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In Between Days – Unseen Edit

Russ Cowling‘s mac may have melted last night but only after posting this latest edit from In Between Days filming sessions. Talking on the clip he says, “During the editing process parts get changed around constantly. In the final edit of In Between Days Sam and Veran appeared in the montage section, but here is the original rough edit of Sam and Veran’s intended full section featuring many unseen clips.”

Read our recent DVD review of In Between Days here.

Unseen Edit. Sam Juner X Veran Tull. In Between Days from Monster Network on Vimeo.

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Almost Skateboards Summer 2010 catalogue now online

Almost Skateboards have a brand new summer catalogue online today.

Enjoy Daewon’s tribute deck to his first ever video part in Love Child that is hosted in there, Mullen’s Stained Glass pro deck and much more.

Click through to here to see the goodness.

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Gnargore ‘Wizard Council’ premiere 17th July Birmingham

The Black Country based skate collective Gnargore have announced their plans for a video premiere of the Gnargore Wizard Council DVD that’s coming out in July. The first screening will be held in association with Ideal Skateshopon Saturday 17th July 2010 at the The Custard Factory, Birmingham from 6pm with a full party afterwards for £2.

Bring your own brews, put this in your diary and enjoy this regulation acid drop teaser that dropped this week. Wizard…

Gnargore Wizard Council – Regulation Acid Drop from Tom Gillespie on Vimeo

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Tobacco

Maniac Meat
Anticon
www.myspace.com/tobacco

While Tom Fec might be better known for making blissed out psychedelia with band Black Moth Super Rainbow, this solo project presents a different approach. Although Tobacco’s music is certainly still psychedelic, his muddy, beat-heavy approach to the genre will delight hip hop heads and noise rockers alike.

With Maniac Meat, his second full length album, Fec has heaped more dirt on an already grimy sound. Tobacco, indeed, is an appropriate moniker, as each synth melody sounds clogged with tar like images from an anti smoking campaign. While this might sound like a difficult listen, however, its strong drum beats keep the songs focussed and completely engaging.

Two guest spots from Beck provide album highlights, in particular Fresh Hex (below) which features a rare clarity of vocal and comprehensible lyrics. Elsewhere, though, it’s business as usual, as Fec utilises the muffled vocoder effects that he has become synonymous with throughout his career. While Maniac Meat is 16 tracks long, few of these break the three minute mark, setting a great pace to the record. After a furious start, there is some variation offered later on, with the floating arpeggios of Six Royal Vipers bringing a brighter feel to the mix; although admittedly, this soon becomes caked in thick layers of glorious fuzz.

Existing fans of Tobacco, or indeed Black Moth Super Rainbow, are unlikely to be disappointed by this, an album I would rank amongst Fec’s best material to date. For the unfamiliar, though, be sure to check out this intriguing blend of hip hop beats and grubby electronics.

Sleekly Lion.

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DC Shoes ‘Lace Em Up’ UK Tour incoming next week

News just in- apparently the DC Shoes team will be coming into the UK this month at the following dates. The riders and exact times are to be confirmed but spread the word on this through your facebook and twitter and we will bring you more info when it arrives:

16th June – Team skating at South Bank (not officially a demo)
17th June – Demo at Bay66 (partnering with Natterjacks in London)
19th June – Demo at Prime (partnering with Prime Delux in Plymouth)
21st June – Demo at Truro skate park (partnering with Flavour and SJ’z)
23rd & 24th June – Various street spots in Bristol (partnering with 5050)

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Little Fish making of video

Oxfordshire duo Little Fish recently put out a video for their brilliant new single “Am I Crazy?”, and now you can take a look behind the scenes.

The band, who hit the road today on a month-long tour with Blondie, have uploaded a making of feature giving a great insight into how the video came together. You can watch the making of video below, but first check out the music video itself over here.

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Drawing Boards: Urethane & Elliot Rowe edit

Drawing Boards’ Elliot Rowe clocked some footage from the South Norwood park recently for your viewing pleasure. Check out the new urethane that just came in for the Croydon massive so check out their 53mm and 55mm’s right here.

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New Benga video

Benga has a new video out.

It’s for the track Baltimore Clap, which has been around a little while and is now officially released on his Phaze: One EP. It’s a banger and the video is ace. Check it out:

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Lostprophets announce London show

Lostprophets are set to play a headline show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire this coming August.

The gig will take place on August 25th with support from Attack! Attack!, as the band warm-up for their appearances at Reading and Leeds festivals the following weekend.

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Hurts announce UK tour

Manchester duo Hurts have announced new UK tour dates in order to promote their debut album.

The album, which has not yet been given a title, will be released on August 23rd this year. Meanwhile, the first single from the record will be ‘Wonderful Life’ which will be available on August 16th.

They will also be appearing at:

October

2nd – Brighton, Concorde
3rd – Leeds, Cockpit
4th – Glasgow, Oran Mor
5th – Manchester, Ritz
7th – Birmingham, The Library
8th – Bristol, Trinity Church
9th – London, O2 Shepherds Bush Empire