He Gets Me High

Dum Dum Girls, “He Gets Me High” (Sub Pop, 2011)
This band/person stands out among the post-garage indie crowd for her distinctive blend of cold, chrome-sheened precision (almost akin to synth-pop) and rough-cut rock-and-roll passion, as well as her sharp songwriting. A/2 represents a further advance in melodic/textural complexity, but B/2 is the real killer – a gurious, rousing version, comparable to Hüsker Dü’s take on “Eight Miles High.”
4/11/1