Dodo Bird (Meric Long)

The dodo's sound is shaped by the marriage of two periods in songwriter Meric Long's musical history: playing in rock/metal bands growing up in the suburbs, and playing and listening to old delta blues records in his post adolescent years. In the fall of 2002, Meric opened up for country blues guitarist Paul Curreri, who turned him on to the country blues style of finger-picking guitar, via Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, and later John Fahey. Meric adopted this style of guitar into his repertoire, meshing it with noise, electronic sounds, and loops that he had developed in his earlier days. In order to add syncopated percussion to accent the rhythmic patterns in his finger picking, Meric began playing with Logan Kroeber in the fall of 2005, whose background in Santa Cruz heavy metal band Entragian made for a perfect fit.

2006 saw two releases from Meric Long, debut Dodo Bird and follower Beware Of The Maniacs. If you like Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Bright Eyes or Elliot Smith, then you should check Dodo Bird. They're available via Meric Long's official page. Highly Recommended!

Dodo Bird - Nerds (from Beware Of The Maniacs)
Dodo Bird - The Ball (from Beware Of The Maniacs)
Dodo Bird - Notes (from Dodo Bird)
Dodo Bird - Couples (from Dodo Bird)
Dodo Bird @ MySpace


Bonus:
Oh No - Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms !!!
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury !!!
Panacea - Ink Is My Drink !!!
Project Polaroid - Project Polaroid !!!
+ Beck, 7L & Esoteric, The Fishscale, Ice T, Outkast, The Black Keys, Bob Dylan,
Gnarls Barkley, J-Zone, Lamb Of God, Mf Doom, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Bobby Previte,
The Stooges, The Roots, Time Machine, Dr. Octagon, Substance Abuse, Ryhmefest, etc.
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The Album Leaf - Into The Blue Again !!!
James Figurine - Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake
Xiu Xiu - The Air Force
Ratatat - Classics
Le Volume Courbe - I Killed My Best Friend
+ M83, Brian Eno, Maria Rita, Phil Manzanera, Jon Hassell, Takagi Masakatsu, etc.
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/yz8cop
The Brilliant Inventions - Standing Room !!!
Ok Go - Oh No
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/yk3fpo
Air - Talkie Walkie
Pete Miser - Radio Free Brooklyn + Camouflage Is Relative
Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/yhxbn4
Alanis Morrissette - Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/yl6vch
Lil Wayne & Currency - The Color Of Money
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/yllhry
Ghostface Killah - 3 Albums
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/l52rz
Blade Trinity - OST
Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - OST
[CODE]http://tinyurl.com/yme2b6