Good To Have Them Back Again

Californian surf-noir group La Luz are back with their new album Floating Features. I featured them on this sites a few years ago because their retro but fresh sound fit a lot to my mood at these times. And their sound didn't changed. It is still a mixture of surf-inspired fuzzy guitars, great vocal harmonies and melodies. A record The Shadows or The Ventures would be jealous.

Live Music In German TV

The Remo Four were another band from Liverpool form the late 50's/early 60's playing mostly on air bases in France and Germany in these days. They were famous for their instrumentals and playing in the same class like The Shadows and The Ventures. Looking at the footage from 1966 and more than 50 years ago Peter Gunn sounds still great. It is just a memory but not the worst to remember.

Twanging Tuesday # 80

When we talk about twangy guitars we have to name The Ventures. This Seattle based instrumental rock band were big in America in the early 1960s and made the title theme from the TV-series Hawaii Five-0. Wipe-Out is one of their well known songs and covered by many artists later.

Twanging Tuesday # 73

Seems like the twangy sound doesn't lose it's attraction to young musicians. La Luz is a Seattle based band that will release their new record Weirdo Shrines these days. Deeply based in surf-rock, The Ventures and Link Wray these four ladies takes us back to the urban sound of the early 1960s. Their songs could be classics if they were released decades ago. Produced by Ty Segall who put fuzz in almost every song. The record includes a few weird love songs and songs about being a creep. Most of the songs have a fiery setting combined with those guitar and echoed vocals. It's new, it's old, it's great.

La Luz - You Dissapear
La Luz - Don't Wanna Be Anywhere
La Luz - I Wanna Be Alone (With You)
La Luz - Black Hole, Weirdo Shrine