Weekend Tunes

Hey there dudewoppers! It's almost the weekend , our one is looking to be a very mundane affair, but who cares we're going to get slightly drunk and lightly fuck up to keep the boredom away.

Van Morrison - Madame George (probably one of the best songs ever written, very underrated. definitely a sunday morning song)

Cherry Glazerr - Bloody Bandaid ( so good- bandaids are my fave)

The Replacements - I'm Not Sayin' (Gordon Lightfoot cover - The Replacements are back!)
Click here to listen!

The Strypes - You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover (this is an awesome cover) 

Have a really very weekend homies!

Double Track Tuesday #4

Yo what's up! Double Track Tuesday is upon us! Here are the songs that have been bouncing around our heads since last time. 

Redd Kross - Heaven Only Knows (awesome band, awesome song can't stop singing along)

Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful (been listening to a lot of blues lately this is just awesome, a classic)

Enjoy and we'll see you l8ter!

NME TOUR 2013 REVIEW!!!!!!

THE LINE UP: Peace, Palma Violets, Miles Kane, Django Django 

THE EXPERIENCE:

So I went to the NME Tour last year, when the line up was Azealia Banks, Metronomy, Tribes and Two Door Cinema Club, which was absolutely incredible. So this year, for me, had a lot to live up to. But the line up of Peace, Palma Violets, Miles Kane and Django Django definitely did live up to last year. Here's the run down of the partay:

Peace

Peace were up first, in the much coveted first slot of the tour. They lived up to it. Looking fucking cool they came on and blasted through most of the tracks from their 'Delicious EP'. The highlight for me was their fuzzier, heavier - but as dreamy as the studio version - rendition of 'California Daze'. You could tell a lot of the crowd were there for Peace and the atmosphere in the pit was buzzing. Amazing.

Palma Violets

Having heard so much about their notoriously good live shows, I was expecting Palma Violets to be awesome. And they so were. I don't know the exact order of their setlist but they tore up the place with classic tracks like 'Tom the Drum', '14' and 'Best of Friends', and a couple of new ones as well, off the debut album '180' (which we CANNOT wait for by the way). 'Best of Friends' was fucking awesome, as to be expected. Basically, they are brill live and the place had a great vibe. Also they're just so cool. Everyone should definitely go see them if you get the chance. They're gonna be big.

Miles Kane

Miles Kane was, for me, the best act of the night. He ripped through tracks like 'Rearrange', 'Counting Down the Days', 'Quicksand' and 'Kingcrawler' from his first album 'The Colour of the Trap', all of which were frickin' amazing. He also threw in a couple of new ones, including one called 'Don't Forget Who You Are', which, when he announced 'I'm gonna play a new one now' got a bit of complaint from the audience who were loving the old ones. He responded by pointing at he audience and saying in his beautiful Liverpudlian accent 'Don't worry its great. No, no seriously, this ones bangin!' And it so was. If the likes of 'Don't forget who you are' are anything to go by, the new album is gonna be awesome. In fact, I would have probably said that it was the highlight of the set, if he hadn't gone on the play 'Inhaler' next, which was fucking brilliant. The moshpit was incredible. I'd say this was the highlight of the night for me, followed closely by his last song 'Come Closer' which he played next. He was brilliant, and also wearing a very cool shirt. Definitely one to go see if you get the chance.

Django Django

Django Django were the headline act and a lot of people were there to see them. Sadly I didn't really know many of they're songs and didn't watch all of their set, but I saw 'Waveforms' and 'Life's a Beach', both of which were brilliant. They also had loads of really cool sound effects and lighting, which is always good. So yeah, as a band I didn't know very well, and didn't really think were my sort of thing, I did end up actually really enjoying Django Django. Especially at the end when the lead singer said 'Thank you, you guys are fucking awesome!' over the delay effect meaning we got to walk out to the sound of 'You guys are fucking awesome! You guys are fucking awesome! You guys are fucking awesome!' on repeat. Which was nice. Thank you Django Django.

So basically, the NME tour is always fantastic and this year was no exception. Also I didn't nearly lose my shoes this year, so that was a bonus! Oh and they gave away free posters, which was also great. If you can catch a ticket for any of the shows along the rest of the tour, definitely go. For sure. 

Peace out home boys, girls.

UP AND COMING: THE ORWELLS

The coolest thing about The Orwells, other than their music, is that they are only 18-ish and they're  already signed and have an album out. How totally awesome is that? The answer: very.
The Orwells are a five-piece from Chicago - who love the Replacements, yet another awesome thing about them. Their music can be loosely described as garage punk, but if we're honest it's pretty much straight up rock and roll. It can be experienced through their debut album , Remember When, which I can personally attest to be an all-round brilliant album. Basically we love them.
Here are a couple of their tracks to get you going:




The Orwells - In My Bed from Rollo & Grady Sessions on Vimeo.

Double Track Tuesday #3

We're sorry its a little late , but here is you're Double Track Tuesday (Wednesday) 

The Milk - B-Roads ( really cool retro band, love dem cats, they definitely deserve more recognition) 

 


Mikal Cronin - Shout It Out ( awesome song I heard for the first time to day, just lying on my bed staring into space it was cool, quite counting crows-esque?)



Just remember you can't smoke tea. Don't try this at home - do it at school instead. 

Weekend Tunes

It's Saturday!! We're partying tonight so here are some songs for us and you to get down to. Enjoy!

Kids Don't Follow - The Replacements ( the best ever)

Gonna Make My Own Money - Deap Vally ( amen, sisters)

Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen ( the true bawss) 

There She Goes -  The La's (good stuff-feel good classssicc)

See you on Monday! Have a great weekend!!

Stuff You Should.... : Hear - Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains

Hey there, this is our new installment - Stuff You Should - hear, know, see, touch, smell etc..This week - we're turning you on to a band we just found - Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains.

Headed by Pat (the bunny) Schneeweis - this band is crazy good, they mix folk, punk and  truly great lyrics. This is his first band, later branching out to form Wingnut Dishwashers Union and Ramshackle Glory, both of which are also awesome. Check it out, for your own good. 

We'll be back with your songs for the weekend tomorrow! Happy February!

UP AND COMING: BIG UPS

Big Ups are going to be big, if you pardon the pun. wait, thats not a pun. Moving on, there is a reason they were one of our tracks on Double Track Tuesday. We're not NME so we won't try to classify music with absurd genre names, so we're just going to call it punk rock awesomeness. Give it a listen below. But first watch this, courtesy of BreakThruRadio: 

Our favourite song of theirs is 'Shut Your Mouth', as we said on Tuesday it is exactly what we want to say to people. Whenever I listen I imagine screaming in my head, its amazing when you're seriously pissed off. It also makes me want to jump around tantrum style. Listen to them and email (dudewop@gmail.com)or comment about the weird things their music makes you want to do. Just so I don't feel alone. 

Check out their facebook, cause social networks are rad. : BIG UPS

Double Track Tuesday #2

If you're wondering what day it is, its Tuesday God damn it and it is a good day, cause we have two totally terrific tracks ( alliteration) for you dudes:

BIG UPS - SHUT YOUR MOUTH (it's everything i want to say to certain people)

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM - CASANOVA, BABY! (not that new but a great band, definitely get into them if you love old school rock and roll) 

GOOD VIBES FROM US TO YOU
P.S. If you're reading this please comment or email us at dudewop@gmail.com - telling us how you found it , cause we actually can't find it! Thanks - l8ter sk8ter

Blink 182 Appreciation Day

Today if you haven't realised is BAND APPRECIATION DAY! Therefore we thought we'd celebrate the genius of Blink 182. 
Some will say Green Day are better, they would be wrong. And some would also say they're immature, because they brought us lines like 'there are only so many ways to make love with my hand'. These people would also be wrong because these are in fact hilarious and and this hilarity forms the basis of their appeal. And their freakin awesome songs. 

Let's start off with a classic: Dammit - Dude Ranch 

Another epic song from the boys: First Date - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

Reasons why Blink 182 are the coolest:

1. Whatever mood you're in they'll make it better,10x better.

2. Every album is sweet.

3. They had a 7 year break, multiple side projects and still managed to produce             something as awesome as Neighbourhoods.  N.B- Side Projects : Boxcar Racer, Angel and Airwaves, +44 - check these out. 

Here's a mix of all the most coolest songs, like always some are classics and some are less well-known:



Basically buy Take Off Your Pants And Jacket - it will blow your mind. 
Keep it real. For real.

Weekend Tunes

Yo, it's saturday tomorrow, yay!! We're both in a good mood so we gonna give you some songs to listen to while you have an awesome weekend. 

1. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love (classic, non-debatable)

2. God Equals Genocide - You're Different (too cool)




3. King Krule - Rock Bottom ( loved this dude since before the BBC Sounds of 2013, I might add, not that it matters to anyone else but me.)



FiDLAR - West Coast ( puts us in a good mood, except it makes me want to die on a Monday, p.s our FIDLAR 7" arrived which is marvellous.)

Have a good weekend!

Happy Listening!

UP AND COMING: PANGEA

Pangea are a band from California, which you can tell as their music is not just this incredible lo-fi skewed out crazy garage pop weirdness, but is really sunny in a way as well as fucking dark. I'm not going to lie it took me a while to get into them. I first listened to a few tracks off their album 'Living Dummy' (look below) and I liked their songs but soon forgot about them, a few weeks later I made myself listen to the whole thing, as I was just accumulating music and not listening to it, a bad pattern that it's hard to get out of by the way. Back to the point, after listening to the whole thing through I proceeded to listen to it almost every day for the next month. It is just killer. 

 Cool video for one of their songs:

PANGEA - SHITTY from Alexander Uhrich on Vimeo.

More about the band themselves, they hail from California as I mentioned and their first 'proper album', as they say,was released by Burger Records, home of notable garage acts such as Ty Segall and the Black Lips who you might have heard of (we'll most definitely be writing about them so don't worry if you haven't). They have also recently released and EP called 'Killer Dreams' which is different from 'Living Dummy' but equally as awesome. From what I've seen they've been getting a lot of attention on blogs and the internet lately, so we're not the quickest off the mark in that respect but I just had too many good things to say about them that I needed to get them out. Please check them out, something from their bandcamp is below, click, listen, buy, then listen more. It'll blow your mind.

Double Track Tuesdays #1

Happy Tuesday! Here are the tracks that have been driving us crazy, any time, era, genre, or artists, just good shit that we've been listening to this past week: 

Raw Meat - The Black Lips 

Super catchy, upbeat and nothing can compete with this whistling. I've  played it an ungodly amount of times this week and am pretty sure my roommate is sick of it. 

Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners

A classic. Unbelievably catchy, and, lets face it, nothing beats dungarees. Enough said.

This Pâté's amazing, but we gotta motor now.* 

*Heather's quote Duh.

Nirvana Appreciation Day

NIRVANA APPRECIATION DAY! #1

Today is Nirvana Appreciation Day OK. That rhymed, but that's not the point. Nirvana is the point. And today we're going to celebrate them.

'Endless Nameless' at Cow Palace: This is just fucking awesome, skip to 5:10  if you don't feel like watching the whole thing. 

Reasons why Nirvana are RAD (In no particular order):
1. They defined the 90s, which is undoubtedly the best decade. 
2. They are wisdomous* e.g ' If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail! Kurt Cobain
3. They make good music. Really good.
4. They were the voice of a generation, their iconic image and timeless creations  changed music forever (Pretentious we know but its true.)
5. Kurt Cobain.


Below is a mix of our favourite Nirvana songs, some well-known, some underrated. Be cool-listen to it. 

Just remember, Nirvana is the shit. 
 Stay classy San Diego. 
Peace out. 

* Reason #1 Why this blog is awesome and you should tell everyone you know about it: We invent words like 'wisdomous'.

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