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Psychedelic folk band the Dodos tell Aidan Smith why their tribal beat is the secret of musical evolution
THE ROCK annals are littered with rubbish band names, from the Beatles onwards. But there's been strong evidence recently that the monikers are getting worse. Yes, the Alan Parsons Project was pretentious, even for the prog era - but any more pretentious than the Music is now? Velvet Revolver dimwittedly strives for fame by association, twice over. Dandy Warhols thinks itself a brilliant pun. Arctic Monkeys may have sounded great after the 10th round of cider but the next day should have been scrapped. Coldplay and Razorlight are even more horrible - suggesting focus groups, expensively hired creatives in silly specs and deluded notions of "cool".See the full content of this document
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Dodo Mojo
At first glance, the Dodos seems to be just another bad name. Then you think: well, at least it's not trying too hard to be "now". Of course, as is sometimes the way, the music Meric L...
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