What a nice calm mild weekend... how perfect for a total DOE BAY weekend! Who journey'd up there? How was it? The line-up was impeccable and the fest sold out. Tell us all!

Or were you like our Photographer of the Day {thanks for the photo jody-rodgers!} and kick it Seattle style at the Seattle Center Mural Amphitheatre for some free KEXP action with the Dodos and Army Navy?

Spill it people!

What about the week ahead? What are you looking forward to? I heard it's going to start warming up again -- just in time for a busy week with a Cave Singers in-store {Easy Street - Queen Anne} on Tuesday and a Thursday night with so many choices it makes my head spin:

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Due out September 15th on Frenchkiss, The Dodos third album, Time to Die is produced by Phil Ek and features a new member, Keaton Snyder, on the vibraphone.

I'm really excited to this follow-up to Visiter, their full length release last year. I discovered that album and it became, and remains, one of my favorite albums of 2008. I'm surprised this band didn't steal the spotlight from Fleet Foxes last year.

They will be in Seattle on August 14th playing the KEXP Mural Amphitheater Summer Series. Get ready for it.

at Neumo's

The band remained true to form all night: creative, energetic, degenerate, and cacophonous, with lots of chunky beats and bouncy, rolling guitars, high energy and just a lot of fun in general.

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