A Beach Boys/Ventures Christmas

 

Chad Shivers & the Frigidaires (formerly the Silent Knights) are celebrating our 10th anniversary this year! The band will be performing the Beach Boys’ and Ventures’ Christmas albums in their entirety along with other holiday classics. Once again we will be joining our pals Jeffrey Bützer and TT Mahoney with their fabulous Charlie Brown Christmas tribute, an Atlanta institution and a personal highlight of the season. While we would love to join you in person, this year we will live-streaming from the Earl Saturday, December 19 starting at 7pm.

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Southern Surf Stomp! presents The Indicators, Nuclear Juarez, Jeffrey Bützer

Our last show of the year! We've got Atlanta rockers The Indicators (featuring one of my favorite guitarists in town, Michael Goldman) reuniting for one night only, San Antonio's psych surfers Nuclear Juarez, Spaghetti Western inspired solo guitar from my main man Jeffrey Bützer, and special guest DJ Brian Parrish, host of "The Casbah" radio show on KSYM and drummer for Nuclear Juarez.

News and April show announcement

It is with deep regrets that I inform you I will no longer be hosting monthly Southern Surf Stomps. It has been an incredible three years(!) and an honor and privilege to work with so many wonderful and talented people. I've made some lifelong friends in the process from all over the country and found a new home at Kavarna. I'm incredibly proud of all the things we've accomplished; hosting 50 surf and instrumental groups in 4 cities across 3 states, with two acts whose members have been nominated for Grammys!

With all of that said, we are far from done. We will still be doing shows such as April 21st's with Jeffrey Butzer's The Compartmentalizationalists, Genki Genki Panic, In Snow, and Nikki Speake (Midnight Larks). If your group would like to perform, please don't hesitate to contact me as we will still be holding shows at Kavarna and elsewhere.

Highlights from Southern Surf Stomp! on 8/20/16

Jeffrey Bützer

Genki Genki Panic

Carlos Satana

Davey Snakes

Chad Dracula

The Bionic Vapor Boy

Biggie Rats

Reed Barrickman

Lester Dragstedt

Jordan Herschaft, John Hilton, Ryan Holderfield (left to right)

Southern Surf Stomp! presents The Compartmentalizationalists (CD release), Gemini XIII, Band. James Band.

The Compartmentalizationalists is the moniker for multi-instrumentalist Jeffrey Bützer's guitar based trio.  In this group, Bützer channels his inner Sonny Sharrock, Thurston Moore, and Starcrunch to create noisy, reverb laden instrumentals.  Not only will this show serve as the official Southern Surf StompFest! after party, but the band will be taking the opportunity to release their debut album, "Sutures", as well.

Gemini XIII have been on a bit of a hiatus recently as they've been working through some personnel changes, but I'm happy to announce that they will be debuting their new lineup at September's Southern Surf Stomp!  If ever there were an underrated surf group in Atlanta, it would surely be these guys.  The quartet writes some truly great music and their live shows have escalated exponentially since the band's inception.  Having been a huge support to the Stomp and the local surf community in general, I'm excited to see what future missions they have in store.

"You expect me to talk?  No, Mr. Bond.  I expect you to...surf!".  Rounding out the evening will be the declassification of top secret tones from Band. James Band., Atlanta's own James Bond themed tribute act.  You can expect to hear your favorite Bond themes, as well as other spy themes and many more surprises.

We're also glad to have our resident DJs, The Fringe Factory, back with us for this event.  They'll be spinning the best surf, garage, rockabilly, and golden era rock 'n' roll.

Highlights from Southern Surf Stomp! on June 6, 2015.

Woven In's Mariah Johnson

The Compartmentalizationalists: Jeffrey Butzer - guitar, Chad Shivers - bass, Sean Zearfoss - drums

Joe Weigel

Drew De Lutio

Guest bass player, Joey De Lutio

Bob Walk from The Surf King Surfwear

Southern Surf Stomp! presents The Revomatics (WI), The Compartmentalizationalists, Woven In

Although not the only game in town, The Revomatics are Milwaukee's premier surf act, culling from the old as well as new.  The band has been working hard and reaping the benefits having opened for Dick Dale and the B-52's, performed for perpetually packed crowds at their home of Lucky Joe's Tiki Room (where they recorded a live album), made several recent radio appearances, and received many favorable reviews by the local press.  Last year I had the pleasure of witnessing their performance on a sold out cruise on Lake Michigan and let me tell you, these gentlemen surely know how to captivate an audience and show them a good time.  Armed with their brand new album "We Come In Peace", these Northern aggressors are invading our event where they must succumb to the charms of our Southern hospitality.

The Compartmentalizationalists is one of the many projects headed by one of Atlanta's favorite multi-instrumentalists JeffreyBützer.  This trio of guitar, bass, and drums features members of his band The Bicycle Eaters and specializes in noisy instrumentals inspired by surf rock, Spaghetti Western soundtracks, and the likes of Sonny Sharrock and Sonic Youth. 

Woven In dances in the shadows of dusk, where light is replaced by darkness.  Band leader Mariah Johnson's low alto is brooding over her reverb drenched jazzy guitar lines, culminating in delicate music that also bears a great load on its tired and shrugged shoulders.