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Download the title track from Dum Dum Girls' He Gets Me High 12" EP, out March 1 on Sub Pop.

Badlands is the debut full-length from "trans-Pacific nomad"/crooner Alex Zhang Hungtai, aka Dirty Beaches. Forget for a second that it sounds like he copped that moniker straight from the chillwave name generator, and get lost in this lovelorn, hopelessly romantic track from the record's gorgeous and more pensive second half, which Alex promises is made up of "ballads and dirges

Just received two new limited 7" singles in the mail from Italian label Hell, Yes!, including an unreleased jam from this kid's favorite band Dum Dum Girls -- backed with previously blogged ballad "D.A.L." for the first time on vinyl -- and a new single from DDG's new drummer Sandy Vu's other project, SISU...

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Download two free songs from Dum Dum Girls, including I Will Be standout "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout," as well as their contribution to the Record Store Day exclusive split 7" with Male Bonding, "Pay for Me." previously: mp3: *******

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Ex-Vivian Girl/Crystal Stilt and current Dum Dum Girl Frankie Rose and her new band the Outs recently upped a number of awesome new jams to their myspace page, including a nice cover of Arthur Russell's "You Can Make Me Feel Bad," as well as new songs "Don't Tread," "Save Me," and "Girlfriend Island...

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Pre-order Dum Dum Girls' Blissed Out, a cassette-only anthology "of all dum dum girls recordings to date released on tape only on art fag recordings," via Rough Trade. This thing is extremely limited (300 pink tapes on Art Fag, 40 blue tapes on Sub Pop, 40 gray tapes on Rough Trade), so grab it here -- for about £8, shipped to the U...

A few updates/details on our collaborative SXSW event with Mexican Summer Records: the party kicks off at noon on Friday March 19 at Klub Krucial, on 6th St. next to Emo's. The day party is FREE and open to the public (NO badge/wristband required), while the evening showcase is an official SXSW event...