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SHINDIG Magazine

Palooka 5 tick all the boxes for that curl-shooting,
shape-throwing,
surf hoodang you've always dreamed of.

Tom Robinson - BBC Radio 6 Music

Their tunes wouldn't be out of place on an album of lost classics by Dick Dale or The Monks

UK Festival Guides

Palooka 5 play their own brand of surf music, tinged with a large inspirational helping of the B52’s, just what the doctor ordered to bring a smile to the face.

Little Stevens Underground Garage
- Drew Carey

I play the hell out of Palooka 5 -
I love those guys!

UK RocknRoll Magazine

The very entertaining, Palooka 5, who played splendid organ-driven surf, just what the doctor ordered.

PALOOKA 5'S BRAND NEW EP 'RADIO TELESCOPES'
HAS COME IN TO LAND RELEASED BY SPINOUT NUGGETS

CHECK OUT THESE VIDEOS FROM THE EP AND
THEN HEAD OVER TO OUR SHOP
AND TREAT YOURSELF TO SOME LOVELY PINK VINYL....

ABOUT US

Palooka 5 play 1960s tinged ‘sci-fi surf music’, think B52s/Joe Meek with a ‘bad vibrations’ modern twist.
 

Signed to the ‘Spinout Nuggets’ record label they have received regular spins from BBC Radio 6 Music Dj Gideon Coe (including an ‘IN CONCERT’ broadcast of them  ‘live’ at London’s Finsbury Park Night Owl).
 

Plus tons of USA airplay on SIRUS XM from Drew Carey
and Little Stevens (yes im’ from The Sopranos!)
Underground Garage Show.

 

‘Spinout Nuggets’ released their third LP ‘Alien Grace’ spring 2023. All 3 LPs achieving ‘four and 5 star’ reviews in  ‘Louder than War’, ‘Shindig’, and ‘Vintage Rock n Roll’ Magazines. Palooka 5 tick all the boxes for that curl shootin’ shape throwing surf hoodang in space you’ve always dreamed of!

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