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Reverb Ranch presents the latest release from Canada's Urban Surf Kings. Penguin or Robot? is a 4 song 45rpm slab of wax with an additional 4 songs available as digital downloads. That's 8 surfy songs in total. Recorded by Brad Conrad, and mastered by J. LaPointe, the 7 inch is the band's 12th release, and is available at fine record stores everywhere.

Track Listing

Side 1

1. Penguin or Robot
2. Agent 6K6

Side 2

1. Quick Draw Norman
2. Last Chance for Clams

Digital

1. Surf Monkey
2. Snow Day
3. Trans Ural Express
4. Quick Draw Norman (unabridged)

Order here: reverbranch.wordpress.com/store/

I am pleased to announce the SurfGuitar101 2014 MP3 Compilation! Our 10^th one! Just like before, this is a way for members to share music, recording tips, and to just have fun. The main emphasis is fun, so please send in an entry no matter what your skill level is. Here are the rules:

1. You must be a member of this website to submit an mp3.
2. You may submit only 1 mp3.
3. The mp3 you submit must not have appeared on any "official" release before. Likewise, please don't submit anything that is destined for an official release in the future.
4. The mp3 must be 8 MB in size or less.
5. There is a good chance the comp will end up on Archive.org. Therefore, you must agree to their Creative Commons (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives) License for your mp3.
6. The deadline for submitting an mp3 is Saturday, December 20th, 2014.

I have created an Official 2014 MP3 Compilation Forum Thread. Please use that thread to discuss the compilation and to get information on how to submit an mp3. Please use that thread if you'd like to find a fellow member to work with on the project. With the magic of digital recording and the Internet, remote collaborations are possible. Make your own virtual surf band! Let the comp begin!

Please check out our prior compilations if you haven't seen them already: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013.

Inspired by the map created by Kahuna Kawentzmann, we now have a surf band map of our own. Any member of SG101 can add a band to the map by filling out a form. Our map allows one to tag a band as either "active" or "inactive", and you can filter the results accordingly. This lets you view all bands, only active bands, or only the inactive bands.

Our map is only a few weeks old and we already have 277 bands on the map from all around the world!

I personally enjoy seeing where all the 60's surf bands were from. And it is really great to see all the modern bands. I hope you enjoy this new feature! Do you know of some bands that we are missing? Please add them.

Hi, I'm Pablo and I'm the guitaris of Surfonica, an Instrumental Surf Band form Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Recently we released our first EP entitled ''Tales from the Sea of Istanbul'' you can hear it and download it (for free!) at our Bandcamp page!

• Bandcamp
• Facebook page

We also have recorded a full length album that's being mixed by me at the moment, the idea is to release this album before the end of this year, so you'll be hearing about us sooner than you think :)

Hope you enjoy our EP!

Best regards from Argentina!
- Pablo - Surfonica

Rev. Willis has graciously uploaded his recording of The Surf Coasters at the Double Down Saloon in Las Vegas from their mini-tour this last August to archive.org. The recordings are available in several formats and you can listen right from your web browser. Check it out! Thanks Rev!

Surf Coasters Live at Double Down on August 7, 2014

SurfGuitar101.com is giving away a brand new copy of The Surf Coaster's "Gold" CD! Head over to the contest page to enter today! The deadline is midnight (CST) October, 11. Good luck!

Hi everyone,

Moms I'd Like To Surf's first release is out! You can find it in digital format here:

https://momsidliketosurf.bandcamp.com/releases

or you can order a CD copy here :

http://www.momsidliketosurf.com/

Surfgasm Unlimited!

We will be at Las Hadas Mexican Restaurant Monday playing a whole bunch of instro surf Sep. 29 from 7pm to 9pm. No cover.

9048 Balboa Blvd., Northridge, CA 91325

For a preview, please follow this link.

We hope to see some SG101 folks there.

 -Doug

The FIRST annual Northwest Acoustic Guitar Contest & Concert will be on Sat. Sept 27, 2014 in Vancouver, Washington (Portland, Oregon metro area). It will be at Shorty's Garden Center, 10006 SE Mill Plain Blvd. 

The first part of the contest is singer-guitarist (noon-2:25pm), so we'll skip to the second part which is acoustic fingerstyle. Six competing guitarists will each perform solo for ten minutes.

At 3:30 this contest will be followed by an acoustic surf guitar performance by Conrad of the Insanitizers surf guitar band. This will also be solo for ten minutes. Conrad intends to demonstrate the attractiveness of flatpicked instrumental guitar music as a category for future contests and concerts.

Attendance from noon to 4pm is entirely free. The music is suitable for all ages.

The Concert part will start at 6pm with a reprise by the winners of the two contests. From 6:45-7:30pm singer-guitarist Scott Gallegos will perform. He will be followed by two acoustic fingerstyle guitarists who do not sing, including national award winner John Standefer.

Here is the detailed schedule (.pdf).

We are "Billy don't surf" from Zürich, Switzerland. We play famous movie themes and songs. This spring we recorded some demo songs, you can hear/download them here.

We would we be happy about advice on the music, reviews and comments.

Thanks in advance - Chris