New flow rider Anthony De Sylva otherwise known as Sylva has joined the Drawing Boards crew.
Hailing from Newcastle in Australia, not the UK, Sylva loves the tech side of skateboarding and can also edit some footy, so look out for him when you are next Down Under and enjoy this footage.
6th April 2008
Islington Carling Academy, London
No Use For A Name gave a vigorous, powerful and enjoyable performance at the Islington Carling Academy, resulting in the crowd leaving the venue breathless and on a buzz high. Whether you were a teen with your parent, hanging out with your mates, or a parent their supporting the passions of your child, no one could deny the atmospheric pressure and electricity running though everyone. It didn’t matter if you were a fan of the band, or just there in support of another, a great time was guaranteed.
If you had been supporting the band since their explosion into the crazy world of music back in 1987, or on the other hand if the music had only recently found its way into your heart, it was definite that you find something to sing along to on this occasion. The band went in all directions of their discography to sing something for everyone. From hits such as “Bright From The Jacket“, ‘Let Me Down’ and ‘I Wanna Be Wrong’ to covers of Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song‘, a Misfits cover and one that got EVERYONE in the audience worked up into a frenzy. The atmosphere became static when the lads performed a special rendition of the Pogues ‘Fairytale Of New York‘.
Some would say the best way to immediately catch and retain the attention of a live audience would be to hit them fast and furious with a well know sing a long number as an opener. True as it may be, No Use For A Name didn’t follow this method, and decided upon promoting the new album ‘The Feel Good Record Of The Year‘ through the incredibly catchy ‘Biggest Lie‘. Whether you had heard the new release or not, you couldn’t help getting attached to those infectious songs. The lads also rejected the normal encore as many musicians have within their set, stating this was just a way for bands to take a breath and waste time; to this I have to agree.
The entire set sent the crowd stark raving nuts by the end, but the beginning was another matter. One aspect that was very disappointing was the inability to make the microphones work. Matt Riddle was left for four songs screaming down a microphone with no luck in making his vocals travel the crowd, likewise Tony Sly have a few mishaps on the first track. Having said this, the lads overcame it quickly and never let it decrease the supremacy of the set. The show ended with an explosion, and the crowd left feeling knackered but pleased; these lads certainly know how to entertain.
Michelle Moore
This is the follow up to 2002’s “Do The Pop” compilation (on Shock Records) which set to educate the masses on the veritable explosion of music that shook the Antipodes back in the late Seventies and on thru the Eighties.
“Redux Part One” uses the latter platter as a template, and includes those two big hitters The Saints and Radio Birdman, as well as post-Birdman member’s collaborations in The Visitors, New Christs, Hitmen and New Race. But compiler Dave Laing casts his net wide over the two discs, to further expose a plethora of underexposed but no less infectious hi-energy sounds from across the country, as Australia’s youth tuned in and turned on to produce their own primal rockNroll.
Enthusiasts will be familiar with material from the likes of The Psycho Surgeons, Fun Things, Chosen Few, Victims, X, Scientists, Leftovers, Razar, Rocks and The Manikins. from the “Killed By Death” albums, and the excellent “Murder Punk” comps, but there’s a whole bunch of real obscurities here including the hi-octane ME 262 with their ace “Gonna Die“, raw ’77 rumblings from Perth’s The Geeks, Sydney spikey tops The Last Words (who would record for Rough Trade), a filthy raw blast in “Nothing to Say” by Melbourne’s The Reals, the super primal and catchy “Heard it on The Radio” by The Orphans (another Perth outfit) and it was good to hear Hitmen singer (and ‘Birdman MC) Johnny Kannis with his spunky rendition of The Seeds classic “Pushin’ Too Hard“.
To close, things get downright primordial, as we’re transported way back to 1974, with cuts from Deniz Tek’s pre ‘Birdman combo TV Jones and a scuzzy garage recording of “(I’m) Stranded” by Kid Galahad and The Eternals, who would become better known as The Saints.
The music is complemented by a massive booklet that extensively details each track, as well as photos and flyers from the era. Fine piece of work, looking forward to Part Two already… yeah hup!
Pete Craven
As on their debut album from 2005 (In the Bottles) this Orange County quartet continue to mine the rich heritage of their SoCal roots. In 1981 Broken Bottles would have been found on the latest “Rodney on the Roq” compilation, alongside their peers Shattered Faith, Social D, Agent Orange, et al. With “Hospital” they’ve produced another shot of straight forward and well-tuned Punk tunes that peel back the lid on the plastic realities of life in Suburbia, and failing to attain the American Dream.
This time around they’ve switched their fixation from “Gothic Chicks” to “Psychobilly Girl’s“, recall days getting drunk in the “California Sun” and hanging out under Santa Monica Pier. And they strongly advocate the practice of Skate and Destroy. There’s also a reprise of “Poor Me” that originally surfaced in 2002 on the flipside of killer seven-inch “Radioactive San Onofre“… which incidentally liberates the distinctive riff from epic D.I. anthem “Falling Down“. Yet another direct link to their ancestry… there’s no doubt, Broken Bottles are products of their environment.
Pete Craven
The Good, The Bad & The Queen have been added to the bill of the forthcoming Love Music Hate Racism Carnival gig
Damon Albarn’s latest group will help celebrate the 30th birthday of the original Rock Against Racism gig in 1978, at this year’s Love Music Hate Racism event in Victoria Park on April 27th. Other acts playing include Jerry Dammers of The Specials, The View, Benga, Skream, Roll Deep, The Paddingtons, Patrick Wolf and The View.
Crystal Castles will be touring the UK in May.
The duo will be supporting their upcoming single Courtship Dating and their debut album, both out at the end of April on the following dates:
26th April – Middlesbrough – Arena
1 May – Kingston – New Slang @ The Works
2 May – Oxford – Carling Academy
3 May – Bristol – Thekla
4 May – Norwich – Waterfront
5 May – Brighton – Concorde
6 May – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms
7 May – Southampton – The Brook
8 May – Birmingham – Carling Academy 2
10 May – Glasgow – Arches
11 May – Newcastle – Carling Academy 2
12 May – Manchester – Academy 2
14 May – London – Mean Fiddler
15 May – Stoke – Sugarmill
16 May – Brighton – Great Escape
17 May – Brighton – Great Escape
25 May – Northampton – Gatecrashers Summer Soundsystem
26 May – Newcastle – Gateshead Evolution @ Baltic Square
27 May – Liverpool – Sound City
Death Cab For Cutie have a video for the first single from their upcoming Narrow Stairs album.
Check it:
Past Lives, the band featuring three members of Blood Brothers, have posted new songs online.
The band, who rose from the ages of Blood Brothers, who split this year after a decade together, have posted Beyond Gone, Strange Symmetry and Reverse The Curse on their MySpace page, which you can check out by clicking below.
Osaka Popstar have announced they’ll be releasing a new live album.
The band, which features Marky Ramone (the Ramones), Jerry Only (the Misfits), Dez Cadena (Black Flag) and Ivan Julian (Richard Hell & the Voidoids) as well as Misfits collaborator John Cafiero on vocals will put their new record out on May 20th. The set was recorded in October 2006 and the deluxe edition will feature an Osaka Popstar Garbage Pail Kid trading card.
What is it that the world famous Abjekt gets up to on a Sunday evening?
That’s a question that has passed the lips of many people, not least the Dali Lama, George W. Bush and Bungle from Rainbow. Well, now the truth finally comes out. This past Sunday, I was scowering MySpace during a bout of undeniable boredom, looking for new tunes that I can bump at ridiculous levels and wind up my downstairs neighbours even more. What I found was a jackpot of epic proportions – EKP.
What do I know about him? Fuck all other than he’s Swedish and his tunes are amazing. His album Things You Already Know Just Here To Remind You is the bastard child of RJD2 and Reanimtor, which is a good thing for me seeing as they are two of my favourite producers.
EKP is able to lay chilled out beats next to big band bangers without a problem and the track you can hear here, Followed, is the best of the lot. It’s as if he took a track from RJ’s Since We Last Spoke album, injected it with some type of illegal anabolic steroid and then kicked the volume control until it submitted and made the drums sound like some kind of hip hop propeller.
What I did after discovering EKP to finish off my Sunday however, you really don’t want to know.
Abjekt