Surf music band fueled with a trashy garage sound from dirty south Belgium. Born in april 2009 on the ashes of a dying punkrock scene. High tempo beat, luchadors, sexy dancers and reverb to the max. Hell yeah!
If we talk about surfing music in Argentina, it is inevitable to refer to the Kahunas, a band that since its birth in the year 2003 has positioned itself as an important reference in the genre, both in Argentina and the whole world. Consolidating within the local Surf scene as the most active band, have been presented in the most important scenarios of the country, and at international level, have made tours in Chile, Brazil, Italy and Spain where shared the stage with some of the Most important bands of the genre worldwide: the Straitjackets, Slacktone, Phantom Surfers and the Twang Marvels, being the Kaunas the first Latin American band to participate in the Surfer Joe Fest in Livorno, Italy, the most important Surf music festival in the World. With more than 10 years of incessant activity. To date with 4 discs edited and preparing new material
Continuing the tradition pioneered by instro-masters like Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Chantays, Link Wray and other 60's instro surfbands, SPF-4 shares the sound and vibe of the music, now in its current wave. With reference to the past and an eye on the future, SPF-4 is crafting its current wave of surf-inspired instrumental rock with energy and edge.
Formed in 2004, The Sun Protection Factor Four includes seasoned players that combine vintage surf-instrumental style with a modern edge/rock performance.
The unique vibe created by an SPF-4 performance is one of the band's many strengths. As the SPF-4 delivers their brand of faithfully toned surf-inspired rock, a cool scene emerges at each performance. The band taps into and delivers the punch and purity of the music, which is easily appreciated by a wide audience. People walk away feeling good.
SPF-4 is available to perform club dates, corporate functions, concert openers, charitable events, music festivals and college campus events.
The Hula Girls formed in 2008 and have been busy playing their self-described ‘hulabilly’ music all over Southern California. It’s up-tempo hapa haole, tiki, and surf themed music, all filtered through the late 1950’s and early 60’s rockabilly and rock n’ roll sound!
The Hula Girls are Spike Marble on guitar and lead vocals, Shorty Poole on upright and electric basses, Gary Brandin on steel guitar, and Doug Sanborn on drums! They are always accompanied by their hula-a-go-go dancers, Miss Haylee Holiday, Miss Ginger Watson, and Miss Veronica Velvet!
The Hula Girls have played along side such modern rockabilly and surf legends as Dick Dale, The Ventures, Duane Eddie, X, The Knitters, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, The Stray Cats' Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom, Dave Alvin, Southern Culture on the Skids, Los Straitjackets, Wayne the Train Hancock, and Hot Rod Lincoln, among many others.
Just when you thought tiki music had to be sleepy instrumental tunes, here come The Hula Girls! Their second album will be out, just in time for the Hukilau!
Duane Eddy, Freddie King, the Ventures, Dick Dale, Lonnie Mack, Dave Yorko (Johnny & the Hurricanes), Jimmy Reed, Paul Johnson, the Chantay's, Jimmie Vaughan, Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Butler, the Sonics (Larry Parypa), Don Leady.
A rotating cast made up of Eric Penna, Bryan Murphy, Martin Roark, Miles Senzaki, Andy Bicherton, Glenn Brigman, Mikah Wilson, Scott Jones, Benny Beechwood, Ilya Malinsky, Mora Precarious, Joe Marrett, Tony Leva, Mikey Holland, Dave Sicilian, Marty Lush, Nick Zampiello, Ilya Malinkski, Ryan Connelly, Mike Mackey and more...
Canada's longest running surf music festival is back for their 14th year! The GLSB crew has assembled one of our strongest lineups to date. The set times are as follows;
Friday May 31st-Toronto Heavyweight Championship
1am-Luau or Die
12am-Mark Malibu & the Wasagas
11pm-The Champions of Justice
10pm-The Cliff Divers
9pm-The JetScreams
*Blue Demons 20th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday June 1st-Intercontinental Championship
1am-The Tsunamibots-Vermont
12am-Ninth Wave-NYC
11pm-Nuclear Juarez-San Antonio, Texas
10pm-Green Reflectors-Halifax, Nova Scotia
9pm-The Mayfairs
Pre-party Thursday May 30th at the Shameful Tiki Room w/10pm-Nuclear Juarez and 9pm- Atomic Beliveau's
"Since 2003 there have been 13 editions of the festival without any musical compromise. The SJSF proudly keeps things authentic and offers a screenshot of the global surf music scene by showcasing many of its best bands."
I anyone wants to take a sneak peek before the show all these bands at the 1st Annual Scenic City Surf Stomp are featured here on the World Surf Bands - Home page - Video Links thread.
Fiberglass Jungle host Jonpaul Balak has been intimately involved with the Southern California Surf Music scene for many years as a die-hard fan, collector, performer and journalist. He is the bass player for “Planet Earth’s Longest Running Modern Surf Band,” Insect Surfers and for 21st-century Exotica sextet The Tikiyaki Orchestra and their smaller, more Surf-centric project Tikiyaki 5-0, and has performed with artists such as The Ghastly Ones, Surfer Joe, Threesome, The Kilaueas, Randy Holden, The Blair-Pongracic Band, The Boardwalkers, The Disasternauts, 3 Balls of Fire, Project Pimento, John Blair, and Paul Johnson, among others. He earned his BA in Musicology from UCLA and resides in Venice, California, where he is currently working on the first book to present a complete history of the Surf instrumental revival.
"What is a LuxuriaMusic?
By all accounts, it’s a small but feisty Internet-only radio station that provides a growing international listenership with a fresh alternative to the rapidly depleting appeal of terrestrial and satellite radio.
LuxuriaMusic is among the pioneers of Internet radio. What the listener hears upon tuning into LuxuriaMusic (luxuriamusic.com) is a meticulously curated mixture of musical genres that make up the station’s eclectic alchemy. Since its inception in 2000, LuxuriaMusic’s earliest and most avid adopters have been people who possess a high level of pop-culture consciousness, especially about ’50s-through ’70s music and entertainment. Such folks also form the basis of the station’s air staff: a diverse, super-knowledgeable group of music enthusiasts and professionals who curate the various genres that comprise LuxuriaMusic’s eclectic alchemy.
Surf Music, Bossa Nova, Exotica, Space-Age Bachelor Pad, Jazz, Soft-Psych, Sunshine Pop, Wall of Sound, Latin, Go-Go, and Film & TV music of the past 50 years are expertly distilled and blended in order to concoct the “highly intoxicating and sometimes hallucinatory” LuxuriaMusic Sound. Somehow, in this context, it all makes sense.
Like who and what?
Like Chuck Kelley, music consultant for Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Like Rhino Records A&R director Andrew Sandoval; reissue producer Sheryl Farber; film scorer Ron Sures; in-demand DJs Dougee Dimensional, Strike,Il Facile Duo (Italy), Switched On Audrey, and Agent Kari; writer-pop historian Gene Sculatti.
And musicians: Intoxica host Howie Pyro, who’s recorded and written songs with Joey Ramone, Ronnie Spector and Rancid; ’60s hitmaker Ian Whitcomb (“You Turn Me On”), Derrick Bostrom (Meat Puppets), Kristian Hoffman (Mumps, Klaus Nomi), The Millionaire (Combustible Edison), David Ponak (the Mellow Cads) and Jim Laspesa, who’s worked with Ray Davies, the Muffs and Green Jello.
They are just some of the side-spinners doing their thing at LuxuriaMusic’s studios. And their listeners aren’t just getting the sounds of surf, spaghetti, psyche and sexploitation. They’re also regularly treated to interviews and stop-by’s from such luminaries as Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Jackie DeShannon, Kim Fowley, Keely Smith, Lalo Schifrin, El Vez and Kid Congo Powers. "
The idea for North Sea Surf Radio was born on May 1st 2013 and the station launched on September 1st 2013. The station was founded by Niels Jansen, drummer of Hollands premier surfband The Phantom Four, follow up to the legendary 90´s band The Treble Spankers. The band is also responsible for the annual North Sea Surf Festival, the most important surf music festival in Northwestern Europe since 2010.
North Sea Surf Radio is a commercial free radiostation funded by The Phantom Four, various sponsors and listener donations. The mission of North Sea Surf Radio is to make good quality surf music freely available worldwide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Contact:
North Sea Surf Radio
Trompetboomhof 14
1112GH, Diemen
The Netherlands
Email: info@northseasurfradio.com
North Sea Surf Radio is made possible by the efforts of the following volunteers:
Niels Jansen - Station Manager, Program Director, Marketing & PR
Eddy Luca - Music Director (Classic Surf and 1st Surf Revival)
Biography (From Facebook page) Translated from Italian
An explosive mixture of surf'n'roll: Mix the pure Californian Surf Sound to the breeze of the Gulf of Taranto, with a dose of Italian beats of Italian 60s films, soundtracks and wraparound spring reverberations. Impossible to stand still, categorical shake shake shake!!!
After the first album of the same name of 2014, the band released for Lobello Records its second disc titled "Sea Monkeys ", printed on vinyl, as well as published digitally.
The Atollo13 are:
Francesco Cerra (guitar, theremin and vocals)
Roberto Antonacci (guitar and vocals)
Gianmarco Scalise (bass and vocals)
Francesco Quarto (drums and vocals)
They participated in the most important reviews of the genre throughout Italy, dividing the stage with internationally renowned artists who have made the history of rock ' n ' Roll (Space Cadets, Restless, Jake Allen, Nick Bisognano, Clem Sacco, Mike Sanchez, The Good Fellas, Adels, Surfer Joe, Sister Cookie, Levi Dexter etc.
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