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With author Simon Garfield

Nemone talks to author Simon Garfield about his new book on fonts Just My Type, plus San Diego indie rock/noise pop band Crocodiles are in charge of the Lunchtime Playlist.

With San Diego's indie rock/noise pop band Crocodiles in charge of the Lunchtime Playlist

Crocodiles are an indie rock/noise pop band from San Diego, CA, that formed in 2008. The band's members had previously played in noisepunk acts Some Girls and The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. Stylistically the band can be heard to take influence from The Jesus and Mary Chain, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Spacemen 3. Before releasing their debut album together, Welchez and Rowell both played in an early incarnation of Dum Dum Girls.

Crocodiles rapidly gained exposure in 2008 after fellow Southern California noise pop band No Age included their single "Neon Jesus" in a list of the year's best songs. The band released its debut album, Summer of Hate, in April 2009 on Fat Possum Records. Their most recent album "Sleep Forever" was recorded by Simian Mobile Disco member James Ford. Ford had previously produced for Klaxons, Florence + the Machine and Arctic Monkeys amongst others.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 9 Nov 2010 13:00

Music Played

  • The Jam

    Beat Surrender

    • POLYDOR.
  • Deerhunter

    Helicopter

    • CD SINGLE.
    • 4 A.D..
    • 1.
  • The Prodigy

    One Love

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 4.
  • Tanlines

    Real Life

    • Volume On.
    • Self-Release.
    • 1.
  • Mumford & Sons

    Little Lion Man

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Universal Island.
    • 1.
  • Tricky and Franky Riley

    Ghetto Stars

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DOMINO.
    • 1.
  • The White Stripes

    The Denial Twist

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.
  • Sufjan Stevens

    Too Much

    • ASTHMATIC KITTY.
    • 1.
  • Paris Angels

    All On You (Perfume)

    • ISLAND.
  • The Primitives

    Crash

  • Best Coast

    Crazy For You

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Wichita.
    • 1.
  • Kate Bush

    Sat In Your Lap

    • EMI.
  • Gruff Rhys

    Shark Ridden Waters

    • CD SINGLE.
    • TURNSTILE.
    • 1.
  • Tom Tom Club

    Wordy Rappinghood

    • Single.
    • Island.
  • Queens of the Stone Age

    Go With The Flow

    • Interscope.
  • The Hundred in the Hands

    Commotion

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Warp.
    • 1.
  • LCD Soundsystem

    Drunk Girls

    • CD SINGLE.
    • DFA/Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • The Jim Jones Revue

    Shoot First

    • CD SINGLE.
    • PIAS / PUNK ROCK BLUES.
    • 1.
  • ? and the Mysterians

    96 Tears

    • ABKCO.
  • Sleigh Bells

    Infinity Guitars

    • CD SINGLE.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 1.
  • New Order

    The Perfect Kiss

    • LONDON.
  • Syd Barrett

    Two Of A Kind

  • Morrissey

    Interesting Drug

    • BONA DRAG.
    • HMV.
  • Foals

    Blue Blood

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Warner Bros / Transgressive.
    • 1.
  • Caitlin Rose

    Learning To Ride

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Names.
    • 1.
  • Haight-Ashbury

    3 Little Birds

    • Here In The Golden Rays.
    • 10.
  • Hot Chip

    Ready for the Floor

    • CD SINGLE.
    • EMI.
  • Grinderman

    Worm Tamer

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Mute.
    • 1.
  • Frank Turner - I Still Believe

  • Josephine

    A Freak A

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Nov 2010 13:00