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Boucher Brothers enrages SoBe surfers with no-bid board-renting contract

Boucher Bros. Expands Beach Monopoly With No-Bid Contract for Surf and Paddleboarding

​In early January, Miami Beach lifeguards suddenly began ordering surfers, paddleboarders, and kitesurfers to ditch their local haunts and move south of Third Street. City officials had supposedly just rediscovered an obscure 1964 law banning the sports from guarded beaches.But while the media foc ... More >>

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Hula Hula Your Way to Great Surfer Music at Bar Tonight

​ If catching waves--or listening to chill music you'd probably hear in 60's surfer movies--is your thing, has Bar got the thing for you tonight. They're suggesting you "Hula Hula" on down with all your best dudes and chicks for a night filled with hanging ten at the one night only, Hawaiian-Luau ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Pura Vida: Frozen Bowls of Açaí Berry Goodness

Photo by Beth Swanson​Pura Vida, located on the corner of Washington Ave and First Street in South Beach, adds a little tropical flair to healthy eating. The laid back ambiance of the place is well represented by the name, Pura Vida or pure life, which is the philosophy of Costa Rica that reminds ... 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 >>

Surfer Blood to Play With Superchunk at Village Voice Media's SXSW Showcase

Photo by Ian WitlenSurfer Blood​Zach Baron, at our sister paper the Village Voice, called Surfer Blood's million-show spate at this past fall's CMJ a "coronation." By now, with the glowing reviews for Astro Coast, and rumors it's entered both the Billboard Heatseekers and Top 200 charts, that seem ... More >>

Least Surprising News of the Year: Pitchfork Loves Surfer Blood's Debut Astro Coast

​Snobby, indie music site Pitchfork awarded Surfer Blood's debut album, Astro Coast, an 8.2 rating, also tagging as "Best New Music." However, if you've followed the bands meteoric rise, thanks in large part to Pitchfork, this doesn't necessarily come as a surprise. The site has shown its love for ... More >>

Pitchfork Shows Surfer Blood More Love

​Pitchfork's love affair with West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood continued this week when the online music site picked "Swim" as the one of the top singles of 2009. It came in at number 37 out of 100. Pitchfork says, "Any self-respecting 'pop craftsman' would've whittled away at that 'Needles in the C ... More >>

CMJ Wrap-Up: The Big Guns' Coverage of South Florida Bands

Photo by Ian WitlenMiami band Awesome New Republic at Fontana's in the Lower East Side. Click here to view more pictures.​Just a few months ago, Awesome New Republic seemed the next South Florida band likely to strike big. But a few months is a million years in blog time, and somewhere in the last ... More >>

CMJ '09: Surfer Blood at Cake Shop NYC

Photo by Rebecca SmeyneSurfer Blood performing Tuesday afternoon at Cake Shop.​CMJ is in the full swing in New York and reports are already coming back from our sister paper, the Village Voice. Zach Baron, in particular, reports on Surfer Blood's performance at Cake Shop. Unfortunately, the West P ... More >>

¿Que Pasa, M.I.A.? Bros Vs. Rockers

The events that happen in childhood shape us, haunt us and turn us into the men and women that will lead the world. It's sociological science fact. When I borrowed a taped copy of Appetite for Destruction from Enrique Fernandez at age nine, I had no idea that 2 Live Crew and NWA were on side 2. I li ... More >>

No Gnarly Waves Allowed

Totally, dude.

Birthday Celebrations For Lance-O of Kulcha Shok Muzik

Anyone who knows Lance-O of Kulcha Shok can attest that he's one of the hardest working local DJs in the business. Hell, to call him simply a DJ seems limiting since he not only plays out at bars and clubs on a weekly basis, but also does radio, promotes shows, and produces his own television progra ... More >>

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