Playing catch-up. This was the first week of our pledge drive. Not dividing it up into blocks because it was all over the place)
los tiki phantoms - satan's (regresan de la tumba)
the reigning monarchs - blood red metalflake (black sweater massacre)
Dirty Fuse - Oasi (Last Wave)
the astroglides - arab bush (sewer surfing with...)
the rondels - zombie (honkers & twangers)
link wray and the wraymen - the sweeper (the original rumble)
the pyramids - road runnah (penetration)
the tornadoes - vaquero (beyond the surf!)
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Moussaka plays surf covers of balkan folk pop songs from the 80's. At least that's what they say, and since I can't think of a single example of that genre, I'm going to have to play them. One of the guitarists also plays bass for Threesome, which is reason enough to give it a moment of eartime.
They've got it at a Pay-what-you-want level on bandcamp
Two Gremmy Award nominees (one of them a winner) are getting some nice reissues that should let them reach a deservedly wider audience.
Travelers of Tyme released an excellent and very diverse self-titled LP a over 3 years ago. Though they've updated their bandcamp page with older items (at least I think so, hard to say for a Tyme travelling band), I was really hoping for something new. We finally have something and it includes an instro cover of the Game of Thrones theme.
This one's named Egotones The Tape because cassette is the primary medium for this one. At times it seems pretty standard surfy, but then it'll lapse into unexpected psychedelic territory. Or Spaghetti Western. It surprises! Here, you listen!
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