Crocodiles Record Insound Studio Session

Crocodiles were busy last month in New York before having to call off the rest of their dates due to a family health emergency. The Dum Dum Girls also canceled and my thoughts are with Kristin and Brandon. While in NYC, Crocodiles recorded an Insound Session.
From Insound:

Crocodiles came in to record a session while they were in town for a couple of shows this month. The band laid into three new tracks from their latest album Sleep Forever and one classic cut from Summer of Hate and all four songs came out absolutely fantastic. Get a link to download the other three tracks from the session free with the purchase of Sleep Forever.

I was trying to embed the video, but the code isn't working. You can check it all out here, including the free download of "Mirrors".

Happy Dum Dum Day!

Dum Dum Girls' Sub Pop debut I Will Be is out today. You can check it out and buy here.

Here's the video for "Jail La La" with a cameo of Brandon.

Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

See the Dum Dum Girls at the Casbah on April 17 with Love Is All. Buy tickets here.

Catch Brandon a week later when Crocodiles perform on April 24. Tickets available here.

This Friday: Art Fag Fest + Win FREE Tickets

Art Fag Fest with No Age, Crocodiles, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, Ganglians, Grass Widow, Ty Segall @ San Diego Woman's Club, 3rd & Maple in Hillcrest, 5pm, All Ages $15

This Friday, Art Fag Records in conjunction with the Casbah, brings together some of the most buzzed about bands on the interwebs for our San Diego enjoyment. This is an all ages show at the San Diego Woman's Club and I have TWO PAIRS of tickets to giveaway. Just shoot me an e-mail with subject NO AGE. Include your full name and a phone number and I'll pick a winner sometime after Thanksgiving dinner.

Sub-Pop Signs Dum Dum Girls

I'm a little hurt that I didn't get any direct word about Grand Ole Party's are-they-breaking-up-or-staying-together-or-changing-lineup news but I suppose when you have a full record to be released in the fall, there are certain contractual obligations to quell rumors even if they're true. Or not true. Or whatever. I get it.

I also get why there might be a conflict of interest were a new project (or two) to pop up, so I understand why, if such a project existed, the hypothetical project would exist online as a mystery and claim to be from a generic city. And even if the hypothetical project got signed to SubPop, you probably wouldn't want bloggers and media to know about it. And definitely no photos. It's cool. I won't spill the beans.