Came across this gem of ‘riverboat soul music’ via the amazing Tiny Desk Concerts put on by NPR. If you’re not familiar with these, NPR somehow convinces amazing artists to jam into...
Who is Baby Chuck? That’s the first question you’ll be asked when you visit his site, upon which no answer will be given leaving you lost in thought and contemplating not only who Baby Ch...
Last night was yet another Wax Ball concert! Featuring none other than Al Knost and his band of gypsies known together as Tomorrows Tulips, with girlfriend Christina Kee on drums and support from For...
Live Performances by The Abigails and Tomorrows Tulips. The Abigails are a fairly new band out of Costa Mesa, CA, fronted by Warren Thomas (formerly of The Growlers and Grand Elegance), who bring a d...
Last night we threw the release party for the newest creation from the mind of Mitch Abshere and friends known as Beached Days Magazine. It’s a refreshing new surf mag with a well curated taste...
Not gonna lie, while watching the NBA playoffs we caught a new beer commercial and this was the song they used. After some more research we discovered one King Mohamed Rafi, one of the most popular B...
Join us this Thursday at Thalia Surf Shop (915 S. Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA.) for Beached Days Magazine launch party. Hope to see you there!
An upcoming film about street photogs in NY by Cheryl Dunn called Everybody Street, Cheryl Dunn was featured in the Beautiful Losers Art Show and Documentary and has documented some amazing and famou...
Formerly The Music Machine, this band was formed by a few dudes from Central California in the mid-sixties. Only one of their songs hit the top 20, called ‘Talk Talk’, but this one has go...
Ingredients: Boardshorts, Rit Dye, and creativity. Want to make your own? Head over to the online shop for the goods. We deliver.
Epic late fifties – early sixties garage. This is a B-Side off one of their 7 inch singles “Dirty Robber” from 1965. But you know us, we dig the b-sides.
This week’s Thursday Tunage comes all the way from Belgium, a surf garage band from the late 50s early 60s called The Cousins. This is their zen surf guitar rock jam known as Buddha.
Join us Friday the 13th at 7pm at the shop as we celebrate the launch of the with music, drinks and good times including a gallery of RIT boardshorts created by the Vans surf team. For those that can...
Young Jessie is an R&B singer from the 50′s and 60′s. This dude has got such a rad sound, and this track was a B Side off of one of his 1963 7″ singles. Enjoy this one, we̵...
“Five delinquent suburban kids from Chicago who can’t legally buy a pack of smokes have crafted the best album of the year.” - via http://theteenagehead.com/ The ORWELLS – Mallrats ...
Wait, is it winter now? Judging by the rain…maybe. Judging by the amazing boardshorts and tank tops we just got in…not a chance. Spring and summer have been rapidly approaching here at Th...
Last week’s Wax Ball Vol. 5 went off without a hitch, bringing some much needed garage and blues tunes to the sleepy town of Laguna Beach. With about 100 fans in attendance, The Marine Room Tav...
Conspiracy of Owls is a Detroit-based indie band that harkens back to some heavy Beach Boys harmonies and ‘Pet Sounds’ vibes. They started out as the Detroit garage band The Go and have n...
Whereeeeee are the waves?!!? This past week showed us some pretty epic weather for early March and I think it’s safe to say winter is dead and gone. Our Wax Ball Vol. 5 went on without a hitch ...
We’re all gettin’ amped for tonight’s Wax Ball Vol. 5, and in getting prepped for it we thought we’d share with you our favorite blues legend of all time: Son House. Born in 1...
This upcoming Wax Ball will be our 5th one, and we’ve got a killer lineup for this night of ‘Booze and Blues’ First up, we’ve got our local shaping legend Dano Forte of Dano S...
The band’s name is Guadalupe Plata, hailing from Spain, they’ve created a sound that draws influence from American Delta Blues, but have added a bit more steam to it. This music video goe...
Just got in a fresh shipment of brand new retro surf schtuff from The Critical Slide Society, our brothas from a down unda… In the shipment they included some custom little tote bags that they ...
Led by front man Jonathan Richman, The Modern Lovers only existed for a brief period in the early seventies, and didn’t release any of their recordings until a few years after they broke up. Ri...
This giant piece of driftwood was found somewhere between Laguna Beach and Corona Del Mar by Jim Olarte (same artist who constructed our Fiberglass Chandelier). It took about a month to dry out and n...
It’s safe to say that Thomas Campbell has been a huge influence on us, the shop, our culture, and our way of life (which all are pretty interconnected). From his early days of profiling street ...
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