Storm Surge of Reverb: Instrumental Rock & Roll and Surf Rock

07/25/2025

One week out! Who's gonna be there?

07/24/2025

Low-tech Magnatech

Magnatech is a solo project from John Verhoef that jumped out mid-pandemic with a steady stream of releases that now totals seven LPs five years on. Each release saw noticeable tweaks and tips learned along the way until he'd worked out a pretty signature sound. Perhaps in fear of painting himself i...

07/24/2025

Legendary treatment to a legendary performance

As was written, in 1994 Pulp Fiction was released to theaters, effectively attaching jumper cables to surf music. Not only did this give rise to countless new surf groups, but 60's acts found a new audience, which gave way to events like the one presented to us here: a recording of a 1995 gathering....

07/21/2025

THE HEALING POWER OF SURF MUSIC
FOUND TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS CRYSTALS
4-6pm CST
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07/18/2025

Big fun sounds from the PNW out today.

One of the coolest things about the Surfguitar101 Festival is the burst of new releases occurring in advance of a band's appearance.

07/15/2025

The Counterfeit aren't a surf band, they're not always instrumental even, but they're a fantastic Spaghetti Western music ensemble and I wanted to reach out.

The Counterfeit is a 12-piece Spaghetti Western band out of Melbourne, Australia. While they frequently play different arrangements than the original film scores, their "counterfeit" versions are extremely convincingly mimicing the orignial Spaghetti Western composers, and their off-the-beaten-path....

07/14/2025

Let me cut you in on a deal: I give you 2 hours of surf music, you give me nothing dollars.
4-6pm CST
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07/07/2025

Life hack: SURF
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06/30/2025

OPRAH RECOMMENDS THESE SURF MUSIC PICKS FOR A FUN SUMMER
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06/28/2025

The Untamed Youth decided to record again. It was a good idea!

This blog has a pretty strict instrumental focus, so I'm bending the rules a bit to review the new Untamed Youth, as it only has four instrumentals. But they're such a legendary group that is essential to the story of surf revival, and it would be a shame to leave it off.OK that's not really why. I....

06/27/2025

One of the best surf releases of the year snuck up on us!

This band has been around for way too long for this to be their first LP, with EPs dating back to 20 years ago. While admittedly I'd never heard of them so I woudln't call this "long-awaited", it was certainly worth the not-wait. Very punchy, busy sound that can be just as much euro-instro or twisti...

06/23/2025

If you've been hit by an 18 wheeler, don't accept a quick check. Listen to surf music.
4-6pm CST
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