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The Halibuts – Life on the Bottom – Review

October 1, 1996

This is good and proper surf, the California sound; it holds in its wings all the beach party flair and lei-wearing class that is the soothing West Coast theme.

Laika and the Cosmonauts – Zero Gravity – Review

May 1, 1996

Wooo-eeee! Grab the laughing gas and my NASA Bermuda shorts – I’m off to Venus in a cosmic Woody with my favorite Finnish wave-crashers.

Nick Lowe – Party of One – Review

February 1, 1996

This is the Nick Lowe country album. He does it better than most of the country crooners today; and he did it long before anyone ever heard of Garth Brooks.

The Upper Crust – Let Them Eat Rock – Interview

February 1, 1996

A interview with Lord Rockingham (guitar/vocals) & Lord Bendover (guitar/vocals)

Reeves Gabrels – The Sacred Squall of Now – Review

October 1, 1995

His solos have a worldly strangeness that seem to deny time and space, leaving the pedestrian realm and soaring on erratic zephyrs making small whirlwinds.

Laika and the Cosmonauts – The Amazing Colossal Band – Review

April 1, 1995

Laika & the Cosmonauts have a clever album here, full of surf music riffs, tremolo-laden guitar tracks and astral keys. No vocals.

Beyond the Beach – Review

February 1, 1995

A nineteen song compilation of instrumental surf music ranging from peppy rockers to sci-fi psychedelia soaked in reverb and salt spray atmosphere.