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THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: Dum Dum Girls

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 […]

COMING SOON: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, ‘Belong’

The Artist/Album: The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Belong (Slumberland, March 29th) The Details: As you’re about to hear in the sample tracks below, Pains’ second LP ups their studio game considerably, contrasting Kip Berman’s sun-stroked melodies with battering ram riffs that recall none other than Smashing Pumpkins. Sure enough, Flood produced the thing. […]

DOWNLOAD THIS NOW: Forest Swords’ BBC 6 Mix

We’re still waiting for a proper LP from Forest Swords–one of our favorite finds from last year–but in the meantime we’ll take yet another mix from the mysterious producer. Check out the tracklisting after the jump (via Abeano Music).

NOW PLAYING: Seefeel, ‘Seefeel’

The Artist/Album: Seefeel, Seefeel (Warp, 2011) A Short Review: Some of the surliest guitar work you’ll hear all year, set against grated melodies and trans-dimensional ghost in the machine grooves. A fine return after far too long.

Members of Spiritualized, Hot Chip and This Heat Confirm Tracklisting, Release Date For Second About Group Album

Pat Thomas (a keyboardist/knob-twiddler for Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, etc.) and members of Hot Chip (singer/keyboardist Alexis Taylor), Spiritualized (guitarist John Coxon) and This Heat (drummer Charles Hayward) have announced their second About Group album. Due out April 26 through Domino, Start and Complete was as swiftly recorded–we’re talking one afternoon at Abbey Road–as the […]