“surf rock” Posts

Vietnam II returns and Tha Bloc Report December episode drops!

Vietnam II return Still Empty Like Before Today, Vietnam II return with their great new EP “Still Empty Like Before”, a collection of six previously recorded songs. For this release, Eddie & Jamarr deconstructed their originals, reworked them and essentially ended up recontextualizing them so they sound fresh and new.… Read more

Vietnam II return with Crimewave!

Today we’re thrilled to present to you “Crimewave”, the new EP by Vietnam II! It’s hard to believe that it’s already been over a year and a half since we last heard from Jamarr & Eddie when they released the excellent “War on Christmas”. Well, here we are and we… Read more

Vietnam II return with War on Christmas!

If anything speaks to the value of being an independent artist, it’s how often you’re able to put out music of quality. Back in the 60s and 70s it was more common for artists to manage to release a couple or more albums a year. These days it’s unheard of.… Read more

New Release: The netBloc series returns with Volume 53!

Today we at blocSonic are thrilled to present to you the latest in our long running netBloc compilation series! Back in 2006 when founder Mike Gregoire first conceived of the idea, he would have never imagined that about fourteen years later he’d still be delivering his specially crafted series celebrating… Read more

New music for Netlabel Day 2020!

We’re psyched to continue our tradition of celebrating netlabel culture by releasing music on Netlabel Day! For our fifth year we’ve got three great releases for you to enjoy. Vietnam II return with new album “Suspect Citizen” Barely four months after the release of I Wouldn’t Want To Disappoint You… Read more

New Release: Vietnam II arrive with their debut album for blocSonic!

Vietnam II is a post-surf band from Columbus, Ohio. Originally created by Eddie Palmer in 2004 with guitarist Jamarr Mays joining in 2006, the group went on indefinite hiatus in the early 2000s while the members explored other projects. Palmer went on to helm an experimental sci-fi outfit called The… Read more