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Like a quantity of acts that surfaced in ’09 2009 and 2010 — a few of them even sporting names inspired by surf culture (think Best Coast and Beach Fossils) — the Sundelles appear to be they came straight from the beach. Using their shambling, reverb-kissed, Brian Wilson-influenced pop music, …

Led from the husband-and-wife group of Eli Chartkoff on guitar and vocals and Mary Chartkoff on drums, the Monolators certainly are a pop combo who perform a revved-up mixture of first-generation punk and vintage rock and roll & move with smart, witty, and heartfelt lyrics to go with their abundant …