My favorite radio station to tune into in Hickory is a public radio station out of Isothermal College called WNCW. Topher and I were driving around last night listening to NPR’s Second Stage and a band called The Dodos, singing a song called Walking, caught my attention. I’m turbo excited about some new stuff, as you can imagine I exhausted all options on my forty some hour drive last week from California to North Carolina

The Dodos have been around for about two years and used to be a single act called Dodo Bird. I really don’t care to get into details too much over stuff that I just picked up from a few google searches, but I encourage you to do so. Instead, I just want you to know that I got that warm feeling inside while driving in my car, and I’ve got it again as I listen to this song over and over again tonight. Hope you likey!

Walking - from the latest album by the Dodos titled Visiter

Download The Dodos Mp3 - Walking

Fools - from the same album

Download The Dodos Mp3 - Fools

Nerds - from a different one, called Beware of the Maniacs

Download The Dodos Mp3 - Nerds

Buy the Album VISITER from Amazon

Upcoming Show for my LA friends
May 2 at the Natural History Museum in LA. Other tour dates on The Dodos MySpace Page

Other Notable Bands on the French Kiss Label
The Hold Steady
Les Savvy Fav (we talked about this one on the porch at Frank’s house one night and I found that fellow Muffin Brian (and fellow BM) is a fan too.) Maybe they are playing with them on May 2.

Okay, sorry, but I have to quote NPR because I love adjectives and naming conventions when explaining music:
“Their sound has matured, the songs are more developed and it’s a vividly textured album that mixes prog-psyche folk with poly-rhythms and ephemeral themes.”