese Breakfast, The Horrors, Perfume Genius, SASAMI, SPELLLING, Steven Wilson, Hannah Cohen, and More
Apr 05, 2025
By Mark Redfern
At the start of February we launched our new Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month, starting with January’s albums and followed by February’s albums. Now here is a roundup of March 2025’s best albums. We have included Bandcamp or Spotify embeds (some albums aren’t on Bandcamp) for each album and links to any reviews or interviews we did to support the release. More
Big Ugly Due Out March 7 via Dear Life
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
Interviews
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
Reviews
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
