Douglas Martin ghostwrote Dee Dee King’s “Funky Man” It’s appropriate that Dee Dee Dum, head Dum Dum Girl and aesthetic inspiration for introverted, gothy kids the world over, named her 2012 EP End of Daze. There’s the obvious narrative of Kristen Gundred’s mother passing away and the feeling of living in a storm cloud while […]

Jonah Bromwich bleached his hair black to write this review. End of Daze is the Dum Dum Girls third EP. It’s their fifth release overall. In other words, they are no longer a new band. That’s a trying time for any group, especially for one led by a volatile personality like Kristin Gundred, a.k.a Dee […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]