Sep
22

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: Only in Dreams and the Coming Down of Dum Dum Girls

Douglas Martin once went by the name Ray Ray Nickel. Dee Dee Penny is nowhere near as divisive as she could be. She’s the rare musician in indie rock to seemingly have it all. The unfettered admiration of the lo-fi/garage sticker set and the intrigued curiosity of mainstream-alternative media. She’s an outstanding curator of influences… Continue reading »

Apr
06

The Dum Dum Girls Get High

Jonah Bromwich may or may not be the “he” in the album title. You can’t call it a revolution if it’s happened before, but the revival of girl-group punk pop turned more than a few heads last year. Thing is, with Frankie, Roberta, Vivian, and that lady with the fat cat, it’s become a bit… Continue reading »

Mar
29

Douglas Martin’s Dirty Shoes: I Will Be, and What I Already Was

Douglas Martin might name his first-born daughter Dee Dee. Or he might not. Nostalgia’s a motherfucker. Kristen Gundred (better known as “Dee Dee”), front-woman and songwriting nucleus for Dum Dum Girls, once told NME, “I always said as a little girl that I wanted to be in a band that sounded like the kind of… Continue reading »

Feb
08

Queens of LA’s Lo-Fi Scene

Alternate titles for this article included: Lo-Fi: How Well Does it Match Your Denim Jacket? The Gorilla Vs. Bear Guide To Los Angeles, and Douglas Martin’s Skit Plans for the next 5′ 0 Clock Shadowboxers album. For those of you averse to ink stains, Sunday’s LA Times included a feature on Dum Dum Girls, Best… Continue reading »