Christmas is only days away. No, literally, the 25th of December is frighteningly close!!! Music is always a good gift for christmas, and we love music! So I decided to put together a quick guide to help you shop for the best surf music. I hope it helps.
Surfin Christmas
The Ventures - Christmas Album
Slackstone surf music
Blue Stingrays
Chairman of the Board
Christmas Season Favorites
Christmas can be a stressful time. Christmas shopping makes it all worse. I hope these suggestions give you some ideas, and if you have other suggestions leave a comment, it may help other people.
Japanese Motors are one of the exciting bands to emerge from Orange County since the heyday of Social Distortion and TSOL. Hailing from Costa Mesa, the Japanese Motors are made up by main vocalist and surfer Alex Knost, Nolan Hall in the guitar, Chris Vail in bass, and Andrew Atkinson in drumms. The band is known around South California for the insane, all-night blowouts they put on as much as for the driving, raucous garage pop they set the partying to.
Rather than fight the influence of their surroundings like so many of their So Cal contemporaries, Japanese Motors have channeled it into their music, making tunes every bit as sun-baked and laid-back as their coastal environs and rife with positive imagery. “Most bands from here are trying to sound like they’re from London or New York,” Nolan says. “We embrace where we’re from.”
Official website // MySpace // Japanese Motors at Amazon // on Ebay.
A gifted guitarist with a powerful post-grunge croon, 23-year-old U.K. import Newton Faulkner had a huge hit at home with this acoustic-based soft-rock anthem, which combines pure pop melody with an organic, handmade feel.
The soul-searching signature track from debut Hand Built by Robots develops a breezy hook so effortlessly infectious, it’s destined to soar beyond triple A radio, where it’s building right now. More Eddie Vedder than Jack Johnson, Faulkner’s voice is full of yearning, suggesting someone who has never seen a beautiful tropical beach, but keeps dreaming about it every night.
Newton Faulkner is a massively successful new artist in the UK and Europe. He has a huge following in the UK surfing community. His debut album went double platinum and spent two consecutive weeks at Number One in the UK charts.
Official website // MySpace // Newton Faulkner at Amazon // on eBay.
Max Romeu War Ina Babylon
This album is perhaps the strongest of the three, with passionate vocals, powerful songwriting, and Lee Scratch Perry expert hand at the mixing board. Max and Scratch shared a common vision when it came to music, and you can certainly hear that in every groove of this album. The Upsetters put a fine gloss on Max’s diamond. Highlights include the moving “Uptown Babies Don’t Cry”, the militant “Chase The Devil”, and the film noir reggae of “Norman”.
Complete with rootsy scratch style guitar and the musicality of the Jamaican patois, this record is a classic example of what reggae used to be at its best. Essential listening
If you are sick and tired of the age old Christmas classics, and you like that groovy guitar rock sound of the 50’s and 60’s you will find this Christmas alternative very refreshing.
This Wave Benders compilation includes 12 wave-pounding and rockin’ Christmas Classics performed with 50’s and 60’s vintage guitars and amps. You will also dig the sound of strings, theremin and some excellent percussion sounds from the glockenspiel and wave drum.
Join the Wave Benders in this groovy & rockin’ musical Christmas smorgasboard. It’s a fun and high energy alternative to the solemn traditional Christmas classics. Surfing Christmas: 12 Yule Tide Classics.
The Ventures Christmas album was originally released in 1965. It features Christmas songs played in the group’s trademark instrumental style. Most of the songs start with the first few seconds of a familiar rock hit, before transforming into a Christmas song. Some examples: “Sleigh Ride” opens with “Walk, Don’t Run”. “Santa Claus is Coming To Town” opens with “Wooly Bully”. “Jingle Bells” opens with “What’d I Say”. “Jingle Bell Rock” opens with “Memphis”. “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” opens with “I Feel Fine”. And “Frosty the Snowman” opens with “Tequila”. Frequently, riffs from the rock hit that opens the song will be repeated later in the song. The song titled “Snowflakes” is really “Greensleeves”. “Scrooge” is an original tune. This is a really fun album, which will bring a smile to the faces of fans of instrumental rock, and makes a nice Christmas present for your friends.
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