by Surf Llama | Jun 9, 2009 | Music Gear
The Traditional surf guitars, like a surf green Fender Stratocaster or Jazzmaster, are no doubt cool, but they are definitely not the only option for surf bands today. DiPinto, a smaller builder of lots of cool electric guitars and basses, has one of these modern surf...
by Surf Llama | May 25, 2009 | Surf Bands
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. As well, song names often reflect...
by Surf Llama | May 24, 2009 | Surf Music
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 year’s. Here’s the bands that played: Penetrators Daikaiju StratoGeezer Necronomikids...
by Surf Llama | May 17, 2009 | Surf Bands
The Professors are a San Diego surf/other stuff band. Here’s their wesite. They’ve got some songs on their MySpace page which I enjoyed, a little more than the tracks off their album. One cool aspect to their music is the prominent saxophone – like listening to...
by Surf Llama | May 13, 2009 | Surf Bands
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 looks like they are battling...
by Surf Llama | Apr 30, 2009 | Surf Music
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 it was just a funny name for a surf album, but it’s actually a surf version of...
