Tropical Popsicle another great name for a band. These guys make modern garage, surf, psych stuff, with great pop harmonies and upbeat mood its no real surprise they hail from California. Their Ghost Becons EP is available to download from Bandcamp for $2.
Another great lo-fi Dream Pop/Surf sounding guitar band, Cassida Pax. This EP "Sin By Proxy" is a minimal guitar, vocal and minmal percussion thing that sounds very much like it was recorded on 4 track tape in someone's cold damp basement flat in 1987. Beautiful, sad and understated. Despite its mournful "just broke up with my girlfriend and wondering the cemetery drinking cold tea" kind of feel its produced by someone living out in sunny as fuck California. Download the EP from Bandcamp now.
Soda Fabric is a surf punk/Afrobeat Indie three piece with a mournful Cure-esque feel. This track "Antonia" is the first single from their forthcoming EP call "Tear On The Beach". It's a bit of an indie sing along anthem in search of a big crowd to sign it back at the stage. Its good and the EP should be a winner. Download the single for free from Bandcamp.
Full on garage surf punk with an almost rockabilly vibe from Portland with a brilliant name if ever there was one... Guantanamo Baywatch. Its pricey but their album Chest Crawl is out on Dirtnap Records for $12.. download from Bandcamp here.
