Dum Dum Girls shift toward a noisy time warp

By REYAN ALI | September 7, 2010

"I'm not interested in rehashing things," she explains. "I can't help but have my influences, but my main influence from that time period is considering songwriting as a craft. I don't want to be a flash in the pan."

DUM DUM GIRLS + VAMPIRE WEEKEND + BEACH HOUSE | Bank of America Pavilion, 290 Northern Ave, Boston | September 12 at 7:30 pm | $35 to $39.50 | 617.728.1600 or livenation.com

< prev 1 | 2 |

Topics: Music Features , Entertainment, Bank of America Pavilion, Bank of America Pavilion, More

| More

Most Popular

The Current Issue

Table of Contents

Cover Archive

Masthead | Authors | Contact us

Blogs

Where To Follow Me
Talking Politics | March 24, 2013 at 11:09 AM

Mo Takes His Turn
March 21, 2013 at 12:59 PM

[Q&A] KMFDM's Sascha Konietzko on art, Columbine and having balls
On The Download | March 18, 2013 at 3:22 PM

See this film series: The Belmont World Film Series @ Studio Cinema in Belmont
Outside The Frame | March 18, 2013 at 11:00 AM

See this film: This is Spinal Tap [with post-film talk by expert from Acoustical Society of America] @ the Coolidge
March 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM

ARTICLES BY REYAN ALI

MARNIE STERN | THE CHRONICLES OF MARNIA | March 13, 2013
In the arena of charming and entertaining indie-music figures, Marnie Stern stands unopposed.

NO REST FOR BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD | March 13, 2013
Blackbird Blackbird's 2012 EP Boracay Planet takes its name from two sources: Boracay — a beach-filled, postcard-perfect island in the Philippines — and a dream Mikey Maramag had about the tourist trap, despite never having visited.

WILD BELLE PUSH MAGICAL BUTTONS | February 11, 2013
Wild Belle's multi-ethnic allegiances — Afropop, reggae, and rocksteady — fuse into American indie-pop and classic rock. Results are, at varying times, tropical, tepid, and tempestuous.

THE LUMINEERS AIM FOR THE RAFTERS | February 01, 2013
Jeremiah Fraites isn't famous — at least not yet. The drummer of the Lumineers, the folk trio who experienced an outrageously fruitful 2012, is talking to me two days before appearing on the January 19 Saturday Night Live, but he doesn't sound convinced that his band have crossed the fame threshold.

PHANTOM GLUE COME INTO FOCUS | January 23, 2013
Variations of "nightmarish" and "psychedelic" come up repeatedly as Matt Oates describes his band's work — which makes sense, given that Phantom Glue trace their roots back to Slayer, the Jesus Lizard, and cult post-hardcore act KARP.