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Member Since: 4/27/2007
Band Website: VOTE FOR PORLOLO! westword.com/poll/music07
Band Members: ***** THE DODOS (San Francisco) ***** PORLOLO (Denver) ***** THE MOONLIGHTERS (Brooklyn) ****
Influences: Bands with or without drums
Sounds Like: PRESS FOR THE DODOS:****************************************************** **************************** "But wait. Here I am making The Dodos sound like Liars when they're probably closer kin to Animal Collective. Long's psych-folk-pop compositions are smart and tight and melodic and his hammer-handed, fleet-fingered acoustic attack always meets Kroeber's thumps halfway, awkward toe to toe, chin to chin, heat to intensity. And his voice is great. Warm and wobbly and familiar like a brother's or a best friend's. Except (or maybe mostly?) when he's yelling like an asylum escapee—anguished, near-inarticulate, tonsil-baring scream-sobs..." —Shake Your Fist******************************************************** ******************************************************* “With his contemplative lyrics, terrific songwriting and rich arrangements of vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, percussion and... trombone(!), Long more than makes good on the impressive promise he showed on his debut. Throughout the proceedings he exudes a warm charm and confidence and an occasional willingness to gently nudge the boundaries of the acoustic folk singer/songwriter terrain. Jeff Mangum and John Darnielle, set a place at the table for [The Dodos]!” —Aquarius Records***************************************************** ********************************************************** “Meric Long writes the kind of folk tunes that eschew virtuosity and excessive influence-dropping in favor of clear, compelling storytelling. Without a whiff of pretense, San Francisco’s Long digitally tinkers with the folk idiom just enough to sound relevant in an era of Conor Oberst and Sufjan Stevens—while never failing to use his songs as open-throated explorations of his own soul. With the addition of drummer Logan Kroeber, Long’s compositions have been freed up, adapting an almost Fahey-like modal drone on the recent Beware Of The Maniacs.” —Denver Onion******************************************************* ******************************************************** "…the looping current of finger-picked patterns and melodic instincts more acutely evoke Brit songwriters like Nick Drake and Tyrannosaurus Rex-period Marc Bolan. —Nate Cavallieri, SF Weekly****************************************************** ********************************************************* “[The Dodos]—the bill’s unsigned band—could be the trigger puller here, big rock ‘n’ roll movement and changes successfully managed with percussion, massive acoustic patterns and slight electronic augmenting.” —Chapel Hill Independent ************************************************************ *************************************************** “…definitely recommended for fans of Iron & Wine, Kings Of Convenience and Elliott Smith.” —Aquarius Records
Record Label: PORLOLO: Pomade The Sun / MOONLIGHTERS: Onliest
Type of Label: Indie