The Madeira are playing live this Saturday, October 2nd, in Cleveland, OH – here are the details:
Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio
http://www.beachlandballroom.com/
216-383-1124
With: The Cocktail Preachers • The Ethiopians
Door opens at 8, show at 8:30. $6 advance, $8 at door.

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 Apemen will be getting back together for one night only, November 6th, in Rotterdam, Holland. It’ll be part of a Burlesque Ballroom event, which starts at 8pm and goes all night long. Book your tickets now – it’s sure to be a wild night!

Okay, so they didn’t get the painting right (they used a photo of their old lineup for reference, instead of the current lineup featuring original guitarist Starcrunch, plus new recruit Victor Vector). Still, any time you can get some high quality live recordings, for free, it’s a day to rejoice and crank up the hi-fi. Get ‘em here.

Just saw a report on NME.com stating that the Beach Boys will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a show featuring past musicians, including Brian Wilson. The lineup is set to include Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston and possibly guitarist David Marks. To tell the truth, I am more excited about the Trashmen playing shows now, or the recent shows by Man Or Astroman?, but still, this is pretty newsworthy.

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 …

This clip was just too good to not post here. I’ll be heading down to Seattle tomorrow for their appearance at the Triple Sip wine tasting/dinner/concert fundraiser for KEXP radio. I didn’t think I’d be able to make it, but thanks to Victor Vector, I’ll be enjoying a fine Cabernet while listening to “A Mouthful Of Exhaust” and “U-Uranus”

MAN OR ASTROMAN? @ SNEAKY DEES – NXNE @ 2010 from untold city on Vimeo.

Man Or Astroman? will be playing a free in-store show at Easy Street Records in Seattle on June 26th at 12:00 noon, before they play the Triple Sip wine/dinner event later that evening. More tour news should be coming soon – the best place to see what’s going on with the band is the Man Or Astroman? Facebook page.

The Exotics will be hittin’ the West Coast this August on their “California Tiki Tour” for the following shows:
Aug 11: TBA
Aug 12 Forbidden Island – Alameda
Aug 13 Trader Vic’s – Los Angeles
Aug 14 Don The Beachcomber – Huntington Beach
Aug 15 Int’l Surfing Museum Concert on the Pier – Huntington Beach
Aug 17 Bar Pink’s “TIKI TUES” – San Diego
Aug 18 Tiki House – San Diego w/ Secret Samurai
If you haven’t heard the Exotics yet, pick up their latest release, Lost Album, from the Double Crown shop!