As a rare drummer and frontwoman, Dee Dee Penny (aka Kristin Gundred) was part of experimental pop band Grand Ole Party. Once that band split, Gundred took it upon herself to learn how to write songs ...

Everyone is going pop these days. The latest: Dee Dee from Dum Dum Girls (real name Kristin Welchez) has announced a new solo project Kristin Kontrol. She says: I wanted to open things up and shed ...

KRISTIN KONTROL: Is it me or does SXSW seem dead this year? STEREOGUM: It does seem kinda dead in comparison to the other times I've been here. What showcases are you playing? KK: I'm not performing.

Kristin Kontrol, the pop solo project from Kristin Welchez aka Dee Dee from Dum Dum Girls, will release her debut album, X-Communicate, via Sub Pop on May 27. She’s just released the album’s title ...

You might know her as Dee Dee, but the Dum Dum Girls’ Kristin Welchez (née Gundred) is starting up a new project that’s about as far from her former musical identity as possible: she announced today ...

Over three albums, Lemonade have perfected their art of rippling, preternaturally chill dance-pop. And on "Dancer On The Shore," their first new track since last year's Minus Tide, the Brooklyn trio ...

Kristin Welchez is best known as Dee Dee, the frontwoman of Dum Dum Girls. Today, she's announced X-Communicate, her debut solo album as Kristin Kontrol. (That's the cover art above.) Produced by Kurt ...

Dum Dum Girls frontwoman/main creative force Dee Dee Penny (sometimes just known as Dee Dee) has launched a new solo project called Kristin Kontrol. Dee Dee’s real name is Kristin Welchez, hence the ...

Dum Dum Girls’ third full-length album, Too True, represents a new chapter in the musical life of frontwoman Dee Dee (who used to go by Dee Dee Penny, but now prefers no surname). After the tragic ...

Going back to Dum Dum Girls’ 2010 debut, “I Will Be,” frontwoman Dee Dee has had eclectic taste in cover songs. Included on that album was their rendition of Sonny & Cher’s 1960s hit “Baby Don’t Go,” ...