The Sword will re-release their Gods Of The Earth and Age Of Winters album on April 6th on Double CD/Download.
They will also be playing the following dates at the end of this month:
25th – Birmingham, LG NEC Arena supporting Metallica
26th – Glasgow, SECC supporting Metallica
27th – Glasgow, King Tuts Headline show
28th – London, O2 Arena supporting Metallica
29th – London, Borderline Headline show
Check out their video for Fire Lances of the Ancient Hyperzephyrians:
Tony Hawk, Kevin Staab, Renton Millar, Dom Kekeitch and Jonathan Schwan turned up for a vert demo recently to the Prahran skatepark in Melbourne, Australia. Watch the footage below.
Here’s one to get the blood flowing today. The Indy team rip up parks in Lincoln City featuring Mountain, Grosso and many more. Big trannies = wet fannies.
PJ Ladd stars in a new ad for DC Shoes. Enjoy this technical bench sesh below.
Vans are about to launch a brand new book looking back at their amazing history manufacturing skateboard shoes. Steve Caballero sheds light on the content in this video below but if you want more, click here to find a video interview with Van Doren himself. The book is scheduled for release on June 1st.
Fake Problems’ first album for renowned indie Side One Dummy Records is out now!
Entitled It’s Great To Be Alive, the record is a rollicking journey incorporating Americana, blues, country, indie and punk rock elements with the help of producer AJ Mogis (Bright Eyes, Cursive).
The band will also be making their way back to the UK with Frank Turner in October on the following dates:
October
14 Belfast Stiff Kitten Club
15 Glasgow QMU
16 Manchester Academy 2
17 Newcastle Uni
18 Nottingham Rock City
19 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
20 Oxford Academy
22 Leeds Met University
23 Cambridge Junction
24 Plymouth University
25 Exeter Lemon Grove
26 Bristol Anson Rooms
27 Cardiff University
28 Winchester Guildhall
29 London Shepherd’s Bush
Check the band out below:
Innerpartysystem have announced they will be coming back to UK shores once again in April on the lead-up to the release of new EP Heart Of Fire on 4th May.
The release will include previously unreleased tracks and the band will be playing a run of headline dates as well as a coveted slot at the Give It A Name festival.
April
18 Manchester Academy GIAN
19 London Brixton Academy GIAN
21 Dublin Academy2
22 Belfast Speakeasy
24 Glasgow Classic Grand
26 Coventry Kasbah
27 Bristol Academy 2
28 Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
29 Norwich Waterfront
Check out their performance of Don’t Stop on iPhones at the Apple Store in London.
IPS – “Don’t Stop” – iPhone Set Live @Apple Store – London (Regent Street) from Innerpartysystem on Vimeo
OK, let’s be honest, skate companies have always been dreadful at making jeans. A certain leading Truck company have probably been the main offenders when it comes to making a jean that has some sort of shape to fit your curves so when I got these and held them up I was sceptical to say the least.
But I was wrong. This Emerica denim comes close to being the best pair of jeans I have had to date. I’m a 34 waist and 32 leg and after an initial walk to work a skate and the first wash, these Thunderstrucks were cruising in all areas.
They come with simple branded buttons, (no massive amounts of unneeded extra branded buttons etc like Altamont jeans) a shoelace belt (which was thrown out as soon as they came out of the bag), some sort of leather patch on the pocket and most importantly they feel comfortable on.
You can pick them up in Black Raw, Dark Indigo or Dirty Wash and are highly recommended, go get some.
The etnies team will be visiting the UK in May with a full squad of rippers including Mikey Taylor (who will be interviewed on this site very soon), Sean Malto, Ryan Sheckler, Kyle Leeper, Jose Rojo, Tyler Bledsoe and Davis Torgerson. European riders Charles Collet, Julian Furones and Willow will join the UK’s Joe Gavin throughout.
The tour will start on the 24th May for a demo at The Works in Leeds, followed by a signing at Rollersnakes in Derby on the 26th, and finally hitting London for a signing at Slam City Skates and the tour finale demo at Bay 66 on the 30th May. Spread the word.
Photos by Corey Nichols
Emerging from suburban Sydney way (way) back 1982, the Hard-Ons hit their stride by ’84 and stuck their first record out in ’85. Countless releases have followed, and they’ve toured all over the globe playing their amped up rockNroll, which rarely ever follows convention.
Along the way they’ve collaborated with the likes of Henry Rollins and Poison Idea’s Jerry A. Their most recent studio album (“Most People are Nicer Than Us”) was a firestorm of hardcore and heavy metallic fury, whilst its predecessor “Most People Are a Waste of Time” saw them firmly in tune-soaked poppy punk mode. And their latest release is “Suck ‘n Swallow” a 25 track compilation on Boss Tuneage Records.
The Hard-Ons arrive back in Europe in March 2009 for a 5 week tour, including a few dates in the UK. Pete Craven sent guitarist/vocalist Blackie a few questions down the tube to Australia to jog a few memory cells…
By my reckoning you first came to Europe in 1988, 21 years ago… how many times have you toured since?
I’m pretty sure that this will be the 15th… or is it 16th… or is it… hmmm???
Is there a particular tour that sticks in mind?
Hahah! Some things stay with ya but not for the right reasons… umm – look they have all been an adventure … long tours do things to people but Europe is so killer to tour, the people so accommodating and fun that we LOVE coming back here again and again!
Are there any favourite spots you always look forward to?
I would have to say that Spain is a LOT of fun, as is Italy. For us it’s great that Europe is the size of Australia (maybe a little smaller) and in just a few short hours drive you’re somewhere completely different!
And anywhere you wouldn’t want to go back??!!
I don’t wanna answer!! Maybe some small towns in Eastern Germany are a little scary… or some of the northern little villages of England are strange. There is a father of a pretty girl in Copenhagen who has promised to kill me so… oh I’m sorry I’m making this up…
Do you keep a manual note of all the gigs you’ve played?? Have you got a grand total to give us?!!
I’ve lost mine and had to start again (again)… I’m up to 17!!
You must have a thousand stories to tell. It seems like every two-bit artiste is penning his/her memoirs these days… have you any such literary plans??
Well ya never say never, but right now I’m trying to finish writing a movie script! It’s about a group of misfits that save the world but have to fight on two different realms… its highly original and will have lots of kung fu…
I saw a nice picture of you guys being joined on-stage by Dave Grohl… how did you get to know him??
I met him on an on-line dating agency wayyyyyyyyy back… he’s very nice and knows how to please a woman…
Talking of drummers… I read you’ve got Gregor Eshman from (the ace) Jed Whitey is behind the kit for this tour… what’s the story there??
Peter has just had a baby girl and can’t leave his misses all alone with a new born. We didn’t even care if Greg drummed good or not, but he had to look great with his shirt off!!
You’ve got a new compilation CD out (“Suck ‘n Swallow” on Boss Tuneage Record) with 25 songs culled from the past 25 years of Hard-Ons recordings. How did you decide which tracks made the final cut?
We just picked the best 25 songs to do the dishes to. That’s what most people want music for!!
Track 25 is a brand new song; have you any more new recordings in the pipeline??
Yeah that new song is a beauty eh!! The next album is gonna be a killer and we will start recording it in June…
Ok, thanks for your time! But before I go… is there any way 25 years ago, when you started out, you thought you’d still be a Hard-On??? Was it a good career move??
Well I know I will always be playing music. Life is too short not to be doing something so awesome!!!!
Find the Hard-Ons this month at the following UK dates:
March 26th Sawyers, Kettering
27th Town Mill, Mansfield
28th Fighting Cocks, Kingston
29th Underworld, London
30th Prince Albert, Brighton