A notoriously eclectic bunch, The Dont's spend several hours a week improvising in their San Francisco studio next to a glass factory in Bayview, while retaining hundreds of hours of experimental recordings since forming in 2003. INNER EL CAMINO, their sophomore release, hit the streets in early 2007. The Dont's were named CMJ/Sonicbids Artist of the Week (February 2007), SF Deli Magazine's Artist of the Month (March 2007) and were selected to showcase at CMJ Music Marathon 2007 in New York this fall and Noise Pop 2008 in San Francisco.

Recorded at SF Soundworks and John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone, 2007's INNER EL CAMINO features Tom Waits' onetime horn virtuoso, Ralph Carney, as The Dont's expand their indie rock palate to incorporate jagged new-wave romps, crusty psychedelica and their trademark no-fi balladry.

In April 2005, the band self-released MISC RADIO LEAKAGE, a binaurally recorded foray into the depths of love and commerce. Leakage found the four pursuing darkly melodic passages inspired by Can, the Fall, Flaming Lips, Bauhaus, and vintage Talking Heads, garnering acclaim from several national zines, publications and online reviews.

Out of Mind

Talking Heads, The Fall, CAN, Pixies, Modest Mouse