Lone Star-Soaked Chaos: SXSW 2014

Features, SXSW
Amidst the industry execs and journalistic superpowers, we had the humble pleasure of attending the South By Southwest Music Festival last week in Austin, TX. As we soon found out, the trick to navigating SX's ...
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Dum Dum Girls
Too True

Albums
At the turn of the decade, "garage-inspired girls with jangly guitars" was the name of the game. Three bands stood proudly on the podium: Vivian Girls, Best Coast, and Dum Dum Girls. All three offered catchy, t...

Dum Dum Girls: “Lord Knows”

Songs
Man, the Dum Dum Girls just keep getting better. They've already proven they know how to rock the EP format with 2011's under-appreciated He Gets Me High, and their new one — entitled End of Daze — is set to dr...
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Dum Dum Girls

Songs
"Coming Down" MP3from the album Only in Dreams2011iTunesEven the sunniest of pop albums can have a heavy side. The writing of California all-girl quartet Dum Dum Girls' latest LP, Only in Dreams, was inspired b...
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Dum Dum Girls

Songs
"Bedroom Eyes" MP3from the album Only in Dreams2011iTunesDum Dum Girls are playing for keeps with this chorus, and by keeps we mean staying stuck in your head until you're hearing this song while you sleep. Eve...
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Dum Dum Girls

Songs
"He Gets Me High"from the EP He Gets Me High2011iTunesLast year, the indie world rediscovered the sound of classic girl-group pop, heard in the cooing vocals of Sleigh Bells and Best Coast, and filtered through...
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Dum Dum Girls

Songs
"Jail La La"from the album I Will Be2010iTunesKristin Gundred, who goes by the moniker Dee Dee and began Dum Dum Girls as a solo project before adding bandmates, serves up a slightly softer version of the conci...