I've been a little sick so this is a little late. My brother had to take over this past Monday's show but I'll be back with astonishing force next Monday
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Surf has a long and great history with sci-fi and with it comes a flirtation with the mysterious sci-fi instrument the Theremin: the magical instrument meant to be heard, not touched. While others use it sparingly, WaveSauce is the only surf group I've heard that COMMITS to this device's otherworldly moans (though Messer Chups comes close (they collaborated with Leon Theremin's granddaughter!)).
Belgium's Speedball Jr play some of my favorite aggro-surf songs, so it's cool to see them join a member of everybody's favorite pre-punk group The Stooges to play some Stooges classics: "Loose" and "1970".
They've got a preview of Loose up on Youtube, and you can grab the real thing over at Drunkabilly
Here's a nice little one-man project out of Spain with a good mix of mood and tempo. I ran his thoughts about his music through Google Translate and there was one part that I really liked despite Google's obvious mistakes:
More from Finland! Double Crown was so excited about The Shockwave's last release that they brought them onto their roster. Mine's on the way through the Double Crown Music Club and will be my first exposure to them, but they've put up a live preview of some of the tracks on this album over on the youtube
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