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Woops,
I've got you confused with somebody else. However,
if you heard them, I think you'd really like them.
Happy New Year!
Les
On Dec 28, 2004, at 1:02 PM, supertwangreverb wrote:
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> Les,
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> I did?
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> Bill
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> --- 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:
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>>> 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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