Just like that Cold Cave piece that we put up the other day, this one is from the archives and found itself yellowing and fraying at the edges and crying out to be read. So we heeded its plea and here it is. If you aren’t familiar with Crocodiles yet, you must have been locked in cave in Llandudno for the last 12 months and you should go and listen to their shimmering downer hit “Summer of Hate” right now. Read more »
Posts Tagged ‘Crocodiles’
Vice Singles Club, 4 August, 2009
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I desperately wanted to hate this – everything about this band has always screamed “AVOID” at me in huge elephant letters. However, they bypass the wanky sub-No Age teen thrills of their peers and go straight for a Real Kids/Television/Flamin’ Groovies dirty power-pop jugular. Seems almost entirely engineered for sad, middle-aged record collector scum like me, so clearly they’re never actually going to get any bigger.
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Three Cheers for Beaters
Joining the seemingly endless stream of ace new bands from San Diego, along with Crocodiles, Dum Dum Girls (who now play live) and Wavves, Beaters are self-described mutant punks. They’re a bit Liars, a bit E.S.G., a bit early New Order and a whole lot better than The Beatings (remember them?). Singer Jeremy and drummer Andrew used to play in garage-punks The Sess and Ale Mania. I’ve never seen them because they don’t let people with no money ride planes to America, but apparently they’re great live. Who knows, maybe someone will pay for them to come to the UK and we can all have fun together. Here’s a Beaters track. Read more »
This is the Summer Of Hate
If you are smart and solvent enough to live in London, then last night you’d have been at The Old Blue Last to see the first ever UK show by two guys who used to be in The Plot To Blow Up The Eifel Tower. Just joshing around, Crocodiles are great if you are into reverb soaked garage pop and if you haven’t heard of them yet then this must be the first time you have ever looked at the internet. How’s that working out for you? I know the pop-ups are a bit annoying, and Twitter doesn’t make any sense, but Google Maps is a total Godsend. Click on for a free Crocodiles track.
