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Mike Barbwire & The Deadbeats New 7″ / California Tour

Double Crown Records — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:37:29 +0000

If you live in Southern California, drop what you’re doing this week and catch Mike Barbwire (guitarist of The Barbwires) and The Deadbeats, playing 4 shows between June 28 – July 2. If you can’t make it to the shows, do the next best thing and pick up Mike Barbwire’s upcoming 7″ release on Wild Records. This is billed as Mike Barbwire & The Blue Ocean Five, featuring members of The Domestic Bumblebees, The Hives, The Dragtones, Big Band Splash. You can hear a preview of the 7″ via YouTube – pretty great, isn’t it?

Micke Lindevall Of The Barbwires’ Holiday Favorites

Double Crown Records — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:44:22 +0000

Over the next two weeks I’ll be asking a few of our favorite surf musicians what their favorite holiday songs are – first up is Micke from the Barbwires:

Non-Surf

5 – Chet Atkins – White Christmas

4 – The Hives and Cyndi Lauper – A Christmas Duel

3 – James Brown – Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto

2 – Chuck Berry – Run, Rudolph Run

1 – The Sonics – Don´t Believe In Christmas

Surf

5 – The Surfaris – A Surfers Christmas List (vocal)

4 - Beach Boys – Santa’s Beard (vocal)

3 – Los Straitjackets – Here Comes Santa Claus
2 – The Ventures – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
1 – The Surfites - Saint Nick’s AA Fueler

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I’m Off To Vegas Next Week For Viva Las Vegas 2009!

Double Crown Records — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:49:37 +0000

Just a week from today I will be escaping the chilly NW (there was frickin’ snow this morning on my way into work!) and flying into sunny Las Vegas for the 2009 Viva Las Vegas festival. As excited as I am about that, I’m equally, if not more, excited about the Wild Records Showcase gig on Wednesday at the Rio Hotel, featuring The Barbwires, Omar & The Stringpoppers, Santos and Luis & The Wildfires. Four great bands, yes, playing a major Las Vegas hotel, yes, yes, that’s all cool, but what’s the topper? They’re playing at the top of the hotel, 51st floor, at the Voodoo Lounge!!! How many surf & rockabilly gigs are you ever gonna see at the top of a hotel – it’s gonna be amazing! I will be taking a bunch of pictures, and will report back after the shows. Heck, if I can get my act together, and am sober enough, I’ll even try to do some twitter and remote blog posts. If you’re into twitter (I’m just getting into it) you can follow Double Crown at: http://twitter.com/dblcrown

Despite this being a rockabilly fest, there are several surf bands on the bill that I will be checking out – The Barbwires, The Aquasonics, the Tequila Worms and Rod and the Tonemasters, as well as a Deke Dickerson mini Guitar Geek Festival.

Continental Magazine #16 – Available Now!

Double Crown Records — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:52:34 +0000

The Continental Magazine – Issue #16 w/22 song CD – #CT016 – $5.95 (Click To Order)

Issue #16 includes huge feature interviews with Laika & The Cosmonauts & The Barbwires, a look at James Bond Themes, plus tons of music and DVD reviews. There is also a 22 track CD filled with lots of great surf, instro and garage rock tunes. 36 pages in all, with a 2 color glossy cover.

You can also get a 3 issue subscription for just $16.00 US. Use coupon code FREESHIP at www.dblcrown.com and receive free shipping for any sized order over $16.00. (Click To Subscribe)

Tracks:

1. Laika & The Cosmonauts – Disconnected
2. The Barbwires – La Caja Del Muerto
3. Atomic Mosquitos – Banzai Fallout
4. Tremolo Beer Gut – Junkie Tools
5. The Razorblades – Life’s Too Good To Waste It Away
6. The Bananas – Srna
7. Urban Surf Kings – Moguls
8. El Patapsco – Tralfalmadore
9. Space Party – Spanish Song
10. The Sidemen – Volo No. 1062
11. Reverb Galaxy – 10 Miles To Nags Head
12. The Illuminoids – If I Had Wings
13. Stronzo Gelantino & The Boo-Men – Do The Demare
14. Secret Samurai – L’Ultimo Basamento
15. H.J. Tones – A & E
16. SPF-4 – Seasick
17. The Madeira – The Saracen
18. Frankie & The Poolboys – Teke, Teke, Teke
19. The Surfites – Space Mover
20. The Mobsmen – Chunkje
21. The Concussions – Stiletto
22. The Barbary Coasters – Please Please Me