If you’re out on the East Coast you’ve got a chance to catch one of the premier surf/instro bands on the planet, Los Straitjackets. Daddy O Grande is still unable to tour, due to his battle with cancer, so Gregorio El Grande will be on guitar for these shows.
Turning Point – Piermont, NY, Wed Feb 16
Cafe Nine – New Haven, CT, Thu Feb 17
Stone Mountain Arts Center – Brownfield, ME, Fri Feb 18
Narrows Center for the Arts – Fall River, MA, Sat Feb 19
Iron Horse Music Hall – Northampton, MA, …

YepRoc Records is offering a compilation of 13 unreleased and rare songs, including “Twist & Slide” From Los Straitjackets – you can get the whole compilation, or just the single track, absolutely free!

This year’s Surfer Joe Summer Surf Music Festival is set to happen June 24 – 27 at Livorno, Italy – four days of the best surf and instrumental rock n’ roll in the world. Double Crown is proud to be a co-sponsor of the festival (although sadly it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to fly over for it). Just take a look at this lineup!
THURSDAY 24 JUNE – MERCATINO AMERICANO – START AT 9pm
SURFIN’ LUNGS (UK)
Great show with one of the coolest band in the world. Surf/punk/rock …

From YepRoc Records:
Yuletide Beat is the long awaited follow up to Los Straitjackets’ popular Christmas album ‘Tis The Season for Los Straitjackets. The band has created 10 all new rock & roll arrangements of traditional Holiday carols that’ll have you rockin’ through December and ringing in the New Year with a romantic slow dance to “‘Sould’D Lang Syne.”
The band rides a desert surf wave on “We Three Kings,” takes “Joy to the World” to Memphis, and makes “Jingle Bells” into a Bakersfield sleigh ride. Not to mention entering uncharted territory …

Despite all of the gloom n’ doom talk about the economy this year, the summer of 2009 has shaped up to be a great time for new surf music releases. What better way to lift the spirits than put some fun, energetic highly-reverbed sounds on the hi-fi! While we’ve had a quiet summer here at Double Crown with new releases, lots of bands and labels have picked up the slack with some great new releases – some of which are in our on-line catalog, and some will be added shortly.
The …