Neon Crocodiles....Show # 314

The Crocodiles, who are from San Diego, California formed in 2008. The band which can be best described as a Noise Pop and Indie Rock band, draws influences from bands such as Jesus and The Mary Chain, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Spacemen 3. The bands members Brandon Welchez (programming/vocals) and Charles Rowel (guitar/syntheziser) were put together from two separate Noise Punk bands called The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower and Some Girls. The band gained a good amount of exposure when they released a split 7 inch single with the band No Age. Their song featured on this 2008 single was called "Neon Jesus". The band describe thier music and artistic merits by their own credo, guitars, loud, feedback, bliss. In April of 2009, The Crocodiles released their first album, which was entited Summer of Hate on Fat Possum Records.

The Crocodiles have been acknowledged as being an excellent live band and have released several split 7 inch singles and singles of their own since the release of Summer of Hate. Recently they have released a single for the song "Sleep Forever" which is a song from their next upcoming album which will be titled Sleep Forever. The album is set to be released in September 2010. It was produced by James Ford who has worked with Simian Mobile Disco, The Last Shadow Puppets and Arctic Monkeys. Their new song "Sleep Forever" can be downloaded free via the Fat Possum website.

The Play List:

1. The Cramps - Drug Train
2. The Del Feugos - I Always Call Her Back
3. The Chosen Few - Slimey Characters
4. Velvet Underground - I'm Not A Young Man Anymore (Live)
5. Luke Doucet and the White Falcon - Dirty, Dirty Blonde
6. Land of Talk - Quarry Hymns
7. Siskiyou - Everything I Have
8. The Evaporators - You Got Me Into This, Now You Get Me Out
9. The Burnin' Sands - Don't Feed The Sharks
10. Atomic 7 - Theme From Atomic 7
11. The Tiki Tones - Go Go Loco
12. The Panasonics - Panther
13. Link Wray - Deuces Wild
14. Wavves - Linus Spacehead
15. Neats - 6
16. Deniz Tek Group - Workingman's Shoes
17. Will Currie and The County French & Sloan - Push Pins
18. King - My Baby Don't Care (BBC Session)
19. Carbon/Silicon - The Best Man
20. Crocodiles - Flash of Light
21. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Time
22. The Postelles - White Night
23. Wreckless Eric - Reconnez Cherie

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