I definitely wanted to post about Daikaiju based on their personality alone. 
“Daikaiju” name means “giant monster” in Japanese.  Sticking with the Japanese theme, they wear kabuki masks on stage, which looks both cool and alien live.  …

The 4th annual Clarkston surf fest was this weekend near Atlanta, Georgia. I wish we had heard about this earlier to post it beforehand, but we can hopefully have a heads up on next …

The Professors are a San Diego surf/other stuff band – here’s the band site.  They’ve got some songs on their MySpace page which I enjoyed, a little more than the tracks off their album. 
One cool …

Los Straitjackets have a new album out, “The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets.” It’s their 12th studio album, and apparently it’s a straightforward classic surf album.
First, the cool stuff.

It’s got a great album cover.  It …

John Benton from the Lively Ones, the Surfaris and the Eliminators plays a few different style songs in the video here. Plenty of up close shots on the fretboard so you see what he’s …

So, if your favorite musical genre is religious surf music, you finally have an album to buy.  I can’t believe this is an album, but here it is – Jesus Christ Surferstar.
At first I figured …

I thought it would be cool if people listed their favorite surf rock songs. Here’s my list of instrumental surf songs. I’ll update it as it changes – unless I forget.

Misirlou – Dick Dale (Song …

I ran across “The Modelos” for the first time this weekend. If you’re not familiar with them, I think you will enjoy taking a listen. I found them on their MySpace page, where they’ve got …

Not really a video, just pictures but with the sound.  Regardless, it’s great country artist Junior Brown playing a great surf medley on his crazy custom-built “guit-steel.”  He puts on a pretty entertaining show.

Sparrow Guitars has come up with a line of surf guitars, announced at NAMM 2009.
The Von Drat Continental surf guitar is named after Canadian surf band “the Von Drats.”
It’s got a cool green color, a …