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The Dodos

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Biography

Originally formed in 2006 as Dodobird by multi-instrumentalist Meric Long, unpredictable San Francisco rock duo The Dodos acquired their new moniker with the arrival of Logan Kroeber, a fellow West Coast artist whose penchant for experimental drumming and metal melded perfectly with Long's interest in West African Ewe drumming and blues fingerpicking. The Dodos released their debut album, "Beware of the Maniacs", that same year independently, followed by Visiter in 2008. Long and Kroeber added electric vibraphonist Keaton Snyder to the fold and collaborated with producer Phil Ek on 2009's Time To Die, which found the trio exploring a more fleshed-out sound. For 2011's No Color, the band recruited Neko Case as a supporting vocalist and returned to its Visiter-era approach. ~ James Christopher Monger, Rovi

Top Tracks

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  1.  
    Lyrics
    Our fathers have been entangled in things
    He's been squandering, he's been squandering
    And we don't do a thing, 'cause we're busy and think
    We're just wandering, we're just a-wandering like fools
    His son is his prize, he tells a few lies
    Fools - (4:20)  -  44,896 plays
  2.  
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    You can fight the fire that's in your head
    Lay it down, the hour has come to end
    Walk around without her just for a bit
    Looking back upon the way things had been
    Man, I've been wasting so much time
    Walking - (2:09)  -  40,073 plays
  3.  
    Lyrics
    There's nobody here
    To tell us a joke
    We tear off our ears
    The fire that we stoke
    You wrote me a note
    Red And Purple - (4:39)  -  30,810 plays
  4.  
    Lyrics
    The best of these eyelids
    Is where I keep
    But I will not weep there 'til you arrive
    With false compares
    My heart is unprepared
    Eyelids - (0:54)  -  26,340 plays
  5.  
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    Black night, blackness
    When I wanted you, how I haunted you
    All to myself
    One gift, one slip
    Where you hiding at, who your aiming at
    Black Night - (4:21)  -  32,231 plays
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