On a visit to Daytrotter this past February, The Dodos performed alternate versions of 3 songs from their 2008 breakthrough album, Visiter. The tracks were recorded in a studio in the basement of the Mosser Hotel in San Francisco with the Magik Magik Orchestra, a collective of classically trained Bay Area musicians. The biggest transformation [...]

The Dodos Time to Die is an incredible record. It seems like it’s not talked about as much as the San Francisco band’s breakthrough, 2008’s Visitor, but it should be. They seem to have grown very subtly, yet held on to the signature sounds of previous records – which is something most bands have trouble [...]

The Dodos, makers of one of my fav tracks of ‘08, are back with their sophomore album sooner than expected. The band recently announced a September 15 release date for Time to Die, but the album is streaming in full at Timetodie.net due to its recent leakage. Also up on the site is a video [...]

You remember that band The Dodos? They were cool for like a minute? Well, maybe they are still cool if I say it enough times. Above is a ‘cool’ performance of “Jodi” from their debut album The Visitor. It was filmed live at Spiegelworld at NYC’s pier 17 and was featured on Baeble along with [...]

The Dodos, the San Francisco folk duo who made one of my favorite debut albums of the year so far (and one of my favorite singles), kicked off a North American tour yesterday in their hometown.
Dates:
April 27 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
June 19 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
June 24 [...]

Artist: The Dodos
Track: “Fools”
Album: Visiter
A great song by San Franciscan duo, The Dodos. They were a favorite at SXSW (check out this halfway decent quality video on youtube of their performance at Bourbon Rocks), and their debut album, Visiter, was praised rather favorably by the likes of the ‘Fork (8.5!). Kudos! Above is the official [...]