Just close your eyes and listen. Despite their being dressed like over-the-top scenesters, five-piece rock band Dogs took their audience of Artrockers by storm on Tuesday 24 February to an intimate crowd.
Dogs only formed 21 months ago, but they are already negotiating a record deal (secret even to the press). At this Buffalo Bar gig the elusive quintet did not even have a next gig to advertise to fans, but I have a feeling there will be more.
Dogs produce a sound that is a perfect combination of the most successful types of pop, rock and punk that are floating around their respective scenes. With two guitarists, a bassist, drummer and singer, each man can concentrate on his art, and each knows what he has to do to deliver. Combine Clash-like songwriting, Ramones-esque guitar progressions (minus the repetition) and the swirling, twangy guitars of Interpol and you come close to Dogs. Although a bit formulaic, there is enough guitar feedback and off-kilter vocals to keep things interesting, not to mention the antics of the vocalist, who seems to lecture the crowd on matters of love and pain rather than simply to croon or shout.
Many of the Dogs’ tracks are introduced by a groovy bass line, to which they add surf rock chords similar to those of The Strokes. Their songs are so damn catchy that even the members sans microphones cannot help but sing along. As proved by the two guys who kept bumping into me as they jittered and moshed, the Dogs are rockingly danceable. N.Harren
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