San Diego zoo has a couple motionless crocodiles you can look at through a glass window, but San Diego the city created the far from motionless band of the same name. Rumor has it that the Crocodiles‘ lead singer has some pretty fancy footwork on the stage and he may look like Bob Dylan but don’t go calling him Bob or Dylan. The duo made use of the drum machine in such a way in Soft Skull (In My Room) it is definitely a hit at first listen. The band also has a blog somewhat appropriately [and hilariously] entitled KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL KILL. Appropriate in that their album released earlier this year is called Summer of Hate and the second song on it is called I Wanna Kill. Despite all these negative titles, their music happens to uplift the listener; it is not at all harsh on the ears nor does it make one want to put razor to wrist. They recently toured with UK band The Horrors but catch them live touring with UK bands Pens and Graffiti Island on their West Coast Summer Tour – Coming to a Spaceland near you this coming Thursday August 27th, Los Angeles! ..and you can look at these Crocodiles from the front row, kill a glass window.
Listen to ‘Soft Skull (In My Room)’ Here
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I know it may be a little too late to still be talking about New Years, but some things resonate for a bit longer. The only good part of my night was curling up in a fetal position on the floor next to the speaker at my friend Nat’s house listening to the soothing sounds of Sauerkraut, a compilation from Price Pearlman. Sauerkraut features a vast array of some of the finest Krautrock from the 70’s and 80’s. The contents include but are not limited to: Neu!, Can, Faust, Kraftwerk, Harmonium, Cluster, and various combinations of these bands members and solo projects. Check out Silberstreif, the first track on Vol. 3 by Michael Rother, which I consider to be my theme song for 2009 (despite the fact it was recorded in the early 80’s). Rother was a founding member of Kraftwerk and Neu! as well as performing with Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius (the duo also known as Cluster) under the name Harmonium. Some people like to say that you’ll spend the rest of your year like you spend NYE. Considering how much action Sauerkraut’s getting on my ipod, I’d say for the first time that sounds about right.
Listen to “Silberstreif” Here
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“On The Dino Soars, Stegosaurus Rex presents an interesting collection of homemade electronica. Unlike most bedroom computer-made albums, The Dino Soars jumps across styles, touching on hip-hop and house beats, downbeat trip-hop, electro-pop, and even a bit of experimental, droney electronica.
Listen to “Nowhere to Run” Here
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This album is pretty hard to find. You may have heard some of Metronomy’s remixes before but this track off their newest album, “Nights Out”, that dropped in September is ill.
Listen to “A Thing For Me” Here
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