Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

The Doctor Is In

If Lennon/McCartney wrote indie rock — and some might argue that they did — it would probably sound a lot like Dr. Dog. Or, as Paste magazine suggests in their recent review of the Philadelphia quintet’s latest Fate, the band “employs unabashed Beatles arrangements as if the Fab Four were a genre unto themselves and Dr. Dog merely traditionalists.” Well put. But as unavoidable as such comparisons are, the group should not be dismissed as mere Sgt. Pepper acolytes. Clever lyrical witticism and deft, hook-laden pop song craft clearly set Dr. Dog apart from the pack. Catch them this Monday with indie upstarts Delta Spirit and Mexicana ‘60s pop revivalists Hacienda.