Stereogum — You may know Frankie Rose as the onetime drummer of Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts and current drummer in Dum Dum Girls. (Or maybe via her time as a NYC bartender and Smiths fan.) Of course, if you’ve paid attention, you also know of her as the fr... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — Former Vivian Girls/Crystal Stilts/Dum Dum Girls member Frankie Rose and her band, the Outs, are readying their self-titled debut full-length for a September 21 release via Slumberland. Here's the first taste from the record, the ornate garage-pop di... more info

The Music Fix — Support slots announced. more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-22 Lille, France - L'Aeronef06-24 Cornwall, England - Eden Project06-25 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival06-27 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Rockin' Park Festival06-29 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis 07-01 Borlange, Sweden - Peace & Love ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Crocodiles - Sleep Forever (MP3) the Crocodiles, a Dum Dum Girl & Santa... Crocodiles will be geting ready to release their new album, Sleep Forever, while on tour with Dum Dum Girls this summer along the West Coast. The... more info

Stereogum — We haven’t heard from BTW Crocodiles since their Christmas-themed 7-inch with Dum Dum Girls. Turns out they spend the first half of 2010 prepping a followup to last year’s Summer Of Hate. Listen to first single “Sleep Forever,” and you’ll n... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout" by Dum Dum Girls from the group's 2010 release, "I Will Be." more info

DrownedInSound — So this whole jangly and harmonic indie-pop scene is getting quite popular once more, right? Some of them also happen to be all-girl groups. I point this out not because it's so amazing (it really isn't) but because two of the finest exponents in cur... more info

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Pitchfork - Forkcast — The garage-poppers in Dum Dum Girls are immersed in colorful effects as they dance around and lip-sync to the I Will Be highlight in this video, directed by Christin Turner (who also helmed the video for "Jail La La"). (via Stereogum) more info