Dum Dum Girls - Jailhouse Rocker

Back in 1986 I was too deep into Lego to realise the importance of NME's C86 tape. Now I'm off the bricks (six months clean) and that seminal cassette's influence has wafted back into my life. Bands like Wavves, PENS, Graffiti Island, Male Bonding and Blank Dogs all stink of C86's punky DIY indie attitude. It's the smell of cheap vinyl and freshly printed fanzines. Dum Dum Girls, one fine young lady from LA called Dee Dee, also carries that scent. Her song 'Jail La La' is the kind of awesome...

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