The Bowery Presents (Venue Partner)
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The Dø
- When
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Saturday Oct 3, 2009 (7pm)
- Where
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- Price
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$25 / $20 advance
- Links
“A Mouthful
Doug Levy, Flavorpill
Hiro Ballroom
363 West 16th Street, New York, NY
Directions
The Dø are a Franco-Finnish duo comprised of Dan Levy and Olivia B. Merilahti. The band name is drawn from the initials of their first names. They recently became the first act to reach No 1 in France with an album sung in English and it is a veritable tour de pop. "It was crazy! We were supposed to be underground," exclaims Merihalti. "Thank god Radioheads album didn’t come out for another few weeks." The secret of The Dø's success, apart from the fact that Olivia B. Merilahti is a stupidly gifted, idiosyncratic and sexy singer more talented at imitating vocal ticks than Rory Bremner, is probably the fact that Dan Levy is a (not so) secret musician with a dexterity and ability running through A Mouthful that makes them stand out from the crowd. (Not that their milieu is exactly laden with contemporaries.) What this means is that every one of the 15 songs here is interesting in one way or another; compositionally, texturally, hythmically, emotionally, or any one of a myriad of other ways."
