Paris Hilton hasn't exactly got the hang of this surfing lark. I understand she sings a bit too.

Kelly Slater just got stuffed by Taj Burrows in Jeffrey's Bay. According to his autobiography, "Pipe Dreams" he hates country music almost as much as he hates losing so he won't like this either. It's Junior Brown & The Beach Boys duetting together.

Yep, you could surf there if the cops would allow it, maybe thats why The Boss took up the ax and not the stick.

HBO's foul mouthed but warm hearted new series about a family of surfers in California takes as its central theme the struggle for the soul of surfing in an era of increasing commercialism that has commodified the sport beyond recognition. Sound Waves has the heads up on a show produced by the people who created 'Deadwood' and inspired 'Point Break'

Ash, Guillemots & Funeral for a Friend are some of the acts headlining the Unleashed music festival that is part of the 2007 Rip Curl Boardmasters @ Newquay from 6th - 12th August.

The marketeer's 2007 love of the surfing image has jumped the shark with this limited edition, eh, Clio.

The Undertones and Gerry Fish headline an essential date in the party loving surfer's calendar.

Irish synth rockers HyBrasil are whats on in the Reverend's camper van right now

The Irish Surf Documentary, frequently featuring new underground Irish music acts, did not exist until 2007. Sound Waves gives a brief overview on a new genre in Irish film.

Billed as Ireland's first Surf & Music festival, Cois Fharragie launched @ The Village last night and Sound Waves was there to report back.

The BBC's highlights from Glastonbury 2007 revealed the King of punk being challenged at stage diving by a certain plump young lady in a spray on blue dress.

Some surf magazines will only try to turn you on to the usual heavily promoted mix of crappy surfers turned guitarists or stuck in the past retro metal bands but not Sound Waves, we report on what surfers are actually listening to and at the moment that is Modest Mouse.

So, you are just back from Glastonbury and are basking in the glow, not just of the music, but of the festival's climate change campaign with its solar powered showers and recycled toilet paper? Think again.

The Live Earth Concert in London began with the SOS Allstars: Roger Taylor (Queen), Chad Smith (RHCP), Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) backed up by a team of drummers from around the world. Is the ultimate irony of this performance that it is already too late to save our planet?

A recent foray on to i-Tunes revealed that 'No Cars Go' the penultimate track on 'Neon Bible' is actually a re-recorded version of an earlier song from Arcade Fire's first EP. Is this a clear example of renewable rock?

Very funny comedy sketches from the Fuel TV show, it's a kind of Apres Match for surfers. Check it out

Sound Waves was on the highway this weekend and the closest we got to Oxegen was 2FM's radio coverage. Here are Sound Wave's favourite tracks.

A sly reference to The Ramones in the chick flick 'Music & Lyrics' and Richie Ramone's desire for, "a taste of that T-Shirt money" leads Sound Waves to ask, is the lasting legacy of The Ramones really just a hip T-Shirt?

If you have registered to take part in or attend '100 Guitars' then Sound Waves has a preview of what you are in for.

I got an email earlier tonight asking what should a poor boy, looking to delve into the great river of country music, listen to and I thought, what the hell, let's show him what the real thing sounds like, unplugged.

Sound Waves is enthralled by English comedienne Karen Taylor's new show on BBC.

Phantom FM are broadcasting surf reports as part of their schedule. Is Sound Waves the zeitgeist or what !

The concert to raise awareness for the planet is on 7/7/2007, put it in your diaries.

Sound Waves would like to congratulate Nigerian born Cllr Rotimi Adebari on his election as mayor of Portlaoise.

Sound Waves has been watching the BBC coverage of Glastonbury with matchsticks propping open it's eyelids. Is it just your truly, or is this the dullest show on Earth?