When we talk about surf rock and surf pop, this is not just limited to songs about surfing. We are also talking about songs about the beach and cars and girls and the subjects that were popular among ...

In the summer of 1962, 16-year-old Tommy Nunes and his group The Sentinals toured the country in a station wagon, promoting Nunes’ instrumental song “Latin’ia.” Meanwhile, members of The Impacts, ...

Surf music was born in the early 1960s in Southern California. Heavily reverbed guitars gave the music a watery texture and wildly careening rhythms evoked the power and unpredictability of waves.

When surf rock duo Jan & Dean released their 1963 hit “Dead Man’s Curve,” they expected to capitalize on a popular trend of teenage tragedy songs set to quintessentially ‘60s surf guitar and falsetto ...

There’s a scene in George Lucas’ 1973 film American Graffiti where the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ Safari” plays through the stereos of every car cruising down the Modesto, California streets in 1962. The ...

The mixture of surf, soul and shit-talking that Quentin Tarantino assembled for Pulp Fiction‘s soundtrack played out like one of the world’s coolest mixtapes, which made it an instant classic when it ...

Cold Beer Surf Club host Conner Coffin, left, and musician Jake “The White Buffalo” Smith discussed surf culture, Smith’s musical evolution and his love for cooking on recent episode of Coffin’s ...