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Best surf artists of the 2010s

Streaming rewrote every incentive underneath a record: its length, its release date, whether it needed a single at all. Trap production became pop's default rhythm, and a lot of the decade's best artists arrived through a laptop rather than a label.

Everyone who released a surf album in the 2010s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.

Dick Dale№ 1Dick Dale1 album here2 ratings
  1. 2The GrowlersThe Growlers2 albums here
  2. 3Les SchtroumpfsLes Schtroumpfs28 albums here
  3. 4Messer ChupsMesser Chups2 albums here
  4. 5Louie ZongLouie Zong1 album here
  5. 6Los StraitjacketsLos Straitjackets1 album here
  6. 7La LuzLa Luz1 album here
  7. 8R. Stevie MooreR. Stevie Moore1 album here
  8. 9The BarracudasThe Barracudas2 albums here
  9. 10TriathalonTriathalon1 album here
  10. 11The BreakersThe Breakers3 albums here

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An artist's score here is every rating their catalog has collected. Add yours and the order moves.

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