Los Crocodilos
Our name is a fiction; it is our own criolle, a bastardization of two different tongues.
So too is our music.
As a song begins on an acoustic guitar, an English troubadour remembers the vibrance of the Rio Carnival. The percussion rattles, more primal still, stretched on a skin from Africa. The bass fat and funky drives away, then a flute trickles down, cascading in a whirlwind of sound as it dips and soars. Voices sing of times of violence, and of bruised hearts unbroken.
At times, we lie in the sun, our jaws agape, with something akin to a smile. At times we twist beneath the surface, every roll and spin cutting through the flesh.
There are no borders. The lines on the map mean less and less, scuffed away by so many crossings. The music we love lies on such blurred frontiers, it is the language of No Man's Land.
<KateGoes To The Teen Age; + Voluntary Butler Scheme, Tokyo Storm Warning + The Dead Fish
with records being played by Grandmaster Gareth and Teenage Projections from FilmFicciones.
THURSDAY 3rd APRIL
at the HARE AND HOUNDS BIRMINGHAM Kings Heath High Street, B14 7JZ
8pm - midnight £4adv/£5 door
Dress up as a teenager from any era. punks, hippies, teddy boys, goths, ravers, mods, rockers, bugsy malone, frenchie, the fonz, 80's kids, bboys, harry potter, any teenager etc
Best Costume wins a NEW KateGoes CD "Happy Dancing" exclusively available at FOPP music stores.
Indeed we will be sharing the bill in Walsall. Should be an interesting night - there's rumours of a brewery beer tasting session as part of the entertainment...
Hi, mate - cheers for the find and the listen. Glad you're liking the sound. The cellist will indeed be down and around at the Yardbird. Looking forward to seeing you live, too. Should be a good 'un.
RICHARD BURKE (Moseley Folk Festival) Somewhere between Elliot Smith and Belle & Sebastian. Brilliant!
MICKY GREANEY (Moseley Folk Festival) Considered to be one of the best songwriter to emerge from the region in the past decade.
CHRISSY VAN DYKE - enchanting, beautiful and captivating voice and lyrics. Previous guest at Ronnie Scotts, winner of a U-Music award on MTV.
Music, comedy, poetry, tarot reading, raffel prizes all night, cakes, cookies, and so much more. Donate the cheeziest prize you can to bring much more excitment and fun make to the evening.
How can you miss out?
Open mic, and i'm looking for acts for the Sunday Flea Market with Jibbering Sound System @ the Custard Factory! So if you wanna get involved, get in contact... Em.
Los Crocodilos will be performing tonight at mac come rain or shine - the only mystery is whether we will be inside or al fresco... So make your way down this evening and shelter from the storms in Birminghams only warm haven of merriment. And its free!!!
Hola hola.. I see that the Ceol Castle will be invaded by Multi-socio-musicultural phenomenon of crocodiles such as yourselves! This shall be a show of courage, skills and Joy to remember! I will be there!I hope that all the space dwellers attend too! and we shall party until the sun comes out! PEACE & WISDOM.
thanks for the comment, Level Four seems to be the track that gets most attention. Im in the process of trying to assemble more musicians to recreate what you hear. So if you know any violinists etc... Hope you're all good and the music is going well. Good to hear from you Matt
Im back from my 5 day mofine binge in hospital following an operation, and getting back to the important things, music, drinking and having fun.(Not necessarily in that order!)
Give it a couple of days and i'll be back on fighting form, with turbo charged crutches!
Jibbering Events and Club-Foot-Cutler brings you BaZaaR.
29th May, Upstairs @ Bull's Head, Moseley
£3 in and worth every penny.
Some spectacular talent from around the midlands, all ready to keep you entertained from 8pm - 11.30pm.
Bring amusing raffel prizes to donate to the infamous raffel, and win yourself some real treasures!
I've recorded some of my tracks in a studio last Sunday and I've uploaded them with a couple of new tracks on my page. If you've got 5 minutes, please have a listen and give me some feedback. Good or bad I'd really appreciate it.
Hello, Los Crocodilios! I'm loving your sound! I'll be coming from Brooklyn in July to see one of your gigs. BTW - Your new percussionist Jav is quite the papi chulo! ;p
lovely to meet you guys, had a very enjoyable tuesday night... vocals reminded me of Richard Thompson, hope to catch you again, stay in touch, peace and luv Matt
Thankyou for your kind gift! Emma had mentioned you were going to try and give me something, but i never expected all that; so cheers, and it was a pleasure working with you. I'm looking forward to the second ep, ££ or no ££.
Anyway, james, how are preperations going with the statue people? I'm looking forward to seeing the finished result in moseley. by any chance are they employing 15 year olds and drunks to build it? i keep seeing them in in centre of moseley, though they don't appear to be working too hard.
Cheers for the mic stands janine and mike, just remind saxy croc to get them off me for you
