New Video: The Dodos - "Good" + Free Live Album Download

The Dodos dropped their newest video for "Good," a track of the band's recent release No Color . In addition, they announced a string of US tour dates (available after the jump) and are offering fans a free 'Live in Amsterdam' album download. Head HERE for more download details.

US tour dates after the jump.

New Release: The Dodos - No Color

[mp3] Dodos: "Winter"

The Dodos are a subtle band -- this is by no means meant to be negative. They are unassuming, somewhat mysterious, but their music is explosive and ingenious at times. With songs that lean toward gang-vocal choruses, swooping melodies, intricate and highly technical drumming and complex song-contruction, The Dodos are a music-lovers band...It is easy to get lost in their musicianship. No Color, releasing on March 15th via good old Frenchkiss, marks the fourth release by these San Francisco natives. Neko Case joins on this release collaborating on a majority of the songs. We have been fans since the 2008 release of Visiter, an eccentric and near perfect record. 2011 should be an exciting year for The Dodos as they gear up to reemerge on the scene.

Pre-order the new record HERE on Feb.1.

Two New Dodos Videos

We just wanted to throw up two new videos from The Dodo's - you know we love them. Their new record 'Time to Die' is pretty fantastic and it's nice to see this fearless duo getting the love they deserve. We've been enjoying these ABC features as well...


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The Dodos Embrace Album Leak, Offer Full Stream

[MP3] The Dodos - "Walking"

Yes, I am sure you know about and are probably listening to the new Dodos record which leaked recently. Well, doesn't matter now because the band don't care! That's right, they are embracing all your illegalities and offering up Time To Die, for a full stream. To top it off, the Dodos are going to release the album digitally July 28and Sept. 15 physically rather than the initially intended 9/15 date (via Frenchkiss). In addition, the new single, "Fables," is also available on the streaming site for download. Good for them -- sticking it to the man sticking it to the man.

Dodos Cover Art + Tour Dates + Tracklist

As you probably know, The Dodos are preparing to release their sophomore follow-up to the fantastic debut LP Visiter, which graced a few Top 50 lists in 2008. Their new record, Time to Die drops on Sept. 15 via Frenchkiss. Check out the new cover art above. Looking forward to it.

See tour dates and tracklist after the jump.

Dodos Tourdates With Ruby Suns:
08/8 Los Angeles, CA - The Getty Museum *
08/14 Seattle, WA - KEXP Mural Amphitheater Summer Series *
08/28 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music Festival
09/26 Big Sur, CA - Henry Miller Library
09/27 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
09/28 San Diego, CA - Casbah
09/29 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
09/30 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
10/2 Dallas, TX - House of Blues-Pontiac Garage
10/3 Houston, TX - The Orange Show
10/4 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival
10/6 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10/7 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10/8 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
10/9 Washington DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
10/10 Baltimore, MD - Talking Head
10/12 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
10/13 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10/14 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10/15 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
10/16 Montreal, QC - La Sala Rossa
10/17 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
10/19 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
10/20 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
10/22 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
10/24 Boise, ID - Neurolux
10/25 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre
10/26 Vancouver, BC - The Biltmore Cabaret
* No Ruby Suns

Tracklist For The Dodos’ Time To Die:

01 Small Deaths
02 Longform
03 Fables
04 The Strums
05 This Is A Business
06 Two Medicines
07 Troll Nacht
08 Acorn Factory
09 Time To Die

Tour Alert: The Dodos

We have been following The Dodos since our blog's inception in early 2008. Visiter was one of those albums that when released, made us re-evaluate where modern music was heading; it was also one of the first album reviews we posted to the site aside from Andrew's Best Of list. There was some magical musical-hybrid occurring on that album, which was well, startling to us. These California natives are going to melt your face with some summery dates starting with the Northside Festival in Brooklyn coming up! They are playing on June 14 so there will be no conflict with our awesome line up at Cameo.


Check out global and US tour dates after the jump.
2009 Summer World Tour

6/14 - Northside Festival - Brooklyn, NY
7/1 - Landmark - Bergen, Norway
7/2 - Revolver - Oslo, Norway
7/3 - Tavastia - Helsinki, Finland
7/4 - Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, Denmark
7/9 - Phoenix Theater - Toronto, Ontario
7/10 - Ottawa Blues Festival - Ottawa, Ontario
7/11 - Metropolis Theatre - Montreal, Quebec
7/16 - Plage de Rock Festival - St. Tropez, France
7/17 - Melt Festival - Berlin, Germany
7/18 - Dour Festival - Dour, Belgium
7/19 - Valkhof Affaire - Niljmegen, Netherlands
8/8 - Getty Museum - Los Angeles, CA
8/14 - KEXP Mural Amphitheater Summer Series - Seattle, WA
8/29 - Outside Lands Festival - San Francisco, CA
9/1 - Glee Club - Birmingham, England
9/2 - Thekla - Bristol, England
9/3 - Bush Hall - London, England
9/4 - King Tut's - Glasgow, Scotland
9/5 - Ruby Lounge - Manchester, England
9/7 - Maroquinerie - Paris, France
9/8 - Botanique Rotunda - Brussels, Belgium
9/10 - Molotow - Hamburg, Germany
9/11 - Magnet - Berlin, Germany
9/12 - Melkweg - Amsterdam, Netherlands
9/13 - End of Road Festival - Dorset, England
10/4 - Austin City Limits - Austin, TX

Dodos Video from Spiegelworld

Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com

While we weren't at this particular show, we love the Dodos and had a pretty great time down at Spiegelworld for the bird and the bee show. As Dylan would say "It's like a carnival!" We also happened to catch the show Absinthe there before hand, which is pretty much a booze infused carnival with more T&A. It was awesome.

But anyway, the Dodo's are great. Enjoy.