Art Fag, the tiny label that recently brought us Ye Olde Maid's God Blesses Us, Mother Dresses Us is about to deliver a very solid 4-way split 7" between the recently Sub Popped Dum Dum Girls, BTW…   Read Story »

This past weekend was all about the USA, and nothing says America quite like a day full of shitgaze in a graffitied, degenerated yard under some train tracks in Bushwick (or "East Williamsburg," if…   Read Story »

San Diego JAMC and MJ-digging BTW, Dum Dum Girls collaborators, and all around harworkers Crocodiles have a new video for their Summer Of Hate title track. (Yes, just in time for your summer of…   Read Story »

It wouldn't be all that risky to say everyone of a certain age has a Michael Jackson moment. He was a cultural phenomenon on a much larger scale than almost anyone else making music today (in some…   Read Story »

Saturday's double-bill at the Troubadour yielded a couple of fun facts. First, we learned that the night's opener, BTW Crocodiles, were being filmed for a profile on an upcoming episode of your…   Read Story »

San Diego BTW Crocodiles evoke Jesus & Mary Chain, VU, and the Spacemen 3 with their stripped-down, dark noise-pop, but the duo is one of our favorite new bands because they write super songs, not…   Read Story »

For those of you who've given up on the Vivian Girls because of that bathtub interview, here's a chance to wipe the slate clean and find some all-Girls noise-pop by someone from another coast. We've…   Read Story »

When we gathered up our favorite artists' year-end lists No Age included Crocodiles' "Neon Jesus" as one of their top 10 "shredders" of '08: "[Crocodiles are] a great new band from San Diego. This…   Read Story »