Dee Dee and the Dum Dum Girls, will release their 2nd full length, Only In Dreams, September 27th on Sub Pop.
The recent He Gets Me High EP hinted at a departure from the fuzzed out grrrl power of debut album I Will Be. Initial single "Coming Down" confirms that direction — as Dee Dee tweeted "don't fuck with me no more circa 1965."
The new track is a slow burner that has more than a little bit in common with Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You":
With the obvious affinity for Mazzy Star, it should come as little surprise that Dee Dee also recently laid down a cover of The Jesus And Mary Chain's "Teenage Lust." The single, out on True Panther, is the first offering from her collaboration with Tamaryn, Les Demoniaques:
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Before we get into the list, a disclaimer. Unlike that of your "legitimate" music blogs — with a staff of writers, editors and contributors weighing in — this list is one man's opinion. A prejudiced, narrow and significantly uninformed opinion.
That said, this list represents the releases of the past year that tickled an old waver's fancy. Maybe it was a gooey synth, a shoegazey guitar, dreamy vocals or some other Pavlovian trigger, but something in all of these albums took me to my happy place.
So, with apologies to Kanye, here's part one of Old Waver's Top 30 Albums of 2010:
hinted at a departure from the fuzzed out grrrl power of debut album I Will Be. Initial single "Coming Down" confirms that direction — as Dee Dee tweeted "don't fuck with me no more circa 1965."
's "Fade Into You":
