King Dude

Seattle based goth folk artist King Dude dropped a new track yesterday, the part ominous, part anguished "Sunset Skies."  It's a dark little number, and hopefully a harbinger for the coming autumn.  Check it out below and download it here from the artist.

King Dude

Dark gothic folk and rockabilly artist King Dude has a new album out this Friday, which sadly he has announced will also be his last.  The artist said he always envisioned the project's end, and the "Death" album is it.  Check out the death rock vibes of "Pray for Nuclear War" below, and pre-order the download here from the artist or the vinyl here from Van Records.

King Dude & Der Blutharsch and the Infinite Church of the Leading Hand

After releasing an EP last month of covers from the 1940s, dark folk and death-rockabilly troubadour King Dude has more new music heading our way next month, this time in collaboration with Austrian artist Der Blutharsch and The Infinite Church of the Leading Hand.  Given its creators, "Black Rider on the Storm" is appropriately dark and gloomy, a goth-tinged Americana dirge.  Check the track out below and pre-order the album of same name here.

King Dude

The indomitable King Dude is back with the first part of a new project he's working on, "Songs of the 1940's."  On the album, the artist applies his usual stylings of Americana, folk, and murder ballads to a handful of 80-year old songs.  Check out "Riders in the Sky (Cowboy Legend)," which i've always known as "Ghostriders in the Sky" below, and download the rest of the tracks here.

King Dude

As far as gothic Americana goes, you really can't get any better than the creepy stylings of King Dude.  The artist has been making unnerving acoustic dirges for a number of years now, and if anything, he gets a better with every release.  Check out the title track from the upcoming "Full Virgo Moon" LP below, pre-order the download here, and get the LP here from Van Records.

Daily Jam (October Edition) - Born in Blood

I've been listening to the American Gothic sounds of Kind Dude's dark folk, crunch, and psychobilly vibrations for a number of years now, and while much of the artist's work has a little bit of the devil in it, the folky ambiance of "Born in Blood" always felt the most Halloween.  Check it out below, our Daily Jam.

King Dude

We've got new music headed our way later this month from the always dependable King Dude.  The artist's intoxicating mix of folk, goth, rockabilly, country, and more is always something to look forward to.  "Music To Make War To" is out on August 24th.  Listen to "Velvet Rope" below, get the album digitally from the artist here, and pre-order the vinyl here from Van Records.

King Dude - In The Eyes of The Lord (Country Version)

Gothic/rockabilly/dark folk artist King Dude loves to rework his old songs into something new every now and again, and most recently, he tackled older tunes "In The Eyes of The Lord" and "Why Must I Go On."  Originally from the 2011 album "Love," the single's A-side has been changed from an exotic, Gothic dirge into a dusty, dark country jam.  Listen below and get it from Not Just Religious Music.

King Dude

Fresh off of a split single with the legendary Julee Cruise, King Dude is prepping a new album of gothy, rockabilly-tinged Americana called "Sex."  Listen to album opener "Holy Christos," featuring Foie Gras on backing vocals below, and pre-order the record from Not Just Religious Music.

Julee Cruise and King Dude

Of all the things i expected to come across today, new music from Julee Cruise certainly wasn't on that list.  Best known for her haunting vocal contributions to the soundtrack for David Lynch's "Twin Peaks," Cruise carries a smoky mystique about her that has been highly influential to artists of a similar ilk for the last 25 years.  On the new 7" split with dark folk and rockabilly troubadour King Dude, aptly titled "Julee Cruise and King Dude Sing Each Other's Songs For You," Cruise sings the King Dude penned "Animal" on the A-side, while he takes on "Rockin' Back Inside My Heart" from Cruise's 1989 album "Floating into the Night" on the reverse.  The duo feel perfectly and heavenly aligned to make music together, and i hope this is just the beginning of a Julee Cruise resurgence.  I'd also be down with King Dude supplying some music for any future David Lynch project.  Pre-order the record (in one of four colors) from Not Just Religious Music, and listen to both tracks below.

King Dude - Deal with the Devil

Here's a new, haunting and somber dark-folk jam from the ever-dependable King Dude.  "Deal with the Devil" sounds like the lament of a broken man at the end of everything, years and years of regret transformed into a dark dirge, a procession into the abyss.  Listen below and grab the 7" from Not Just Religious Music.

King Dude

Gothic folk rockabilly troubadour King Dude has a new full length album out next month on his own Not Just Religious Music label.  "Fear" finds the dude taking a far more aggressive and sinister approach to his brand of dark Americana.  Take a listen to "Fear Is All You Know" below and tremble.

King Dude and Chelsea Wolfe

Last year King Dude and Chelsea Wolfe released a split 7" for Record Store Day.  In March, the two are releasing a new 7", this time teaming together like some sort of Gothic-folk version of Nancy and Lee.  I wholeheartedly approve of this duo's endeavor and would like to encourage more of it in the future.  Listen to "Be Free" below and look for the "Sing More Songs Together..." 7" on Not Just Religious Music next month.

Chelsea Wolfe - Fight Like Gods

Listen to the haunting "Fight Like Gods," Chelsea Wolfe's contribution to a Record Store Day split with King Dude via Sargent House.  I love that doom folk is a thing.