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So, does that make Get Wet ""Progressive surf crap?"
-----Original Message-----
From: supertwangreverb [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 12:02 PM
To:
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Best of 2004 Pre Poll
Les,
I did?
Bill
--- In , Leslie Fradkin <lfradkin@e...>
wrote:
> Bill,
> You bought my two surf CD's this year.
>
> Les
>
> On Dec 28, 2004, at 9:52 AM, supertwangreverb wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I didn't buy many "new" surf cds this year. Most of the time I
buy
> > a new CD it turns out to be some modern progressive sounding surf
> > crap. The one I did buy that was from 2004 was The Nebulas -
It's
> > Go Time! Which I surprisingly liked. I've been told their first
> > album was slightly better, but I enjoyed this one.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > --- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I'll start this off:
> >>
> >> CD of the year: The Bambi Molesters - Dumb Loud Hollow Twang
Deluxe
> >> Runner-up: Evan Foster - Instrumentals
> >> In close running: The Lunatics - Tour du Monde
> >> The Nebulas - It's Go Time!
> >> The Hellbenders - Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die
> >>
> >> (These five are all really close to each other - they're all
truly
> >> fantastic CDs. Maybe it's not even fair to rank them, but I do
> > think
> >> that the BMs and Evan are just a slight cut above.)
> >>
> >> Honorable mentions:
> >> El Ray - Tick... Tick... Tick...
> >> The Wet-Tones - Mucho Reverbo
> >>
> >> (Two European bands that have put out albums with some great
surf
> >> music!)
> >>
> >> The biggest discovery of the year: The Lunatics - Tour du Monde
> >>
> >> (I expected something good from these guys based on their first
> > live
> >> CD, but this surpassed my highest expectations. It took several
> >> listens to get really into it though, but it was totally worth
> > it.
> >> It's available from Double Crown if anybody is interested in
> > picking
> >> it up - skip the first song, though - it's terrible!)
> >>
> >> The biggest disappointment of the year: a tie
> >> Laika & The Cosmonauts - Local Warming
> >> The Infrareds - Sounds From The Darkroom
> >>
> >> (Two great bands with two pretty crappy albums - what happened?
> > L&TC
> >> have completely left surf music behind which is a bit sad. The
> >> Infrareds put out an uninspired, sterile-sounding, surf-music-
by-
> > the-
> >> numbers album. Those guys can do a lot better.)
> >>
> >> The most promising improvement (i.e., the band to watch):
> >> The Bitch Boys - Ride The First Wave
> >>
> >> (I don't think it deserved to be listed in the top five, but I
> > have
> >> been enjoying this CD. I think it's heads and shoulders
> > above "...In
> >> Heat" This is a band to watch in the future.)
> >>
> >> Brian Neal <brian@s...> wrote:
> >>> I almost want to postpone the poll so I can go
> >>> out and buy some of the stuff I don't have that's on this
> > list!!!
> >>
> >> I agree. The CDs I listed here are the only ones that I have
from
> >> 2004. It'll be interesting to see other people's votes to see
> > what
> >> else to pick up.
> >>
> >> I'd say strictly based on my top five CDs (plus the honorable
> >> mentions) that it's been a good year for surf music! Though the
> >> scene is not where it was in, say, '98 or '99, I see many signs
> > that
> >> things are getting better again. It seems that the surf music
> > scene
> >> is no longer going to come and go but is rather here to stay,
> > which
> >> is very cool. It may have highs and lows, but I think we can
> > count
> >> of good releases coming out every year. Yeay!
> >>
> >> Ivan
> >>
> >> PS On Thursday Los Straits and the Hellbenders are playing in
> >> Detroit - I'm a bit sick right now, but if I feel better by then
> >> that'll be a nice way to (almost) ring in a new year! Let's
hope
> >> it'll set the tone for 2005 - lots of surf shows!
> >
> >
> >
> >
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