Just a few months after their last show at Maxwell's, the
Dum Dum Girls returned to the fame Hoboken club Saturday for one of the final stops on their brief, six-date "Conquering the Hearts" East Coast tour. Although the band had the same energy as before, it played a somewhat shorter set, coming in at just about 50 minutes, and did not play an encore.
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| Jules of the Dum Dum Girls. |
Perhaps the brevity of the show, and this tour, were because the band wanted to give its newest member,
Malia James, a chance to get her feet wet in playing the DDG repertoire. James, who is a photographer in addition to having been a member of the bands Marnie Stern and The Black Ryder, fit in well musically, and dressed in traditional Dum Dum Girls style (black leather and lace, short shorts with patterned stockings), but wore a hat, which made her stand out from the other band members.
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| Dum Dum Girls, from left: Jules, Dee Dee, Malia James. |
Dum Dum Girls opened with "He Gets Me High" and "Catholicked," then played a set that as expected consisted mostly of tunes from "Only In Dreams," the band's latest album.
If you like garage rock with touches of 1960s girl groups, the Dum Dum Girls are a great band to see live, especially in a small venue. I'll definitely catch their next New York area appearance.
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| Widowspeak played before Dum Dum Girls. |
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| Jules, Sandra, and Dee Dee (left to right). |
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| Malia James was playing her first gigs with the band. |
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| Jules singing. |
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