San Diego's Crocodiles have a lo-fi edge unparalleled this side of Black Lips. Cutting through you like a rusty knife, their songs perfectly meld essential noise rock elements with dizzying chord progressions that sound like they've been through a washing machine filled with absinthe. Their debut album, Summer of Hate (2009) bridges the gap between Hüsker Dü and T. Rex, and does it in such a careless flourish that you cannot help but be drawn into the séance-esque beats. Crocodiles - Soft Skull (In My Room) [mp3] from Summer of Hate
they are currently working on a new album with James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, The Last Shadow Puppets)
my roommate had the telly on and this commercial came on. at the end, I half-yelled "OMG IT'S JULIAN CASABLANCAS!" and she was all "what, where? I didn't see him" hahahhaha
anyhow, this movie looks cool. I totally dig Julianne Moore and the soundtrack is bound to be bitchin
Band of Horses have come a long way since their 2006 masterpiece debut, Everything all of the Time. The South Carolina band, originally from Seattle, retained their sweeping flourish of a sound well into their second album, Cease to Begin (2007). With this third LP, however, the band’s lineup has finally solidified, but the music has disintegrated. The starry album art for this new record would have been better utilized to express their earlier music—the songs found on this new offering do nothing to provoke the soul, let alone in the astral sense which you are misled lies within. Infinite Arms is a surrender to the mendacities of middle age—the oh-too-soft songs are like a testament to mediocrity and Bible camp. Half of the time, it sounds like a poor man’s Wilco via your grandmother’s weathered hymn book. The underdeveloped, cabin-recorded style is so far removed from the powerful songs that dominated their first two releases—there is no magic, just pitfall upon pitfall. There is a surplus of harmonies and none of them are anything remotely spectacular. If Ben Bridwell has any sense, he will get his ass back to the Northwestern coast and quickly, else he and his band fall by the wayside, just like the drippy songs found on this miserable excuse for a record.
DATES (I'm going to the GAMH show tonight) 06/30: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall > 07/1: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall > 07/2: Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex > 07/3: Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex > 07/4: Tucscon, AZ @ Club Congress 07/6: Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s 07/7: Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater 07/8: Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live 07/9: Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon 07/10: Birmingham, AL @ Workplay 07/12: Athens, GA @ 40 Watt > 07/13: Ashville, NC @ Orange Peel 07/14: Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar 07/16: Camden, NY @ XpoNential Music Fest/Wiggins Park-Camden Waterfront 07/17: Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival/ Union Park 07/23: New York, NY @ Seaport Music Festival/ Pier 17 08/07: Osaka, Japan @ Summer Sonic Music Festival/ Maishima Osaka Site 08/08: Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic Music Festival/ Chiba Marin Stadium 08/14: Bangor, ME @ Kahbang Festival
June 27--Boston, MA--WFNX Clam Bake June 28--Philadelphia, PA--Great Plaza at Penn's Landing * June 29--Toronto, ON--Sound Academy * July 1--Lansing, MI--The Loft July 2--Detroit, MI--The Fillmore * July 3--Chicago, IL--Aragon Ballroom * July 4--Milwaukee, WI--Summerfest July 11--Louisville, KY--Forecastle Festival July 12--Columbia, MO--The Blue Note July 13--Tulsa,OK--The Marquee July 15--Flagstaff, AZ--Orpheum Theatre July 16--Las Vegas, NV--The Joint * July 17--Tempe, AZ--Marquee Theatre * July 19--Austin, TX--Stubb’s Waller Creek * July 20--Houston, TX--Warehouse Live * July 21--Dallas, TX--Palladium Ballroom * July 23--Kansas City, MO--City Market * July 24--St. Louis, MO--Fair Saint Louis* July 26--Denver, CO--The Fillmore Auditorium * July 27--Salt Lake City, UT--The Rail * July 29--Portland, OR--Crystal Ballroom * July 31--Seattle, WA--The Paramount Theatre * August 2--Reno, NV--Grand Sierra Resort & Casino August 3--Oakland, CA--Fox Theatre August 6--Greek Theater--Los Angeles, CA August 12--Oslo, Norway--Oya Festival August 14--Eschwege, Germany--Open Flair 2010 August 15--Ankkarock, Finland--Ankkarock Festival August 17--Vienna, Austria--Open Air Festival August 18--Zurich, Switzerland--Rote Fabrik August 20--Gampel, Switzerland--Gampel Openair Festival August 21--Hasselt, Belgium--Pukkelpop August 22--Biddinghuizen, Holland--Lowlands Festival August 24--Malmo, Sweden--The Malmo Festival August 27--Reading, UK--Reading Festival August 29--Leeds, UK--Leeds Festival October 1--Wellington, New Zealand--San Francisco Bathhouse October 2--Newton, Auckland, New Zealand--Kings Arm October 5--Adelaide, Australia--Fowlers October 6--Perth, Australia--Capitol October 7--West End, Australia--Hi Fi Brisbane October 8--Melbourne, Australia--Hi Fi Melbourne October 9--Sydney, Australia--Metro October 10--Newcastle, Australia--Cambridge
via the new RS (the one with lady blah blah on the cover. don't buy it. I think that I actually became dumber, having read the cover article out of adventurous curiosity)
