In Dr. Dog's world, life is lived in some eternal summer of '69. Liberally pillaging from the B section of their record collection —Beatles, Beach Boys, The Band— the Philadelphian good-timers frolic through a retrophonic wonderland of multi-part harmonies, handclaps, psychedelic guitar-licks, and all-analog audio.
Recently, I had the chance to chat away with Dr. Dog guitarist/songsmith type Scott McMicken, who formed the crew back in 1999. Wanting to talk about anything but the time they toured with The Strokes, McMicken waxed philosophical about life on the road, vintage volume knobs, and whether he's really living the rock'n'roll dream.
McMicken also spoke, quite glowingly, of his collaboration with New Yorker songsmith Pepi Ginsberg on her poetic third album, Red; a sterling, summery, sweetly set that I bestowed with a proud place on my list of 10 Killer Under-the-Radar Albums that made 2008 great. Read on, electric children...
Photo © [Elizabeth Weinberg]
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