LIVE: MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST III – 13/06/2015

– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – On the back of two successful events last year, Manchester Psych Fest brings about their third installment with an eclectic line up which does have one questioning what exactly is ‘psych’ these days. First on the bill we have one of the newest members of the Manchester psych […]
Crocodiles have shared their new single Crybaby Demon, which is released today. The track is taken from the California band’s forthcoming fifth album Boys, which is set to be released on Zoo Music on May 11. The other side of the 7″ single features a cover of Hot Chocolate’s disco classic, U Sexy Thing. The […]

CROCODILES SHARE NEW SINGLE AND ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM

LIVE: CROCODILES – 23/05/2014

– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – A lot can happen in four years, and so it is with San Diego’s Crocodiles. I saw them four years ago and reviewed them for Silent Radio (here) when they toured in support of their Sleep Forever album. Reading back over that review, I think I was in two […]
– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – As I enter the musical cave that is The Ruby Lounge I can say that I haven’t seen it this busy in a long time. The atmosphere is great, people queuing for the bar, waiting for the band to start and the loud noise of chatter. Once Kult Country […]

LIVE: CROCODILES / KULT COUNTRY – 28/08/2013

Album Review: Crocodiles – Crimes of Passion

With summer almost over, it’s a shame the new Crocodiles album Crimes of Passion has arrived in August as it would have provided the perfect soundtrack to soak up those boozy afternoon sessions in the park. Formed after their previous punk bands had split, Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell decided to continue on their musical […]
Crocodiles represent everything about life-affirming Rock’n’Roll: they bring light out of darkness; they match reckless noise with the most beautiful melodies; they catch you off guard whilst sounding like the most perfect kind of right for the right here, right now. Charles and Brandon have been making music together since they were 18.  They met in […]

NEWS: CROCODILES – NEW LP + LISTEN TO ‘COCKROACH’

NEWS: CROCODILES – FREE DOWNLOAD OF ‘ENDLESS FLOWERS’ + NEW ALBUM & SINGLE

San Diego’s Crocodiles have unveiled the second single to be taken from their forthcoming third album. The new single ‘Endless Flowers’, out June 11th, is taken from the album of the same name, out June 4th on Souterrain Transmissions. It sees the band, as vocalist Brandon Welchez describes himself “stepping from monochrome into full colour” […]
After giving the super summery Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9) away for free last month, San Diego’s Crocodiles have revealed more music from their forthcoming album ‘Endless Flowers’ with a spoof infomercial album teaser. They have also unveiled the record’s slightly controversial artwork & an appearance at Field Day Festival. The first single from the album, […]

NEWS: CROCODILES – SPOOF INFOMERCIAL ALBUM TEASER

SINGLE: CROCODILES – SLEEP FOREVER

Leave your wetsuit at home, but do remember your Ray-Bans. Hailing from San Diego, Crocodiles are explorers of the darker side of Californian life. In the moody ‘Sleep Forever’, Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell layer reverberating vocals over jagged synth to fashion a piece of retro-while-contemporary noise-pop. Elsewhere in their catalogue nods to post-punk abound, […]