Who would have thought that after 20 years of silence we’d see seminal instro acts of the 90s like Impala and The Bomboras rise from the grave? While I think surf is having a great year right now, it’s slowly changed since the 90’s, probably a little less traditional, or at least allowed a lot more instrumental music styles under its umbrella.
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The Head Henchmen - Opener (Oh no! It's the Head Henchmen)
WJLP - chinchilla con queso (Uncle Henry's Magic Shizzle)
The Bomboras - Mile Zero (head shrinkin' fun)
Said the Ripper - Emma Peel out (Shadow Alley)
Toro Jones - Unraveler (Toro Jones EP)
The Incredible Heavies - Blackball Rebellion (Blackball Rebellion)
Johnny Devlin's Devils - Rumble (45)
The Bloopers - Blooper Morse Code (45)
The Nitecaps - Sassy Frug (FRUG!)
The Charts - Ooba Gooba (Las Vegas Grind Part two)
The Buddies - skateboard u.s.a. (Go Go With the Buddies)
The trouble with releasing a greatest hits album (in Los Protones’ case “20 Monstruos” on Green Cookie) as an active band is that your next release is expected to rise above that bar.
the exotics - sandoway (go go guitars)
los tiki phantoms - El Hombre de las Tabernas (Y el Misterio del Talismán)
THE KRONTJONG DEVILS - Black Boots and Bikes (war of the surf guitars)
aaron and the burrs - Aaron's angry dance (aaron & the burrs)
guantanamo baywatch - the scavenger (Desert Center)
the fender iv - everybody up (randy holden - early works '64-'66)
the thunderheads - thunderhead (strummin mental vol. 4)
the vee eights - trick fueler (sleazy surf)
thom starr & the galaxies - Shake & stomp I (south bay surf)
This music isn’t about commercial success, so just about everybody’s in it for fun. So it feels kind of wrong to judge a band by how much fun it sounds like they’re having, but damn if these guys don’t sound like they’re having a little more fun than the rest.
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