Video: Surfer Blood with Marnie Stern at Cameo Gallery 12/31/09

Ascendant indie guitar dudes Surfer Blood maybe be off and running on a massive tour supporting their ace debut Astro Coast (tour dates at the bottom of this post), but clearly they'll always carry their Florida home with them. At least judging from this Chunwoo Kae & Kevin Chapados-directed clip, in which they lovingly mashup their state's greatest cultural export (Disney characters) and greatest cultural import (old people) in the scene captured above. There's also street-running in tighty whities. The drippy fixture dangling overhead in the final scene where singer John Paul Pitts crowd surfs ("Swim," you get [...]

Surfer Blood got some swagger! When last we saw these kids in town, we had them figured for CMJ-style human sacrifice; the next day they played the second or third set of an appalling 12-show ru... Continue reading "The Inexplicable Surfer Blood Marnie Stern Connection, Plus An Apology" >

Surfer Blood & Marnie Stern @ Cameo on NYE ( by Abbey Braden /PunkPhoto ) Surfer Blood played the Cameo with We Are Country Mice , Beach Fossils , Frankie & The Outs ( who played in their swimsuits ) and others on New Years Eve. As you can see in the picture above, Marnie Stern (who's been quiet recently show-wise) joined Surfer Blood on stage at the party. Surfer Blood has quite a bit [...]