The last Gasolines LP was in 2008, but they're still as genre-twisting as they were when they left off. Plenty of bands have had jungle-themed surf albums, but this one sticks to it closely, even if they do it in a broad and multi-faceted way. The title track is the pure Martin Denny sound the cover aludes to, but you'll also hear Peruvian chicha on "La Danza de los Mirlos" and "Catamarã", reggae on "Rockers Rock", and interesting latin/South American percussion throughout. It's this sort of diverse world-surf stuff that makes a musical diet with tons of surf rock digestable.
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Odicolon presents an interesting question: why is horror surf so heavy? They do creepy with a light touch with an easy tempo, sparse chilled out guitar picking and oddball electronics. They bring a lot of interesting sounds and ideas to the table and just about all of them work really well. Fans of Messer Chups should certainly take notice, but I hope these guys find a following of their own.
All I've found on these guys is the bandcamp page (free download!), if you find CDs please let me know!
I'm over in Ohio watching my brother-in-law graduate today, so I'll have a sub this week. If he's making some good racket, please call in and let him know! I've got a lot of good stuff waiting for next week's show...
Speaking of other weeks, here's last week's.
5/9/16
the ampfibians - bikinis 50% off (enigma of the deep)
surf coasters - flash point (surfdelic)
the eliminators - e-five (ultra sonic)
impala - king louie stomp (kings of the strip)
Got some new stuff from Fifty Foot Combo, Moussaka, AmpFibians and Amphibian Man, plus new-to-me stuff from Sir Bald Diddley, Surf Coasters, Surf Raiders and the Challengers. I think it looks like fun.
Here's what happened last week.
Playlist for 5-2-16
Forgive the formatting
the crossfires - out of control (out of control)
mach kung fu - dragon limbo (exotic exhaust)
the el caminos - crazy drivin' (el caminos)
miki y los doras - river deep - tide high (buaaah chaval!!!)
Moussaka is a surf group that covers modern Balkan 80's pop hits and features a member of Threesome. So a cover band in which I will likely never recognize the source songs. Despite their pop origins the songs end up pretty aggressive, though even still pretty unique experimenting with different time signatures etc. If you've kept up with Moussaka so far, this one isn't that much different, but that's perfectly fine. Free download, see what you think.
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