Gallows have announced today that they will be making a a 30 minute short film with director Adam Powell [Architects, Johnny Truant, Bring Me The Horizon] to accompany the release of new album ‘Grey Britain‘. 5 people can win their way into this film so if you want in, click here. Entries must be in before Friday 30th Jan and winners will be picked at random.
The Gyppo Army have recruited another skater to their ever growing ranks. Brighton’s Rupert Antoine is the man in spotlight and can be seen shredding on this clip below. Look out for the team who will be visiting Xscape in Castleford on January 31st from 3pm onwards.
The Kill City crew tend to seek out fresh concrete on a wet Sunday afternoon. Watch the latest video from the Welsh skate mafia below.
Poison The Well have a new track ‘Bowie’ for stream today on their MySpace page.
Grab their ltd edition 7″‘s now featuring unreleased material that will not appear anywhere else except on vinyl via www.ferretstyle.com
Sin City Series – Blacklight wood
Yeah, skateboards still evolve all the time, you might not always be aware of this, but every company out there tries something new every now and then to give their boards more appeal to the likes of you lot!
Black Label aren’t new to this era of fresh ideas, they’ve already come up with the blackhole decks, powerbeams and now the ever lasting blacklight! Blacklight gives you maximum strength and minimum weight…..wait, that’s how boards should be? Why isn’t anyone else doing this?
This board like many other labels I’ve had in my skate span is amongst the finest wood a tree can produce. It’s actually super light and I’ve been rocking to fakie for over a month now and the fucker won’t crumble! The pop retains at maximum strength still and I’ve honestly been around the block a few times on this black beauty. The shape is what you’d expect from Kyle’s style, simple and quirky at the same time (it makes sense to me). Its medium concaved with normal nose to tail ratios, but it comes around so quickly when you roll your foot off the side for it to flip, you’ll be stoked on it.
I honestly highly recommend this board to anyone who feels the need to start 2009 with fresh wood under their feet; it’s strong, light and snappier than rice crispies! The graphic alone is worth a purchase, gambling and rubber duckies are hotter than dessert sand.
Like Shuriken Shannon said, “phfff, it’s BlackLabel bitch, that’s all I got to say!!”
Check out Label at www.blacklabelskates.com and some footage at the Berrics, it’s the hottest edit on that interwebsite fosho!
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Walk…Crawl…Skate…Die
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Atlanta’s Black Lips are back with a brand new album scheduled for release on Vice Records on Feb 23rd.
The highly anticipated new album titled 200 Million Thousand will contain 14 snotty garage punk tracks and also see the band on tour throughout Europe so go to their Myspace page for tickets quickly before they sell out.
February 2009
3rd Nijmegen Doornroosje
4th Rotterdam Watt
5th Munich 59:1
6th Berlin Festsaal Kreuzberg
7th Hamburg Molotow
8th Cologne Gebäude 9
11th Lille Club Aeronef
12th Dijon Generiq Festival at La Vapeur
13th Brussels Botanique
14th Paris Super Mon Amour Festival at Maroq
15th London Islington Academy (NME show)
16th Bristol Fleece & Firkin
17th Glasgow ABC 2
18th Manchester Institute
19th Brighton Audio
It seems that over the past year, Rolo Tomassi have become a fashionable name to drop, with even the likes of the NME and Vice showing them no end of love. Not that the Sheffield quintet don’t deserve such love, mind; but you have to wonder how many hangers-on will embrace such a twisted, schizophrenic beast of an album as ‘Hysterics‘.
They will if they know what’s good for them, though, because it’s an awesome debut. One that swings from melancholic calm to sheer sonic warfare, and from beauty to savagery – often within the same song. This lot specialise unholy hybrid of twinkling electronics, metallic bludgeon, and all-out hardcore fury, and they spit it out in the form of surprisingly addictive nuggets like ‘Abraxas‘ and ‘Everything Went Grey‘. Hats off to vocalist Eva Spence for her cold croon and spine-chilling roars. That’s versatility.
It’s progressive in the best sense of the word, and – as you’d imagine from a band who count Gallows, 65daysofstatic and Horse The Band amongst their former tour mates – it makes for uneasy (but ultimately rewarding) listening. Check out the track ‘Fofteen‘ on the link above and decide for yourself.
They’ve just been confirmed for the second leg of the ‘Shred Yr Face‘ tour, alongside The Bronx and Fucked Up. Come join the fun at the following shows:
Feb 26th – Leeds Cockpit
Feb 27th – Glasgow Garage
Feb 28th – Manchester Club Academy
Mar 2nd – Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
Mar 3rd – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Mar 4th – London Electric Ballroom
Mar 5th – Brighton Concorde 2
Mar 6th – Birmingham Academy
Alex Gosman
French has started the New Year with a bang in Copenhagen, Denmark.
If you are nearby, visit Force of Nature from 30th January – 21st February.
Go to www.forceofnature.eu for more info and address details.
As Barack Obama moves into the Whitehouse and the world looks to one mans vision to change the planet Psychemagik have released a soundscape of the historic speech for your ears that you should listen to and pass on to others.
Look out for Psychemagik throughout 2009 as they will be releasing bangers soon. Click here for the download.