As Pitchfork announced this morning, local boys Dodos are heading off any leaks from their upcoming album Time to Die by streaming the songs early themselves. The record is set to be released digitally on July 28 (if you wanna wait for the physical copy, that's out September 15), but you can hear the new Phil Ek-produced record here. Highlights include Meric Long's fleet-fingered guitar work on "Longform" and Logan Kroeber's precise, metronomic percussion on the country folk ballad "Acorn
Joseph SchellThe DodosBimbo's 365 ClubOctober 29, 2009Better Than: hunting for dodos.The Dodos could have played last night's show with their eyes closed -- as was proven when the stage lights at Bimbo's 365 Club went out mid-set, leaving a sea of San Francisco's youngest hipsters swaying in darkness. On stage, lead vocalist and guitarist Meric Long meticulously picked out a new song from the band's most recent album, Time to Die, but all the crowd could see were flashes