Introducing...BLACK MANILA BEACH PARADE

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Today's hotshots: Black Manila Beach Parade

Mindful of the grand tradition of bands surf bands (The Beach Boys, The Barracudas, The Surfaris) named thematically to correspond with their sound, unsigned London trio Black Manila Beach Parade take it upon themselves to move things a step further. And so, the obligatory 'Beach' reference is joined by the mysterious 'Black Manila', hinting at the dark twinges of psychedelia (and creepy facepaint), and 'Parade', which more or less accounts for the large segments that sound quite a lot like The Doors. By no means the finished article, but ArtRocker certainly haven't been splashing about in the rip and kicking up hype foam for nothing.

Try: Jean LeLoup on their Myspace or the epic Calavera Catrina below



www.myspace.com/blackmanilabeachparade

Introducing... SURFER BLOOD

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Today's hotshots: Surfer Blood

Despite a name which appears to point to some sort of anti aquatic-sports based death metal, luckily Surfer Blood are a far less scary proposition. Instead, the Florida natives present a fairly novel take on the emerging (and soon to be omnipresent) 'nu-wave' surf-rock thing, mixing 70s/80s power-pop a la Cheap Trick with the usual chirruping guitar work, doo-wop melodies and songs about, erm, surfing.

Try: Swim (to reach the end)

http://www.myspace.com/surferblood