On Saturday, November 23rd, Dopapod kicked off their Emit Time Fall Tour at Theatre of Living Arts (TLA) in Philadelphia, PA with support from DOMi & JD Beck. The performance by the fan-favorite jam quartet featured the debut of a new original song as well as the onstage addition of a horn section for a nod to Radiohead.
The band’s new song, “Velcro”, kicked off the first set as keyboardist Eli Winderman’s Moog synthesizer took the spotlight for the murky funk groove. The end of the first set saw guitarist Rob Compa, bassist Chuck Jones, and drummer Neal “Fro” Evans took on the title track from Radiohead’s 2000 album, Kid A, before welcoming a horn section to the stage to play another selection from Kid A, “The National Anthem”.
On Monday, Dopapod premiered a full, pro-shot video of their tour opener courtesy of MKDevo. You can watch the full performance below:
Dopapod – 11/23/19 – Full Pro-Shot Video
[Video: Dopapod]
Dopapod has two more shows in the midwest with support from paris_monster scheduled for next week (12/6 in Chicago, IL; 12/7 in Covington, KY). From there, the band will close out 2019 with a string of performances on the east coast to finish out the year (12/13 & 12/14 in Boston, MA with Jojo Mayer / NERVE; 12/27 in Asheville, NC with Ghost-Note; 12/28 in Atlanta, GA with Ghost-Note). In January, Dopapod will get back on the road for a run of west dates with Organ Freeman (1/17 in San Francisco, CA; 1/18 in Los Angeles, CA) and Cycles (1/24 in Portland, OR; 1/25 in Seattle, WA).
Tickets and information are available here.
Setlist: Dopapod | Theatre of the Living Arts | Philadelphia, PA | 11/23/19
Set One: Velcro¹, Dracula’s Monk -> Nerds, FABA, Like A Ball, STADA, Kid A² > National Anthem²,³
Set Two: Bats in the Cave -> Mucho⁴ > Blast -> Grow⁵ -> Blast, November, Sonic -> PIP
Encore: French
¹Debut
²Radiohead cover
³with horns
⁴only intro
⁵LTP 5/23/15, 274 shows ago