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The Razorblades – Live At The Shakedown In Bellingham (Sunday 7/31)

Double Crown Records — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:27:23 +0000

The Razorblades, from Wiesbaden, Germany, will be in Bellingham, WA this Sunday, July 31st at the Shakedown at 9:00pm. This is a rare chance to see one of the best surf rock bands in the world play in Bellingham. They have released several acclaimed CD’s and 7″s, and have toured all over the world. Opening the show are local faves the Sweaty Sweaters.

Double Crown Presents Footstompin’ Trio & Chris Con Carne – June 10th At The Shakedown In Bellingham

Double Crown Records — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:27:43 +0000

It’s time to party like it’s 2002, with a rare show by two local Double Crown bands – Footstompin’ Trio and Chris Con Carne. Head on down to the Shakedown in Bellingham on June 10th for a wild night, the likes you haven’t seen since these bands used to grace the stage of the much beloved 3-B Tavern. They are joined on the bill by local faves, The Cheeps. We will have a merch table selling all sorts of stuff – Double Crown CD’s and 7″s, Continental Magazines, posters, t-shirts, tiki mugs and more! The drink special for the night will be “Double Crown on the Rocks”, but I’m sure the PBR and Wild Turkey will be flowin’ as well.

Man Or Astroman? West Coast Dates Announced!

Double Crown Records — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:48:42 +0000

Man Or Astroman? have announced dates for their 2011 West Coast tour! Get the latest MOA? news on their Facebook page, or official website.

2/19 San Diego, CA - Casbah
2/20 LA, CA - The Echo
2/21 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
2/23 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
2/24 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
2/25 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
2/26 Bellingham, WA - Wild Buffalo

I hope to make at least two or three of these shows, and will give a full report here, as well as in the Continental Magazine.

Dick Dale Hits Bellingham Again On December 14th!

Double Crown Records — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:56:49 +0000

In a town starved for surf music (with the exception of The All-Nighters, which are an excellent instrumental/surf rock band that we’re extremely lucky to have), it’s rare when the King Of The Surf Guitar comes to town. Every 3-5 years is the norm, yet I just go the news via Facebook that he’s coming back. He was just here in late June, and successfully busted the eardrums of a couple hundred fans. Sadly I’ll be out of town for this encore appearance, but if you’re in town (or anywhere in the Northwest) head on over to the Nightlight and catch this rock n’ roll legend.

Dick Dale Live In Bellingham

Double Crown Records — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:26:30 +0000

Dick Dale is making the rounds up here in the Northwest for the first time in several years. A chance to see the King of the Surf Guitar is not to be missed – catch him live at the Nightlight on June 28th.

The Sadies w/Black Mountain – Bellingham: Wild Buffalo 3/26/09

Double Crown Records — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:25:16 +0000

It’s nearly 24 hours after the Sadies/Black Mountain show at the Wild Buffalo, and my ears are still ringing! I was a little worried that I wouldn’t get in – I never got around to picking up an advance ticket, and I had a indoor soccer game to play until 10pm, so I didn’t get there until a quarter after. The place looked packed when I looked in from the front door, but I was still able to get in. Apparently the show was declared sold-out shortly after that. It was hot, it was packed, and it was pretty uncomfortable considering that I had just run my ass off on the soccer field before that. To top it off, 3/4 of the capacity crowd was swarmed around the bar. The ‘Buff needs a PBR station – just someone there handing out cold cans of PBR with one hand and grabbin’ cash with the other. Luckily I saw my pal Bill right at the front of the bar, so I yelled to him to get me whatever he was drinking. Just after that the show kicked off with the Sadies taking the stage. I’ve seen them many times in the past, starting with their first Bellingham show opening for Neko Case at the 3-B Tavern (they opened for her, then were her backing band during her set). This time they had a bunch of albums worth of material to choose from, and they did a great job picking a few songs from each of ‘em. The songs, performances and banter with the crowd were great – the Sadies never fail to disappoint. I talked to a few people later during the Black Mountain show, who were there to see Black Mountain, and they all said they were either surprised by how awesome the Sadies were, or said they were better than Black Mountain! Towards the end of their set they played a powerful cover of Pink Floyd’s “Astronomy Domine” that blew everyone’s minds. It was completely unexpected, given the Sadies usual country/spaghetti western twang, but it was the right choice with that particular crowd.

Black Mountain came on shortly after and my energy level, after a full day at work and an exhausting soccer game, was fading fast. I was determined to make it through the first few songs, which in the case of Black Mountain, ended up being about 40 minutes. I wasn’t blown away by the vintage keyboard doodling and metal guitar riffing of their first song, but the songs that followed were much better. I dug the vocals of the guitarist, but I wasn’t sure about the female vocalists’ warbling, goat-like stylings. It got to be a little much – kinda like the vocoder vocals of Black Moth Super Rainbow get to be too much after 6 or 7 songs. I finally could barely stand and had to call it a night – overall a great night at the Wild Buffalo.