2016 Southern Surf StompFest!

Presented by The City of Avondale Estates and THE SURF KING Surfwear, Southern Surf StompFest! is an annual festival featuring the best surf, instro, and beyond that the South has to offer. This free, all ages event takes place September 17th at Little Tree Art Studios in Avondale Estates, GA and will also host an artists market and food trucks.

flyer courtesy of James Honeycutt

 Line up:
9pm Daikaiju (AL)
8pm Insect Surfers (CA)
7pm The Mystery Men? (GA)
6pm The Intoxicators! (FL)
5pm The Surge (GA)
4pm Phatlynx (NC)
3pm Caroline & the Ramblers (GA)
2pm The Monterreys (NC)
1pm SEAWHORSE (VA)
12pm The Penetrators (GA/AL)

with special guest emcee: Jet Powers

None of this would be possible without our wonderful sponsors:
The City of Avondale Estates
THE SURF KING Surfwear
The Longboards Show on WREK.org
Sound Space
Green Flash Brewing Co.
My Parents' Basement

A kickoff party will be held the night before on September 16th at Trader Vics Atlanta with entertainment from Kinky Waikiki (GA) and The Dangling Tassels (AR).

Southern Surf Stompcast

Our debut episode features an interview from North Carolina's Arrows out as well as music from groups that have performed previously at the Southern Surf Stomp.  It can be found streaming below or you can subscribe on iTunes.


Tracklisting:
The Monterreys "Machete!"
The Surge! "Paddle or Die",
The Mutations "Surfer's Dream",
Daikaiju "Flight of Garuda",
Kill, Baby...Kill! "Trioxin Twist",
The Mystery Men? "The Devil You Know",
Arrows Out "Yes, Maybe",
Arrows Out "Tessellate",
MOONBASE "Smoke",
El Fossil "Hair Pin",
Gemini 13 "Chopped and Channeled",
The High Fidelics "Lil' Curfew Breaker",
The Zaratans "Wavos Maximos".

Intro and outro music, "Southern Surf Syndicate Theme", provided by The Penetrators.

Photos from Southern Surf Stomp! on June 7, 2014

 El Fossil

Kill, Baby...Kill!

 The chaos that is Daikaiju

 Secret-Man

 Rock-Man stepping outside for a breath of fresh air

 Drum surfing with Blast-Man

Secret-Man raises the bar

Monsters of Surf compilation

This compilation, spearheaded by the mighty Daikaiju, features the four groups from June's Stomp; the aforementioned Daikaiju, Kill, Baby...Kill!, The Mystery Men?, and El Fossil, as well as May's headliners The Mutations.

Here's part of an excellent review by my friend Noel from Surf Guitar 101:
"In a genre filled with great compilation albums of historic importance, and the best of current artists, this record stands firmly side-by-side with the very best. Monsters of Surf is an amazing, jaw-dropping record of music pushing at the contemporary edges of what it means to be surf music. This isn’t your father’s surf music, and I say that as someone who genuinely loves every note of music played and recorded by the founders of surf music, the artists who kept it alive and revived it, and the proponents of it today. This is that music on steroids, surfing hurricane-generated monster waves. This is powerful, extreme surf, head-banging, boundary-pushing, raucous, dangerous surf. I would never operate a motor vehicle listening to Monsters of Surf unless cruise control was firmly controlling the speed."

Videos for Daikaiju

Southern Surf Stomp! presents the Monsters of Surf featuring DAIKAIJU (AL), Kill, Baby...Kill! (AL), The Mystery Men?, and El Fossil

This show is bound to be our biggest and wildest yet.  Unlike May's all vocal lineup, June's stomp features four instrumental groups that can be heard on the recently released compilation "Monsters of Surf".

Seeing Daikaiju is not just a concert, it's an experience.  These masked maniacs are the hardest working surf group and have performed all over the world. 

Kill, Baby...Kill! is one of my absolute favorite bands on the planet.  These apocalyptic surf punks from Alabama are at the top of the game their songwriting, musicianship, and performance.

Who are The Mystery Men?  No one really knows for sure but they are sure to bring their eclectic blend of surf with a triple guitar assault.

El Fossil plays a noisy sort of thrash surf.  These guys are just a blast to watch and if the music doesn't move you, the witty stage banter will be sure to keep you smiling.