Dr. Dog
Dr. Dog | |
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At the Coachella Festival 2009 |
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General information | |
Genre (s) | Folk , indie rock |
founding | 1999 |
Website | drdogmusic.com |
Current occupation | |
Electric guitar, vocals |
Scott McMicken |
Bass, vocals |
Toby Leaman |
Keyboard |
Zach Miller |
Rhythm guitar |
Frank McElroy |
Drums |
Eric Slick |
Drums |
Dmitri Manos |
Chart positions Explanation of the data |
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Dr. Dog are an American rock band from the US state of Pennsylvania, founded in 1999 .
Band history
The band emerged from Leaman's and McMickens music project Racoon . They released their first album The Psychedelic Swamp in 2001 on their own. After Jim James became aware of her second album Toothbrush , he invited her on a tour with his band My Morning Jacket . After positive press reports, Dr. Dog signed by Park The Van Records . The breakthrough came with the "album bursting with perfect pop melodies" ( Musikexpress ) We All Belong from 2007, after which they appeared on Late Night with David Letterman . Her following long players could all place in the US charts. In 2009 they switched to the renowned ANTI Records label, which released the albums Shame, Shame , Be the Void and B-Room .
From July to September 2007, the band uploaded ten new songs to their website for streaming every week, which were later released as an album entitled Passed Away, Vol. 1 . In 2010 they contributed the song The Unicorn to the album Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein .
style
The psychedelic folk style is heavily influenced by the 1960s . Their somewhat weird, melodic sound is shaped by the voices of the two singers Scott McMicken and Toby Leaman.
Discography
- Toothbrush (2002)
- Easy Beat (2005)
- Taker and Leavers (EP, 2006)
- We All Belong (2007)
- Passed Away, Vol. 1 (2008)
- Fate (2008)
- Shame, Shame (2010)
- Be the Void (2012)
- B-Room (2013)
- Psychedelic Swamp (2016, recorded 2001)
- Abandoned Mansion (2016)
- Critical Equation (2018)
Web links
- Official website
- Dr. Dog at Allmusic (English)
swell
- ↑ Dr. Dog on the US charts (Billboard)
- Jump up on the dog Musikexpress, February 2, 2008
- ↑ Twistable, Turnable Man allmusic, accessed May 29, 2012