midwestsurfguy:
Merry Christmas!
316 days ago
sysmalakian:
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
309 days ago
SabedLeepski:
Surfin‘ Europe, for surf (related) gigs and events in Europe 
https://sunb...
270 days ago
SHADOWNIGHT5150:
I like big reverb and i cannot lie
203 days ago
SHADOWNIGHT5150:
Bank accounts are a scam created by a shadow government
203 days ago
sysmalakian:
TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!
190 days ago
dp:
dude
171 days ago
Bango_Rilla:
Shout Bananas!!
126 days ago
BillyBlastOff:
See you kiddies at the Convention!
110 days ago
GDW:
showman
61 days ago
#ShallowEnd is empty.
No polls at this time. Check out our past polls.
No contests at this time. Check out our past contests.
November Birthdays
LA LOM
Joined: Oct 18, 2010 Posts: 650 Boston, MA 
|
Posted on Mar 12 2024 12:27 PM
I know they aren't surf, but goddam I love these guys. Does anyone know what the guitar player's sound chain is? They are, of course, playing in town the one weekend I'm out of town. Ah well. the other question is they seem to be getting really big, Khruangbin is really big, how can we parlay these "not surf, but kind of similar" instrumental bands into great success for all the surf bands?! —Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters |
Joined: Nov 30, 2022 Posts: 68 Coast of the Great Lakes 
|
Posted on Mar 13 2024 08:00 AM
I say their sound isn’t so “not surf” to count them out. If people book them in conjunction with other instrumental guitar bands (“surf”) that’d be wicked! I’ve noticed to some degree the most active touring surf acts aren’t overwhelmingly surfy themselves (except Surfer Joe!) —Kitten and The Tonics https://kittenandthetonics.com/ Last edited: Mar 13, 2024 09:58:17 |
Joined: Dec 09, 2019 Posts: 44 North Carolina
|
Posted on Mar 13 2024 09:09 AM
Excited to be going to see them in April. Love, love, love that National guitar. — |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2681 Ventura, CA
|
Posted on Mar 14 2024 11:40 AM
I came across La Lom when thier videos came up on Youtube after watching lots of videos by Twanguero (Diego Garcia), a Spanish virtuoso guitarist who has been around a while. If you like La Lom you will most likely also like Twanguero. |
|
Joined: Oct 18, 2010 Posts: 650 Boston, MA
|
Posted on Mar 14 2024 12:41 PM
that is no lie, I really like that! thanks! this is getting still further afield but I also enjoy Los Hermanos Gutierez https://youtu.be/QaejAfU-rfs?si=1uYFOX_CgsfnSiSI Stormtiger wrote: — Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters |
|
Joined: Dec 09, 2019 Posts: 44 North Carolina
|
Posted on Mar 14 2024 12:44 PM
Thanks, Stormtiger. Hadn't heard Twanguero before, but now I'm digging it. — |
|
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2681 Ventura, CA
|
Posted on Mar 15 2024 11:03 AM
Those Hermanos had slipped my mind, I've watched their videos and really like them. Thanks for reminding me.
|
Joined: Oct 06, 2024 Posts: 1 |
Posted on Oct 06 2024 03:39 PM
I’ve had them on repeat all summer along with Opez, which captures a lot of the same vibe with a slightly darker twist Came here looking for the sound chain info too! The tone reminds me a lot of the 5.6.7.8’s- and YouTube look the same- 1960’s beginner guitar piped into a fender reverb amp dialed to 11. Commenting on this old post to link through to another discussion board that snapped a pic of the board from the show and details the minimalist sound chain- topanga reverb, boss delay and fulldrive3 into a dialed up fender deluxe reverb. Timmmmmm LA LOM signal chain discussion: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/whats-on-the-pedalboard-of-zac-sokolow-of-la-lom.2551228/ Opez: https://youtu.be/A_u7F6clHf0?si=laSu8_Con92EnZNg —@timisthecoolestmanintheworld |
Joined: Nov 20, 2017 Posts: 110 Southeast MIchigan
|
Posted on Oct 06 2024 08:44 PM
LA LOM is amazing. The best new music I've heard in years. It'paired down, tasteful and kind of non-virtuosic. But those guys are really really good players steeped in various Latin music traditions. It's an example of what instrumental electric guitar can be. I think the problem with a lot of "surf" stuff is that it gets bogged down by kitsch and imitation. LA LOM is more sophisticated than that. I wish the album was twice as long. —The Vicissitones |
Joined: Sep 01, 2006 Posts: 2714 New Orleans, LA
|
Posted on Oct 06 2024 09:28 PM
It is really funny that there's this sort of surf-adjacent thing bubbling up. The other night I went to a show and saw on the marquee that Glass Beams were playing in a few weeks... then right across the street Khruangbin were on the marquee for a huge venue. Even if I wouldn't call either band surf, it's pretty great to see that there's demand for instrumental guitar music, and I'd imagine some of that spills over, even if subtly. I wish I had a name for it. I sorta call them Khruangbin-clones even if that's pretty reductive. But I think Khruangbin were the band that kicked the door down for the rest to succeed. Though in La Lom's case, Chicha Libre might have had some say too. —Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio Last edited: Oct 06, 2024 21:29:38 |
Joined: Sep 23, 2014 Posts: 1396 Memphis, TN
|
Posted on Oct 06 2024 10:00 PM
These guys are incredible! Gorgeous tone, I can't stop listening to them. Thank you for creating this thread, as I had never heard of them before. —MooreLoud.com - A tribute to Dick Dale. New Single “Finish Line” on Bandcamp and website. |
|
Joined: Nov 20, 2017 Posts: 110 Southeast MIchigan
|
Posted on Oct 07 2024 09:00 AM
I realize guitar is in the title of our forum but the drummer is the special sauce in this case. That guy is awesome! —The Vicissitones |
Please visit our friends in the surf music community:
Contact Us • About Us • Terms of Service • Privacy Policy • Colophon
SurfGuitar101.com © 2004 - 2024 by Brian Neal. All comments and user contributed articles are property of the posters.
Thanks to all the surf bands, past and present. And thanks to all the fans who care about and keep surf music alive.
