The Dodos at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (03/23/11)
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The Dodos at Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis (03/23/11) |
Philadelphia’s Reading Rainbow and The Dodos played Cedar Cultural Center on March 23rd. Obviously the former band stole their name from LeVar Burton’s* PBS programming of the same name. They’re a couple (Sara & Rob), who harmonizes a lot on their indiepop songs. I didn’t know any of their songs, but their last two were the best of their brief set (apparently they were brand new and not released on 7″ yet).
The Dodos came on stage around 9pm to a healthy room of young people, mostly college students and high schoolers. The youngest I saw at the show was a ten year old boy, who told me he heard of the Dodos from a “longboard” skate video.
The first time I heard about The Dodos, it was because Brody loved them so much that he chose their song “Fables”, as song of the week. I couldn’t really make out what about the Dodos that Brody loves so much, perhaps it’s the weird rhythm and layers of music?
I got the impression that the Dodos were mainly two people, Meric Long and Logan Kroeber, but when they were on stage, they also had a third rhythm guitar player. I thought I read that the third player was a xylophone player – which is wrong apparently. Seeing them play for about two hours, I can tell you that they’re a bit like a Pitchfork band. A little experimental, odd choices in song structures, unconventional vocals, loops, and distortion.
The Dodos ended their set with “The Season”, from Visiter, an obvious fan favorite, as you hear all the cheering and clapping throughout the song.
PS Apologies for the crappy cell phone photo, it was all that I had on me.
The Dodos’ new album is called No Color, and it was released a few weeks ago, and it’s basically the reason why they’re on tour. If you are mildly interested in checking them out, you might try and get free tickets by commenting on their FB. Full tour details below:
The Dodos came on stage around 9pm to a healthy room of young people, mostly college students and high schoolers. The youngest I saw at the show was a ten year old boy, who told me he heard of the Dodos from a “longboard” skate video.
The first time I heard about The Dodos, it was because Brody loved them so much that he chose their song “Fables”, as song of the week. I couldn’t really make out what about the Dodos that Brody loves so much, perhaps it’s the weird rhythm and layers of music?
I got the impression that the Dodos were mainly two people, Meric Long and Logan Kroeber, but when they were on stage, they also had a third rhythm guitar player. I thought I read that the third player was a xylophone player – which is wrong apparently. Seeing them play for about two hours, I can tell you that they’re a bit like a Pitchfork band. A little experimental, odd choices in song structures, unconventional vocals, loops, and distortion.
The Dodos ended their set with “The Season”, from Visiter, an obvious fan favorite, as you hear all the cheering and clapping throughout the song.
PS Apologies for the crappy cell phone photo, it was all that I had on me.
The Dodos’ new album is called No Color, and it was released a few weeks ago, and it’s basically the reason why they’re on tour. If you are mildly interested in checking them out, you might try and get free tickets by commenting on their FB. Full tour details below:
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03-24 Fargo, ND – Aquarium
03-25 Winnipeg, MB – West End 03-26 Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s 03-28 Calgary, AB – Republik 03-29 Edmonton, AB – Starlite 03-31 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw 04-01 Victoria, BC – Sugar 04-02 Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo 04-04 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s 04-05 Portland, OR – Doug Fir 04-07 San Francisco, CA – Filmore 04-08 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater 04-09 San Diego, CA – Casbah 04-27 Spain, Donostia – Gazteszena 04-28 Spain, Vigo – University 04-29 Spain, Madrid – El Sol 04-30 Spain, Barcelona – Plaça de la Odissea 05-02 Grenoble, France – Le Ciel 05-03 Milan, Italy – Salumeria Della Musica |
05-04 Rome, Italy – Circolo Degli Artisti
05-05 Ravenna, Italy – Bronson 05-06 Aarau, Switzerland – Kiff 05-07 Munich, Germany – 59-1 05-09 Berlin, Germany – Magnet 05-10 Hamburg, Germany – Prinzenbar 05-11 Cologne, Germany – Blue Shell 05-12 Nijmegen, Holland – Doornroosje 05-13 Amsterdam, Holland – Melkweg 05-14 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique Festival 05-16 Vendome, France – La Chapelle Vendome 05-17 Strasbourg, France – La Laiterie 05-18 Paris, France – Divan du Monde 05-19 London, UK – Scala 05-20 Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute 05-21 Glasgow, UK – Arches 06-15 Montreal, QC – Le Tulipe 06-16 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre |
* Offtopic, but did you know Levar does some backup singing on Brent Spiner’s album,
Ol’ Yellow Eyes Is Back? It’s pretty awesome, but you don’t have to take my word for it.
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