2017 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 16th at Little Tree Art Studios in Avondale Estates, GA and will also host an artists market and food trucks.

lineup:
8pm Aqualads (NC)
7pm Genki Genki Panic (TN)
6pm The Mystery Men? (GA)
5pm The Out of Limits (NC)
4pm El Capitan & The Reluctant Sadists (GA)
3pm Rondo Hatton (LA)
2pm Caroline & the Ramblers (GA)
1pm The Reverburritos (AR, reunion show!)
12pm The Surge! (GA)

with special guest DJ Dusty Booze

A kickoff party, also a free and family friendly event, will be held the night before on Friday, September 15th at Trader Vic's Atlanta with entertainment from:
Aqualads (NC)
The Johnny Zoom Hi-Fi Show (FL)
Dangling Tassels (AR)

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).

Highlights from Southern Surf Stomp! on 11/14/15

Revenge Beach

Rondo Hatton

Southern Ska Syndicate

Southern Surf Stompcast, episode 15

Episode 15 features an interview with Bruce Lamb of Rondo Hatton.

Track list:
Genki Genki Panic - "Soul Crusher"
Gemini 13 - "Tijuana Spygame"
The Baffles - "Braindead"
Agent Octopus - "Spacewalk"
The Madeira - "Farthest Shore"
The Madeira - "Down In Cadiz"
The Woggles - "Valleri"
The Jive-A-Tones - "Wild Bird"
The Tarantulas - "Bullrushes"
The Boss Jaguars! - "Rustbucket"
Rondo Hatton - "Riding The Coffin"
Rondo Hatton - "Saguaro"
Southern Ska Syndicate - "Take It Easy"
Bert Wills - "Big Wong"
Reverb Galaxy - "In The Shadows' Shadow"
The Reverburritos - "Martini Sunset"
The Man From RavCon - "The Passenger"
Kenosha Kid - "Vanishing Point"
The Sandblasters - "Submersionary"
The Doke Ohms - "La Luna De Miel"
Ruthie and the Wranglers - "Surftango"
Apache 65 - "Lazy-Eyed Stranger"

Incidental:
Rondo Hatton - "Tu Besitos (Acoustic)"
Rondo Hatton - "La Bikina (Acoustic)"
The Boss Jaguars! - "Dangerous Waves"
Southern Ska Syndicate - "Swing Easy"
Reverb Galaxy - "Blue Sunset" The Man From RavCon - "The Station"

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

Southern Surf Stomp! presents Southern Ska Syndicate, Rondo Hatton (LA), Revenge Beach (Athens)

 

Athens, Georgia seems to have been churning out great surf and instro groups as of late.  Although I've only had exposure to one tune, Revenge Beach seems to be no exception.  Thunderous drums drive a refreshing modern take on the classic surf formula.  I believe members of the band formerly to be in another Athens combo, The Curl, and I'd like to thank Richard of The Mystery Men? for bringing these guys to my attention.

Rondo Hatton is one of the few surf bands to come out of Louisiana, and the only from Baton Rouge as far as I can tell.  Not unlike Los Straitjackets, I'd categorize them more in the instro camp, drawing from a vast array of influences from pre-surf instrumentals (a la The Ventures, Fireballs, Santo & Johnny), blues, Tex-Mex, Spaghetti Western, and of course classic surf rock.  The group regularly releases albums of mostly original material, with excellent compositions, production, and striking album art.

November's Stomp will be the official debut of the Southern Ska Syndicate.  The nine piece(!) band is a super group of sorts, comprising members from several acts with which our readers might be familiar like The Penetrators, The Mystery Men?, El Capitan and the Band With No Name, and Gemini XIII, along with several members of the legendary Atlanta ska group The Robustos.  They'll be performing many of the ska, reggae, and rocksteady classics.