Photos by Andrew Parks
Now that we’ve had nearly a week to process this year’s South by Southwest festival, self-titled thought we’d take a minute to dish out a lengthy list of completely random awards in such crucial categories as the Dopest Shoes and the Set That Should Have Been Horribly Boring But Wasn’t. Congratulations to all…
Anyone clamoring for fresh Black Tambourine material—loosely tied to their upcoming reunion shows in DC and New York—is going to have to keep waiting. However, the indie pop icons just leaked one of the four Ramones covers from their Kickstarter-funded OneTwoThreeFour EP. Featuring Dee Dee of the Dum Dum Girls and the Rinettes (Linda Smith, Rose Melberg, Jenny Robbins) on backing vocals, “What’s Your Game” can be grabbed below…
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In our quest to provide you with Valentine’s Day content that’d work year round, we asked a former s/t cover star (Dee Dee of the Dum Dum Girls) and her husband, Crocodiles frontman Brandon Welchez, to share a mixtape of songs that have special meaning to their relationship. As expected, their Stoned In Love mix is schmaltz free, and including such priceless liner notes as “in addition to being sexually attracted to Dee Dee, I’m also sexually attracted to Richard Hell.”
Aren’t we all…
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Photo by Bryan Sheffield
Look, we can’t blame you for missing some of self-titled‘s finest magazine features from the past year. Digging through our digital issues takes some dedication, which is why we went ahead and selected 20 standout stories from 2011, from Anika discussing modern art at MoMA and exclusive interviews with Zomby and Charlotte Gainsbourg to pieces about bourbon, Nine Inch Nails, whiskey, stage outfit sketches, gospel, minimalism, personal record collections, and the power of the riff.
Have a look and a listen below, or head here to subscribe to self-titled‘s fully interactive edition for just $8 a year…
You can pre-order Only In Dreams at Sub Pop’s site—complete with a special 7-inch!—and read all of our old Dum Dum Girls coverage here and in the next issue of self-titled, which features the band’s first cover story. Look out for it in early October. In the meantime, here’s a streaming version of the record…
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Grab “Coming Down” and “Bedroom Eyes” from the new Dum Dum Girls album Only In Dreams (due out September 27th through Sub Pop) after the jump, alongside some upcoming tour dates. Dee Dee will also grace the cover of the next self-titled. In the meantime, check out an extensive interview with the frontwoman here…
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As the summer gets bookended by one of the worst storms in recent memory, self-titled has paired up with Jay-Z’s Life + Times site to present our first proper mixtape in forever: Pizza and a Bottle of Wine, a celebration of long nights, record highs, and everything from the flower power hooks of the Zombies to the beat suites of Boards of Canada.
Grab it below—a live 60-minute mix, mind you—along with the complete tracklisting…
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Photo by Shawn Brackbill
So it looks like we’re officially entering the exciting phase of this year’s fourth quarter release schedule. Fresh off the news that Zola Jesus is dropping her latest LP in October comes the Sub Pop confirmation of Dum Dum Girls’ next disc. Due out September 27, Only In Dreams is exactly what Dee Dee promised in our exclusive studio interview last spring: “As much as I love noise, I also like having songs come across the best way that they can. So for me, it’s cool to record in actual studio and use real mics. Not the mic on my laptop or something! I think people are ready for things to sound better…People are celebrating bands progressing and learning and refining. That’s something I’m interested in. I want to do what I do, in the best way I can do it, in whatever sonic mood I’m in at the time.”
In the case of Dum Dum Girls’ second proper LP, that meant tracking 12 songs in six days at Pink Duck, an L.A. studio with an “amazing collection of gear” and Josh Homme’s name on the lease. Legendary producer Richard Gottehrer (Blondie, Go-Go’s) returned to man the boards alongside Sune Rose Wagner of the Raveonettes, but Only In Dreams is clearly Dee Dee’s record—a chance to showcase the rich melodies that were buried under sheets of noise and feedback on Dum Dum Girls’ early singles and EPs. We’ll share a new song as soon as we have one. For now, here’s the final tracklisting…
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Photo: Kyle Johnson
The Artist/Latest Release: The Head and the Heart, The Head and the Heart (Sub Pop, April 16th)
The Showcase: The Billions Corporation @ Antone’s, 213 W 5th St., 8 p.m.
What To Expect: Another Sub Pop-endorsed folk ensemble? Indeed, and this one actually lives up to its name, hitting us where it hurts—right between the ventricles.
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Photos by Aaron Richter
Words by Cassie Marketos
There’s a lot the world doesn’t know about Dee Dee, the enigmatic frontwoman behind the fuzz-pop band Dum Dum Girls. For example, her real name, or what she looks like wearing anything other than black. We do know one thing after hearing a handful of sold-out singles and one dizzying debut album (last year’s I Will Be LP), though—we want more.
And as Dee Dee’s sonic strides drag her further and further into the spotlight, there’s no doubt that’s what we’ll get. When self-titled meets her at the Orchard offices in New York’s East Village, she’s not only on the cusp of releasing a brand new EP (He Gets Me High, out next month on Sub Pop); she’s also called a wrap on her second album. Despite the dizzying work pace, Dee Dee found time to chat with us about love songs, her future, and meeting Jude Law. (Yes, really.)
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