Here is a web version of a piece on Shag from the Spring issue of CA Modern Magazine – from the Eichler Network website, reproduced here courtesy of and thanks to Adriene Biondo and photographer John Eng (who did the photography for this piece) from Astrolux (check out their website!) and CA Modern Magazine publisher Marty Arbunich (who used to run the Solid Smoke record label). Shag designed many album, CD, 7″, poster and ad graphics for Dionysus during the ’90s and still designs for us on occasion.
Dionysus is excited to announce two new releases! Kava Kon’s Tiki For The Atomic Age (Dionysus) and Chaino’s Eye Of The Spectre (Bacchus Archives) are both now available on vinyl and CD from our online store! Read Jason Gelt’s review now!
In case you don’t already know, The Continental is probably the coolest lil’ mag out there devoted to surf, twist, and rock ‘n’ roll, with several back issues selling for incredibly stupid amount$ on Ebay! Issue #16 includes ginormous features on Laika & The Cosmonauts, The Barbwires, and James Bond music, and — probably most exciting of all — a 22 song CD filled with great surf, instro, and garage rock tunes! Get your copy NOW before they all disappear! Find it on the front page of our online store.
We just added a ton of cool new garage, power pop, KBD, and original 7″ pressings to our online store, plus we now have an entire section devoted entirely to Germany’s masked garage rock marauders The Satelliters that includes all of their Dionysus releases as well as a slew of rare and hard-to-find titles!

Apr 30, 10:00 PM kids R&Blues Café, Antwerpen, Belgium
May 1, 10:00 PM ‘t Muzaaike, Tessenderlo, Belgium
May 2, 8:00 PM Ace Cafe Festival, Rumst, Belgium
May 3, 5:00 PM Cooperville, Turnhout, Belgium
May 4, 9:00 PM Café Den Eik, Gierle, Belgium
May 5, TBA Belgium
May 6, 9:00 PM Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, Netherlands
May 7, 9:00 PM ‘t Goor, Gooreind, Belgium
May 8, 7:00 PM Jail, Hoogstraten, Belgium
May 8, 9:00 PM Bacchus Café, Geel, Belgium
May 9, 9:00 PM Oerkroeg Schiller, Aalten, Netherlands
May 10, 5:30 PM Crossroad, Olen, Belgium
May 12, TBA Belgium
May 13, 9:00 PM ‘t Hemelrijk, St. Niklaas, Belgium
May 14, 9:00 PM Café Tielemans, Boekel, Netherlands
May 15, 9:00 PM Gipsy Horses Ranch, Westerlo, Belgium
May 16, 2:00 PM Harentse Dorpsfeesten, Haren, Belgium
May 16, 9:00 PM De Hoeckenisse, Klaaswaal, Netherlands
May 17, 5:00 PM Café De Witte Raaf, Oudenaarde, Belgium
May 19, TBA, Belgium
May 20, 9:30 PM Libertad, Leuven, Belgium
May 21, 9:00 PM JH Den Daak, Duffel, Belgium
May 22, 9:00 PM Café De Zaaier, Wageningen, Netherlands
May 23, 9:00 PM Café De Muzikant, Neerkant, Netherlands
May 24, 9:00 PM R&R Pub Crawl, Hoorn, Netherlands
JONNY CHAN EURO TOUR DATES:
Thursday, April 9th, 8:30 pm @ Dirty Water Club (The Boston Music Room); London
Friday, April 10th, 9:00 pm @ Fratcave (FraTHouSe); Bristol
Saturday, April 11th, 8:00 pm @ The Dead Members Club (Crown & Anchor); Worchester
Thursday, April 16th, 8:00 pm @ Waldmeister Club, Solingen; Nordhein-Westfalen
Friday, April 17th, 8:00 pm @ Druckluft, Oberhausen; Nordrhein-Westfalen
Saturday, April 18th, 8:00pm @ Das Bett; Frankfurt; Hessen
Jonny’s classic ’90s garage album “So…You Want Action” still available on vinyl and CD from the Dionysus Records website!
The Dogs, The Mothers Anger and Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers are out on the road! Catch them if you’re
in Austin for South By Southwest, March 18-22nd. Also included are some post SXSW live dates.
THE DOGS:
March 21st The Wave Club, 408 E 6th St., Austin (1 am)
March 21st Breakaway Records, 5pm, FREE outside show!, 1704 E. 5th St, Austin (5 pm)
April 25th George + Dragon Pub, 4240 N Central Ave, Phoenix (8 pm)
May 2nd Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk St, San Francisco (8 pm)
RUBY DEE & THE SNAKEHANDLERS:
March 22nd The Nutty Brown Cafe, 12225 W. Highway 290, Austin (7.30)
April 4th The Continental Club, 1315 S Congress Ave, Austin, TX
April 16th The Scoot Inn as part of Scootenany, 1308 E. 4th St, Austin
THE MOTHERS ANGER:
March 18th 10PM at the Public House in Dallas (w/ touring bands: Reason 2 Rebel, Lords of Fuzz and Mean Dinosaur)
March 19th 9:30PM at Andy’s in Denton (w/Reason 2 Rebel, Automorrow and Peru)
March 22nd 11PM (Event Journey sxsw showcase) at Blu on 4th st. and 360 Nueces in Austin (w/Spin Alley, She Sir and more) Free!
April 4th 10PM (during Deep Elm arts festival) at the Lounge on deep elm in Dallas (w/ Sounds under Radio, Klopek, Aftertraces)
April 11th 1PM Bloodapalooza National tatto fest in Dallas (w/Drowning Pool, JointMethod and many more)
April 25th TBA in Dallas
HAUNTED HOUSE AU GO-GO
March 7, 2009
at The Bordello
901 E.1st Street, Los Angeles, California 90012
Cost: $10.00
with guest DJ, Lee Joseph from Dionysus Records.
This is the horror garage and spooky surf club you’ve been waiting for!!! Tony the Tyger and Norman “Baron Shivers” of The Ghastly Ones present HAUNTED HOUSE AU GO-GO. A night of Spook-A-Delic Sounds with live sets by The Ghastly Ones, The Living Sickness and Burlesque with Moana Santana! Witness weird visuals and eerie projections and dance to DJ Tony the Tyger and guest DJ Lee’s cryptic collection of rare garage 45’s with Baron Shivers spinning the best of Back from The Grave and Surf Creature comps. Get there early! This show will sell out!
NOW AVAILABLE FROM DIONYSUS RECORDS MAIL ORDER – SUCH HAWKS SUCH HOUNDS DVD
As seen at the “Don’t Knock The Rock” Festival – Stoner rock, heavy psych, doom, drone and beyond. A feature-length documentary, SUCH HAWKS SUCH HOUNDS explores the music and musicians of the American hard rock underground circa 1970-2007, focusing on the psychedelic and ’70s proto-metal-derived styles that have in recent years formed a rich body of unclassifiable sounds. Featured artists include Acid King, Bardo Pond, Brant Bjork, Comets on Fire, Dead Meadow, Earthless, High on Fire, Kyuss, Nebula, The Obsessed,Om, Pentagram, Sleep, sunn O))) and others. (84 mins. Plus Bonus Features / NTSC Region 0). Directed by John Srebalus.
Order directly from the DIonysus Records online store.
