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Steelism release Informant/Spook 7"

I wasn't really sure if Steelism was the sort of group this site should be concerned with when I saw that their LP "615 to Fame" was coming out. I saw it at Louisiana Music Factory and thought "what the hey". Glad I did, it's a pretty great album. Obviously there's a good helping of steel guitar, but they definitely also carry pretty heavy surf influences, with flashes of jazz, country, spy, and there's a surprising amount of fuzz too. It's clever and diverse stuff.

So hot off the heels of that, they have a limited edition 7" coming out tomorrow Turbo Time Records. You can preview one of the tracks below or order it.

From: 01/05/2015 - 08:22

Tags: Steelism, vinyl, release

Playlist 12-29-14

reverberati - the Grand Duel (combat surf)
hipbone slim and the knee tremblers - Swagger (hipbone slim vs sir bald)
king charles' head - Jinx (king charles head/ld50 split ep)
the incredible heavies - johnny utah (surrounded by assassins)
steelism - the landlocked surfer (615 to fame)

Jerry Cole & His Spacemen - racing waves (surf age)
the creations - the crash (surf-age nuggets)
the illusions - jezabel (cowabunga disc 2)
the surfaris - scratch (hit city '64)
the deuce coupes - dawn patrol (hotrodders' choice)

From: 01/04/2015 - 22:05

Tags: playlist

Gremmy Awards 2014: Everything Else

There's a few more items I want to draw attention to this past year...

From: 01/05/2015 - 11:08

Tags: Gremmys, 2014, Green Cookie, glaciers, charades, monsters of surf, Urban Surf Kings, tuareg

Messer Chups release two new 7"s

Based on this and the Speedball Jr 7"s that came out in 2014, there must be some sort of discount going on at a record pressing plant for doing 2 different 7"s. Nobody's complaining though! Russian weirdo surfers The Messer Chups have kicked off 2014 with two 7"s named Jokermobile and Church of Reverb

From: 01/02/2015 - 10:32

Tags: Messer Chups, release, 7

Gremmy Awards 2014: Best "Trad" Surf Album

The end of 2014 means we're about 50 years after when the surf craze fizzled out. Yet here we are, pumping out more surf music with no signs of slowing down. We've gone in all sorts of different directions since then, but some bands stay true to the cause and play by the rules. This sections is for those groups that are keeping the torch lit.

From: 01/04/2015 - 17:25

Tags: Gremmys, trad, 2014, Krontjong Devils, watang, 13th magic skull, a-phonics