Dum Dum Girls is an American indie pop group from California , consisting of four girls playing indie, flavored with low-sound sound . The name of the collective came from the album The Vaselines Dum-Dum and the song of Iggy Pop Dum Dum Boys [1] .
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 Dum Dum Girls in 2011 (from left to right: Jules, Dee Dee, Sandy, Bambi) | |
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| Genres | Indie pop , noise pop |
| Years | 2008 - today |
| A country |  USA |
| City | Los Angeles |
| Where from | |
| Language of songs | English |
| Label | Sub pop |
| Composition | Dee Dee Jules Malia Sandy |
| Former the participants | Bambi Frankie rose Brandon welchez Charles Rowell |
Content
History
Kristen Gundred, better known as Dee Dee , began her musical career with the Grand Ole Party as a vocalist and drummer.
In 2008, Dee-Dee decided to organize a new musical project, which, despite the fact that initially Gundred worked independently, was called Dum Dum Girls [2] . The debut self - titled mini-album Dum Dum Girls was released in 2008 on the personal label Dee-Dee Zoo Music .
The first recordings of the project attracted attention and in July 2009, Dee Dee signed a contract with the label Sub Pop [3] . In connection with the conclusion of the contract, the composition of Dum Dum Girls was expanded to 4 people. In addition to Dee Dee, the original concert lineup also included drummer Frankie Rose ( Frankie Rose ), who previously played Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts, bass player Bambi (real name Katie Serbian Bruyett, English Katie Serbian Brouillette ), who came to Dum Dum Girls thanks to the announcement, and guitarist Jules ( born Jules , full name Jules Medeiros ( born Jules Medeiros ), who came from San Diego [4] .
On February 16, 2010, the first Dum Dum Girls record was released on Sub Pop - the single “Jail La La”, and on March 30 the band's debut studio album called I Will Be was released [5] . Most of this material was created by Gundred herself in her own house (only occasionally did Dee Dee attract Nick Zinner from Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Brandon Welchez from Crocodiles to the studio work [6] .
I Will Be was produced by Dee Dee and Richard Gottehrer, who previously worked with Blondie , The Go-Go's and The Raveonettes. [7] The album received positive reviews from most music critics and has a rating of 79 points out of 100 on the Metacritic website [8] . As the cover of I Will Be, we used an old photo of mother Gundred who died of cancer in 2010 [9] .
In June 2010, Frankie Rose left the group and was replaced by Sandy ( born Sandy , full name Sandra Wu, born Sandra Vu ) from the Sisu band [6] . Gundred was previously aware of Sandy thanks to the performances of the latter in the Midnight Movies, so after leaving Frankie Rose, Dee-Dee contacted Sandra Wu through the social network Facebook and offered to join the Dum Dum Girls [4] .
Sandy joined the group just when the autumn tour of the Dum Dum Girls in the United States was canceled due to the death of her mother Gundred. After a forced pause, the group intensified their concert activity before the end of the year [6] . In August and September, Dum Dum Girls held a series of performances opening for the Vampire Weekend , which announced their 2010 tour in the cities of the United States and Canada back in May [10] . The culmination of the tour was three performances in the New York concert hall Radio City Music Hall [11] .
On September 27, 2011, the band released their second studio album, Only in Dreams , produced by Gotterer and Sune Rose Wagner ( dated Sune Rose Wagner ) from The Raveonettes [12] . The album received positive feedback from most music critics and has a rating of 74 points out of 100 on the Metacritic website [13] . Only in Dreams was also able to break into the Billboard 200 hit parade, taking 105th place there [14] .
On October 31, 2013, Di-Dee published a message on the band's official website, in which she announced that the third Dum Dum Girls studio album, Too True, would be released on January 27, 2014 in Europe and January 28 in North America. In the same message, Gundred said that when creating Too True, she was inspired, among other things, by the music of artists such as Suede , Siouxsie and the Banshees , Patti Smith , Madonna and The Cure , as well as by poets like Rainer Maria Rilke , Arthur Rimbaud and Charles Baudelaire [15] .
Group Composition
Dee Dee (vocals, guitar)
Jules (vocals, guitar)
Malia (bass, vocals)
Sandy (drums, vocals)
Discography
Albums
- I Will Be (HoZac (first run), Sub Pop, 2010)
- Only in Dreams (Sub Pop, 2011)
- Too True (Sub Pop, 2014)
Mini Albums
- Dum Dum Girls (Zoo Music, 2008)
- Yours Alone (Captured Tracks, 2009)
- He Gets Me High (Sub Pop, 2011)
- End of Daze (Sub Pop, 2012)
Collections
- Blissed Out (Art Fag, 2010)
Videography
- "Blank Girl" (2009)
- Jail La La (2010)
- "Bhang Bhang, I'm A Burnout" (2010)
- He Gets Me High (2011)
- Bedroom Eyes (2011)
- Coming Down (2012)
- Lord Knows (2012)
- Lost Boys And Girls Club (2013)
Notes
- ↑ Cassie Marketos. The Self-titled Interview: Dum Dum Girls . Self-titledmag.com (February 4, 2011). Date of treatment December 26, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ Marc Hogan. Dum Dum Girls: "Catholicked" . Pitchfork (February 25, 2009). Date of treatment December 31, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ Ryan Dombal. Sub Pop Signs Dum Dum Girls . Pitchfork (July 8, 2009). Date of treatment December 31, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Mike Duffy. Dum Dum Girls: Too Good, It's True . Fender (October 2, 2014). Date of treatment May 21, 2015.
- ↑ Dum Dum Girls Discography . Official site of Sub Pop Records. Date of treatment May 26, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Margaret Reges. Dum Dum Girls Biography AllMusic . Date of treatment May 26, 2015.
- ↑ Jail La La by The Dum Dum Girls . Songfacts. Date of treatment December 31, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ I Will Be Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic . Metacritic . Date of treatment December 31, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ Ryan Dombal. Interviews: Dum Dum Girls . Pitchfork (September 26, 2011). Date of treatment December 31, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ Tom Breihan. Vampire Weekend Announce Fall Tour With Beach House, Dum Dum Girls . Pitchfork (May 17, 2010). Date of treatment August 7, 2015.
- ↑ David Sprague. Vampire Weekend (Radio City Music Hall; 5,904 seats) Variety (September 16, 2010). Date of treatment December 31, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ Dum Dum Girls / Only in Dreams - SP950 (English) . Sub pop . Date of treatment December 31, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ Only in Dreams Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic . Metacritic . Date of treatment December 31, 2011. Archived September 1, 2012.
- ↑ Dum Dum Girls - Chart history . Billboard 200 . Date of treatment March 18, 2015.
- ↑ Dee Dee Penny. Too True: Chasing Pop Into the Dark . Official site of Dum Dum Girls (October 31, 2013). Date of treatment May 18, 2015. Archived January 13, 2014.