Interview: DUM DUM Gets Femme w/GIRLSCHOOL
Get Femme all weekend long with GIRLSCHOOL, this 100% female fronted music fest going all weekend long at the majestic Bootleg Theater
Listen to L.A.: A Walking Playlist
Katharine Hargreaves here, your June Guest Editor, bringing you an interactive city playlist meant to evoke experiences of our fair Los Angeles. I was inspired by Yoko Ono's "Instructions" and you'll notice that each song is accompanied by a location and instructions for listening. Hopefully by exploring the familiar you'll find something new.
Text Message Interview with GIRLPOOL, by Chan Plett
A heatwave surfed through the landscape of a particularly warm Saturday, the 17th, delivering dreams scored to the sounds of a mango smoothie-filled pool and the pounding of a belly tom. The reverie raged on…carrying the wild shrieks and synched symphonies of a two-piece rock band that is presently (and very successfully) strumming their way through...
DEAD SUMMER 2K13: We killed it.
Summer's over, Dummies. And these 3 shows killed it. Check out the gallery below, featuring snaps from Echo Park Rising, Burger Records' end-of-the-summer extravaganza BURGER BASH featuring The Garden, Tashaki Miyaki, and Cherry Glazerr at the Warehouse in El Monte, and finally, Body/Head at The Echo.
Stoner in a Strange Land: LOLIPOP RECORDS Opening by Ian Dick Jones
It was 2:34 pm on Saturday, July 13th when I realized I was on the wrong side of Glendale Blvd. I stared at the crowd of hipsters gathering outside Lolipop Records' new storefront and recording studio in Echo Park and felt like I was about to compete in the Hipster Olympics.
FUTURE EYES Foto Show
L.A.'s purveyor of sight-altering kaleidoscopic fashion frames, Future Eyes, hosted its very first photo show at The L.A. Fort on Saturday night. All walks of our city's occult DIY community gathered to view crowd-sourced photographs taken through the very same crystals used inside their fashion frames
Letters from our Objects: Talking Hues
Rebekah Weikel is a publisher and project curator. She operates Penny-Ante Editions out of Los Angeles, and her contribution to DUM DUM Issue No. 3 is this lovely cassette recording.
FMLY FEST 2011: A crowd-sourced photo experiment
Last year for FMLY Fest, DUM DUM installed disposable cameras throughout the corners, stages and art vendors, asking attendees to capture their own experiences of the event. If you're wondering to expect for the final day of the festival--which is going on right now!--click through our spankin' new gallery and then head over to...
PLEASE LOVE ME: A Volume of Polite Desires Taleen Kali
All the songs on PLEASE LOVE ME: A Volume of Polite Desires were collected in February 2012 during a heavy spell of heartache, when I traversed the entire Internet to find track names containing the word "please." Please love me. Please please me. Please release me. It was finally made into a mix for L.A. Zine...
WaxPhil L.A. #18: Records at The Last Bookstore, Watership Down Soundtrack Christina Gubala
"Waxing Philosophical, L.A.” is DUM DUM’s monthly column written by Christina Gubala, co-founder of L.A.’s premier cassette-tape label, Complicated Dance Steps. A die-hard vinyl collector, you can find her spinning records at local bars near you.
Summer Fun Time Society presents: DUM DUM Resident band TULIPS!
Remember DEAD SUMMER? Well, the folks behind the party, Summer Fun Time Society, have put together a fan-fucking-tastic bill tonight at Five Star Bar DTLA, including a closing set by DUM DUM resident band TULIPS.
WaxPhil (ATL!) #17: Criminal Records, The Heptones’ On The Run (1982) Christina Gubala
"Waxing Philosophical, L.A.” is DUM DUM’s monthly column written by Christina Gubala, co-founder of L.A.’s premier cassette-tape label, Complicated Dance Steps. A die-hard vinyl collector, you can find her spinning records at local bars near you.
September's installment brings you a special out-of-state edition, featuring Criminal Records in Atlanta.