Surfer Blood

Surfer Blood's Twitter Updates From Second Album Recording Sessions in California

Surfer Blood! The West Palm Beach band is currently recording its second full-length slab in California with Gil Norton, a studio pro who's previously produced The Foo Fighters and Counting Crows, as well as the final three albums by The Pixies (with whom the Blood boys toured last year). Given ... More >>

Surfer Blood at Bardot February 16

Surfer Blood Swim Into Miami For Bardot's Living Room Sessions on February 16

​Once upon a time, some kids from West Palm were chilling at an Ultra Music Festival afterparty in Miami, and they started talking about forming an indie rock band. We can't be sure if these guys were sober or not. But thankfully, they were serious, and Surfer Blood went on to create one of 2010' ... More >>

Watch Surfer Blood on NBC's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon (Video)

​We here at Crossfade provided plenty of advance warning that West Palm fuzz rockers Surfer Blood would be jamming out to "Miranda," a single off last year's Tarot Classics EP, during last night's episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. But maybe you came down with a real nasty case of the Monda ... More >>

Surfer Blood Announce Appearance on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

​OMG! Surfer Blood's gone late night! About 15 hours ago, West Palm Beach-based Surfer Blood sent out an ecstatic tweet to their 6,894 fans announcing a January 9 appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Several minutes ago, Crossfade's inbox was hit with a press release confirming the good n ... More >>

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Surfer Blood at Bayfront Park October 14

Surfer Blood Plays Free Miami Show for DWNTWN Concert Series October 14

​Surfer Blood is, like, superfamous. The West Palm foursome has been almost singlehandedly spreading South Florida's indie rock message, playing every music festival imaginable, including SXSW, CMJ, and even ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas. In fact, this crew may be the hottest white-boy thang t ... More >>

Bruise Cruise: An Internet Recap of All the S@!T We Missed

Photo by Reed FischerThe view from the back of the room.​The Bruise Cruise set sail last weekend sans Crossfade, and while we were totally bummed El Jefe didn't swing us the $500 cabin fee, we were stoked to be part of the Grand Central kickoff party last Thursday. And honestly, after eight-hours ... More >>

Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party at Grand Central, February 24

Photo by Ian WitlenTy Segall.​See the full Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party slideshow. Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party With Black Lips, Quintron and Miss Pussycat, Vivian Girls, Thee Oh Sees, Strange Boys, Surfer Blood, Ty Segall, Turbo Fruits, and Jacuzzi Boys Grand Central Thursday, February 24, 2011 ... More >>

See the Band Schedule for Tonight's Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party at Grand Central

The Black Lips head up the gangbang at Grand Central.​There are a number of perfectly legitimate reasons you need to memorize the detailed band breakdown for tonight's Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party. And we can think of three straight away: (1) Maybe you love Jacuzzi Boys, but you hate Black Lips ( ... More >>

Quintron and Miss Pussycat Talk Bruise Cruise, Trash Can Music, and Kids Running in Fear

Photo by QuintronQuintron mans the gear.​It's tough to pick out the single most thrilling aspect of the whole Quintron & Miss Pussycat project. Is it the fact that this married duo puts on original puppet shows? That Quintron is the kind of musician who concocts his own musical contraptions ... More >>

The Strange Boys Talk Bruise Cruise, Urinating in Public, and Future Plans

Photo by Jose FloresStrange Boys, bred in Austin, Texas.​When the Strange Boys played Churchill's last September, our review was, well, a bit harsh. "The band appeared to be catching a cold," we wrote, "seemingly disinterested in their songs, and even less interested in the crowd." But in the ... More >>

Bruise Cruise Travel Tip: Don't Smuggle Drugs Onto the Ship

Torben Bjorn Hansen, Flickr ​The Bruise Cruise sets sail from the Port of Miami on Friday. And while there's plenty of dope coming through Dodge Island, y'all better think twice about sneaking some out; narcs like to prey on unsuspecting travelers, especially theme cruise passengers. In January, ... More >>

Surfer Blood Announces Spring 2011 US Tour

Photo by Ian Witlen​It's crazy when one of your local scene stars goes fucking supernova in the space of a year. But that's been the Surfer Blood story so far ... Big bang. And maybe it's about to get bigger. Still riding the crest of that massive wave called Astro Coast, the West Palm crew have ... More >>

Win CMJ Passes and Join the Ranks of Music Journalism With WVUM's Writing Contest

Be like Lester Bangs!​Everybody wants to be a rock star. But eventually you realize that playing power chords, drinking gallons of Jack Daniel's for breakfast, and slutting it up with groupies of every sex (yes, there are more than two) is a totally ridiculous way to make a living. Sure, it pays h ... More >>

Surfer Blood and The Drums Go Crowd Surfing at Grand Central, September 18

Photos by Christine BorgesThe Drums​The DrumsWith The Young Friends and Surfer BloodAt Grand Central, MiamiSaturday, September 18, 2010Better than: Goin' surfin'.The Review:People who eternally run late to everything, take note: When Grand Central says the show starts at 7pm, they mean it. The lin ... More >>

Jacob Graham of the Drums Talks Leaving Florida, Americana, and Not Really Liking the Beach; Playing Grand Central with Surfer Blood on Saturday

​Brooklyn-based indie-poppers The Drums aren't what you think they are. Sure, they put out their Summertime! EP, filled with beach-themed tracks like "Let's Go Surfing," "Down by the Water," and "Submarine." But they actually mentioned to us recently that they probably wouldn't go to the beach if ... More >>

The Drums and Surfer Blood at Grand Central

Weird Wives at Guest Lab

MP3: The Drums - "Down by the Water;" Grand Central Show With Surfer Blood Sept. 18

​Sniffing the winds of bloggy change, it seems like with the turning of the seasons is coming a backlash to the wave of feel-good, dreamy beach-rock that dominated this summer. This is silly for several reasons:1) Backlash is hilarious when many of these bands have yet to release a full-length alb ... More >>

Surfer Blood Playing at Grand Central September 18 -- After Vowing Never to Play There Again

Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer Blood: You know Grand Central loves you, XOXO Gossip Girl​Surfer Blood, if you are going to vow never to play a venue again, you might want to stick to your word -- otherwise someone's going to call you out.Let us rehash the night that Surfer Blood played Poplife's 11th a ... More >>

Surfer Blood-Endorsed Local Band Dead Meat to Release 7-Inch This Fall

​Go into Dead Meat's site, and you'll find a triangle with a mustache, surrounded by what looks to be some kind of animal fur. And that's it. We're not kidding. The South Florida band -- akin to what we're guessing an Ian Curtis-birthed thrash/  punk lovechild would sound like -- has been bre ... More >>

Concert Review: Surfer Blood, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Grand Central, June 12

photo by Jacqueline Nusz​Poplife's Anniversary Party With Surfer Blood, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and Hooray for Earth Grand Central, Miami Saturday, June 12, 2010 Better than: Getting pains for being too pure of heart, or surfing in blood, or.... The Review: The hipsterati and then some ... More >>

Surfer Blood vs. Grand Central Saturday Night: What Really Happened?

Those that attended the Poplife Anniversary Party at Grand Central on Saturday, read the review, or just heard about it might be a bit confused by the comment Surfer Blood lead singer J.P. Pitts guitarist Thomas Fekete made mid-set. "Awesome venue, too bad it's run by a bunch of dicks," he said, bef ... More >>

MP3: Meet Hooray For Earth, Grand Central's Opening Act For the Pains of Being Pure at Heart This Saturday

via dovecoterecords.com​While most of the big-deal shows rolling through town lately have tended towards the loud and brash, this Saturday at Grand Central marks an evening for gentler souls. In honor of Poplife's anniversary, the party returns to its Anglophilic indie-loving roots for a show head ... More >>

Broward-Palm Beach Nightlife Columnist Visits, Likes the Bubble

Image courtesy of Jason CrosbyThis Elvis Costello got us pumped up until we found out it was $2,500​Based upon how much Crossfade covers the Bubble and Surfer Blood and, uh, Nonpoint, readers might assume that we're a bunch of skinny-jeaned, asymmetrically coiffed brats over here, and they'd proba ... More >>

Humble Surfer Blood/Weird Wives Members Point Fans to Other Local Acts

​The past few months have produced something akin to Surfer Blood fatigue -- and Crossfade's up-to-the-minute coverage isn't exactly changing that -- at least among locals. But it's really not the group's fault. For a band that's barely old enough to drink, they've seemingly done everything right: ... More >>

Weird Wives Featuring Surfer Blood Members Covers Best Coast's "So Gone" for Third EP, Plans for Tour

Nicole K/myspace.comSurfer Blood/Weird Wives guitarist Thomas Fekete might be playing a song about doing nasty things to a puppet here​According to Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete, his badass, major press-saturating Weird Wives outfit that was a virtual unknown before we wrote about them on T ... More >>

Surfer Blood Side Project Weird Wives Gets Pitchfork, Stereogum Love

weirdwives.blogspot.comWeird Wives, the future of music in South Florida​Proof that Google Alerts work: We posted this item regarding Surfer Blood's noisier, sweatier side project Weird Wives on Tuesday morning. By about 5 p.m., Surfer Blood had linked to the story, and posted this Weird Wives EP ... More >>

Weird Wives is 3/5 of Surfer Blood, But Exponentially Noisier

Photo courtesy of Turbo FruitsWeird Wives: not for the feeble of heart or mind​What a wonderful morning to listen to the blistering thrash punk of Weird Wives. As confirmed by the Turbo Fruits, this West Palm Beach quartet has some familiar faces and an unmistakable afro in the mix. Surfer Bl ... More >>

Surfer Blood Members Exchange Kiss in NYLON TV Interview

"Good morning NYLON TV, we're Surfer Blood." This clip is mostly amusing because singer JP Pitts is wearing one of those bomber hats with the huge, fuzzy earflaps.But there's also that slightly awkward moment when the guys say they "enjoy their own company" and then show us what they mean. Was there ... More >>

Slideshow: Surfer Blood Defies Gravity at Bal Harbour Resort

Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer Blood's TJ Schwarz flying the friendly Bal Harbour skies​Surfer Blood headlined the Ten-in-One Music Festival on Thursday evening at the posh Village of Bal Harbour in Miami, and shooter Ian Witlen was there to take lots of photographs of the guys wearing shorts and not s ... More >>

Concert Review: Surfer Blood Returns to Respectable Street and (Almost) Nothing Gets Broken

Photo by Steve Rullman's iPhone​Surfer BloodWith Turbo Fruits, Love Handles, and the DewarsRespectable Street, West Palm BeachApril 20, 2010Before your faithful Broward-Palm Beach Crossfade contingent became a member of the New Times staff, he attended a fateful Surfer Blood show January 27 at Res ... More >>

Miami Free Times: The Rapture, Iggy Pop's Birthday, and Surfer Blood

This week we deserve extra credit or at least a gold star. Instead of five free events for the week, we've supplied eight. Monday: Avoid the rain. Stay indoors by making an appointment to see Believe the Hype.Tuesday: Stop waiting around for the Rapture to occur. Go seek it out for yourself at the A ... More >>

Surfer Blood to Play Homecoming Show Tuesday at Respectable Street, Release Inevitable Beach Boys Cover

​Surfer Blood is back home in South Florida and boy is there a pile of dirty tube socks to wash! The gents will perform Tuesday evening at Respectable Street (518 Clematis St., West Palm Beach) with Turbo Fruits and locals the Dewars. Then, check them out at Bal Harbour Resort & Spa in Miami o ... More >>

A Compelling Visual: Surfer Blood Still Fishing for Compliments

See you at Cabela's, Surfer Blood​Broward-Palm Beach's Crossfade contingent is a big fan of the writing on the wall, even if he doesn't participate. Unclear if this was written by a member of Surfer Blood, or just someone who just wanted me to have an awesome day.Odds and ends from last week: Surf ... More >>

The Pains of Being Pure at the Heart at Grand Central June 12, Tickets Now On Sale

Photo by Annie PowersThe Pains of Being Pure at the Heart​Last week, we announced West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood was returning to South Florida for a gig at Miami's Grand Central, but perhaps the more exciting news is who they are coming with. New York's The Pains of Being Pure at the Heart have b ... More >>

Surfer Blood Announce June Tour With the Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Get used to it, lads​South Florida indie rock heroes Surfer Blood will be back in the area for their April 20 show at Respectable Street in West Palm Beach and a stop at Bal Harbour Resort & Spa in Miami on April 22, but then we lose them to European audiences for a while. As Gob Bluth would s ... More >>

Pitchfork Captures Surfer Blood Playing "Floating Vibes" in a Sunoco Station

Surfer Blood's "Floating Vibes" clip, filmed by Pitchfork and currently streaming here, could be an official video judging by its multiple camera angles and gratuitous product placement. No pajama shots like their last one, though. Read a liveblog of the thrilling action in the garage (did Weezer ev ... More >>

The Second Best April Fool's Joke of the Day Involves Surfer Blood

​Gotta hand it to tastemaker and trendsetter Carles over at Hipster Runoff for declaring "Pitchfork gives MGMT's Congratulations a perfect 10.0" today, but there was something in the tone of Citylink's April Fool's Day gag, Jake Cline's "Surfer Blood bassist eats sandwich, inspires trend," that ke ... More >>

SXSW: Surfer Blood Play VVM Party, Get New York Times Write-Up, Love Thee Oh Sees

Photo by Shannon CottrellGetting sleepy, J.P.?​As promised, Surfer Blood got the Village Voice's SXSW showcase started right on Saturday. VV's Camille Dodero confirms that the guys from West Palm Beach are "the nicest kids ever," and posted some nifty snaps from the other acts, including the Pains ... More >>

SXSW: Surfer Blood Apparently Did Some Awesome Things Today

​Unleash South Florida's buzz band of the moment, Surfer Blood, on Austin, Texas, and the music enthusiasts will follow. Above, we see that New York Times' Ben Sisario is spending just as much time observing the feverish thumb-typing around him as he is the band. We have compiled several notable m ... More >>

Surfer Blood Tweets From Austin, Joins mtvU's Freshman 5

​Twitter confirms that Baywatch fans Surfer Blood have safely arrived in Austin, Texas, for a week of playing for college students and, apparently, enterprising hairdressers at SXSW. Plus, the South Florida studs have joined the esteemed company of B.o.B, Two Door Cinema Club, Anarbor, and Mayer H ... More >>

Surfer Blood's J.P. Pitts Probably Enjoyed Baywatch

Photo by Ian Witlen​AOL's music blog Spinner tracked down Surfer Blood lead singer J.P. Pitts (center) as part of their project to interview every single freaking band playing SXSW's music festival, which begins this week. We weren't afraid to mention that SB will be in Austin either. Now, for the ... More >>

South by South Florida: Surfer Blood Head to SXSW Next Week, Cover Guided by Voices

Surfer Blood, seen above covering Guided by Voices' "Game of Pricks," has quickly become huge. Not Kings of Leon huge, not headlining a North American arena tour huge, or the biggest thing to hit Europe since, well, the euro huge. At least not yet. Stick with huge for a band from West Palm Beach tha ... More >>

Palm Beach County band Surfer Blood plays the Vagabond

Concert Review: Moonfest 2009, Downtown West Palm Beach, October 31

Photo by Christina MendenhallKill Miss Pretty's Alicia Olink dressed as a sexy zebra.​To view a full slideshow of photos from the event, click here. Moonfest 2009Downtown West Palm BeachSaturday, October 31, 2009Better Than: Witnessing a scantily clad Tinker Bell getting spanked by Beaker the ... More >>

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