Nick Dompierre has just got his first pro shoe on Adio, the Dompierre V.1
The shoe includes everything you’d expect from a shoe designed by a guy who punishes his stuff hard- upper panels with triple stitch protection, full length PU cupsole and sockliner so this should stand up to some hammers for sure.
Missy Elliott is asking fans to name her next album.
The album is due in the spring and the rapper is asking for titles via her website, which you can check out from the link below. There is a preview of the album available with the track Ching-A-Ling which is being released on the soundtrack to the film Step Up 2 The Streets.
Crossfire will be suggesting the following: Izzy Whizzy Let’s Get Missy, Chitty Chitty Bling Bling and the sure fire winner C’mon Geez, Give Us Some Change For A Greggs.
Mark Ronson has spoken out about the Grammy Awards.
The Awards take place this Sunday with the producer saying it’ll be boring if Amy Winehouse doesn’t turn up.
If she doesn’t gain entry to the US, he won’t be playing the ceremony, but he will definitely be playing the BRIT Awards on February 20th with Adele, Daniel Merriweather and “surprise guests”.
Tapes n Tapes have announced album details.
Their new record, Walk It Off, will be released in early April on XL Recordings and the tracklist is:
01 La Ruse
02 Time of Songs
03 Hang Them All
04 Headshock
05 Conquest
06 Say Back Something
07 Demon Apple
08 Blunt
09 George Michael
10 Anvil
11 Lines
12 The Dirty Dirty
Morph is on it again, with a brand new Hold Tight London edit, this time it’s Volume 5 and features Chris Ault, Neil Smith, Dan Pietryga, Lucien Clarke and more.
Click here for the latest video, and don’t forget to check www.holdtightlondon.co.uk for video archive and blog.
Download Festival has announced its headliners for this year.
The Offspring will be jonied by Kiss and Lostprophets are the headliners over the June weekend with other bands on the bill including Judas Priest, HIM, Rise Against and Motorhead. The festival takes place from June 13th to 15th at Donington Park in Leicestershire.
The Offspring have been hard at work on the follow up to 2003’s Splinter.
The Loved Ones are back!
The Philadelphia band’s second release is called Build & Burn and was produced by Pete Steinkopf and Bryan Keinlen from the Bouncing Souls and features appearences from the Hold Steady’s Franz Nicolay and Tad Kubler.
The band will soon be filming their new video, but in the meantime, check out their EPK here.
Cody Hudson has just finished a guest board for Krooked.
“I looked up to Gonz as a kid so it was great to see the project come out,” said Hudson. His new Gonz deck is classic Cody, with clean lines and limited colour, this might be one for the walls instead of the street.
Cody’s website is currently under construction so head over to Struggle Inc’s website instead
FKD Bearings is pleased to announce that Ryan Sheckler has joined their already ridiculous team roster, so congrats to Ryan.
He’ll now be rolling with the likes of P-Rod, Daewon Song, Greg Lutzka, Stephan Janoski, Kenny Reed, Dave Bachinsky, Joey Brezinski, and Pat Duffy, amongst others.
Check this clip of Ryan killing Woodward recently in a helmet.
Hotly tipped Vampire Weekend have announced some tour dates.
The band will hit the following venues on their short tour:
21 Feb – ULU, London
22 Feb – Wolverhampton Civic, Wolverhampton
23 Feb – Academy, Oxford
24 Feb – Audio, Brighton
27 Feb – Academy 2, Manchester
28 Feb – Classic Grand, Glasgow