We have started up our Double Crown On The Rocks podcast again, with new equipment, which will hopefully make it more listenable than before. Since it’s coming from Double Crown, shows will definitely feature lots of great surf and instrumental rock n’ roll (including new, rare and unreleased songs). Occasionally we’ll branch out though – as much as we love surf rock, we also dig rockabilly, exotica, garage rock and all sorts of stuff from the 50’s and 60’s.
We did about 17 shows 5 years …

A new CD for the Mondrean fashion shop based in Vienna, Austria, has just been released by Hit Squad Records. This 17 song CD includes “Surfville” by The Surfites, taken from their 2007 “Big Pounder” CD release. Other artists featured on this compilation are April March, Stephane Pompougnac, The Puppini Sisters and Fred Astaire. If you pick up this CD, and like what you hear from the Surfites, please check out any of their 3 Double Crown Records releases:
The Surfites – Big Pounder CD
The Surfites – Escapades In Space CD
The …

We are happy to announce that Double Crown Records will be releasing the debut CD by The TomorrowMen this May. For fans of bands like The Madeira and Frankie & The Poolboys, you will really dig the instrumental rock stylings of this northern California combo. We will post more info here, or you can keep track of the CD’s progress on Surf Guitar 101.

There’s going to be a huge surf music blowout in California at Suzy’s in Hermosa Beach, CA, on Sunday, March 27th. Just check out the poster to see what an amazing lineup has been assembled by Jeff “Big Tiki Dude” Hanson, with proceeds going to Victor Vector (aka Jonny Browning) in his fight against pneumonia. Thankfully he is doing a lot better now, but still faces weeks of recovery and more time in the hospital. If you’re anywhere in the Southern California area, please go to this show and help …

Guitarist Jonny Browning (aka Victor Vector in Man Or Astro-man?) is currently in the hospital with severe pneumonia, and has been since the end of the Man Or Astro-man? west coast tour a few weeks ago. He’s showing some progress and doctors are hopeful, but the longer he’s in the hospital, the more medical bills they will have. Since his family moved to Canada from Alabama fairly recently to live near his wife’s family, he has been unable to work until his work permits were complete. It’s been a long …

Due to space limitations in the new issue of The Continental Magazine I was unable to include this review of Davie Allan’s recent CD release, Retrophonic. So I thought I’d post it here:
Davie Allan’s Retrophonic combines previously unreleased vintage recordings with new tracks and is brimming with Davie’s signature searing fuzz guitar. The disc is dedicated to original Arrows rhythm guitarist Wayne Allwine who passed away last year, and whose vocals and saxophone are featured on Retrophonic. There are also vocal contributions from Ralph “Russ” Viot and Drew Bennett and …

Issue #18 includes huge feature interviews with The Bambi Molesters and Davie Allan, and a look at last fall’s Shake The Shack Rockabilly Ball (Surf Night), plus tons of music and DVD reviews. There is also a 24 track CD filled with lots of great surf, instro and garage rock tunes. We had too much to cram into the magazine, so we’ve added pages! 40 pages in all, with a 2 color glossy cover.
Note: We have increased the price of the magazine by a buck, to $6.95/copy. We haven’t raised …

Surf music legend Eddie Bertrand from the Belairs and Eddie & The Showmen has had some unexpected medical bills recently. A benefit took place on February 5th, and you can read all the details in this news story. If you would like to help Eddie out to say thanks for all the great music, please consider donating via Paypal. You can view Lost In Paradise #11 below, which features performances and interviews from the benefit show.

We’ve got another 7″ release available, this time from So. Cal. surf and frat rock combo The Volcanics! You loved their Girls Girls Girls CD, but the band’s been relatively quiet over the last couple of years. Well, they’re back in a big way with this two track slab of wax! On the A-side you get the vocal “654321 (Let’s Have Some Fun)”, while on the flip they deliver a great instro called “Kanack Attack”. And, if you thought two 7″ers in the last 6 months was cool, we’ve got another 7″ …