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
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