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DEC. 14: PHARMACY w MR. PHARMACIST & NICO TURNER + WES EISOLD (COLD CAVE) + AMY LEE (THE MEEK) + JULES MEDEIROS (DUM DUM GIRLS) + SANDRA VU (DUM DUM GIRLS) + LEAH SHAPIRO (BRMC) + DAN MANCINI (LADYPILLS)

December 11th, 2012 · No Comments

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BLOC PARTY + DUM DUM GIRLS @ THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM

December 10th, 2012 · No Comments

Photos and words by Debi Del Grande Having teased us at HARD in August, Bloc Party came back for a full solid gig at The Hollywood Palladium. With the release of Four, Kele Okereke (vox/guitar/falsetto forever/always smiling and sporting a Lakers’ sweatshirt), Russell Lissack (lead guitar/all of his expression comes out through his fingers, Gordon [...]

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DUM DUM GIRLS + NO + LILI HAYDN + TAIKOPROJECT @ LOBSTER FESTIVAL

September 17th, 2012 · No Comments

Lobster, beer, bands, and boats. Not so bad for a hot day at Ports O’Call Village, San Pedro. Photos by Debi Del Grande

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SEP. 14-16: LOBSTER FEST w THE BLASTERS + DUM DUM GIRLS + SAINT MOTEL + RACES + JJAMZ + JAIL WEDDINGS + MORE

August 16th, 2012 · No Comments

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DUM DUM GIRLS: HE GETS ME HIGH

November 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment

Sweet and hard, like the candies that bear their name, Dum Dum Girls defy homological description. Cutesy goth? They own it.

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DEC. 21: CHECK YO PONYTAIL 2 w/ DUM DUM GIRLS + ABE VIGODA + PROTECT ME + GLASS ACTOR

December 20th, 2010 · No Comments

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DUM DUM GIRLS + CROCODILES @ THE ECHO

July 5th, 2010 · No Comments

The band’s lyrics are both girlish and jarring, romantic and jaded, like a broken heart on a sunny day. Their live show had the same quality and was a perfect California contradiction—innocent and tough, each piece in all the right ways.

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DUM DUM GIRLS + TARTANS + PEARL HARBOR @ SPACELAND

November 30th, 2009 · 44 Comments

The Girls played their wonderful fuzz-pop hooks while flash bulbs flickered and I yawned myself into a coma. I appreciate it if a band even manages to smile while playing live—something that shows they’re even enjoying the show themselves. Nope, sorry, we’re the Dum Dum Girls, and it’s best we stay as stoic as the vocals of the phenomenal Iggy Pop album from which we swiped our name. Sister Midnight is back, and she brings us girls in too-short dresses and black tights, and it was stupid. And I quit. Good night.

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