The Dodos

“One of the most engaging albums of 2008” 4/5 Mojo ”A sensation” 4/5 The Guardian “Every once in a while an album emerges from the undergrowth of indiedom to blow you away. This is one of them” 4.5/5 The Sun (UK) “Nothing short of spectacular” 4/5 The Brag “Renegade folk twosome” 4/5 Q magazine “Pounding drums delivered like bombs dropping” 4/5 The Times (UK) (live) “Superb…One of the best releases of 2008” Rave “Not before time, these San Fran folkists give the kiss of life to an ailing genre” 8/10 NME

With superlative after superlative being laid upon their wonderfully freewheeling second album, Visiter, San Francisco’s The Dodos will tour Australia for the first time this December ‘08/January ’09, including a Falls Festival appearance.

Whilst lots of late-2000s indie bands boast of archaic &/or exotic influences few use them with the playful energy & brash creativeness that the Dodos do. Country-blues fingerpicking meets African rhythms & metal drumming all tied together by memorable pop hooks might smell like an all-too-wacky description on a band’s Myspace page, but the Dodos turn these far-flung elements into delightfully natural sounding & infectiously melodic music.

Initially just a two piece, & now expanded to three for performances, The Dodos exude raucous energy & visceral intensity in the live setting, stretching the folk blueprint to snapping point by playing it like it was good, old fashioned rock’n’roll.