Mar 11, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood are releasing a new album, Carefree Theatre, on May 1 via Kanine. Now they have shared another song from it, “Karen,” via a video for the track. More

Feb 14, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a solid week for new tracks, but we managed to keep it reined in to our regular 10 tracks as opposed to last week’s supersized 13-song edition. And in a rarity for Songs of the Week, the same artist is #1 two weeks in a row! More

Feb 11, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood have announced a new album, Carefree Theatre, and have shared its first single, “Parkland (Into the Silence),” via a lyric video for the new song. As its title suggests, “Parkland (Into the Silence)” is about the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, in the band’s native Florida, two years ago this Friday. More

May 31, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete passed away almost exactly two years ago, on May 30, 2016. He had been battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Now Joyful Noise has announced that they are releasing a new album of his solo work, Grow, on June 8 and they have shared a single from it, “Moulding Over.” More

Feb 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

“Our First 100 Days” is a new anti-President Donald Trump project. The good folks behind the “30 Days, 30 Songs” anti-Trump campaign during the election have teamed up with Secretly Group for “Our First 100 Days.” More

Feb 03, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here we highlight five albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. There’s also a longer list of albums released in the last month that are also worth checking out. We have also included Amazon links for each album. More

Jan 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Is There Another Language? is a new charity compilation available now via Bandcamp curated by Ben TO Smith of Gezellig Records and Peter McCarville of Best Friend. More

Jan 17, 2017 By Charles Steinberg

Surfer Blood’s fourth studio album, Snowdonia, is due out February 3 via Joyful Noise Recordings and Under the Radar has the premiere of new song “Frozen.” The band leaps back to the fold in familiar fashion with jaunty guitar phrasing and zeal that makes you think of The Vaselines with a big grin on your face.

Dec 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood are releasing a new album, Snowdonia, on February 3, 2017 via Joyful Noise. Previously they shared the album’s first single, “Six Flags in F or G.” Now here’s a video for “Matter of Time.” More

Nov 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood have announced a new album, Snowdonia, and shared its first single, “Six Flags in F or G.” It’s the band’s first album since the death of guitarist Thomas Fekete, who passed away in May after a hard fought battle with cancer. More

May 31, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete passed away in his sleep last night. He had been battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Fekete’s wife, Jessica, announced the news this morning on the GoFundMe page that was set up to help raise money to pay for his medical bills. More

Dec 14, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood guitarist Thomas Fekete has been battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Recently several of his fellow musicians rallied behind him and donated previously unreleased songs to be sold to help pay his medical bills. Now Fekete has put out his own release, a solo cassette entitled Burner. More

Sep 14, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood have shared a video for “Grand Inquisitor.” Jason Harvey directed the animated clip, which a press release describes as such: “A surreal account of one musician’s unlikely journey to fame, it follows a lonely lute player from the parking lot where he’s been playing for 1,000 years to the big time, and back again.” More

Jul 09, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Amazon Music (as in Amazon.com) have put together the Amazon Acoustics compilation that features artists covering other artists’ songs acoustically. Surfer Blood’s take on OutKast’s megahit “Hey Ya” in on the comp and can be streamed here. They turn the funky song into a delightful folk-rock number. More

May 26, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Touring the U.S. behind their brand new album 1000 Palms, Surfer Blood found themselves the victims of a robbery when someone broke into their van in Schaumburg, IL, and stole thousands of dollars worth of personal items and gear. More

May 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

As is their want, NPR First Listen is streaming several of next the couple of weeks’ notable new albums, including the new ones from Surfer Blood, Joanna Gruesome, Tyondai Braxton, and Patrick Watson. Blanck Mass (aka Benjamin John Power of Fuck Buttons) is also streaming his album,Dumb Flesh, via Soundcloud. More

Apr 23, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Surfer Blood are streaming a new song from their forthcoming third album. Entitled “Island,” it’s track 2 on 1000 Palms, which is due out May 12th on Joyful Noise. More

Apr 22, 2015 By Trevor Flynn

Surfer Blood recently shared an update on Facebook from their guitarist Thomas Fekete, who, as we reported earlier in the week, is undergoing cancer treatment. More

Apr 20, 2015 By Katie LaBranche

Thomas Fekete, the guitarist for Surfer Blood, has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, sarcoma, which involves a tumor forming in the connective tissues of bones, muscles, tendons, cartilage, nerves, fat, and blood vessels. More

Feb 16, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Following their 2013 LP Pythons, Surfer Blood have announced the release of their third studio album, 1000 Palms. More

Oct 21, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Over Columbus Day weekend, CBGB took over Times Square in New York for a series of live performances. Our photographer Johannes Andersen was there to cover the action. More

Sep 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Kicking off a headlining tour across North America this fall in support of their newest album Pythons, Florida quartet Surfer Blood recently brought their melodic guitar craftsmanship to Google Play’s Uncovered Sessions where they played a rendition of The Clash’s London Calling standout “Spanish Bombs.” More

Jun 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Happy album release day to Surfer Blood! In honor of the occasion, check out the last in our long line of behind the scenes videos. More

Jun 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Happy album release day to Surfer Blood! In honor of the occasion, check out another in our long line of behind the scenes videos. More

Jun 10, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Tomorrow, Surfer Blood will release their new album Pythons. Leading up to that, they’ve made a series of videos exclusively for Under the Radar, exploring the ideas behind each track. More

Jun 10, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On June 11, Surfer Blood will release their new album Pythons. Leading up to that, they’ve made a series of videos exclusively for Under the Radar, exploring the ideas behind each track More

Jun 07, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On June 11, Surfer Blood will release their new album Pythons. Leading up to that, they’ve made a series of videos exclusively for Under the Radar, exploring the ideas behind each track. Check out the next in the line of videos, which features the band breaking down “Say Yes To Me.” More

Jun 07, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On June 11, Surfer Blood will release their new album Pythons. Leading up to that, they’ve made a series of videos exclusively for Under the Radar, exploring the ideas behind each track. More

Jun 06, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On June 11, Surfer Blood will release their new album Pythons. Leading up to that, they’ve made a series of videos exclusively for Under the Radar, exploring the ideas behind each track. More

Jun 06, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On June 11, Surfer Blood will release their new album Pythons. Leading up to that, they’ve made a series of videos exclusively for Under the Radar, exploring the ideas behind each track. More

Jun 05, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On June 11, Surfer Blood will release their new album Pythons. Leading up to that, they’ve made a series of videos exclusively for Under the Radar, exploring the ideas behind each track. More

Jun 05, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On June 11, Surfer Blood will release their new album Pythons. Leading up to that, they’ve made a series of videos exclusively for Under the Radar, exploring the ideas behind each track. More

May 30, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Take another taste of Surfer Blood’s forthcoming album Pythons (due out 6/11 via Warner Bros). More

Apr 16, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Poised to release their sophomore LP Pythons on June 11, Florida guitar-fuzz enthusiasts Surfer Blood have put together a new music video for their recent single “Demon Dance.” More

Mar 08, 2013 By Laura Studarus

On March 13 Under the Radar will host the first of three free day parties. Leading up to the event we’re letting you know about each artist playing. Today we’re spotlighting headliners Surfer Blood. More

Mar 08, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Ahead of our three SXSW day parties, we asked a few of the bands performing to participate in our mixtape project. Check out the contribution from Surfer Blood’s Thomas Fekete, featuring the likes of Bob Dylan, Foxygen, The War on Drugs, and more. More

Mar 06, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Under the Radar magazine is excited to reveal the full lineups, poster, and set times for its three SXSW 2013 day parties, taking place on Wednesday March 13, Thursday March 14, and Friday March 15. Featured performers include Surfer Blood, DIIV, Small Black, Shout Out Louds, Foxygen, Poolside, Young Galaxy, Marnie Stern, Doldrums, Caveman, Girls Names, IO Echo, Mister Lies, Young Dreams, and more. More

Mar 06, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On June 11 Florida’s Surfer Blood will release Pythons, the sophomore follow-up to their 2010 debut Astro Coast. More

Feb 11, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Recently announcing the arrival of their newest album Pythons on June 11, West Palm Beach band Surfer Blood has announced an extended set of tour dates in the lead-up to its release. More

Jan 28, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Surfer Blood just dropped a new single called “Weird Shapes.” More

Oct 19, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Surfer Blood’s new EP Tarot Classics doesn’t hit shelves, streets, and your download store of choice until next Tuesday—but you can hear it now. More

Oct 12, 2011 By Mi Tran

Remixes for Surfer Blood‘s new upcoming EP, Tarot Classics are trickling in starting with “Miranda” which was remixed by New York group, School of Seven Bells. More

Aug 31, 2011 By John Everhart

In advance of their upcoming EP Tarot Classics, released October 25 via Kanine Records, Surfer Blood have released a teaser stream of the track “Miranda.” More

Aug 08, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Surfer Blood have announced their Tarot Classics EP, due October 25 via Kanine. More

Jul 05, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Pixies have announced they are adding tour dates to their “Doolittle World Tour” that include secondary markets starting in October. More

May 12, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar magazine’s online charity auction for the Japan relief effort ends today, Thursday, May 12, at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST. It’s your last chance to get bids in to win an Under the Radar SXSW poster signed by all the artists who played our party, either a guitar autographed by Hooray for Earth or top-of-the-line headphones from Shure, plus 11 pieces of vinyl, 3 CDs, 1 cassette, 2 bags, and an Under the Radar subscription!

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May 05, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar magazine is hosting an online charity auction for the Japan relief effort that starts today and features Okkervil River, Menomena, Owen Pallett, Telekinesis, Surfer Blood, Hooray for Earth, and Porcelain Raft. More

Mar 21, 2011 By Laura Studarus

During the two days of Under the Radar’s SXSW parties we recorded exclusive greetings from some of the artists playing. In case you missed them on our Twitter and Facebook feeds, we’ve collected them here. More

Sep 08, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Rockers Surfer Blood recently released a video for Astro Coast cut, “Floating Vibes.” We have the clip. More

Jul 26, 2010 By John Everhart

The Drums and Surfer Blood, old friends from Florida, played a sold out one-off show together in January at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, and it went so well that they’re going to do it again, this time all across the U.S. and Canada as co-headliners. We have the dates. More

Jul 12, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Treasure Island has announced its lineup for the 2010 festival, held October 16th and 17th on Treasure Island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. Split evenly between dance music and indie rockers, headliners includeLCD Soundsystem and Deadmau5 (Saturday) and Belle & Sebastian and The National (Sunday). We have the full lineup. More

Jan 28, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Hot on the heels of their summer-time pop worth release Astro Coast, Surfer blood have announced a slew of dates, that while not quite taking them into summer, will see them playing dates will into warmer months. We have the dates and their new video for “Swim.”

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Jan 04, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

A track and field meet turns into a nasty grudge match in this new music video from the new wave Brooklyn band The Drums. “I Felt Stupid” is on the blog buzz quartet’s Summertime! EP. More

Feb 13, 2017 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2016 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More

Feb 26, 2016 By Mark Redfern

For Under the Radar’s 13th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2015. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2015 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from John Paul Pitts of Surfer Blood. Surfer Blood’s latest album, 1000 Palms, was released in 2015 via Joyful Noise. More

May 20, 2015 By Mark Redfern

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). More

Jun 20, 2013 By Aaron Passman

If Surfer Blood‘s 2010 debut, Astro Coast, conjured a nondescript mid-‘90s alternative rock radio sound-pop melodies, crunchy distorted guitars and the occasional multi-part harmony—its follow-up, Pythons, gets more specific. More

Oct 25, 2011 By Ben Schumer

After the success of their debut LP, Astro Coast, Surfer Blood ended up getting snagged by Warner Bros. who will be releasing the band’s sophomore LP (presumably) in early 2012. More

Mar 29, 2011 By Mark Redfern

We were pretty sure that people would show up to our Thursday SXSW party because of our exclusive set by Atlas Sound, and while we were confident that we had an equally strong lineup for our Friday party (which was presented by Shure), we still weren’t certain how many fans would show up. But our immediate concern at the start of the party was whether our first artist would make it in time (if at all). Porcelain Raft (aka Italian born, London-based, Mauro Remiddi) had underestimated how far his hotel was from our venue (The Flamingo Cantina), was running late, and had a dead cell-phone and thus no way to let us know that he was indeed on his way. Thankfully the charming Remiddi arrived with a thousand apologies 10 minutes before he was scheduled to perform and because he’s a one-man band, was pretty much ready to go on time. The crowd, by the way, was as healthy in numbers as the day before, with a to-capacity venue and a line down the block most of the day. More

Feb 01, 2010 By John Everhart

A timeless pop song never goes out of fashion. From The Beatles, to R.E.M., to The Shins, a simple three-chord track that raises goose bumps is perhaps the most alchemical device in music. Florida’s Surfer Blood are acutely aware of these possibilities, and on their debut Astro Coast, they shimmy and sway through 10 tracks copiously laden with chill-inducing hooks. More