New Poster / Thursdays In San Diego

Thanks to our good bud Taylor Gonzales, we have a brand new flier/poster for our new night, Expressway To Yr Skull. Not too shabby, Tay Tay...not too shabby. Big Thursdays in San Diego. What could be better? Brought to you by yr dogs, mario, Brandon, Sir Charles and Big Uncle Dimitri Dickinson.

New Crocodiles Video - Summer Of Hate

Crocodiles have a new video by Christin Turner and here it is for yr viewing pleasure. It's for the jingle, "Summer Of Hate". Go ahead and take a peek. Christin Turner rules.

Updates On West Coast Tour w/ Crocodiles, PENS, & Grafitti Island

The Intelligence has been added to the 8/22 Seattle date.

Also, a new date has been added:

8/29 The Casbah in San Diego:

No Age, Wavves, Crocodiles, PENS, Grafitti Island

Cold Cave West Coast Dates

I'm probably jumpin' the gun but fuck it. Cold Cave is playing some west coast dates and they are listed below. Should be kinda magic.

Thursday Sep 3 - San Diego - Cold Cave, Crocodiles, Strange Boys, The Anasazis and DJ Mario Orduno @ Expressway To Yr Skull @ Soda Bar

Saturday Sep 5 - Los Angeles - Cold Cave @ Fuck Yeah Fest

Sunday Sep 6 - Los Angeles - Cold Cave, Crystal Stilts VENUE TBA

Monday Sep 7 - San Francisco - Cold Cave, Crocodiles, DJ Mario Orduno and guests @ The Knockout

Crocodiles, PENS, Grafitti Island Announce West Coast Tour

I'm super pumped, proud, jazzed and psyched to announce the dates of the Art Fag Recordings 7" tour with Crocodiles, PENS & Grafitti Island!! These dates are in celebration of the upcoming 4 way split 7" with all three bands and Dum Dum Girls. Look for a few more shows to be added and special surprise bands added including a few dates with Dum Dum Girls.


Aug 19 2009 RICKSHAW STOP w/ Crocodiles, PENS & Graffiti Island San Francisco, California
Aug 21 2009 DOUR FIR w/ Crcodiles, PENS & Graffiti Island Portland, Oregon
Aug 22 2009 CHOP SUEY w/ Crocodiles, PENS & Graffiti Island Seattle, Washington
Aug 26 2009 CREPE PLACE w/ Crocodiles, PENS & Graffiti Island Santa Cruz, California
Aug 27 2009 SPACELAND w/ Crocodiles, PENS & Graffiti Island Los Angeles, California

Poster Skills Or Lack Of Thereof

Oh, and here's the poster for this Friday's big night in San Diego, California.

Updates And Whatnot : If Yr In San Diego, California

SO here are the nights/shows that we're working on in the next few weeks. Feel free to attend all of them.

Friday 6/19

Hawnay Troof, BAADDD (Australia), Ale Mania, and DJs Mario Orduno & Jeff Graves @ Soda Bar / $5

Sunday 6/21

Religious Girls (East Bay, CA) and Our Brother The Native (Ann Arbor, Michigan) LIVE & DJ Mario Orduno @ Too Many Creeps @ The Whistle Stop / FREE

Friday 6/26

Woven Bones (Austin, TX), Sunday Times, The Anasazis, Heavy Hawaii and DJ Mario Orduno @ Soda Bar / $4


Aren't these SICK things?

Legendary NZ Artist / Producer Chris Knox Had A Stroke

Chris Knox, pioneer in recording all the early Flying Nun records and front man of The Enemy and Tall Dwarfs had a stroke this past Thursday. His family and friends have set up a blog (which I linked below) to learn updates and basically all things Chris Knox .

I blogged about CHris Knox back in October. There was a time recently, that I could not get enough of the New Zealand/ Flying Nun indie stuff from the late 70s and early 80s. Seriously, The Clean (which Mr. Knox recorded) played all night every night for a while. A lot of people don't know of this scene, and it's ok, but you gotta check it out if you don't! It will truly make you happy. The Chills, The Verlaines, The Clean, The Enemy, everything on Flying Nun. Below I posted a mini rock doc (I love rock docs) covering the early parts of Chris Knox' musical roots. Check it out, then check it ALL out.







Chris Knox Blog

Ye Olde Maids LP On Sale Now

It's time to peddle our beloved wares. What we have here, people, is a fine 140 gram hi quality black disc with ten soon to be classics. It's sheathed in a gorgeous silver colored jacket. Two inserts are also added for extra added bonus. SICK.

Go to Art Fag Recordings website to purchase.

Pumped!!

Big Thursdays

God, look at this crooked ass sloppy poster. Sheez, right? Whatever. Tomorrow night is the big launch to our new weekly. Expressway To Yr Skull. It's at Soda Bar. Remember I told you in the blog post down a few? Anyway, it should be bananas and super bonkers. We have our ol' friend Andrew Miller, from Angel City coming down to add his special magic. Punk / Records / Rap / Fun / Magic / Beer.

New Video For Mika Miko's "I Got A Lot (New New New)"

Mika Miko is the best punk band in California. Most fun, most cool, and for the sake of sounding dumb, MOST PUNK. Everything about them always means fun. Their records, their live shows, their videos. Always fun. The new video is for 'I Got A Lot (New New New)' and was directed by No Age's Randy Randall with Lana Kim. FUN. Peep it please.