Cheeky bastards The Metros are kicking off their UK tour this week and have released the video for their new single Last Of The Lookers [out June 2nd], you love it:
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Relentless NASS returns on June 13th-15th for three days of action sports and live music at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Somerset. The highly charged festival boasts stunning demonstrations of action sports, amazing live bands, an extensive trade and adrenaline village, paintball arena and climbing area.
This year, NASS is cramming in more action sports than ever before, including everything from skate to FMX. The Vans European skate team will be making their very first appearance at the festival and Tony Hawk protégé Jean Postec will be attempting to match his mentor by completing the near impossible fakie-to-fakie 900. The King Ramps vert ramp will also be playing host to some of the best riders on the US circuit who’ll be taking time out from the world renowned Action Sports Dew Tour.
Another feature of the weekend will be a top-end BMX course with some of the world’s most notorious riders including UK heavyweights, Mark Webb and Dew Tour 07 victor Daniel Dhers, battling it out to take home some of the total event prize purse of over $80,000.
The impressive music line-up is as follows:
ROCK SOUND STAGE
Friday 3.00pm – 10.30pm
PENDULUM
LATE OF THE PIER
DOES IT OFFEND YOU, YEAH?
METRONOMY
THE GHOST FREQUENCY
DEVILS GUN
WE SMOKE FAGS
Saturday 3.00pm – 10.30pm
LESS THAN JAKE
THE SUBWAYS
ELLIOT MINOR
BEAT UNION
IN CASE OF FIRE
SKIRTBOX
*SHELS
LIONESS
SECOND STAGE
Friday 6.00pm – 3.00am
AUDIO: PRESSURE PRESENTS:
EDDY TEMPLE MORRIS
UTAH SAINTS (DECKS & FX)
STREETLIFE DJS
MICKY SLIM
UNCLE BUCK
CHARLIE G
FREERANGE PARTY SOCIETY
Saturday 6.00pm – 3.00am
HOSTED BY: JAKES, SCRIPT MC, BENNY C
FRICTION
ADAM F
SUB FOCUS
JUNGLE DRUMMER vs DJ FU
CRISSY CRISS
DJ KLIMAX & SCRIPT MC
FREERANGE PARTY SOCIETY
RELENTLESS BAR – HOSTED BY STREETWISE MUSIC
Friday 13th June – BREAKS / DNB / DUBSTEP
01:00-03:00 BEAT MANIACS (BREAKS)
03:00-05:00 A:B:S (BREAKS)
05:00-07:00 DEF STEREO (ECLECTIC)
07:00-09:00 T_! (DUBSTEP)
09:00-11:00 BUD (DNB)
11:00-01:00 PERFECTION (DNB)
01:00-03:00 DEETOX (DNB)
Saturday 14th June – BREAKS Live all Day on www.nsbradio.co.uk
01:00-03:00 THAT GIRL DJ
03:00-05:00 MJOOGOO
05:00-07:00 DOUBLE U & 2TONE (Streetwise Set)
07:00-09:00 RICHIE BALBOA
09:00-11:00 BEN & LEX
11:00-01:00 HIGH EIGHT
01:00-03:00 MERKA
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Twisted Wheel announce dates
Twisted Wheel have announced some new tour dates.
The band will play some dates with Pigeon Detectives as well as the Great Escape and Dot To Dot festivals. The band release their debut single this week and a new EP is planned for the summer. The tour dates are:
1 May 2008 Sheffield Plug
2 May 2008 Nottingham Bodega
4 May 2008 Leicester Charlotte
8 May 2008 Cardiff Club, Ifor Bach
9 May 2008 Manchester Academy 2
11 May 2008 Radio 1 – One Big Weekend, Maidstone (Introducing stage)
15 May 2008 Great Escape Festival, Brighton
16 May 2008 Great Escape Festival , Brighton
24 May 2008 dot2dot festival, Bristol
25 May 2008 dot2dot festival, Nottingham
26 May 2008 Southend Cliffs Pavillion (with The Pigeon Detectives)
27 May 2008 Portsmouth Guildhall (with The Pigeon Detectives)
28 May 2008 Bristol Academy (with The Pigeon Detectives)
29 May 2008 Plymouth Pavillions (with The Pigeon Detectives)
31 May 2008 Bridlington Spa Theatre (with The Pigeon Detectives)
1 June 2008 Birmingham Academy (with The Pigeon Detectives)
3 June 2008 Brighton Dome (with The Pigeon Detectives)
4 June 2008 London Luminaire
5 June 2008 Oxford Bar Academy
6 June 2008 Liverpool Northern Empire @ Academy 2
9 July 2008 Cambridge Barfly
10 July 2008 Northampton Soundhaus
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The Crimea begin residency
Crossfire favourites The Crimea kick off a residency at The Enterprise on Chalk Farm Road tonight [30th April].
With a third album in the making ex-Crocketts frontman Davey McManus will be leading the charge, showcasing some of their new tracks, and keeping the crowds entertained with their exciting indie tunes with 3 gigs over the next 3 weeks. Watch this space for a review.
Tickets are available here and with your ticket you’ll get a free, previously unreleased tune called ‘Who’s Laughing Now?‘.
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Reanimator & Prolyphic album streamed
Strange Famous Records are streaming the entire Prolyphic and Reanimator album.
The duo’s upcoming record The Ugly Truth, which is out on May 6th, can be heard in full on www.imeem.com/prolyphicandreanimator. It was one of Abjekt’s tips for 2008 and hasn’t disappointed, you’d be a fool not to check it out. A fool.
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Mike the 2600 King mix online
Mike the 2600 King has released a new mix online.
The Minneapolis artist extraordinaire [check out www.burlesquedesign.com for his amaznig work] recently unleased an hour long mix of funk, electro, disco and more online. Check it out by clicking right here.
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Free CSS download
CSS will release their new album Donkey on July 21st.
You can pick up the track Rat Is Dead [Rage] free on their site. The first single to be released properly will be Left Behind on July 14th. The full track listing is:
‘Jåger Yoga’
‘Rat is Dead (Rage)’
‘Reggae All Night’
‘Give Up’
‘Left Behind’
‘Beautiful Song’
‘How I Became Paranoid’
‘Move’
‘I Fly’
‘Believe Achieve’
‘Air Painter’
Zoo York have collaborated with Mark Owens and Matt Owens on a New York artist series. The six boards represent the socio-cultural realms of Literature, Architecture, The Arts, Transit, Food and Tourism representing New York’s “Urbane Jungle.” Look out for the Zoo York team visit to the UK here.
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The Strokes work on new album
The Strokes are gearing up for work on a new album.
The band’s last album, First Impressions Of Earth, was released in January 2006 and the band haven’t done anything since they completed touring in support of that record. However, bassist Nikolai Fraiture has said:
“I’d like to say that I’m still looking very forward to a fourth album release. We just need to work out a few technical kinks…It’s been a long break but much needed for us to remain together as a productive band”.
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Shikari announce mammoth tour
Enter Shikari have announced details of a new UK tour.
The band, who are currently writing new material, will be playing the following dates:
September:
30th – Underworld, London
October:
2nd – Cambridge Corn Exchange
3rd – Hull University
4th – Nottingham Rock City
5th – Keele University
7th – Oxford Academy
8th – St Albans Arena
9th – Norwich UEA
10th – Peterborough Cresset
11th – Hastings White Rock Theatre
13th – Middlesborough Town Hall
14th – Liverpool Academy
15th – Dublin Ambassador
16th – Cork Savoy theatre
17th – Belfast Mandela Hall
19th – Inverness Ironworks
20th – Dundee Fat Sams
21st – Edinburgh University (Potterow)
23rd – Newport Centre
24th – Bath Pavilion
26th – Llandudno Arena
27th – Bournemouth Solent Hall
29th – Exeter Great hall
30th – Southampton Guildhall
31st – Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
November:
2nd, 3rd, 4th – London Mean Fiddler