Dude Hugs

12/21/2023

To celebrate 5 years of releases, everything on Dude Hugs Bandcamp is now pay what you want!

12/14/2023

This time next week, come celebrate 5 years of Dude Hugs at Star Bar with Thrillhouse, Darkbloom and MIDIITIS!

Hard to believe it's been 5 years since our first release, Slumberland by Little Miss Cupcake & The Muffin Tops.

Over that time, Dude Hugs has grown to 22 albums with a running time of 13.5 hours. I'm proud of the 52 musicians that laid down 1,117 takes on the 267 songs on these albums.

Shout out to other artists that have contributed to Dude Hugs, like Jed Drummond, The Strange Truth of It All, and Falcon Lords!

Thanks for your support!

Support the artists!

12/06/2023

We're throwing a holiday shindig on Thursday December 21st @ the Star Bar!

It'll be our 5th anniversary!

MIDIITIS will perform selections from the Dude Hugs catalog alongside sets from Thrillhouse and Darkbloom!

09/09/2022

The next Dude Hugs Presents showcase is Thursday, September 22nd at Star Bar with sets from Ian Deaton, Hip to Death, and Multiple Dimensions

Dubledat Rollins & The Sound Beards are doing selections from their album Drop It From The Top, out now on Dude Hugs

Here's the rad poster of The Sound Beards at work:

06/16/2022

Let's talk about John Fripp Pierce and his music

This dude saved my life, in a way

I first met him when he was playing in Not Having Fun and Man Up, Yancey

He did some engineering with me at East Atlanta Recordings when I first started laying down tracks for what became Dude Hugs Records

When I moved over to Diamond Street, I hired him to play on the records Schrodinger by Gondwanaland, Slumberland by Little Miss Cupcake, and Blind Pigs by Twelfth Street Riot

I was lucky enough to be able to help record mix and master his band Post Hunk on this record

https://posthunk.bandcamp.com/album/do-you-wanna-go-outside

Which led to my collaboration with Alex Teich and this interview between Alex and John
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1e4-alex-teich-hugs-john-pierce/id1540201659?i=1000498416018

Tonight he's bringing something different for you, I hope you're ready to get your face rocked off over at Star Bar tonight

6 track album

06/16/2022

Let's talk about Jake Cook and his music

I've been following this guy's career since he started showing up at the same open mics as me over 15 years ago

He's done rap projects like Ridiculous Jacket and Trench Party, but it's also known for some stellar power pop under the bands Seal Pup, Small and others

I mastered one of my favorite records of his, "I Bleed Pop"

https://sealpupatl.bandcamp.com/album/i-bleed-pop

He has appeared on the Group Hugs Podcast as both guest and host, and helped massively with much of the production on season one

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1e3-alex-teich-hugs-jake-cook/id1540201659?i=1000498416017

Now he's performing under his own name, so I have no idea what to expect, but every time I do a gig with this guy, his presence and delivery knock me on my ass. Be at Star Bar tonight!

9 track album