Today Johnny Cash would have been 85 years old.
We remember him listening to the amazing music he created.
We saw RIDE on tour almost two years ago, it was amazing, and after 20 years they recorded a new album, to be released this summer on Wichita Recordings. The album was produced by Erol Alkan and mixed by the band’s longtime collaborator, Alan Moulder.
“Charm Assault” is the first song we get to listen, it’s a great song we can’t wait to hear more.
Andy Bell says “Charm Assault is a pretty straightforward expression of frustration and disgust at the people who currently run our country. The tour in 2015 was a good way of reminding us what we were good at in the first place and Charm Assault feels like a natural continuation from our peak. When we started writing together again we tried to imagine we’d kept on making music all this time, and this was just the latest one.”
Morrissey
“Tomorrow” from the album ‘Your arsenal’
Last Saturday night Crocodiles played at Moustache Bar, in Tijuana, with AJ Davila.
Also on the bill for the night were Channel (Burger Records) and local band Some Kind Of Lizard.
Some Kind Of Lizard opened the show. 
Afterwards it was time for Channel to take the stage. 
Photo: Carolina Rodríguez
Photo: Carolina Rodríguez
AJ Davila’s set was probably the one we enjoyed the most. His backup band were the Crocodiles themselves, and AJ Dávila came out swinging and did not stop until his set was finished. He looked like he was singing from his heart and performing with everything he had. He was charismatic and playful with the very receptive audience.
At one point one of Crocodile’s guitars popped a string and needed a spare, at this point is important to notice that Some Kind Of Lizard were kind enough to lend them one while the other got fixed.
Photo: Carolina Rodríguez
Photo: Carolina Rodríguez
The time for Crocodiles to take the stage came. And they came out to play for an audience that was very eager to listen to them. And while some danced, others sang and some more were trying to capture a moment with a picture, nonetheless everyone was connecting with the band in their own way.
They played a variety of new and old songs, but the crowd’s favorite was “I wanna kill”.
Photo: Carolina Rodríguez
Photo: Carolina Rodríguez
Due to the relentless rain, the show was moved to the second floor in the venue and it was a much better option sound wise than having it outside, not so much for the rain but because of the audio.
Another thing to point out is that at times, (most of it), the crowd felt bland, like they did not know how to react to the band that was performing in front of them. It was almost like they were just standing there waiting for some sort of intervention or direction as to what to do and when to start enjoying the music.
Thank you to Carolina Rodríguez for providing us with additional photography.
Here is the trailer for the film directed by Steve Ellison, aka Flying Lotus.
“Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, Kuso is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles’ worst quake nightmare. Travel between screens and between aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived.”
“Currency”, new song from The Black Angels, off the new album ‘Death Song’ out April 21st.
This sounds beautiful…
From David Bowie, “No Plan” EP, available now for download and streaming.
“No Plan” video directed by Tom Hingston.
The Jesus and Mary chain new song “Always sad”, from their new album ‘Damage and Joy’, out March 24th.
Last December they released “Amputation”, also from ‘Damage and joy’, their first album since 1998.
Sampha – “(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano”
Taken from his debut album, ‘Process’ via Young Turks
i think i better follow you around 