Monkey Monday Music Video: Dancing Gorillas, Burlesque Girls, Tour Dates

Above: Gorillas, Mexican wrestler-masked guitarists and retro go-go girl triplets doin’ the twist-sure to brighten up your Monday a little.

Mondays can be kinda tough, so, because we like silly music videos, monkeys and alliteration, we’re revisiting a feature we like to call Monkey Monday. (Ok, so technically we invited a gorilla over for Monkey Monday, but he does the twist, so we think it’s ok.)

Eccentric, instrumental surf-rockers Los Straitjackets hit the road with go-go dancing burlesque triplets and glittery Mexican wrestler masks for a tour with equally entertaining trailer gothic “countrypolitan” moonshine-rock weirdos Southern Culture on the Skids (something like a backwoods B-52s, maybe). Retro surf-rock and wigged-out country music? It makes perfect sense, really.

Fun fact: Southern Culture on the Skids are one of Stephen King’s favorite bands.

Adding to the creepy fun, the band’s new songs “Soulful Garage” and “It’s All Over but the Shoutin’” have been featured on HBO’s new vampire series, True Blood.

After the jump: Find out where to catch Los Straitjackets & Southern Culture on the Skids on tour.
Plus: Flash back to 1995 with a Southern Culture on the Skids classic featuring camels and oat meal pies. (Not to be confused with Wilco (the Album)’s camel and party cake.)

2009 Tour Dates: Los Straitjackets and Southern Culture on the Skids
Friday, May, 15, 2009 @ The 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Saturday, May, 16, 2009 @ Sellersville Theatre Sellersville, PA
Sunday, May, 17, 2009 @ World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA
Tuesday, May, 19, 2009 @ Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
Wednesday, May, 20, 2009 @ Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
Friday, May, 22, 2009 @ Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
Saturday, May, 23, 2009 @ Crowfoot Ballroom Pontiac, MI
Sunday, May, 24, 2009 @ Fitzgerald’s Berwyn, IL
Monday, May, 25, 2009 @ Turner Hall Milwaukee, WI
Tuesday, May, 26, 2009 @ First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Thursday, May, 28, 2009 @ The Pageant St Louis, MO
Friday, May, 29, 2009 @ Headliner’s Music Hall Louisville, KY
Saturday, May, 30, 2009 @ Southgate House Newport, KY
Friday, June, 12, 2009 @ Hukilau, 2009 @  Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Above: Souther Culture on the Skids’ 1995 hit, “Camel Walk” (the video features scenes from Ben Stiller’s awful flick, Flirting with Disaster).