Bad Dudes
Eat Drugs
Retard Disco

Bad Dudes take the name from an arcade game about saving the president from ninjas, so it should come as no surprise that their music draws heavy inspiration from classic video games and 8-bit audio. Their self-titled debut found a loyal audience with college students obsessed with math rock and Nintendo-core, but with this sophomore release the band has moved out of the dorms and into post-collegiate communal living. The Dudes have definitely have grown up. Eat Drugs is a manic masterpiece of ADD-fueled rock, constantly shifting from their trademark video-game style to party anthems and intelligent (but wild!) rock ’n roll. “The title track gets stuck in your head with a simple hook and wicked breakdown, while other stellar tracks like “Cabana Boyzz, B.C.” and “Heterosaucer” display the band’s famously mind-bending technical skill. In a nutshell, they were already good and they just got better.

— JAX