Few surf rock bands have a discography as huge as The Challengers. This surf rock outfit is best known for the highly influential record Surfbeat from 1963. They were quite popular at the time; they ...

It was an unforgettable day of music on April 1, 1995 for musician John Blair and Grammy-winning producer Mark Linett. They were at a packed show at the iconic Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, a ...

Sometimes music can overwrite the circumstances in which one listens to it. Case in point: Hypnotika, the latest album from Burlington guitar god Bill Mullins’ surf-rock band, Barbacoa. I first ...

Kim Lambert and Nik Sureal: They’re also influenced by newer surf rockers like Man or Astroman. The Philter plays the New Dodge Lounge with Memory Blank and Monsoons on Friday, November 16. 8850 ...

Background: It sounds like a disaster waiting to happen — four frontmen from very different bands joining together to form one group — but the Ten Percenters make it work. The quartet is made up of ...

Most remember The Beach Boys for their vocal harmonies, surfing, matching striped shirts, and clean-cut American image. However, beginning with Pet Sounds, Brian Wilson and his groundbreaking studio ...

How did a guitar that failed to grab its intended market – the market it was literally named after – end up becoming the instrument of choice across surf-rock, post-punk, new wave, power pop, shoegaze ...