Arctic Monkeys 5.5th Album (Fan-made)

   Hi, sorry for not having post in the last two weeks but I have to write my master thesis until the end of October and currently I'm working at my first job as a engineer!! The experience is being awesome but I didn't had time for posting at Surf Locus Blog and Facebook.

   To redeem myself (ahah), I created a playlist in YouTube which I called "Arctic Monkeys 5.5th Album (Fan Made)". In this playlist I gather 20 musics of Arctic Monkeys that although are not in any Studio Album, could well be an album by itself. There are songs from the very beginning of the album, like the famous "Who The Fuck is Arctic Monkeys" and songs released some weeks ago, just like "2013".

   Below is the playlist, you can jump to a song by choosing which song you want to ear in the top of the player, or you can skip on song by clicking in the bottom of the player.

   If you prefer you can see the whole playlist HERE. I hope you like it, and please subscribe the channel!!!

  Give me some feedback about the playlist ;)

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Arctic Monkeys new album "AM" now on iTunes Streaming

  Surf Locus has the honor to present Arctic Monkeys' 5th album "AM" finally out for streaming! Please follow this link to ear it at iTunes: http://po.st/iTunesAM. Unfortunately, the album is streaming as a 40 minute long track, so you cannot jump right away to another track, but at least you can listen further in the streaming if you want.

  

  "AM" comes after the 2011 Album "Suck it and See" and counts with 9 new songs and other 3 that you probably have eared it before; "R U Mine?" released in 2011; "Do I Wanna Know?" and "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" released this year. "AM" will be released at September 9.

Photo taken from mesademistura.clix.pt

  Arctic Monkeys' new Album comes with an unique style, different from their last albums, but surely a great master-piece. Personally  I've been enjoying every single song that Arctic Monkeys released as I feel my personal music taste is growing up with the band.

  Stay with one of the best songs of "AM", "R U Mine?":

  

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Richie Campbell, That's How We Roll

   I hope you enjoyed the last 5 posts of Surf Locus about our Road Trip to Vicentina Coast and Algarve, Portugal 2013. There will surely be more posts at Surf Locus about travelling and experiencing the world.

   Recently I found this amazing blog about a couple that has been doing a Surf Trip around the World for 1 year and a half. Lately I have been thinking about doing the same and this comes as a great inspiration. Take some time to read Surfing Around the World blog!

  Today I want to show you a very good Portuguese Reggae Musician, Richie Campbell. With two albums released he is one of the most well-known Reggae musicians of Portugal.

Richie Campbell, photo taken from www.ctt.pt

  Playing with 911 band, considered by many to be the best Portuguese Reggae "Backing Band", Richie Campbell already collaborated with well-know international Reggae Musicians like Anthony B. and Kymani Marley.

  Check out this great music from Richie's second album "Focused", recorded in Jamaica:

  I specially enjoy some musics that Richie Campbell produced with Dengaz, a Portuguese rapper. Check out this great song:

  Lastly, let me share with you a song from Richie's first album "My Path":

  I hope you liked this great Portuguese, please follow this link to his Spotify profile. This is the great quality of Portuguese Music, That's How We Roll. 

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Dashboard Confessional

   Have you ever heard about Dashboard Confessional? They're an Alternative Rock band from Florida, USA.

  Dashboard Confessional's first album "The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most" was released in 2001. What I like more about this great band it's their awesome acoustic songs and the great voice of Chris Carrabba.

Chris Carraba, lead singer and guitarist of Dashboard Confessional.

  You can listen Dashboard Confessional HERE, at their Spotify Profile. I especially like the songs "Hands Down", "The Places That You Came to Fear the Most", "Screaming Infidelities" and " Turpentine Chaser", although is very difficult to choose the best one's since their songs are all very good.

   Dashboard Confessional's song "Vindicated" was also on the soundtrack of Spiderman 2.

  Let me show you two of Dashboard Confessional's songs, "Screaming Infidelities" and "Hands Down". I also share with you their awesome MTV Unplugged concert:

  So, I hope you liked Dashboard Confessional and I recommend you to go to their Spotify Profile and go through their songs. Please follow me at Surf Locus Facebook Page "www.facebook.com/surflocus". Have Fun!!

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John Frusciante and his great solo career

  Today I want to share with you the awesome musician John Frusciante, former guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers. His solo career is great, having released 11 albums with music ranging from experimental rock to ambient music and even Electronica.

John Frusciante. Photo taken from fanart.tv

  He is one of the best guitarist in the World and his talent was recognize several times as in 2003, when Rolling Stone magazine placed him in the 18th place of the list "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and in 2010, a BBC poll voted John Frusciante as "The Best Guitarist of the Last 30 Years".

  Let me share with you two of his songs:

   

  I also strongly recommend you to listen to THIS 75 minute YouTube video of AMAZING music by John Frusciante.

  If you want to know more about this great musician, HERE is his Spotify Profile. 

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"Strength to Survive" by SOJA and "New Day Dawn" by Gentleman, two awesome Reggae albums

  Today I want to show you two great Reggae albums from SOJA and Gentleman. The last album from Soldiers of Jah Army (SOJA) was released at January 2012 and is really good and kind of different from their other albums, so I strongly recommend you to listen to "Strength to Survive". Here is two song from this awesome album:

Soldiers of Jah Army, SOJA. Photo taken from www.espalhafactos.com

  Also a great album is "New Day Dawn" by Gentleman, released last April. Following "Diversity", this new album is also very good, with beautiful songs like "You Remember", "In My Arms", "New Day Dawn" and "Homesick". Let me show you two of these songs:

Gentleman. Photo taken from www.viverfestivais.com

  Sorry if I sometimes share songs with Grooveshark and other times with YouTube. The problem is that I can't publish here some YouTube songs due to some legal cause and some of them I can't find in Grooveshark.

  I hope you liked the previous songs from SOJA and Gentleman. Have Fun!!

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Frankie Chavez, the Portuguese "One Man Band"

  Hello, last Tuesday I present to you two Portuguese bands, "Capitão Fausto" and "Salto, both singing in Portuguese. Today I want to share with you a more international Portuguese Artist, Frankie Chavez.

Frankie Chavez. Photo taken from www.row-one.org

  Frankie Chavez plays beautifully Blues/Folk music in a style "One Man Band", just like the well known Xavier Rudd. His style is unique among the Portuguese music as he mixes different guitars, tunnings, pedals and drums. His style is truly amazing as he also play Portuguese Guitar, used in Fado (Portuguese music genre). Thus, combining with Blues music, create a wonderful musical experience.

  Frankie Chavez has also a close connection to Surf. He created the Official Song for the Rip Curl Pro Search Peniche 2009. This was the first time that the ASP World Championship event was at Supertubos, Peniche, Portugal. The Rip Curl Pro Search was an event that was in a different location every year. The organization and the professional surfers of the ASP enjoyed so much the event that they decided to move it permanently to SuperTubos. Let me show you that amazing music, entitled "The Search":

  In his music, Frankie Chavez also uses Slide Guitar and Lap Steel. Come one!, the man uses a thousand musical instruments, his songs are just awesome!

 Do you know the biggest wave ever surfed? At 2011, Frankie Chavez composed and co-produced the soundtrack for the documentary "The North Canyon Show", showing the Hawaiian Garret Mcnamara surfing the HUGE waves of Nazaré, Portugal.

Awesome photo of Garret Mcnamara surfing a HUGE wave at Nazaré, Portugal. Photo taken from imgace.com

  Let me show you another two songs of Frankie Chavez. Notice the complex and beautiful melody of his songs. The second is a cover of Pixies song "Hey!":

  If you want to know more about Frankie Chavez and listen to his songs, you should follow this link to his Spotify Profile.

Frankie Chavez stage. Look at all those instruments! Photo taken from iporto.amp.pt

  This was probably the post that I enjoyed the most to write at Surf Locus. It gives me such a great pleasure to share with you very good music, especially Portuguese music. I hope you liked it and if you did, please LIKE Surf Locus Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/surflocus. Have Fun!!

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Capitão Fausto e Salto, os Arctic Monkeys/Phoenix portugueses

  Sorry for the non-portuguese speakers who might be reading this. Today I choose to share two bands that sing in Portuguese, but don't worry, the next post will be in english again. You can skip the text and go straight to the YouTube videos, maybe you will like the songs ;).

 Boas pessoal, hoje decidi escrever em Português porque quero-vos apresentar duas grandes bandas portuguesas que acredito que irão ter muito sucesso.

 Provavelmente já conhecem os "Capitão Fausto", mas se não conhecerem esta banda de rock alternativo com grande influência de Arctic Monkeys, eis uma boa oportunidade para o fazer. Esta banda tem apenas um CD lançado em 2011, que se intitula "Gazela". A música mais conhecida deste algum (podem ouvir o álbum inteiro aqui) é "Teresa". A minha música favorita é "Supernova" e portanto também escolhi partilhar esta convosco. Curtam aí: 

  Quero-vos também apresentar outra grande promessa da música portuguesa, os "Salto". Esta banda é um pouco menos conhecida que os Capitão Fausto e provavelmente não os conhecem. Tal como os Capitão Fausto, têm apenas um álbum lançado em 2012.

  Gosto particularmente desta banda no que respeita a música portuguesa. Eles têm um som que também se assemelha a Arctic Monkeys, mas sobretudo a Phoenix, essa grande banda Francesa que vem ao Optimus Alive 2013.

  Sem mais demoras, apresento-vos as minhas duas músicas favoritas destes meninos: "Por Ti Demais" e "Saber Ser". Espero que gostem:

  Espero que tenham curtido este post "Português". Dêem-me feedback e um "likezinho" na página de facebook da Surf Locus, www.facebook.com/surflocus. Abraço!

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