don’t talk to me (dum dum girls live at bruar falls)
October 30th, 2009 at 11:32
This past Monday Dum Dum Girls played a show at Bruar Falls. The show might have been last minute, or at the least not very publicized, but when I got there at a quarter after eleven the bar was packed. Monday’s are typically a free show night at Bruar Falls, but no one seemed to have a problem paying five bucks to see one of Sub Pop’s newest acts.
I picked up the Yours Alone the 12″ EP that came out on Captured Tracks back in March, and have been pretty into that record. The songs are solid, but I didnt’ really know how it would transfer to a full band format. In July the Dum Dum’s played with Dee Dee fronting the band, and Mike Sniper, Brandon Welchez of Crocodiles (her husband), and Frankie Rose, but this show at Bruar Falls showed the Dum Dum Girls new line up…Frankie Rose is still on drums, but they are joined by Jules and Bambi.
The four ladies on stage were dressed to impress, and their music did the same thing. The fuzzy lo-fi sound that I was expecting totally fell away, and the Dum Dum Girls brought loud, slightly gothy, rock and roll to the audience. The vocals and the guitars were crisp…it was perfectly wonderful. For a band that has only played like 10 shows (or any band for that matter) these ladies totally have it together, and I was completely impressed. I can’t wait to hear the full length that is slated for Sub Pop…it should be a great record.
The ladies played for just under45 minutes, and a couple of the songs were from records that I have heard, but the majority were new to me. I captured a couple of them on video to share with you…if you happen to know the name of the last song…please let me know…as far as I know it is unreleased.
Dum Dum Girls- “Don’t Talk To Me” (G.G. Allin cover)
Dum Dum Girls- “Bang Bang”
Dum Dum Girls- “Jail La La”
[mp3] Dum Dum Girls- “Jail La La”
Dum Dum Girls- “untitled” (possibly unreleased)
See Dum Dum Girls live:
- 10/30/09- New York, New York @ Bowery Ballroom w/ King Khan & BBQ Show
- 10/31/09- Brooklyn, NY @ The Bell House w/ King Khan & BBQ Show
- 11/1/09 Philadelphia @ First Unitarian Church w/ King Khan & BBQ Show
- 11/12/09- Sonoma Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern w/ The Raveonettes & Crocodiles
- 11/27/09- San Diego, CA—> Art Fag Fest w/ No Age, Crocodiles, Best Coast, Ganglians, & Pearl Harbor (all ages)
- 11/28/09- LA, CA @ Spaceland
Links:
- more on Dum Dum Girls here.
- buy releases by Dum Dum Girls (and Dee Dee’s other band Mayfair Set) here.
- more on Captured Tracks here.
Tags: brooklyn, Bruar Falls, Captured Tracks, Dum Dum Girls, mp3, SUB POP, video, Williamsburg