We are blowing out our back catalog, with permanent price reductions on many of our popular CD releases. For many of our past releases, you can now get them from us for $4.75 – $9.75 per CD! Lots of great titles have been reduced – check out our list below (click on any of the titles to order from the Double Crown website):
Big Ray & The Futuras – Desolation Planet CD – $9.75
The Footstompin’ Trio – S/T CD – $4.75

Chris Con Carne – …

We’re very excited about the new Mad Fabricators: Volume Six DVD release. This is not just one, but TWO DVD’s packed with cool cars and awesome music. Featured on the soundtrack are four Double Crown bands performing a total of 9 songs. If you’d like to pick up a copy, please visit our shop (remember, you can still take 15% off your purchase through 12/31/11 with coupon code: DEC15).

This is going to be a new series, where we feature a mover n’ shaker in the surf music scene, and ask them what they’re listening to at the moment. First off, we’ve got Ferenc Dobronyi, guitarist with Pollo Del Mar and Frankie & The Poolboys:
Currently I am producing albums for The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party, a 45 single for Bay Area psych/pop band The Gregors and in pre-production on an EP by The DeadBeats. Also, I  have been writing songs for Pollo Del Mar and Frankie & The …

It’s only been out a few weeks, but there have already been some great reviews of our latest release. Check ‘em out:
Stubby’s House Of Christmas
Mistletunes
Falalalala.com
CD Baby (Editor’s Choice Pick For The Holidays!)
Rock Magazine (in Norway)
These websites are all worth checking out if you love Christmas/Holiday music.
Also, you can now purchase this disc online:
iTunes / Amazon.com / CD Baby / EMusic

You can hear an amazing 3-song studio session from KEXP Radio in Seattle here. The band was in Seattle (along with Slacktone, King Of Hawaii and Mercury 4) for “Surf Night” of the annual Shake The Shack Rockabilly Festival. You’ll hear live versions of “Ewa On The Beach”, “Teke Teke Teke” and “The Raven”, all from their self-titled Double Crown CD.

Frankie & The Poolboys have a few more shows left in their tour itenerary, including a big show in Seattle on September 23rd (part of the annual KEXP Shake The Shack Rockabilly Ball), playing with Slacktone, King of Hawaii and Mercury 4. Here are the dates:
Sep 23 2010      9:00P    Tractor Tavern     Seattle, WA
Sep 24 2010     6:30P    Beach Hut Deli     North Auburn, CA
Sep 26 2010     2:00P    The Hotel Utah     San Francisco, California
Read and hear more: http://www.myspace.com/frankieandthepoolboys

The third annual Surf Guitar 101 festival, co-sponsored by Double Crown Records, is less than a month away! The lineup is the best yet, including the Space Cossacks, Frankie & The Poolboys, The Wadadli Riders, The Insect Surfers, The Space Rangers, The Atomic Mosquitos, The Surfside IV, and the International Men Of Mystery. There will also be an all-star surf musician jam and a large vending area where you can pick up all of the latest surf CD’s, 7″s and memorabilia. You can get the full scoop on the Surf …

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 …

Learn how to play “Ewa On The Beach” by Frankie & The Poolboys – if you don’t have their disc to play along with, pick it up from our shop.