Surfing the 49th Parallel

More than 50 slabs from the icy shores of the Atlantic to the Pacific's pounding waves — and every reverb-drenched garage in between — Canada’s surf scene has carved its own gnarly path. This playlist rides the line between classic twangy instrumentals, retro-inspired surf rock, and uniquely Canadian takes on the genre. Grab your board (or toboggan), crank the reverb, and let the Northern waves crash.

Featuring: vintage surf gems, modern Canuck shredders, and enough twang to melt a glacier.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Unwatchable	Sport Fishin'	00:10
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	You Spin Me Round '86	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	01:56
Mel-Tones	Reef Patrol	Surf Sensation	02:18
Jaguars, Les	Oh When the Saints	Pour La Danse	03:24
Huevos Rancheros	Wild 'n' Wendy	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	02:52
Surfdusters	Kona Angel	Surf After Dark	02:25
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Aunt's Invasion	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	01:51
Zamboni Drivers	Drained of Blood - Drained of Blood	Skating Ghost b/w Drained of Blood	02:34
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Good Cop Bad Cop	Savvy Show Stoppers	02:32
Huevos Rancheros	Gutbomb	Endsville!	02:06
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Honey, You're Wasting Ammo	Sport Fishin'	03:37
Hammer, Jack & the Cyclones	Anna	Guitar Hits	02:26
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Spend a Night, Not a Fortune	Sport Fishin'	00:44
Huevos Rancheros	Beach Blanket Blackout	Muerte del Toro	02:10
Metalunas	Space Age Tomorrow	Interstellar Surf Party	03:16
Surfdusters	Chill Out	Raincoast Rumble	03:16
Surfdusters	Danger Beat	Save the Waves	03:06
Huevos Rancheros	Moondawg 2000	Muerte del Toro	02:13
Velvetones	Unending Love	Think About Me b/w Unending Love	03:15
Surf Riders	Night Train	Ten Tons of Wet	02:12
S'Quires	Remember	Remember b/w Reach for a Star	02:20
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Having an Average Weekend	Savvy Show Stoppers	03:58
Urban Surf Kings	Renegade	Bang Howdy Partner	03:11
Hi-Tones	Do What You Did	Do What You Did b/w Arsenic	02:41
Dick et Les Espions	Jack the Ripper	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:50
Urban Surf Kings	Old Caliente	Bang Howdy Partner	02:54
Mel-Tones	The Last Papaya	Surf Sensation	02:10
Saboteurs	Spy Party	Espionage Garage	03:56
Dick et Les Espions	Madness	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:16
Huevos Rancheros	Girl From N.A.N.I.A.M.O.	Dig In!	02:35
Surfdusters	Surf Buggy	Save the Waves	02:36
Huevos Rancheros	Shadow of the Apache	Get Outta Dodge	02:42
Strangers	When You Walk in the Room	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:13
Huevos Rancheros	Raunchy	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	01:50
Canadian Downbeats	White Sands of Paradise	Surf Party b/w White Sands of Paradise	02:34
Huevos Rancheros	Get Outta Dodge	Get Outta Dodge	03:35
Surfdusters	Gruesome	Surf After Dark	03:16
Metalunas	Plastics For 500, Igor	Instrumentals Of Terror!	02:07
Huevos Rancheros	The Short Happy Song	Endsville!	01:24
Serf, Les	Mademoiselle ye-ye	Le temps ne les attend pas b/w Mademoiselle ye-ye	02:36
Corvets	Mambo No. 5	The Corvet's Best "Dance Party"	01:52
Urban Surf Kings	Street Cleaner	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	02:43
Urban Surf Kings	Haunted Tide	Electric Buffalo	03:53
Urban Surf Kings	Thunder Robot	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	01:27
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Customized	Savvy Show Stoppers	02:21
Surf Riders	Miserlou	Ten Tons of Wet	01:46
Jaguars, Les	Course au bonheur	Vol-2	01:50
Metalunas	The Cat's Pajamas	Instrumentals Of Terror!	01:34
Mongols	Sleepwalk	Sleepwalk	04:00
Mel-Tones	Sorrow Bay	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:02
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Who's Afraid of Alison Hymer - Wow Flutter Hiss	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	03:25
Surf Riders	Detour	Ten Tons of Wet	02:08
Huevos Rancheros	Secret Recipe	Dig In!	02:01
Metalunas	Out of Limits	Swingin' Planet	02:25
Dick et Les Espions	Shelba	The Fabulous Frozen Sounds Of	02:40
Huevos Rancheros	Gump Worsley's Lament	Longo Weekendo Fiesta!	02:46
Surfdusters	Gas Jockey	Surf After Dark	02:25
Surf Riders	Loop	Ten Tons of Wet	02:23
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	We'll be Right Back!	Sport Fishin'	01:19
Surfdusters	Kathy Don't Eat the Clams	Raincoast Rumble	03:39
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Reid's Situation	Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham	01:17
Huevos Rancheros	Where's the Bathroom	Dig In!	02:48
Hammer, Jack & the Cyclones	Peter Gunn (Henry Mancini , 1959)	Guitar Hits	02:39
Gruesomes	I Can Dig It	Hey!	04:57
Strangers	Rampage	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:29
Corvairs, Les	Well All Right	Mashed Potatoes Time	02:54
Gruesomes	Won't You Listen?	Hey!	02:51
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Malfunction	Savvy Show Stoppers	00:28
Brodie, Mark	Bitch Stole My Board	Shreddin' And Surfin'	02:28
Metalunas	Moon Relay	X-Minus-One	02:15
Surfdusters	The Boulder Fields	Save the Waves	04:06
Huevos Rancheros	Crowchild Trail	Endsville!	02:20
Diables Noirs	Stick Shift	Guitares a GoGo	02:19
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Run Chicken Run	Savvy Show Stoppers	01:39
Mel-Tones	Mission to Mazatlan	Surf Sensation	02:20
Metalunas	Sounds From Uranus	Swingin' Planet	01:48
Surfdusters	Stubble Jumper	Surf After Dark	02:25
Urban Surf Kings	Showdown at Sundown	Bang Howdy Partner	03:13
Huevos Rancheros	Ace O' Spades	Endsville!	03:03
Huevos Rancheros	Wild 'n' Wendy	Endsville!	02:37
Strangers	One Mint Julip	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:13
Surfdusters	Gruesome	Save the Waves	03:12
Surf Riders	Hash Board	Ten Tons of Wet	02:17
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet	Harlem by the Sea	Savvy Show Stoppers	01:53
Surfdusters	Phantom Train	Waves of Pleasure	02:45
Strangers	You've Got What I Like	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:58
Strangers	House of the Rising Sun	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	03:17
Mel-Tones	Polynesian Adventure	Surf Sensation	02:29
Urban Surf Kings	The Electric Buffalo	Electric Buffalo	05:34
Corvairs, Les	Ram-Bump-Shush	Mashed Potatoes Time	01:00
Huevos Rancheros	64 Slices of American Cheeze	Dig In!	02:36
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels	Fried Rice	The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels	02:17
Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels	Do-Wah-Diddy Diddy	The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels	02:09
Hammer, Jack & the Cyclones	Guitar Boogie Shuffle	Guitar Hits	02:45
Corvairs, Les	Peppermint Style	Mashed Potatoes Time	01:51
Urban Surf Kings	Slipstream	Astro Surf a-Go-Go	02:51
Surfdusters	(Smells Like Fish Taste Like) Red Tide	Raincoast Rumble	02:59
Mel-Tones	You'll Never Surf in This Town Again	Surf Sensation	02:42
Mel-Tones	Return of the Surfin' Headhunters	Surf Sensation	01:58
Mel-Tones	Satellite Swing	Surf! Spy! Space!	02:17

Surfing the 49th Parallel

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Velvetones - Take Away b/w Mustang

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Brodie, Mark - Mark Brodie & The Saboteurs

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Huevos Rancheros - Go West Young Bee b/w Girl From N.A.N.A.I.M.O.

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Rockatones (aka Rock-A-Tones) - Submerge b/w The Sheik and His Harem

Serf, Les - Le temps ne les attend pas b/w Mademoiselle ye-ye

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Strangers - Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1

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Surf Riders - Ten Tons of Wet

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Saboteurs - Espionage Garage

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Regals - Deep Sea b/w Stranger

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Mel-Tones - Surf Sensation

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Allan, Chad & Expressions (Allan Kowbel) - Early Roots

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Brodie, Mark - Shreddin' And Surfin'

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Huevos Rancheros - Get Outta Dodge

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Hi-Tones - Hi Jump

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Huevos Rancheros - Rocket to Nowhere

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Metalunas - Swingin' Planet

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Urban Surf Kings - Electric Buffalo

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Surfdusters - Surf After Dark

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Jaguars, Les - Pour La Danse

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Chessmen - Mr. Meadowlands b/w Mustang

Dove, Ronnie and the Ron-Als - Beach Rat b/w I'm Happy

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Dakus, Wes & the Club 93 Rebels - The Wes Dakus Album with the Rebels

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Corvairs, Les - Mashed Potatoes Time

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Charlots, Les - Cougar - GT b/w Ocean Bleu (Blue Ocean)

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Diables Noirs - Guitares a GoGo

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S'Quires - Day Dreams b/w Green Surf

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Jaguars, Les - Vol-2

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Metalunas - Interstellar Surf Party

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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Love Without Words (picture sleeve)

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Metalunas - X-Minus-One

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