For five albums—starting with 2006’s Beware Of The Maniacs—there was always something playful, almost ephemeral about the Dodos, as if they might simply stop recording at any moment. But the duo just issued its crowning achievement, new sixth set Individ, which sets serious subjects to Logan Kroeber’s galloping drum beats, Meric Long’s vibrato-resonant vocals and ethereal finger-picked filigrees, on thoughtful tracks like “Darkness,” “Bastard,” “Precipitation” and an ominous “Goodbyes And Endings.” Long and Kroeber will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on them.
Kroeber: This podcast is only just beginning, but it’s off to a great start with long-form storytelling from around the skate world. However, you don’t need to be a skater to enjoy this episode with Paul Zitzer, where he remembers, with laughter, an opportunity of a lifetime going up in flames.
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