Stereogum — Taylor Swift recently compiled a playlist for Spotify of songs that she "loves." There's some curious selections on there, at least if you're the sort of person who's interested in what the world's biggest pop star listens to in her spare time. (I kn... more info

Stereogum — Kristin Gundred, formerly known as Dum Dum Girls leader Dee Dee, recently reinvented herself under the new alias Kristin Kontrol. X-Communicate, her debut album of chilly Teutonic synthpop, came out last year, and now she's back with new single "Conc... more info

Stereogum — Brandon Welchez is the frontman of Crocodiles, a San Diego glam-punk institution and a 2009-vintage Band To Watch. But like his wife Kristin Kontrol, who left behind the glowing garage rock of Dum Dum Girls to make romantic synthpop under her new mon... more info

Stereogum — In recent years, Kristin Welchez, the (former?) leader of Dum Dum Girls, has been making icy synthpop under the name Kristin Kontrol. And now Pitchfork reports that she's teamed up with Andrew Miller, a producer who worked on the Kristin Kontrol albu... more info

Stereogum — Nashville rockers Big Surr play bright, beachy power-pop -- like Best Coast or Dum Dum Girls, but executed with the Camaro-ready fuzz-rock power that has come to characterize her town's prominent garage rock exports. My closest reference point for th... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, Kristin Welchez, better known as Dum Dum Girls leader Dee Dee, reinvented herself with the new synthpop alias Kristin Kontrol and released an impressive new wave album called X-Communicate. And now it looks like that wasn’t a one... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Garbage kicked off August with a performance at Central Park SummerStage on August 1, continuing support on their new album Strange Little Birds, which was released via their own label, Stunvolume. Support came from Kristin Kontrol, the new solo proj... more info

Stereogum — There’s nothing like the prospect of a bullying misogynistic toad ascending to the presidency to get the creative juices flowing. Donald Trump’s terrifying candidacy has already inspired the 30 Days, 30 Songs project and other anti-Trump anthems,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Jonathan Safran Foer discussed his new novel Here I Am with the Washington Post and All Things Considered. The New York Times and New Republic reviewed the book. The Quietus interviewed Kristin Welchez of Dum Dum Girls and Kristin Kontrol.... more info

Stereogum — Kristin Kontrol — the pop-leaning project of Kristin Welchez, aka Dee Dee from Dum Dum Girls — released her debut album earlier this year, and today she’s sharing an orchestral version of “Smoke Rings,” the closing track from it. The submer... more info