This Is Hell have announced a UK tour.
They will be supported by UK hardcore group Dead Swans, and will be showcasing material for their next full length Misfortunes which is out on February 19th. The dates are at the Barflys of the following towns:
April
18th – Cardiff
19th – Birmingham
20th – Liverpool
21st – Aberdeen
22nd – Glasgow
23rd – York
25th – Brighton
26th – London
Jay Z is set to headline Glastonbury.
The New Yorker has been confirmed by organiser Michael Eavis who said he wanted to make a break with tradition, putting on something totally different:
“He will appeal to the young people and under-25s for sure, so that’s a big pull for them. It’s not like the traditional one we do, like Radiohead, Coldplay and Muse and Oasis.”
Tickets go on sale on April 6th and fans must register to be in with a chance of getting one, due to the festival’s anti-touting measures.
A tribute to Refused is being lined up.
No Sleep Records are putting it together and are currently lining up artists for the project which will be released either late this year or early next year. The label’s statement read:
“No Sleep records is proud to announce an upcoming tribute album to perhaps the most important and truly gifted bands of our time (if you feel otherwise, feel free to stop breathing immediately), Refused. Rather be.. A Tribute to Refused will feature bands of various genres, hoping to create great renditions of already amazing songs.
If you think you have what it takes to capture the energy, emotion and raw beauty of Refused, send an email to ratherbe@nosleeprecords.com with your name, band name, music link and any other information about your band. Please include what song you would like to cover (or totally ruin). Please DO NOT send any MP3s with your e-mail submission.”
Mindless Self Indulgence will release a digital single soon.
Mastermind will come out on February 12th and comes from their new album called If which will hit the shelves on April 29th.
Have a video to tide you over til then:
Along with every other rider in Fully Flared, those lads from Blueprint Nick Jensen and Danny Brady have got themselves a very limited edition Lakai/Blueprint collaboration deck, available from your local skateshop now.
Better get on it quick, as these are being snapped up like there’s no tomorrow.
Going from the electro screamo collaboration known as Test Icicles to the grunge classical Light speed Champion, Dev Hynes has really challenged himself this time as there are high expectations all round after his performance in the far-fetched Test Icicles. Hynes has made an impressive attempt to pull off this challenge after his previous project left the scene with such a huge following. The pressure is on…
This little catchy number is the 3rd single set to be released by this new found country-rock songster. With help from singer/ songwriter Emmy the Great, they form an immense bond which interacts well. ‘Tell Me What It’s Worth‘ brings more of a chilled out vibe to the table, throughout the song it picks up more and more, even announcing hiccupping which is a first. Nice one.
Falling Off The Lavender Bridge is Light Speed Champions debut album which is due for release later this year. I would recommend it as part of your collection. Keep it up Dev….
Holly Louise.
Friday 8th February is the date set for the London Premiere showing of Scott Magill’s Welsh scene video – Who. The venue picked for the showing is Mau Mau’s on Portobello Rd, Ladbroke Grove, West London (W10) and it’s totally free to get in.
Check www.myspace.com/whovideo for all the details and look out for the release on 15th February featuring Bridgenders Chris Wilson, Chris Jones, Nick Batt, Jess Young, Alan Williams, Caradog Emanuel, Dylan Hughes, Nicky Howells and more…
Cliché Skateboards will release a 10 Year Anniversary book titled Résumé.
Expect 148 pages of features, detailed info on the making of videos, rider interviews, artist collaborations and of course the best photography between 1997-2007 from Mike O’Meally, Mathias Fennetaux, Oliver Barton, Olivier Chassignole, Leo Sharp, Alexis Zavialoff, Benjamin Deberdt, Alex Irvine, Sebastien Michelini, Fred Mortagne, and many more.
This hardcover book put together by Machenzie Eisenhour (Transworld) and Ill Studio will be in shops in the UK early spring. Look out for it.
Gastman, Neelon & Smyrski
Thames & Hudson
Street World sells itself as “a collection of Urban culture from five continents” and with over 1,000 colour illustrations, it is certainly an eye catching publication.
The short introduction is easily skippable, especially since it turns up after some brilliant shots of full body tattoos, night time cityscapes and double page spreads of wall pieces in Seoul. Nevertheless, the introduction is short and the bulk of the book soon takes prescendence. It is split into categories detailing fashion [Looking Good], transport [Getting Around], graf [Getting Up], Inspiration and Coming Together.
Looking Good looks at the different fashions and styles across the globe from the tattooed bodies of crews from Los Angeles and New York to the grills of crunk stars to the Wet Look Nike Dunks [perfect for any sneaker freaks out there!]. Whilst superficial, the colour and diversity serves to prove the book’s title right – a collection of many cultures.
Getting Around is comprised of photos of skaters [complete with shots from the States to Japan], choppers, rickshaws, subways and low riders. All these modes of transports are showcased with verve as they add to the brilliant colours in the pages and bleed nicely into the vertiable rainbow that is featured in the next section of the book.
That next section is Getting Up, and unsurprisingly it takes up a huge number of pages as it looks at many different styles and types of graffiti from YES2, AVES and KEM5’s work on walls to art on rooftops and subways as well as delving into the styles of Brazilian and Chilean graf before moving to Russia and other European artists including one of my favourites – Invader from France.
Inspiration is a loose collection of shots that detail places and events that demand attention even though they are “often hidden from plain sight”. Itso and Adams’ idea of making homes and subsequently workspaces, from abandoned building sets the tone perfectly before moving onto the stunning colours of India’s street markets, the magic of concert posters and artists’ working galleries.
Coming Together wraps the book up with a suitably positive ending with photos documenting the power of music like Baile Funk from Brazil, DJs and festivals around the world, to sport and protests.
There is a passage in the book which reads:
“Explore, enjoy, inspire and be inspired”
The 1,000 photos over 350 pages of the book have given the readers the kick start and fuel the need to get outside and continue to find things out for yourself. A brilliant book!
Abjekt
One shot, filmed at half speed – that’s what you get in the new Mountain Goats video directed by Ace Norton. Check it out below, we have no idea when it’s out though but it’s called Sax Rohmer #1 and will be out on 4AD.