On Saturday 3rd May, Volcom hosts their second major miniramp contest in Durango, Spain, with the TXOTX comp.
With a 22meter wide ramp and a cash pot of €8,000 up for grabs, this event will be attracting the best from all over the world including some serious UK heads.
For more info, head over to www.volcom.com
More Landscape updates, these boy are on it!
As well as the Shuall series out next week, new graphics have Snowy and Joel’s favourite band influences with these great Stone Roses and Joy Division pastiches.
Support Landscape and your local skate owned shop by getting one of these as soon as the beat drops, and apparently rumours are rife of some serious website updates coming very soon.
News from the Landscape camp, as Save the Southbank campaigner and artist Toby Shuall has done a series of decks for the team with some ‘winter dusk’ style graphics.
These will be available from your local shop in the next few weeks, but for updates keep your eyes peeled on the Landscape site very soon.
Holy Fuck have announced a UK tour.
The band are now on the road on the dates below and have also remixed the track Nude by Radiohead which you can get by clicking here.
April:
2nd – Manchester, Night & Day
3rd – Birmingham, Barfly
4th – Liverpool, Korova
5th – Glasglow, Stereo
6th – Norwich, Arts Centre
7th – Brighton, Digital
8th – London, 100 Club
Birds Of Avalon have announced a UK tour.
You can check them out at:
May
30th – Borderline, London
June
1st – The Cluny, Newcastle
2nd – Bodega Social, Nottingham
3rd – The Cube, Bristol
4th – Road House, Manchester
5th – The Tin Angel, Coventry
6th – Adelphia, Hull
Our mates over at Xynthetic will be putting on the last show in their Carbon & Chemicals tour.
The Xyn will be hitting up the Wainwright’s Workshop store in Bristol on April 4th from 6pm. The night will feature hand-painted skateboards, screen-prints and much more from JamFactory, Klingatron, Mr Jago, WASTE, Paul Harraway, Richt, Danny Wainwright, Orco and Pone as well as lomo photography accompanying work from Laura Thorne, Lee Page, David Canning and The Xyn Fam.
So, get yourselves down to Workshop from 6pm til 9pm, 1-2 Perry Road, Bristol to enjoy all the fun!
Scott Weiland has apparently left Velvet Revolver.
Reports suggest that Slash, Duff McKagan, Dave Kushner and Matt Sorum have been at odds with Weiland and the singer revealed he was planning a Stone Temple Pilots reunion tour. A statement from the rest of the band said:
“This band is all about its fans and its music and Scott Weiland isn’t 100% committed to either. Among other things, his increasingly erratic onstage behaviour and personal problems have forced us to move on”.
It still remains unclear how the band will continue, if at all, so keep your eyes peeled for updates.
Weezer have almost completed their new album.
The third self-titled album is due to hit the shelves in June and Rivers Cuomo of the band has said there’s only one song left to mix before sending it off to mastering. He went on to say he thinks he knows which song will be the single saying:
“It’s one word, starts with a T, ends with an R and contains twelve letters. You should be able to figure it out because you’re smart li’l Weezer fans.The album is meaty, crunchy and melodic like a good Weezer album should be.”
Foals have announced a UK tour.
The band, who released their album Antidotes recently, will be playing the following dates:
September
27th – Aylesbury Civic Centre
28th – Cardiff University
29th – Norwich UEA
30th – Nottingham Rock City
October
2nd – Hull University
3rd – Liverpool Academy
4th – Aberdeen Music Hall
5th – Glasgow Barrowlands
7th – Newcastle Carling Academy
8th – Manchester Academy
9th – Leeds Academy
10th – Lincoln Engine Shed
12th – Southampton Guildhall
13th – Bristol Carling Academy
14th – Birmingham Carling Academy
16th – Brixton Carling Academy
The Specials are reuniting for a tour this year.
Terry Hall of the group said the band were still putting the dates together but were looking at a September or October tour. He went on to say that the reunion had to be done right, citing the Pixies getting back together, but as yet there are no specific details. Watch this space.