OK Go will perform on “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” this Friday, January 8th. The appearance comes just prior to the January 12th release of the band’s latest album, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky, which earned a 4 ½ star out of 5 review from Alternative Press, reminding the critic to “start drafting that ‘Best of 2010′ list, right now” while Spin praised it as “ambitious,” comparing the rhythm section to a “stealth weapon…they explode with the force of a polyrhythmic fireworks display.”
The group has been busy developing videos to accompany each of the album’s 13 tracks. With 175 million video streams and counting, OK Go is the most-downloaded band ever. The group created an international phenomenon in 2005 with its “A Million Ways” video, which simply featured the four members dancing in a backyard, and followed it with the decade’s most-viewed music video, “Here It Goes Again,” which was awarded a GRAMMY®.
MySpace will give the album its worldwide premiere on January 7th and NPR’s “Morning Edition” will run a piece on OK Go the following day, January 8th. Tastemaker radio stations such as KCRW are playing numerous tracks from the record, which was produced by ex-Mercury Rev member David Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT) and is the follow-up to 2005’s Oh No.
The Dodos will be making their US television debut this Friday January 8th on The Late Show With David Letterman! Please tune in to what will prove to be one of the greatest TV performances of 2010. And Airing Monday, December 21, at 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT, and re-airing several more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase “Check 1, 2: The Dodos.”Indie rock outfit The Dodos use their unconventional approach to conjure up some beautiful, live noise. Follow the band on their journey down the Pacific Coast starting in their hometown of San Francisco. In Big Sur they present a magical set at the Henry Miller Library. Several days later they visit the legendary Casbah in San Diego. This intimate mini-documentary features songs such as “Fools” from the band’s breakout release Visitor as well as “Fables” and “This is a Business” from their most recent Frenchkiss Records offering Time To Die.
