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Droppin' Off with The High Breaks

Vermont isn't a place that I think of as a surf hotspot. Maybe that's why The High Breaks play the brand of no-frills trad surf that they do: because somebody has to. 10 tracks of surf originals with a strong, bold guitar sound and some great melodies. While most of the record is bright, sunny stuff, I was actually surprised how well they pulled off their few moments of creepiness on "Ankle Breaker" and "Voodoo Wave". I'm glad they went with the sound that they did, but I'm thinking of the sorting hat telling Harry Potter "You would do well in horror surf".

From: 03/23/2016 - 07:54


today's plays

I was feeling so jazzed on the weather last week that I thought I would go super-sun-oriented today. And that worked out, the sun is out there, but somehow it's kinda cold out. Go figure. Anyway, not a lot of new stuff -- in fact quite the opposite, a lot of ol' favorites today.

Last week

3/14/16

From: 03/21/2016 - 14:26
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The Lucianos - Think Twice Before Cheating / Dark Angelo 7"

The Lucianos are comprised of members of big-time sychobilly bands Demented are Go and The Astro-Zombies (side note: the Astro-Zombies have a few instrumentals tucked away in their records that are pretty cool!). This is their first release and it's being put out by Killjoy Records as a vinyl 7" and cassette. They classify themselves as powersurf and indeed "Think Twice Before Cheating" is relentlessly fast and builds to a powerful crescendo.

From: 03/21/2016 - 07:57


Jonny and the Shamen - Anthology of Espionage

If you've never taken the time to look into the late 90's surf group Jonny and the Shamen, here's a great way to do it: everything they've ever recorded plus a few unreleased tracks shoved into one $10 bundle. Their music is hard-hitting surf with horror/space/spy themes not unlike early Man or Astro-Man? - close enough that Jonny joined them as Victor Vector. More recently, he was a part of the on the last year's EP.

From: 03/21/2016 - 07:41


The Ventures - Beach Party

When I saw that this Ventures record was being reissued I thought "I'd never seen that one". That's because it's an alternate edition of the "Mashed Potatoes and Gravy" record they put out.

That explains the tuber-centric tracklist on this supposed beach party album:

From: 03/18/2016 - 07:33


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