You've got to respect San Fran duo the Dodos. Take a country-blues inspired guitarist and pair him with a progressive metal drummer and, survey says, you're going to have a trainwreck. But against all odds, the Dodos have created something unexpectedly harmonious. The pulsing, rhythm-driven tunes of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber summon a sort of innate memory of the primitive life in all those who hear it, while the crooning, melodic and sometimes warbling voice of Long carries us to more immediately familiar time and turf. They have created something entirely simple and complex all at once. Stripped down instrumentation (there are, after all, only two of them - a guitar and a drum) is in no way limiting to the Dodos, who masterfully layer intricate fingerpicking, powerful strumming, and fierce drum-pounding. Not to mention the tambourine strapped to the bottom of Kroeber's foot, which brings foot-stomping to whole new level. Expect to be sprayed with sweat at their energy-charged live shows. Extinction, smextinction. The dodos live!
I've posted a sample tune below, but you should also check out this video: http://www.wearethemasses.com/musicvideos/dodos_fools.html
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