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The Dodos @ Mercury Lounge, NYC - pics

DOWNLOAD: The Dodos – Fools (MP3)

The Dodos @ Mercury Lounge

The Dodos – a drum and guitar, singing duo from San Francisco – were in town to play two shows last week. I went to the one Monday night (Jan 28, 2008) at Mercury Lounge with Alberta Cross, and I would have went again on Saturday night with Phosphorescent at Union Pool if I wasn’t at Hot Chip instead.

I saw so many shows last week, they’re all starting to blur in my mind, but I know for sure I would recommend a live Dodos show, and I’m not saying that just because they were such nice guys when they visited Nick Masi (my co-host) and I on Tuesday night at Sirius to record an episode of the BrooklynVegan “blog radio” show (that aired on Wednesday). The new album Visiter – out March 18, 2008 on Frenchkiss – is good too. I was listening to it non-stop leading up to the show, which made the show even better. That’s a track called “Fools” from the album for download above – listening to it and looking at the pictures will give you some idea of what the live show is like – two guys, fast drumming, ups and downs, builds, lots of tension, energy…..you can also watch a video.

The album is spelled “Visiter” because after The Dodos played a show at a special needs school in LA, the kids drew them pictures, and one of them said “Visiter” real big, and you’ll see that picture and more in the art of the CD if you buy it.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Dodos were busy running around the city with Elizabeth Weinberg taking pretty pictures, and it was Elizbeth who took the pictures you see in this post….

The Dodos @ Mercury Lounge

The Dodos @ Mercury Lounge

The Dodos @ Mercury Lounge

The Dodos @ Mercury Lounge

The Dodos @ Mercury Lounge

The Dodos @ Mercury Lounge