Issue #17 includes huge feature interviews with The Kilaueas and The Dynotones, a gear report from The Surfites, a show report from this year’s Deke Dickerson Guitar Geek Festival featuring the legendary Duane Eddy, and the return of Man Or Astro-man?, plus tons of music and DVD reviews. There is also a 17 track CD filled with lots of great surf, instro and garage rock tunes (track list coming soon!). We can tell you it has a brand new Kilaueas recording (previously unreleased) as well as new songs by The …

We’ve got a batch of Man Or Astroman? air fresheners made especially for their Atlanta Whirly Ball gig this past weekend, courtesy of Chunklet. To snag one, just place an order of $50 or more at Double Crown and use coupon code FREEMOAM (this code also gets you free shipping!) . Valid on new orders, while supplies last.

Man Or Astroman? has put up their Whirlyball show as a free download. Get it here.

Although sadly I’m clear across the country and wasn’t able to see the first of the Man Or Astroman reunion shows, reports and video are beginning to flood the internet. They played Atlanta last night – here is a report courtesy of the Surf Guitar 101 website (more to follow):
MoonDawg: “Let me be the first to report that the show was excellent! Some early tunes (Invasion of the Dragonmen, Destination Venus), but mostly middle period (Man Made of CO2, Television Fission). Nothing from the post-Star-Cruch …

I just got an e-mail from Thilo of the German Astronauts saying he had just scanned over 500 photos from the last 15 years or so and have uploaded them to their mySpace page. They even have 4 pages of photos from their Bellingham show with the Boss Martians and Surf Trio from 1995, one of my top 3 surf concerts of all time! They continue to play shows in Germany, still wearing their famous space costumes (the photo here is from 2007).

Just found this exciting announcement through an e-mail from Chunklet magazine/website:
“Holy moly! Yes, one of the South’s finest is reuniting this year and Chunklet is putting on their first show back in Georgia for somewhere around ten years! This is the original line-up of Coco, Starcrunch and Birdstuff along with new member Victor Vector. And well, on Friday March 5 you can see them at the most unique venue in the state of Georgia that has an electrified floor! Atlanta locals The NEC and All The Saints open and for …

Frankie and The Pool Boys, the Bay Area surf super group, has announced plans for an August 2010 tour. Eight shows are being scheduled with stops in San Francisco, the Central Valley, Las Vegas, San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange County. There will also be radio performances and record shop in-stores as the schedule allows.
Frankie and The Pool Boys is a project band put together by Pollo del Mar’s lead guitarist and songwriter Ferenc Dobronyi. The concept was to get together some of the best players in the surf genre …

Order the Retroactive Gamma Rays CD Activate from our mail order catalog and get a free t-shirt (size large). We only have one shirt, so this will go to the first person that orders the disc – click on the link here.
Retroactive Gamma Rays – MySpace Page

Richard Delvy, drummer with The Bel-Airs and The Challengers, and an established producer and operator of a recording studio, passed away last week at the age of 67. Both of his 60’s surf combos did much to establish the essential sound of the genre, that still lives on today. Check out the Sundazed website for a more extensive look at his life and career, including notes from famed surf/culture historian Dominic Priore.

This year’s Surfer Joe Summer Surf Music Festival is set to happen June 24 – 27 at Livorno, Italy – four days of the best surf and instrumental rock n’ roll in the world. Double Crown is proud to be a co-sponsor of the festival (although sadly it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to fly over for it). Just take a look at this lineup!
THURSDAY 24 JUNE – MERCATINO AMERICANO – START AT 9pm
SURFIN’ LUNGS (UK)
Great show with one of the coolest band in the world. Surf/punk/rock …