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Danish surf rock trio The Good The Bad release their new single '023' in February, accompanied by a new film directed by Jeppe Kostrup, who infamously created the previous TGTB video hit '030'. A video teaser of the new '023' video is now online on the bands youtube channel.
'023' sees TGTB delve into harder surf riffs than ever before, coupled with their customary short and sharp twists and accompanied by lions and war cries as backing vocals. The full '023' video will be launched on January 4th, with the full single unveiled on Febrary 13th.
'030' is now on the brink of 3 million views and is viewable here.
For more information please contact jesse@thisislethal.com
Our 2011 MP3 compilation has just completed, and for your convenience it has been uploaded to archive.org:
SurfGuitar101.com 2011 MP3 Compilation @ Archive.org
Once again, this compilation was done just for fun, and the contributors range from bedroom players to gigging musicians. This was an opportunity to share music, recording tips, and do something cool together.
Archive.org has been a nice home for our compilations. It provides a nice web based player, and a way to download all the files as one big .zip file. It is also a good way for music video and film producers to find the music. If you appreciate all the great things archive.org provides, please consider making a donation.
Thanks again to everyone who contributed to the compilation. We had a strong showing this year with 34 entries. Please check the forums, it is likely we will schedule an IRC listening party sometime in the near future.
Hey Everybody!
We have finally finished our first CD! Over a year in the making but its finally completed! 11 original compositions available for download or physical CD. Sorry, currently out of eight-tracks ;)
Guitar Legend DICK DALE featuring son JIMMY DALE on drums rolls into Auburn, CA on Saturday, January 21st. Opening the show will be local surfer dudes The Pyronauts. Show starts at 8pm, it's an ALL AGES show, tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For more info email pyronauts@hotmail.com and visit www.thepyronauts.com.
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The Astonishing Surf Level Event Sound of
LES CHEFS
1st LP out now !
18 Surf Instros
click our myspace link to listen some of the tracks
http://www.myspace.com/leschefs
reverbly,
SurfGuitar101 and Double Crown Records join forces to create new surf music promotional campaign.
As many of you probably have seen by now, a brand new compilation album is coming out - Brave New Surf. What you may not know is that the impetus behind this album is twofold. First, to present some of the very best surf bands playing today. Secondly, to use this compilation as a promotional tool to expose new audiences to this great music. Double Crown Records agreed to print up extra copies of the album with the sole purpose of sending them out to music reviewers, websites and magazines. But to do this will take extra funds. Packaging and postage costs add up quick, thus we came up with this Kickstarter project.
Please go to our Kickstarter page and check out all the premiums and make a donation if you can. Absolutely 100% of all funds donated will go towards the promotion of this record and if we're successful this may lead to more releases. If you can, share the project on all your social media and email all your friends. This is our big push to get surf music out into a more public consciousness and our success depends upon you.
Remember, there is a limited time for this campaign, it concludes on Friday Dec 9th, so we have to reach our goal by then.
Holiday Spirit and Challenge:
For each person who joins The Lava Pups mailing list, we will make a donation to the Sacramento Food Bank.
Are other bands up for this challenge and will donate to their local food bank?
Thank you for helping others.
The Lava Pups
Greetings friends of Mermen. "BLUES OF ELSEWHERE" is a new CD featuring a collection of the slower, ballad-like MERMEN tunes in a dreamy/sleepy mode. Each song is performed as a guitar duet (electric and acoustic guitar ). The idea for this recording was to offer a softer, ambient-like, intimate listening experience.
The CD will arrive from the factory DEC 15th - your orders will arrive before Christmas.
You can preview you the CD here. Buy it now here.
Finally after a loooong break we're back with a brand spankin' new surf music podcast. This episode features songs from albums that have been released in this year 2011. It's been a stellar year for surf music releases as this podcast will prove. There have been so many albums released that we're going to finish the list with the next podcast. Also on this episode is an interview with Don Wilson and Bob Spalding of The Ventures. This interview was conducted earlier this year by Rich Derksen aka Pappa Surf - Thanks Rich!
Track list:
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