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Interview: Dum Dum Girls
California’s Dum Dum Girls are one of the latest jewels in an increasingly impressive Sub Pop crown. Their debut album ‘I Will Be’, a gloriously dark pop record full of fuzzy guitars and beautiful female harmonies, has won them praise across the board and support slots for MGMT later this year. We were lucky enough to get hold of Dum Dum Girls’ chief black cat Dee Dee to answer some of our questions. // more
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Dum Dum Girls, Yuck @ Old Blue Last, Feb 24th
Tonight was a tale of three halves: Yuck, La La Vasquez and Dum Dum Girls. One of the halves didn’t fit you see and we’ll give you a clue which one it was: La La Vasquez. We’re rarely harsh on these pages but we hope for their own sake this isn’t the day job. Otherwise though the night went stormingly in the tropical temperatures of The Old Blue Last.
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You Massive Radar – Bands of 2010 part 1
Here’s who’s got us excited about 2010. We’ve tried to leave off most of the BBC esque acts as you already know about them right? There may be a couple of crossovers though. And no we’re not going to use the term ‘ones to watch’ anywhere. Except there obviously. Let us know anyone we’ve missed as inevitably there will be a lot. Part 2 to follow soon. Download the whole mixtape at the bottom. // more
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Dum Dum Girls @ The Luminaire, May 13th.
What? Now that we’ve had a chance to properly wrap our ears around Dum Dum Girls forthcoming Sub Pop debut album ‘I Will Be’, we can safely say that these gals are the real deal. If you miss out on one of their debut London gigs in February then be sure to drag your ass along to this.
For Fans Of: Ramones, Ronettes, Vivian Girls. // more
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