CONCERT RECAP: Dum Dum Girls plus Devin and The Dropout @ One Eyed Jacks – 10/30/12

Devin and the Dropout @ One Eyed Jacks || © Steve Hatley

The evening’s main event Dum Dum Girls took to the stage in procession, carrying candles, and wearing traditional nun habits. It was clear at this point that New Orleans and it’s Halloween spirits were in full force. Mirroring their costume’s sentiment, they opened with a cover of Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus.” The quartet’s bubblegum-pop has a genuine retro feel. The sounds are reminiscent of the 60’s girl groups, but differ vastly in their messages, no 60’s sensibilities here. There is timelessness about the music and it translates well to the stage, just not as “powerful” as the discs would let you believe. Their set was a great mixture of old and new material. The audience really didn’t care what they played as there wasn’t any real emotional outcries throughout the night. The main set ended with a Pale Saints cover, “Sight of You.”

Being a Halloween show, surprises are always possible and the Dum Dum Girls’ set didn’t disappoint. Instead of coming out and playing their encore, they enlisted the Dum Dum Guys, all dressed up in drag to cover one of their tracks. DeeDee came out after the song and said, “You don’t see that often.” They continued their encore with “Always Looking” and “Lord Knows,” which ended up becoming a giant party on stage. Devin and the Dum Dum Guys came out to finish the evening off. The band at a glance would seem to be having more fun than the audience. Not that the crowd didn’t enjoy the show, they did, it was just a sobering, hung-over, hazy event.