The Dodos, an American indie-rock duo composed of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber, played at La Sala Rossa on March 2nd, 2015. They did not have any additional touring members, and it made all the difference. The duo was incredibly energetic, and performed well together, capturing the full attention of the crowd. They opened with "Goodbyes and Endings" off their newly released album, Individ. Although the vocals were buried under disappointing sound quality, the packed audience responded well to their performance, slowly singing and dancing along.

Scott McCaughey's The Minus 5 initially started out as a side project, acting as an outlet for songs he wrote while in the Young Fresh Fellows, but that didn't quite fit the sound of his principal band. Formed in 1993, with the notion that every album released would feature a different cast of musicians, McCaughey assembled Peter Buck of R.E.M., and Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow from The Posies to record 1995's debut album Old Liquidator.

A special edition of Best of the West (March 11 @ 9am) will feature an interview with Victoria based musician JP Maurice. JP was recently involved in a mockumentary shoot for a project called Breaking Up Broken Down about three musicians who go on tour in Europe and basically break up over the course of the series (four episodes). JP did the music for the series, which was filmed across his first tour of Europe.

"Winter Nights, Spring Days, Summer Nights" is a winter survival mix tape curated by Remi Caron-Liss from At the Movies with Iconic Sounds (Tuesdays 8 AM).

Winter Nights (Light in the darkness): Cold, Dark, Magical
Spring Days (New beginnings): Joyfulness, Energized, Invigorating
Summer Nights (Love is in the air): Reminiscing, Late Nights, Starry-Eyes

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