Durrr w/Esser // Pure Groove // JDH + Dave P

Don't Do It attended the Esser show at Durrr last night with Pure Groove Records DJs and a special set from JDH and Dave P. Esser were enjoyable, though a little less animated than usual. Their brand of bouncy electro pop is giddy and inoffensive; enjoyable though unremarkable. Erol Alkan, who has just finished wrapping up the new Late of the Pier album for release, was in attendance to see the band, and seemed genuinely enthusiastic about them. He was also enthusiastic about New York/Philly DJ duo JDH and Dave P., who host Fixed at NY ravespot Studio B, and deservedly so; the pair tore through a solid electro/house set that kept the crowds dancing, mixing remixes of/by the likes of Cut Copy, Midnight Juggernauts, Armand Van Helden and Hot Chip. We definately recommend you try and check them out if you can.

Next week Durrr will play host to underground DJ legend Whitey, Baltimore-based band Video Hippos and Erol Alkan, which is guaranteed to be a superb night.

Esser - I Love You

JDH myspace
Dave P myspace

Durrr

DON'T DO IT @ Trash Palace TOMORROW!

This month Don't Do It's special guest is a Bugged Out regular and has residencies at All You Can Eat and Girlcore. NAOMI// has played at some of London's finest clubnight's and shared billing with some of the best DJ's and live acts around including Boys Noize, D.I.M., Midnight Juggernauts, Skull Juice, Crookers, Herve, Pilouski and Metronomy to name but a few. Broken Hookers put it rather well when describing Naomi//; "Expect a little bit of this, and a little bit of that, and a little bit of the other thrown in for good measure."

We can't wait.

Propping things up with a bit of tech, a dose of electro, a spot of disco and a dash of what's in between will be Don't Do It residents AUTOMAT JUKEBOX, and techno whiz kid and rising star CABIN BETA.

LIVE: The Dodos at The Amersham Arms

Don't Do It attended the Dodos gig, hosted by Eat Your Own Ears, at the Amersham Arms last night. The San Francisco duo's second album Visiter, released last month on Wichita Records, is an exciting and spasmodic deconstruction of psychedelic folk, blues and rock music that could be rather crudely described as something akin to Animal Collective channelling the White Stripes. The band are joined on-stage by a third instrumentalist, opting to retain the few overdubs evident on the album instead of stripping them away, which is a pleasant surprise. Lead singer Meric Long sings sweetly over spiky guitar riffs, occasionally using a loop pedal to lay down vocal or guitar drones, while drummer Logan Kroeber's rapid rimshots sound like rattling bones, and are mixed with almost exclusive use of the toms, to create pounding, tribal rhythms. Their set is mostly made up of material from Visiter, (The misspelt name of the record came from a drawing a child did for them when they played at a special education class at Dorsey High in South Central on a road trip down to LA.) with highlights including Joe's Waltz and Paint The Rust. The Dodos are sensational on record, and perhaps even better live, and we highly recommend you get familiar with them if you haven't done so already.

The Dodos - Fools (Courtesy of Hate Something Beautiful)
The Dodos Myspace

Eat Your Own Ears