the crocodile is back (old news) and the doves will be playing soon

i've been sleeping under a rock for the last few months so i have not been to the crocodile since it has reopened. i've probably missed out on a bunch of brilliant shows. c'est la vie.

i am already impressed. they have a facebook page. and they have a twitter account. even better, they have a vimeo account with exclusive performances by indie artists like telekinesis!

Telekinesis "Rust" from The Crocodile on Vimeo.

the first crocodile show i will attend will be may 20th for the doves. only $20 for the band that pitchfork raves as kind of like coldplay if only it was cool to like coldplay.

i have a theory that the comparison is merely coincidental. the doves are huge fans of robert fripp and king crimson. king crimson are kind of like pink floyd if only it was cool to like pink floyd but that is beside the point. robert fripp put out some terrific material where he collaborated with brian eno. and of course, coldplay's most recent album is produced by brian eno.

okay, i'm not going to draw any lines here. just show the dots.

no. actually, i'm going to show you for the title track of the doves latest album, kingdom of rust. which believe it or not, was the point of this blog.

capitol hill block party

this upcoming capitol hill block party in seattle looks fantastic. lets see... sonic youth, the gossip, deerhunter, black lips, the thermals, moondoggies, dutchess and the duke, sleepy eyes of death, starfucker... there are more. do you know who jesus lizard is? i've heard of the group but never really listened.

looks like this might be a viable alternative to the sasquatch music festival. if you want to see a bunch of credible indie bands, this festival might actually give you a run for your money. as i said before, who the hell are kings of leon? was it ever cool to listen to all those 'throwback' bands?

little by little, less cool than the year before

i've gone to sasquatch 4 years in a row. sometimes the music has been legendary and sometimes it has been so-so. from my experience, you only need two great bands to play and the whole experience seems like money well spent. this year, not so sure.

but the problem with big indie rock festivals is that by the time most artists make it to the main stage, they are already five years irrelevant. here is the laundry list of mistakes.

kings of leon are headlining saturday night. this band was never cool! it is a good thing crystal castles is playing at the same time in the dance tent or saturday would be an absolute failure.

the decemberists were invited. colin meloy and his love for prog rock have gone too far! obviously, i'm being a bit irrational here but i don't want to see the decemberists for a while. they sound too much like yes! or rush these days and i just can't handle it.

animal collective or yeah yeah yeahs should be headlining saturday night. obviously.

fleet foxes go on before silversun pickups. like the kings of leon, silversun pickups are irrelevant.

tv on the radio and m83 are playing at the same time. fans of one band will obviously want to see the other. so don't play them so close together!

how do the organizers schedule these festivals? do they draw names out of a hat? or are they moving away from catering to the kexp crowd and more toward the kroq crowd? i mean the 107.7 crowd? i mean... fuck it. the vanilla "we sound like bands that were cool ten years ago" crowd?

way to go, sasquatch.