{"id":13811,"date":"2010-12-22T19:48:45","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T00:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/?p=13811"},"modified":"2010-12-22T19:51:22","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T00:51:22","slug":"2010-in-music-11-dum-dum-girls-i-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/2010-in-music-11-dum-dum-girls-i-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 in Music: #11 Dum Dum Girls &#8211; I Will Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Dum-Dum-Girls-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Dum-Dum-Girls-banner.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"550\" height=\"242\" class=\"centered\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>[#8-12 on this countdown are basically tied. I&#8217;ve put them in order of release date.]<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"firstletter\">I<\/span>&#8216;m pretty sure I should&#8217;ve gotten into this band way before I did. Months before, anyway. I have a tendency to ignore things that I feel like are overhyped on the blogs, and I sort of got that vibe from Dum Dum Girls (plus I initially had trouble taking a band called &#8220;Dum Dum Girls&#8221; seriously). But I even remember a friend mentioning that they were playing somewhere and I kind of brushed it off without really paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>Now I&#8217;m kicking myself for that, because when I finally picked up the album (begrudgingly, out of a completionist need to at least check out most buzzed-about bands by the end of the year) I fell in love with it instantly. They&#8217;re all retro noise-poppy and chick-rocky and shoegazey &#8211; all things I love. Add in a little bit of bhangra flavor on some songs, and some well-used guest performances (Crocodiles&#8217; Brandon Welchez on <em>Blank Girl<\/em>, which despite being highly repetitive is somehow one of my favorite songs of the year), and it really makes the album sound fresh, despite how much of a great throwback it is to earlier styles. They fill the spot in my listening that the Raveonettes left empty this year, but with a bit more sweetness.<\/p>\n<p>I also love how the videos maintain the really grungy &#8217;80s retro vibe. 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