Dolorean Rules

Once I was a college freshman with something of a crush on a girl who loved Pedro the Lion. I didn’t know who this band was, since I had been listening to 92.3 KGON’s Classic Rock pretty much exclusively for the past five years, and quit buying secular CD’s because I was that sort of a Christian. But I jumped at the chance when she suggested we go see their concert, and did my best to red-herring questions like, “didn’t you just cry the first time you heard ‘Secret of the Easy Yoke?’” At any rate, we got to the Crystal Ballroom real early and a band called Dolorean opened for them. They were from Portland and they didn’t seem to have any pretensions beyond consistently sounding as awesome as Neil Young. I was taken. The girl married some dude a year or so later, but that’s hardly anything to be too sad over when I got a band as rad as Dolorean out of the deal. Since then they have gotten all kinds of grown up in their sound, with last years’ engrossing album, “You Can’t Win,” which has a haunting but comforting darkness that isn’t heavy-handed, but runs deep into the fabric of all the songs. Their concert last night at the Doug Fir was tremendous. If you haven’t heard this band, go buy “Violence in Snowy Fields” immediately. I wish there were a video to share with you, but sadly, there is not. You can, however, download to of their songs for free here.