If the name didn’t give it away, there is a very distinct beach slash surf feeling to San Diego’s Wavves and their sun-glittered sounds.

No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.

Brit-Pop darlings James have reunited with their incomparable frontman Tim Booth and are flooding American shores with their timeless pop songs. Jen Cray caught the first wave at Orlando’s House of Blues.

Small Town Computer Crash (Maple Jam). Review by Andrew Ellis.

Bone (Koch Records). Review by Sean Slone.

A Word in Your Ear (Twisted Nerve / XL). Review by Ian Koss.

How I Long To Feel That Summer in My Heart (Mantra / Beggars Banquet). Review by Anton Warner.

Simply smashing: Jen Lato caught one of the Smashing Pumpkins’ last shows before announcing their imminent break-up, at Hard Rock Live in Orlando, FL on May 8, 2000.

Who says in heaven there is no beer? James Mann reveals why the world will never end at the Star Bar, and how the wrong woman can become the right woman in the right circumstances.

aSinger/songwriter Mary Prankster may have taken her name from Ken Kesey, but her raw, explicit, and clever lyrics are all her own. Phil Bailey catches up with the woman behind Blue Skies Over Dundalk and the brand new Roulette Girl.

According to James Mann, the Georgia Satellites rocked the house at Atlanta’s Music Midtown on May 5, 2000.