The Dodos’ homecoming show at Bimbo’s proved to be an excellent celebration of the band’s success circa Time to Die. Controlled chaos and pronounced energy filled Bimbo’s elegant walls, through the Dodos’ experimental folk and the Ruby Suns’ infectious, tribal-infused indie pop. Photos for both bands after the jump.

The Dodos‘ Meric Long and Logan Kroeber combined their loves of country picking, West African Ewe drumming and heavy metal to create one of the more unique indie rock outfits today. No longer just the pride of San Francisco, their percussive and eclectic sound have made fans in all corners — from the headquarters of [...]

[Locals Only is a regular feature where the Stranger Dance staff focus on the best and brightest of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Feel free to hit us up with any information on local bands, musicians, shows, and other music-related events and projects.]
This week, some excellent acts will be featured here in the [...]

It’s old news, but the internet is devastating the record industry in a perplexing way. The biggest and best releases are, ironically enough, the ones no one seems willing to pay for because of their availability through illegal file-sharing. Times they are a-changin’ and it’s up to the modern artist to adapt, to evolve – [...]

Photos by Jay and Laura; words by Anna.
Outside Lands 2009 could have been a lot of things: a failure, a disappointment, a misplaced attempt to draw a wider range of music fans. The slightly off-kilter lineup largely paid tribute to the ’90s (Pearl Jam, Incubus, Dave Matthews Band, Q-Tip and The Beastie Boys — before [...]

With so many bands (over 90 at last count) ready to diverge on San Francisco for the second annual Outside Lands Festival this weekend, we thought it’d be helpful to provide some playlists so you know what to look forward to.
Below are samples of all bands playing on Friday. We’ll roll out new playlists tomorrow [...]

Outside Lands week in San Francisco is off and rolling. Daily lineups and schedules have been set. You can start prepping your comfortable walking shoes and figuring out the best way to navigate Muni over the course of the weekend (let’s hope more buses have been added this year, although you can always pony up [...]

Welcome back to Video Round-Up, where the SD crew picks through the flurry of videos circulating this particular week and posts the highlights.
A modest yet significant mix of videos this week, featuring the Antlers, the Horrors, the Walkmen, Fanfarlo, the Music Tapes, Julian Lynch, Portugal. the Man, Those Darlins, Telekinesis, Wavves, Beck, the Noisettes, Eels, [...]

In response to an unauthorized leak last week, the Dodos have decided to stream their new LP, Time to Die. Fans can also grab the song “Fables” as a free download and watch a video explaining their “tough” decision. If you like what you hear, don’t forget to download the album all nice and legal-like [...]

[Locals Only is a weekly feature where the Stranger Dance staff focus on the best and brightest of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Feel free to hit us up with any information on local bands, musicians, shows, and other music-related events and projects.]
It is not uncommon to see Meric Long of the Dodos [...]