You may or may not have noticed that it has been A WHILE, since we last posted a Top Five Songs of the Week - it is not that we have not wanted to, it's simply that we've just been crazy busy. Also, we wanted to add that one of the many reasons we have not been blogging nearly as much is that Jose was been asked to do freelance writing, submitting a couple of articles per month for the very awesome, Ohio Authority . If you are not yet familiar with Ohio [...]
Another new band who made a "splash" at CMJ is prepping their new album for early 2010. They are West Palm Beach, Florida natives Surfer Blood , which brings an '80s big guitar sound to the current trend of lo-fi surf music we've heard a lot of this year. It's fun-in-the-sun music with a serious edge. They just released their second single, Swim (To Reach The End) , which will be on their debut Astro Coast , along with first single [...]
Simple-sounding song structures always impress me. I believe it's quite difficult to write a good "pop" song. A song that everyone likes without losing an element of credibility. The legends of surf-rock definitely had that ability and I'm glad to see surf making a resurgence. I've been listening to a lot of this surf-inspired garage/indie rock and here are some of my choice selections. Girls have received a lot of press lately for their very-NSFW video for "Lust for Life", but this is a band I just can't get out of my head, [...]
The sound of the 80s is coming back in a big way; however, only certain aspects of the decade are getting revitalized: post-punk, new wave, synthpop.Few bands are willing to tango with the era's grandiose guitar rock, but Florida's Surfer Blood is obviously the exception. With an obscene amount of reverb on the vocals, these guy's crank out the passionate riffs of Asia, and back it up with some
Surfer Blood's debut single, "Swim," is one of those numbers that had it been recorded in the '80s, its video would require a California beach, bikini babes, muscle men, and a flashy Camaro. Thankfully, we're in a different decade. By utilizing a lo-fi approach similar to that of Japandroids, the band crafts an unapologetic anthem (Which "Swim" most definitely is) replete with big guitar lines and well placed "Whoas" and presents it in such a way where it doesn't sound hopelessly dated, but fresh and fun. MP3: Surfer Blood - Swim [...]
I don't live on the Left Coast, but if I had grown up on that side of the country I think I would probably enjoy surfing. As it is, I've never even attempted to surf. I say that I would enjoy surfing because I used to swim in ...
Su primer álbum, Astro Coast , no se publica hasta el 19 de enero, pero este quinteto de Palm Beach, Florida, está creando una gran expectación desde hace semanas. Se llaman Surfer Blood y tras su serie de conciertos en el Festival CMJ y la filtración de algunos de sus temas se les señala como una de las firmes revelaciones de 2010. Grandes canciones como Swim o Floating Vibes les avalan. * Surfer Blood-Swim (To Reach The End) * Surfer Blood-Floating Vibes (vía P4k)
This band played like 87 CMJ shows and guess what? Leave it to us to miss ALL of them. Beyond that we don't know much about Surfer Blood (besides the fact that they just opened a bunch of shows for Art Brut). BUT I am completely enamored with their latest single "Swim". It's kind of shout-y, pounding bit of power-pop but in a totally catchy, deceptively simple way. And there's also that little
MP3 : Surfer Blood - Swim CMJ breakout band Surfer Blood will play the Summit on Wednesday night. It's good timing - see 'em before you're sick of hearing about 'em. The Florida band's debut, Astro Coast , is out on Kanine January 19. It's good. Detroit's Terrible Twos open. $5, 18+. Under 21 pay $2 surcharge at the door.
Schönen Bass habt ihr dort im Intro, Surfer Blood, doch auch viel zu viele gute Ideen in ein Lied gepackt. Spätestens nach dem Joey Santiago-Solo habe ich abgeschaltet. Schade. Da springe ich doch lieber 'rüber zu Pretty Much Amazing und höre mir die Black Session von The XX an. [mp3] Surfer Blood / Floating vibes
First, here's some free new music that you can collect on your own, if you have an e-mail address, and you happen to like free live EPs by a little-known band called the Pixies. This is fresh from their reunion tour where they're re-creating Doolittle live on stage. The American leg starts later this week. Download The Pixies - "Gouge Away (live)".mp3 [...]
Filed under: Free MP3 Download of the Day Artist: Surfer Blood Songs: 'Swim' Album: 'Astrocoast' [ iTunes ] Sounds Like : Vampire Weekend , Grizzly Bear Download: 'Swim' (MP3) [Get Winamp] [Download Help] [...]
Tune in every Saturday night 9-10:30 MST to catch me spinning (digitally) the latest and greatest... You can listen to a replay of the show whenever you would like for the next two weeks right here . If you are an artist/producer or whatever and want to do an interview on the show sometime please contact me. Scene Not Heard 11.14.09 Playlist Surf City - Headin' Inside Surfer Blood - Swim (To [...]
In an effort to somewhat merge the AD show on XMU with that of the blog proper, this is the first of what will most likely become a recurring series. After the jump, check a selection of 27 (mostly) new-ish tracks I've been spinning over the past few weeks - 1/2 of which have not [...]
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Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Benji Cossa : "Sunset (demo)" [mp3] other Benji Cossa posts at Largehearted Boy Jason Boesel : "Hand of God" [mp3] from Hustler's Son (out January 12th) other Jason Boesel posts at Largehearted Boy Lissie : "Everywhere I Go'" [mp3] from Why You Runnin' [...]
One of the breakout bands this year at the CMJ conference in New York was the band Surfer Blood from West Palm Beach, Florida. The buzz on the band has gotten pretty heavy pretty quickly; Pitchfork selected this song as one of 2009's best new songs and music bloggers have been singing the band's praises for their crunchy, screechy, slightly askew power pop/rock. Surfer Blood sound like a mashup
[ download ] In these days of hyphenated musical sub-genres and cross-pollinated, hybridized taxonomies, Surfer Blood writes songs in what feels like an increasingly endangered idiom: that straightforward lexicon of a bunch of dudes rockin' out. There is more than a touch of 1990s college radio to the Palm Beach, Florida quartet's tunes, with the guitar-heavy tones of all time favorites like Pavement, The Pixies, and early-era Weezer shining through. The band just wrapped up a tour opening for Art Brut (speaking of all time favorites), and the pairing [...]
Florida quintet Surfer Blood have been much talked about in advance of the release of their January 19, 2010 Kanine debut Astro Coast. Enjoy "Swim (To Reach The End)" from their recently released digital single. purchase sound: Swim (To Reach The End) Swim (acoustic on Pitchfork) dates: 11-17 Cleveland, Ohio [...]
Band BioWhen you think of Palm Beach, Florida, what comes to mind? Palm trees swaying gently in the balmy breeze? Scantily-clad bikini buxom babes rollerblading down an infinite slab of coral-colored concrete? How about anthemic, bombastic, life-affirming indie pop? If the latter didn't occur to you, let us introduce you to Surfer Blood: they call West Palm Beach home and, while still in their
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