Best New Bands » crocodiles http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Crocodiles at Mercury Lounge in New York http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crocodiles-mercury-lounge-new-york/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crocodiles-mercury-lounge-new-york/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2015 23:57:33 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=25191 New York – Crocodiles played the penultimate date of their North American tour at Mercury Lounge in the Lower East Side on June 7th.  The band has been touring in support of their recently released album Boys, out on Zoo Music (lead vocalist Brandon Welchez’ and his wife Dee Dee Penny’s [of Dum Dum Girls]

Continue Reading →

The post Crocodiles at Mercury Lounge in New York appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Jack + Eliza at New York’s Mercury Lounge New York – Jack + Eliza, comprised of childhood friends Jack Staffen and Eliza Callahan played a homecoming show at Mercury Lounge.  The band had just returned from a short UK tour that saw them play Dot to Dot festival, showcasing...
  2. Avi Buffalo Charms Fans At Manhattan’s Mercury Lounge New York – Kicking off an early show at Manhattan’s much-loved Mercury Lounge the other night, Avi Buffalo charmed fans with an hour-long set of melody-heavy, rambling tracks. True to this act’s quietly electric identity, the night was both intimate and moving,...
  3. Family Matters: Wardell Plays The Mercury Lounge New York – Wardell threw a party to commemorate the release of their self-released debut album Love/Idleness, which came out this week. The show had a warm, celebratory atmosphere, with many people in the sold-out crowd seemingly friends of the...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/crocodiles-mercury-lounge-new-york/feed/ 0 Mixtape 41 – CMJ 2013 Edition: Lorde, Kishi Bashi, Crocodiles And More http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-41-cmj-2013-edition-lorde-kishi-bashi-crocodiles-and-more/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-41-cmj-2013-edition-lorde-kishi-bashi-crocodiles-and-more/#comments Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:02:37 +0000 New York – We’re gearing up big time for the CMJ 2013 Music Marathon, and this playlist serves as both a look at some new music and recent coverage on BestNewBands.com, along with a preview of music to check out during the festival. First up though, James reviewed Lorde’s highly impressive debut, Pure Heroine, citing that it “lives

Continue Reading →

The post Mixtape 41 – CMJ 2013 Edition: Lorde, Kishi Bashi, Crocodiles And More appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Interview: Kishi Bashi Nashville – K Ishibashi has been playing the indie music circuit for a while now, opening for Regina Spektor and collaborating with the members in Of Montreal and Jupiter One. It wasn’t until the 2011 release of his debut album...
  2. Album Review: Lorde – Pure Heroine   London – As most 16 year olds have been returning to school over the past few weeks, Ella Yelich-O’Connor, better known as Lorde, has been preparing for the launch of her highly anticipated debut album “Pure Heroine”.  Since being...
  3. Featured Artist: Crocodiles Seattle – Crocodiles should not be confused with the 1970’s New Zealand pop stars “The” Crocodiles. No one in The Crocodiles is married to Dum Dum Girls’ front-woman Dee Dee Penny; The Crocodiles didn’t have an album produced by Sune...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/mixtapes/mixtape-41-cmj-2013-edition-lorde-kishi-bashi-crocodiles-and-more/feed/ 0 Featured Artist: Crocodiles http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-crocodiles/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-crocodiles/#comments Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:43:33 +0000 Seattle – Crocodiles should not be confused with the 1970’s New Zealand pop stars “The” Crocodiles. No one in The Crocodiles is married to Dum Dum Girls’ front-woman Dee Dee Penny; The Crocodiles didn’t have an album produced by Sune Rose Wagner of The Ravonettes; Cat Power has not appeared in any of The Crocodiles

Continue Reading →

The post Featured Artist: Crocodiles appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Featured Artist: SISU It wouldn’t be out of line to assume that you have heard or at least heard of  a band called Dum Dum Girls, but what about SISU? Chances are this name may be a little less familiar to you, but...
  2. Featured Artist: Bleached   Today’s styling of punk music is harder to find than before. This can be attributed to the watered down version of pop punk that nearly destroyed the genre and turned punk from a lifestyle and attitude into just another...
  3. Featured Artist: Cayucas Over the past few years, along with electronic music, indie pop bands have found themselves in the unfamiliar position of becoming fixtures on alt rock stations, but also pop radio. Groups like Grouplove, fun. and Passion Pit, have redefined what...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/featured-artist-crocodiles/feed/ 0 Preview: Berlin Festival http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/preview-berlin-festival/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/preview-berlin-festival/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:50:23 +0000 Berlin Festival, taking place September 7-8 in Berlin, Germany is a great reason to visit the city. You can go early for the music and stay after the fest is over, because your festival wristband not only gets you into the festival grounds, but the entire city by entitling you to various discounts with vendors

Continue Reading →

The post Preview: Berlin Festival appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Earshot Jazz Festival, a Preview A grand congregation featuring over 50 shows of the nations most acclaimed and promising jazz musicians will form in Seattle on October 15 and conclude 23 days later on November 7. The annual Earshot Jazz festival, established in 1984, has...
  2. Festival Preview: Bonnaroo What Bonnaroo does better than any other North American festival is purvey that communal atmosphere of Woodstock. As great as the festival’s atmosphere is, let’s talk about some of the bands we’re most excited to see. They’re not exactly a...
  3. Seattle’s Decibel Festival, a Preview Seven years ago music enthusiast Sean Horton founded the Decibel Festival in Seattle, bringing to life an exhibition of his passion. The identity of the festival was the electronic music scene and the effect of it, in a city that...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/festivals/preview-berlin-festival/feed/ 0 San Diego’s Transfer Make Their Own Fate http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/san-diegos-transfer-makes-their-own-fate/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/san-diegos-transfer-makes-their-own-fate/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 22:00:00 +0000 Transfer first got on the radar of myself and many others as the opening act for Brandon Flowers, which you can read about HERE. I enjoyed the San Diego rock band very much, but I also a little embarrassed that such an amazing band had eluded me. Fronted by Matthew Molarius on guitar, Jason Cardenas,

Continue Reading →

The post San Diego’s Transfer Make Their Own Fate appeared first on Best New Bands.

Related posts:

  1. Brandon Flowers Warms Up New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom Last night, former (current, perhaps, as their Christmas single was released this week) frontman of The Killers and now solo act, Brandon Flowers graced the stage of New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom last night for a sold-out and I mean, SOLD-OUT...
  2. Delta Spirit Rock The Music Box and A Conversation With Matthew Vasquez At 11 pm on Wednesday night at the Music Box on Hollywood Blvd., San Diego-natives Delta Spirit took to the stage for their largest headlining show to date in the City of Angels. Having recently sold out the El Rey...
  3. Q&A: Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales When people hear Craigslist experiences, they only think of the gloom and doom that could occur from these chance meetings. But fortunately for Queens, New York-based Freelance Whales, the results couldn’t have gone more swimmingly. The band’s name is derived...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/san-diegos-transfer-makes-their-own-fate/feed/ 0