The Vandelles kill Surf City

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY

Band Vandelles was once two littler bands called Del Black Aloha and the Mercenary Gang—one a Suicide-style bit-drums and nihil set-up and one just half-hour rafts of noise, says guitarist Dave Herbert, who (with guitarist/vocalist Jason Schwartz, drummer Suzanne Pagliorola, bassist Lisha Nadkarni and a yet-unchristened drum machine) [...]