Concrete Playground

I first saw The Dodos last year at The Spiegeltent in Manhattan. It was going to be perfect: a balmy evening, good friends and a band who had put out a really exciting debut, Visiter, that bordered hippy folk whilst still dipping into heavy rhythms and beautiful contemplative lyrics and melodies. But the experience was tainted by the fact that you can't really see anything in a full Spiegel, especially when the singer sits down and plays guitar; and we got aggressively shooshed by an uptight fan. Anyways, lucky for you guys, the San Francisco three piece (they added a vibraphone player to the guitar/drums lineup - hey why not?) are visiting our shores soon to play us their new album, Time To Die - and by the sounds of Fables, it will be more nicely crafted folk with a bit of grit.