DR. DOG has been creating music in various incarnations in their hometown of Philadelphia for nearly four years now. Starting with their humble first release, The Psychedelic Swamp (a concept album realized in the damp ruin of a flooded basement), up to the just-released EASY BEAT, which finds the band much more lyrically and musically complex (though recorded just as organically as previous releases). This five piece collective continues to push each other's creative inner selves in order to gain new musical heights while converting and gaining new fans with each passing day--proving the adage, “good things happen to good people.”

Although Dr. Dog has as many as 20 honorary "members" who have assisted in various capacities throughout the years, the core of the collective consists of five musicians all from various musical backgrounds. Imagine The Beach Boys, Beatles, Tom Waits, David Bowie and Neil Young as acknowledged influences that have been interpreted through they eyes of Pavement, Palace Brothers, R. Stevie Moore or Roy Wood. Still with us?

Currently, the lineup is as such: Toby Leaman on bass and singing, Scott McMicken on woof+mud distortion solo guitar and voice, Andrew Jones on lean clean occasionally tremolo'd guitar, Juston Stens on trapset and harmonies and Zach Miller on keyboards.

"We've all done our share of playing. Toby and Scott have played together in myriad of bands including Raccoon, Unleash the Bastards, and Beard; Andrew played bass in Raccoon and manages the phenomenal The Teeth; Zach has played with Bradford Trojan and Traffic Jam and studied jazz guitar; and Juston is the man behind the punk outfits It's Turbo Time and Oddnormal.

Up until now the live arena has been the band’s primary source for showcasing their music. "We've played around Philadelphia a good number times, places like TLA, North Star, the Khyber, and we’ve made it over to Brooklyn and Manhattan too. We’ve also accompanied My Morning Jacket on two short tours." - the second of which also featured M. Ward - who personally requested that Dr. Dog open for him.

Easy Beat was recorded earlier this year and is the band's first proper release.