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Carrie Battan; January 29, 2014
Frontwoman Dee Dee talks to Carrie Battan about the music of her life: roller skating along with Tiffany as a kid, learning important life lessons from Patti Smith in college ...
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Articles
Articles: Record Stories
Pitchfork; April 19, 2013
In celebration of Record Store Day, artists including Danny Brown, How to Dress Well, the National, Jim James, Bat for Lashes, A.C. Newman, Madlib, Sharon Van Etten, and others ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2012
Pitchfork Staff; December 20, 2012
From Pallbearer to Purity Ring to DIIV to Miguel to Lambchop to Frank Ocean to Andy Stott and more: our Top 50 albums of the year.
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2012
Pitchfork; December 17, 2012
Presenting our favorite songs from 2012. Blur, Cassie, Jeremih, Lower Dens, the xx, Angel Haze, Ariel Pink, Four Tet, and many more.
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Articles
Articles: Lollapalooza 2012
Jordan Sargent; August 6, 2012
Jordan Sargent braves the storms and mud-diving dudes at this year's mega-festival in Chicago to report on the best and brightest acts, including Frank Ocean, Twin Shadow, SBTRKT, Chief ...
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2011
Pitchfork; December 12, 2011
Our favorite songs from the last 12 months, including tracks from Wild Flag, Fucked Up, M83, Danny Brown, Kurt Vile, James Blake, Jay and Kanye, and many more.
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Interviews
Interviews: Dum Dum Girls
Ryan Dombal; September 26, 2011
Frontwoman Dee Dee talks to us about finding her true singing voice, dealing with shameless creeps, and how she turned her mother's death into the cathartic core of the ...
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Guest Lists
Guest Lists: Dum Dum Girls
Dee Dee, as told to Tyler Grisham; February 9, 2011
Dum Dum Girls' Dee Dee discusses karaoke fights, Facebook stalking, and Nick Cave's sweat.
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Guest Lists
Guest Lists: Guest List: Best of 2010
Pitchfork; December 20, 2010
From Ariel Pink to Zola Jesus, here's what was blaring out of tour bus stereos in 2010.
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: Albums of the Year 2010: Honorable Mention
Pitchfork; December 15, 2010
Twenty excellent albums from 2010 that didn't make our Top 50.
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2010
Pitchfork; December 13, 2010
Our coverage of the Year in Music rolls on with our list of the Top 100 Tracks of 2010.
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Staff Lists
Staff Lists: Best of Pitchfork News 2010
Pitchfork; December 10, 2010
We round up our favorite Pitchfork News interviews from the past year.
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Articles
Articles: This Is Not a Photograph
Eric Harvey; September 13, 2010
From VW to DDG, we examine the recent trend of a diverse group of bands embracing the look and feel of old, amateur photography.
News
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Dum Dum Girls/Crocodiles Project Haunted Hearts Announce Debut Album, Share "Johnny Jupiter"
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In 2012, Haunted Hearts— Dum Dum Girls' Dee Dee and husband Brandon Welchez of Crocodiles—released their debut single "Something That ...
March 25, 2014 at 09:30 a.m.
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Watch Dum Dum Girls' Bret Easton Ellis Collaboration Short Film Are You Okay
Dum Dum Girls have shared an 11-minute short film called Are You Okay, featuring the track "Are You Okay?" from their most recent album Too ...
March 6, 2014 at 11:11 a.m.
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Listen: Carrie Brownstein, Waxahatchee, Dum Dum Girls, Tegan & Sara: "Go Forth, Feminist Warriors"
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This month's theme song for online teen-girl mecca Rookie is super-powered: It's an all-star collaboration called "Go Forth, Feminist ...
January 31, 2014 at 02:45 p.m.
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Watch Dum Dum Girls Play "Letterman"
Dum Dum Girls were the musical guests on last night's "Late Show With David Letterman", where they performed "Rimbaud Eyes" off their new record ...
January 31, 2014 at 07:45 a.m.
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Listen: Dum Dum Girls: "Rimbaud Eyes"
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Dum Dum Girls' new full-length, Too True, is out January 28 through Sub Pop (January 27 in Europe). Maybe you've ...
January 13, 2014 at 08:50 a.m.
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Dum Dum Girls Announce Tour
Photo by James Orlando
In support of their new album Too True (out January 27 in Europe and January 28 in North America via Sub ...
December 10, 2013 at 09:20 a.m.
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Dum Dum Girls Announce New Album Too True, Share New Song/Video "Lost Boys and Girls Club"
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Dum Dum Girls has announced its next album, the full-length followup to 2011's Only in Dreams and last year's ...
October 31, 2013 at 09:17 a.m.
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Listen to the Debut Track From the Dum Dum Girls/Crocodiles Band Haunted Hearts
Photo by Dana Wachs
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On February 5, Haunted Hearts, aka Dum Dum Girls' Dee Dee and her husband, Brandon Welchez of ...
December 3, 2012 at 09:22 a.m.
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Dum Dum Girls' Dee Dee, Crocodiles' Brandon Welchez Form Haunted Hearts, Release NSFW Art
Photo by Andres Altamirano
Dum Dum Girls' Dee Dee and her husband, Brandon Welchez of Crocodiles, have announced details of a new collaborative project: Haunted ...
November 23, 2012 at 06:10 a.m.
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Watch Dum Dum Girls Perform "Season in Hell", Discuss Inspiring Young Female Fans
In the latest installment of Pitchfork.tv's "+1" series, which focuses on live performance, Dum Dum Girls perform "Season in Hell" from their End ...
October 15, 2012 at 02:05 p.m.
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Dum Dum Girls Perform a Strange Ritual in "Lord Knows" Video
Dum Dum Girls have shared a video to accompany their recent single "Lord Knows", the centerpiece cut from their excellent new End of Daze EP ...
September 25, 2012 at 09:25 a.m.
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Stream Dum Dum Girls' End of Daze EP
Dum Dum Girls will follow up their 2011 full-length Only in Dreams with a new EP, End of Daze, out September 25 via Sub Pop ...
September 17, 2012 at 03:54 p.m.
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Photos: Lollapalooza: Justice, Dum Dum Girls, Toro Y Moi, Florence and the Machine, and more
Photos by Kirstie Shanley; above: Justice
Lollapalooza 2012 concluded yesterday with sets from Justice, Dum Dum Girls, Toro Y Moi, Florence and the Machine, Chairlift ...
August 6, 2012 at 08:40 a.m.
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New Dum Dum Girls: "Lord Knows"
Here's "Lord Knows", the first taste of Dum Dum Girls' upcoming EP End of Daze. That release is out on September 25 on Sub ...
July 31, 2012 at 09:00 a.m.
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Dum Dum Girls to Release New EP
Following last year's very solid Only in Dreams, Dum Dum Girls will release a new EP through Sub Pop. It's called End of ...
June 28, 2012 at 03:43 p.m.
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Dum Dum Girls Share New Video, Tour Dates
Following the Dum Dum Girls clip for Only in Dreams track "Bedroom Eyes", Sub Pop has today released a new video for the standout ballad ...
March 28, 2012 at 02:00 p.m.
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Watch Dum Dum Girls on "Fallon"
Dum Dum Girls made their television debut last night, hitting "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" with "Bedroom Eyes" off their latest album Only in Dreams ...
December 2, 2011 at 10:54 a.m.
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CMJ 2011 [Thursday]: Dum Dum Girls, A$AP Rocky, Trash Talk, Widowspeak
Photos by Will Deitz and Loren Wohl; A$AP Rocky photo by Will Deitz
Our CMJ 2011 coverage continues with bullet-style reports and photos of ...
October 21, 2011 at 12:47 p.m.
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Video: Dum Dum Girls: "Bedroom Eyes"
Dum Dum Girls' new LP, Only in Dreams , is out this week via Sub Pop. There's a video now for album cut "Bedroom Eyes ...
September 26, 2011 at 08:00 a.m.
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Stream the New Dum Dum Girls Album
The sophomore full-length from retro-pop act Dum Dum Girls, Only in Dreams, drops September 27 (September 26 in the UK) via Sub Pop. You can ...
September 20, 2011 at 02:20 p.m.
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New Dum Dum Girls: "Bedroom Eyes"
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"Bedroom Eyes" is another track from Only in Dreams, the sophomore full-length from Dum Dum Girls, due to drop September 27 ...
August 30, 2011 at 08:00 a.m.
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Pre-Dum Dum Girls Band's Lost LP Released
Before Kristin Gundred was calling herself Dee Dee and making fuzzy girl-group garage-pop as Dum Dum Girls, she sang and drummed in San Diego band ...
August 25, 2011 at 12:25 p.m.
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New Dum Dum Girls: "Coming Down"
Front page photo by Shawn Brackbill
Only in Dreams, the sophomore full-length from jangle-fuzz garage-pop crew Dum Dum Girls, lands on September 27, via Sub ...July 19, 2011 at 08:00 a.m.
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Dum Dum Girls Announce New Album, Tour
Dum Dum Girls already have one release on the books for 2011-- the EP He Gets Me High, which followed last year's debut LP ...
June 30, 2011 at 11:40 a.m.
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Dum Dum Girls + Tamaryn = Les Demoniaques
Two big names from the fuzz-pop world have united for a new project. Dum Dum Girls frontwoman Dee Dee Penny and Tamaryn have united to ...
June 14, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.
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Watch: Dum Dum Girls: New Video, Big Star Cover
Photo by Sanchez and Kitahara
Just as MTV announces plans to bring back its classic alt-rock show "120 Minutes", Dum Dum Girls' new video for ...
March 29, 2011 at 10:55 a.m.
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Listen: Dum Dum Girls Perform New Song
Photo by Ryan Dombal
Dum Dum Girls: "Teardrops on My Pillow" (Live on Sirius XMU)
Garage-pop outfit Dum Dum Girls just released a new EP ...
March 23, 2011 at 11:40 a.m.
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SXSW Fri: Odd Future, Toro Y Moi, J Mascis
Photos by Ryan Dombal; above: Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All
Tom Breihan's SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu | Fri
Ryan Dombal's SXSW Reports ...March 19, 2011 at 09:45 a.m.
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Photos: #Offline Thursday: Smith Westerns, J Mascis, Dum Dum Girls
#Offline at SXSW kicked off yesterday with Smith Westerns, J Mascis, Dum Dum Girls, OFF!, Dom, Mount Kimbie, and more. Photos by Elisabeth Vitale.
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March 18, 2011 at 10:35 a.m.
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New Dum Dum Girls: "He Gets Me High"
February 3, 2011 at 08:00 a.m.
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Members of Dum Dum Girls, Woods, Crystal Stilts, and Blank Dogs Team Up to Form Zodiacs
Zodiacs: "Faraway Friend"
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Many of the heaviest hitters on the American lo-fi scene have joined forces to form a new band ...February 2, 2011 at 11:10 a.m.
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Dum Dum Girls Announce New EP, Tour
This year, the Rising garage-pop crew Dum Dum Girls turned a whole lot of heads with their debut album I Will Be, which showed a ...
November 24, 2010 at 08:00 a.m.
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News in Brief: Dum Dum Girls/Crocodiles, School of Seven Bells, Apex Manor
-- They aren't touring together, but both Dum Dum Girls and Crocodiles have each cancelled a string of U.S. shows due to family issues ...
October 26, 2010 at 04:25 p.m.
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Vampire Weekend Announce Fall Tour With Beach House, Dum Dum Girls
Photo by Søren Solkær Starbird
Indie rock tours in 2010 don't come much bigger than this: Vampire Weekend's super-popular cosmopolitan herky-jerk ...
May 17, 2010 at 11:55 a.m.
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Dum Dum Girls Release Tape Comp
Rising garage-rock act Dum Dum Girls are looking to make a big indie splash with their Sub Pop debut LP, I Will Be, out March ...
March 3, 2010 at 01:20 p.m.
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Girls to Tour With Dum Dum Girls
Girls photo by Sandy Kim, Dum Dum Girls photo by Lauren Dukoff
It had to happen eventually. Both bands have the word "Girls" in their ...
February 2, 2010 at 10:40 a.m.
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Rising: Dum Dum Girls
Photo by Lauren Dukoff
In 2008, Dum Dum Girls started out as the one-woman garage-pop project of a California girl who goes by Dee Dee ...
January 20, 2010 at 08:00 a.m.
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New Dum Dum Girls: "Jail La La"
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As reported, Sub Pop will release I Will Be, the debut album from fuzzed-out L.A. garage rockers Dum Dum Girls ...
January 13, 2010 at 12:35 p.m.
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Dum Dum Girls Announce Debut LP
L.A. fuzz-punk band Dum Dum Girls signed with famed indie label Sub Pop back in July and now their debut full-length-- called I Will ...
December 2, 2009 at 02:40 p.m.
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CMJ: Saturday [Rain Machine, Dum Dum Girls]
Photos by Liz Vitale; Above: Rain Machine
Stephen M. Deusner's CMJ coverage: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Ryan Dombal's CMJ coverage: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday ...October 25, 2009 at 12:10 p.m.
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Drummer Frankie Rose Leaves Crystal Stilts, Forms New Band
As Brooklyn Vegan reports and Crystal Stilts' publicist confirms, drummer Frankie Rose, the former Vivian Girl and occasional Dum Dum Girl, has left Crystal Stilts ...
October 1, 2009 at 02:00 p.m.
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Sub Pop Signs Dum Dum Girls
Hey kids, there's even more lo-fi, garage-revivalist, distortion-riffic, cruddy, muddy, poppy rock'n'roll coming your way! This time it's courtesy of L ...
July 8, 2009 at 02:50 p.m.