Bookmark this. When somebody asks you "is anybody even making new surf music?" show them this and laugh.
2022 was a great year for surf, with those of us following on the bleeding edge finding very few lulls in great releases. In fact, more often I felt overwhelmed by how many there were.
To understand this list, there's a few things you should know. Some of these rules may seem arbitrary but you have to have some guidelines to make a list like this.
- Inclusion on this list is not an endorsement. It's simply everything I could find that I could reasonably call surf. Some more details about that follow.
- Bold stuff means means I've mentioned it on this website. That probably does count as an endorsement. However, there are plenty of un-bolded things in this list I would endorse as well, I just didn't get a chance to write about it.
- Releases must be at least 50% instrumental.
- I did not include single song releases. It just gets out of hand. Minimum two songs.
- My definition of an LP is 8 songs or over 25 minutes. Less than that enters the mini-LP/EP gray area that I leave undefined.
- Single-artist compilations are Greatest Hits etc -- releases from a band that do not include unreleased material.
- Not everybody has the same definition of surf, but generally if you're mostly instrumental, use guitars, and call yourself surf, you're in.
This is never a complete list of surf releases, I always miss some (and I want to thank Uwe and Dorthy for helping screen it before release). PLEASE DO leave a comment or send an email if you notice something is missing.
LPs
- 3 Balls of Fire - 3BF Live!
- 3 Balls of Fire - Burnin' and Churnin'
- Abyssal Lurkers - The Tentacular Sounds of the Abyssal Lurkers
- AKAW! - Surfin Dunes
- Amphibian Man - Flaming Home
- Big Kahuna Matata - Beekay Em Tu
- Bitchin Rail banger - Shacked
- Bloodshot Bill - Songs from the Sludge
- Blue Spectre - Silverscreen
- Bottle Caps for Dollars - Nuclear Summer
- Bunkercats - Maqueta 2022
- Camarones Orquestra Guitarrística - Oh Sorte
- Captain Rico & the Ghost Band - Frequences D'Outre Tombe
- Cop Shop - Return of the Fuzz
- Danny and the Donuts - Get 'em While They're Hot
- Don & the Quixotes - Power Don!
- Duke Galaxy and the Pipelines - Duct Tape Palm Trees & Fly8in' Pineapples
- Eldanka - Joldanka Patrol
- Electrotú - Peripecias en el Mar
- Eric Kay & the Surfaronies - White Sands
- Evil Waves - Despotic Machines
- Frogman and Friends - Surf Corps
- Genki Genki Panic - This is... Dungeon Surf
- Gnarly Phin - Morning Set
- High Tide Johnny - Mystic Tide
- HJ & the Constellations - Golden Age of Rocketry Vol. 1
- Hula Ghost - You Have to be Quiet and Not Eat Things
- Iguanacondas - Mudda Fuggin Big Wave
- Japanese Television - Space Fruit Vineyard
- Jason Beers - Hanging Ten with Queequeg
- Jay Poisön and the Bat People - Rise of the Bat People!
- JJ Haaga - Surf Yachats
- Jim and the Sea Dragons - Sous les Paves, la Plage!
- Jonee Earthquake Band - 16 Surfin Hits
- Kincaid and the Memetics - Broken Arrow
- Kincaid and the Memetics - Low Brow Productions
- La Luz - Instrumentals
- Les Robots - Exploring the Boundaries of the Multiverse
- LHD - Off the Grid
- Los Abismos - Back Alley Surfers
- Los Atarrayas - Killed By Surf
- Los Bitchos - Let the Festivities Begin
- Los Daytonas - Troublemaker
- Los Dos Cerrados - NIKITA
- Love Songs Devine - Summer Instrumentals
- Magnatech - De Favorieten Expres!
- Magnatech - Impala '59
- Manic Vila - Litter Bin Inferno
- Mary Ann Hawkins - Mary Ann Hawkins
- Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters - From the Film of the Same Name
- Mayor of Donutville - Heracleion
- Monkey vs Bevatron - Death on Planet M
- Norby Violano - Best of Twangy Guitar / 2020-2022
- Obscurity Or Bust - The Chewing Gum Girl
- Pata de Elefante - Novas Aventuras
- Répéter - Blue Perfidia
- Robotron - Atomium
- Santa Anna Bay Coconuts - Wheels and Waves
- Satan's Pilgrims - Go Action!!
- Satan's Pilgrims - Live at Jackpot Records
- Sirfjsh - Sirfjsh
- Spindrift - Classic Soundtracks Vol. 3
- Spitwater - Neon Gray
- Sting Kong - Botopia
- Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited - The Flawless Miss Drake
- Stories from Shamehill - Return of the Space Mariachis
- Surf Monster - Surf Monster
- Surf Panzer - s/t
- Sys Malakian - Unknown Creatures
- Tall Yodas - Tromatic Experience
- Terminal Sunburn - Neverwhere
- The Angry Red Planet - "Captain... The Klingons Have Surrounded Uranus!
- The Atomicons - Flavor Waves
- The Beach Berserkers - Revenge of the Skinny Fat Silverback
- The Bloat Floaters - s/t
- The Bradipos IV - Endless Bummer
- The Breakers -Strange Shores: Old Singles & New Hits
- The Cosmic Sand Dollars - Let's Go Critical Insertion
- The Cruncher - Who Will Be Next In Line
- The Del-Vipers - Los Del-Vipers
- The Delstroyers - 10,000 Ways To Die
- The Dreadtones - s/t
- The Fantoms - Work In Progress Vol. 1
- The Fantoms - Work In Progress Vol. 2
- The Fuzziyama Surfers - Wild Echizen
- The Great Lakes Surf Pyrates featuring Allen Palmgren Music - Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
- The Green Reflectors - Cool Rides & Poolsides
- The Inquisitors - Oculus SInister
- The Krontjong Devils - Music from the Stars
- The Lake Devils - Bad Times in Bad Waters
- The Manakooras - Jungle of Steel
- The Me Gustas - The Me Gustas
- The Men with the Golden Gonads - Play The Men with The Golden Gonads And Other Misses
- The Mermers - AAHHHH!! IT'S THE MERMERS!
- The Night Tide - The Night Tide
- The Orions - The Orions
- The Razerbills - Omniscient Omnipotent Omnipresent
- The Reverbly Ones - s/t
- The Rondells - Exotics Sounds from Night Trips
- The Routes - Go Past Go
- The Routes - The Twang Machine
- The Rumtones - The Rumtones
- The Salinas - The Salinas
- The Sea-Rays - The Sea-Rays
- The Silhouettes - Extra Shot!
- The Sparks Boys - Do You See the Sea?
- The Special Agents - From Sheffield With Love
- The Special Agents - Lost Blueprints: The Unreleased Demos
- The Strings Aflame - Pyre
- The Surf Hermits - Showdown
- The Surfrajettes - Roller Fink
- The Tourmaliners - Surfidia
- The Tsunami Brothers - The Tsunami Brothers II
- The Tulsa Doom - War Chief
- The Ventures - New Space
- The Volcanics - Concrete Carver
- The Wave Chargers - Caravelle
- The Westwatcher - Groundswell Corduroy
- The Whys - A Day On Mercury
- The Young Barons - Live AF
- Vern Jules & the Aquanauts - The Mandate
- Wave Electric - Wave Electric
- Werner Brown & the Rocket Flames - Lift Off!
- Wiped Out - Welcome to Fear City
- Z & the Tiki Twisters - Z & The Tiki Twisters
- Zak and the Krakens - Astrolith Visions
- Zombrain - Live At the Sickness
EPs and Mini-LPs
- 12AX7 - Ukumehame
- Ace of Spit - The Room Beyond
- Allen Palmgren - Purgatory Reef
- ANGOSTURA - The Beast Within You
- Arno de Cea & The Clockwork Wizards - Everything Under the Sun is for Everyone
- ATARI - Demos Instrumentales
- Atomic Drag - Black Magic Spells and Other Neat Weird Stuff
- Atomicos - Truffle Shuffle
- Attack of the 50 Foot Deadbeat - Dracoola Surfs
- Basilantros - Basilantros
- Beach Bizzy - Demo 2022
- Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion - Rock Hudson b/w Desmodontinae
- Cameronoise - A Night Off the Town
- Cameronoise - Cameronoise
- Cato Dojo Clan - s/t ep
- Cinémathèque - Live at Taubman Museum of Art
- Cliff Jetson and his Mirage Men - Suenos
- Coastal Surf Club - 一発入魂
- Coastal Surf Club - 難忘的衝浪歌曲no.2
- David Walsh - Footprints in the Sand
- Dirty Quarantine - Dirty Quarantine
- Don Ellis - Bear Tracks
- Draculina - Shadowy Bites
- Dunes - One Day There Will Be No Monday
- Eugene & the Sampletones - Take it to the Dragstrip
- FAT KAHOONA - Casino Coral
- Footstep Surf Music Band - Henrique San Presents: Footstep Surf Music Band Acoustic Session
- Frankie and the Pool Boys - The Stargazers / Breathing Your Air
- Froghat - Froghat
- Genki Genki Panic / The Jagaloons - Split EP
- Gurús del Vudú - Incógnito Sessions
- Hawaiian Rollercoaster - s/t
- Hidden Chapel - Ritual of Rumble
- Hitchcocks - Vampire Dancing
- Hughie Landshark and the Sandblasters - Dead Love
- Humanga Danga - Watusi Peak
- If Mars Had Waves - Dawn Patrol at Eberswalde Delta
- Indy Tumbita - Surf Days (rare tracks 2016-2020)
- Intergalactic Surfers - Surf of the Demon
- Into the Soup - Surf Six
- Janglin' Jack - Coyote Hill
- Joe McAnaney - The Banzai Summer
- Katatonics - On Toure from Canada!
- Kawabonga - El Reparo
- Ken Sacco - Lazy Day in the Sand
- Kincaid and the Memetics - Les Reynards du Pere Lachaise
- Kincaid and the Memetics - Places We'd Like to Be
- Kincaid and the Memetics - The Out of Towners
- King Beez - Games
- Labirintite - Vontade de Beleza
- Las Arañas del Neptuno - Headin' for a Barrel Bash
- Les Robots - Extracts from the Multiverse 7"
- Los Apollos - Postcards from the Scrapyard Vol. 3
- Los Atascados - Efluvios Instrumentales
- Los Baby-Dolls - Olas Rebeldes
- Los Babydolls - Olas Rebeldes
- Los Crveles - BRVXA SVRFER
- Los Dedos - March of the Crabs
- Los Frenéticos - Calypso de Verano
- Los Grainders - Raw and Alive EP
- Los Granujas - Transfiguración
- Los Incendiarios - Mi Sueño Es Conocer El Mar
- Los Protones - La Fosa del Pacifico Sur
- Los Ruida - 1/4 de Mila
- Los Tiros - World Tour: Concciertos en Vivo 2012-2015
- Los Vaccine - Echo Soviet Stage
- Los Vaccine - Soviet Surfcover 4
- Los Vaccine - Redsurf
- Magnatech - Halloween 2022 Single
- MalaBrava - Historia Natural
- Man... or Astro-Man? - Distant Pulsar
- Manta Manta & Ultra Beach Bar Boys - Another 8 Surf Rock Summer Hits
- Maquina Peligrosa - Live @ The Gem
- Mark Malibu & the Wasagas - Hip Shake Go-Go Baby
- Martin Cilia - 6 Track EP
- Martin Cilia - 6 Track EP Backing Tracks
- Michael Purkhiser - 3-D
- Mike Paulshock - Poolboy
- Monster Wave - Beyond the Reef EP
- Nathan Mozes - The Nebula Fjord Surf EP
- Near East - Arabian Folk & Garage Surf Instrumentals
- Near East - Near East
- Night Chill - Demo of Darkness
- Night Zoo - Cold War Classics
- Outronaut - Godfinger
- Pajatso - Poison Beach
- Paradise Tax - Paradise Tax EP 2
- Part Time Filth - Tony Can't Surf
- Part Time Filth - Tony Can't Surf
- Party Nerves - Put a Load On, Come Back Mangled
- Playa colérica - Cartagua Sound Machine
- POOLHEAD - Poolhead EP
- PRIME-L - KILL-A-BEAST
- Radio Ray - Neverland
- Ramble Tamble - Ramble Tamble
- Ramble Tamble - 4 Track Demos
- Ramon - Ramon & Los Mineros (EP)
- Resonadores - Conga
- resonadores - sin olas
- Retrofoguetes - The New Hypnotic Wave of Retrofoguetes
- Root Rot - Demo
- Santa Anna Bay Coconuts - Exorcism/Satanica Pandemonia
- Satan's Pilgrims - Bayonet Constitution/Typhoon
- Scarecrow Grin - At Trails End
- Secret Agent - Moros En La Costa
- Set Waves - Set Waves
- Shorty's Swingin' Coconuts - Mai Tai in Hi-Fi
- Silver Sand Surfers - Silver Sand Surfers
- Six Steps Beyond - s/t
- SPF 1985 - The Infinite Radness
- Steven K. Roger - Surfin' in Your Room
- Stricken - 3 Surf Noir Songs
- Super Krystal - EP
- Surf Cult - Surf Cult
- Surf de Lac - Musique de cave
- Swami John Reis & Creepxotica - Shelter Island / 1 Mai Tai... 2 Mai Tai... 3 Mai Tai... Floor!
- Tanque Rudy - Junto a Sheri Corleone
- Terminal Sunburn - Ghost of Kyiv
- Terreur Twist - The Surfer of the Beast
- Thai Stick - Thai Stick EP
- The Atom Jacks - Fission Mission / Bikini Atoll Beach Boys
- The Babalooneys - Wide-Track Weekend'
- The Brain Waves - Torpedo Juice
- The Burial Quartet - Feast of Saint Lucy
- The Cheapoes - Jack, The Reefer
- The ChuGuysters - First Warning
- The Currie Brothers - No Go-Go The Boygeman
- The Currie Brothers - We Are the Currie Brothers
- The Cosmic Wrays - Live at Darrell's Tavern
- Cosmic Surf - First Wave
- The Cranzers - Seagulls Party
- The Del Roswells - Eat My Death Ray
- The Del Roswells - The Grey Rider
- The Del Roswells - The Sextraterrestrial
- The Denton Tarantinos - Play Big Kahuna Burger and Other Tasty Treats
- The Eerie - The Eerie
- The Endless Bummer - Demos
- The Eye Five - Boogie Bones EP
- The Eye Five - Coast Ghost
- The Go-Go Rillas - Buggy Gang Banana Party
- The Green Reflectors - Sea-Esta
- The Green Reflectors - Toboggan Hop
- The Groovy Times - Ice Cream Season 2 EP
- The Hang-Ten Hangmen - After the Storm
- The Jagaloons - Walk, Don't Run, For the Border
- The Leonites - Twang Bang
- The Longboards - Naked Jungle
- The MES - They Like To Watch Everything You Do
- The Mirage Marauders - A Chimera of Power
- The Mirage Marauders - A Feigned Awakening
- The NineteenElevenS - Dr. Defecto
- The NineteenElevenS - Mig Master/Fulda Gap Breakdown
- The NineteenElevenS - REVERB,SPEED,INTENSITY
- The Outpost - Santa Cruz EP
- The Probes - Caravan
- The Screaming Seagulls - Hypnic Jerk / Snow Surfer
- The Silhouettes - Savage Country
- The Slimetones - Summer of Slime
- The Slimetones - Terror on Two Wheels
- The Slimetones - The Curse of the Blackcat
- The Slimetones - Turtle Ranch
- The Slobber Knockers - Flight of the '69 Dodge Charger
- The Sloptones - Top Soul Sessions
- The Sloptones - Surf of the Dead
- The Sparks Boys - Pandemic Stroll
- The Sparks Boys - Wild Wild West
- The Squadron Leaders - Space Tomb EP
- The Surf Gnomes - The Surf Gnomes
- The Surf Gnomes - Transylvanian Grand Prix
- The SurfAnauts - s/t
- The Surfcrusters - Sartana e os Yanomamis contra a Pororoca de mercúrio
- The Surf Junkies - Meet... The Surf Junkies
- The Surfki - Two Sides
- The Surfrajettes - Marshmallow March / All I Want for Christmas Is You
- The Tiki Creeps - Lava Rockin' Psycho-rama
- The Unseen Hand - City of Brass
- The Unseen Hand - The Unseen Hand
- The Void Surfers - Satanic Cowboy Surf Rock Mayhem
- The Yeggs - The Yeggs
- The Zipheads - Surf Wars Vol. 1
- Touch of Evil - Touch of Evil
- Twang Inspectors - Alpha Breaker
- Unkle Kook - Surf Beat
- Urban Zotel - The Chase
- Urban Zotel & The Thundertones - Urban Zotel & the Thundertones Go Surfin'
- Waveyard - Embuscade à la Station Service
- Well Yeah - Ritmo
- Western Preacher - s/t
- Wiped Out - Reverbology
- The Zipheads - Surf Wars Vol. 1: The Day the Surf Stood Still
- Zombrain - Green Tomato
- Zvezda - Cosmos
- Zvuki Dedov - Doska
Compilations & Single-Artist Compilations
- Sea Sea Rider
- Tangentg - Tôhô Beach Party: Best of Tangentg Surf '21
- The Milk Lizards - Rarities (bootleg #5)
- Triple Agent Records Vol. II
- Triple Agent Records Vol. III
- Surf You Next Tuesday 2! The Revenge
- Surf Britannia 3
- L'Appel de la musique Surf vol°2
- The Pyramids - Penetration! The Best of the Pyramids
- The Trashmen - The Best of the Trashmen
- Thálasses - 6th Anniversary
- Surf'n'Glue
- Messer Chups - Adventures of Zombierella and Guitaracula
- Surf & Glue - A Brazilian Tribute to the Ramones
- Wave Walk'n: A Tribute to the Surf Raiders
- Thee Orbits - Unknown Hits from Outer Space !!
- An Evening in Nivram - A Tribute to the Shadows
- The Continental Magazine Issue 33
- The Continental Magazine Issue 32
- Mark Malibu presents: Surfin' Kitty X-Mas 3
- The Concussions - eXXorsizing our Demons: The Best of the Concussions
- Flower Smellers - Flower Smellers
