“Welcome to the art-punk renaissance”, declared Rolling Stone magazine last year, triumphantly heralding Crocodiles’ debut album. It was all just deserves for a San Diego duo who’d spent years kicking against the mundanity of their sprawling military town.

Gifted new artist Devin’s debut full-length album, Romancing, is out now on Frenchkiss Records. The video for the album’s first single, “Masochist,” recently premiered on NME and can be seen here: youtube.com/watch?v=6CycE_JJPhc KCRW declares “Bold. Brash. Boisterous. Teeming with hooks and spilling over with attitude. If this is how you prefer your rock n’ roll, you have a new hero for 2012. He goes by the name Devin.” Time Out New York describes Romancing as a “hip-thrusting, beer-sloshing record that fairly drips with swagger—a fine contrast to all of Brooklyn’s indie-pop sighs and whispers.” Devin’s three-song EP for Frenchkiss, You’re Mine, received critical acclaim from Rolling Stone and earned him comparisons to David Johansen and Jack White. Named one of NME’s “20 Acts That Will Matter in 2012,” Devin is receiving airplay on the BBC’s Radio 1 and was included in The Guardian’s “Guide to the Next 12 Months.”

Slushy is a rock and roll bubble gum sun slop pop punk band from Logan Square, Chicago. Rad dudes with rad tudes playing rad tunes. Rock and roll and catchy melodies and having fun. Slushy writes songs about having fun, eating food, being young, dying young, falling asleep, not having fun, traveling through time, and falling in love with every cool girl we meet. Chris is the one who sings the songs and plays the guitar and dances around. Brent is the one who plays the drums and guitar at the same time, or maybe at different times if that seems like more fun. Sometimes other people will join them if it sounds like a good idea. We like having fun.