2009 News

Delightful Rain on ABC1 – Saturday 28th of November
11am this Saturday (in Australia) the ABC are replaying Delightful Rain – A celebration of Australian Surf Music. If you haven’t seen it before be sure to watch it.

The Odd One Out – Cry for a Shadow clip
Have a look at the video of Cry for a Shadow, a song from the new album. Watch the video.

Revenge – Surf’s Up clip
Check out the video of Surf’s Up, a song from Revenge of the Surf Guitar, recorded on yet another beautiful Sydney beach. Watch the video.

New Atlantics DVD on sale
The Atlantics Live at Freshwater is now on sale through Bombora. This is the entire Delightful Rain concert and includes new songs as well as some old favourites.  Buy it now.

Manly Daily interviews Martin
Martin was interviewed in the Manly Daily about the Atlantics gig at the boatshed on November 5th. Read it here.

Newsletter: The Odd One Out Backing Tracks
21st November 2009
The new album “The Odd One Out Backing Tracks” is now available for sale on CDBaby. You can buy the CD or download MP3s.  If you’re in Australia you can also buy it from my website. Read more…

Guitars on The Odd One Out
Read about the guitars used on each track of the Odd One Out.

Two JPF Awards: Best Surf Album & Best Surf Song
Martin won 2 JPF Awards for “Best Surf Album” for Revenge of the Surf Guitar & “Best Surf Song” for Return of the Surf Guitar. This is the second time he’s won a JPF songwriting award. The first was in 2007 for the song Point Zero (by The Atlantics).

The Odd One Out – preview video
Have a look at a preview video of Pick On Me, a song from the new album. Watch the video.

The Odd One Out – preview song
Listen to Cry For a Shadow, a song from the new album on Martin’s MySpace page. Have a listen.

Australian Guitar Issue 74 – Video Interview with Martin
Get a copy of Aust. Guitar Issue 74 to watch a video interview with Martin on the cover CD. Read more.

Bombora – The Story of Australian Surfing
Check out the show on ABC TV Thursday 26th March at 8.30pm. This series features songs by Martin and The Atlantics. You can buy the CD or DVD from http://www.bombora.net.au/ .

Martin guitar picks on sale!
You can buy packs of 10 picks with Martin’s picture on them. More info here.

Videos added
The clip of “Return of the Surf Guitar” and “Joey Black” (with Dave Warner at the Bon Scott Memorial Concert) have been added to the downloads page.