The Ting Tings are to release a limited edition 7″.
The up-and-comvers will give the vinyl of Fruit Machine away at their shows in Salford, Berlin and Islington and will pin 100 blank sleeves to the wall at each gig, encouraging the fans to create an overall piece of work which will be used as the single sleeves.
Meanwhile, the band are setting off on the road with Reverend & The Makers this month.
Josh Stewart’s eagerly anticipated video Static 3 is to have its world premiere in Tampa on October 11th, 2007 at the Centro Ybor Muvico Theater.
With the New York premiere set to be the weekend of 19th-21st, it looks like we won’t have long to wait for the London premiere which should be very soon after that. We’ll keep you posted…
EA SKATE is released this week countrywide and should keep your fingers busy this winter.
To celebrate the launch of SKATE, EA has recreated seven iconic skate spots from San Francisco and Barcelona and placed them in skate parks across the UK.
Each object has a trick challenge set against it and laid down by a UK pro, in both the game and real life. If you can nail the trick or one up it, you and a mate could be on your way to skate that city for real. Entering is easy, just get a mate to film you doing the trick we’ve set (or something better) on any one of the blocks. Then upload that clip to the website below.
The clips will be judged by Andy Horsley from Sidewalk Magazine and Niall Neeson from Kingpin Magazine. Loads more prizes including PS3’s & copies of the SKATE game are available too, so whatever your level of skating, you’re in with a shout. For further details on how to enter, go to: www.skate.electronicarts.co.uk
Block Tour Details
Lead by our UK pros, Vaughan Baker, Neil Smith, Boots, Horsey, Danny Brady and Chewy Cannon will tour the country visiting all 7 skateparks over the course of the last week of September and October. At each location we intend to have a block jam / challenge, where the pros amp up a local comp to win £200 in cash and a copy of the game.
Click here to watch videos of tricks on all blocks from UK pro riders.
Tour dates are as follows:
Saturday, 29th September – Revolution Skatepark, Broadstairs – 2/4pm
Sunday, 30th September – BaySixty6, London – 2/4pm
Tuesday, 2nd October – The House, Sheffield – 6/8pm
Thursday, 4thOctober – The Factory, Dundee – 2/4pm
Friday, 5thOctober – Rampworx, Liverpool – 6/8pm
Saturday, 6thOctober – The Works, Leeds – 2/4pm
Sunday, 7th October – The Park, Great Yarmouth – 2/4pm
Sounds like a 70’s TV cop show and in fact, it probably is. Zorlac and Co have decided this week to employ the services of Aaron Sweeney for Death Urethane.
Aaron is one of the latest London skaters to start getting noticed for his asleep at the wheel, board ripping which has led to a hook up with the Casual Skateboards team this year also.
Look out for him on your travels, he will be the fastest one in your park with the skulls on his wheels and new Vans on his feet as Powley just added him to the UK flow team. Booyakasha…
Photo: GormTheBeholderOfTheTruthTheRightAndTheLight
Matt Hensley has re-joined Flogging Molly after leaving in January.
The accordion player and pro skater had departed for personal reasons but stated that he now knows where he needs “to be in this world” and said that he missed affecting people in positive ways through his music.
The band are currently recording new tracks for an album that is expected in early 2008.
Lethal B is releasing new single Police On My Back on October 1st.
The grime star has roped in members of The Rakes, Idle Lovers and Babyshambles for the video which you can check out here.
If you’re not down with the Bizzle, then you’re a sad little prizzle who needs a pizzle in his hizzle. Snizzle.
Gay For Johnny Depp have a new single incoming.
You Have A Theory, I Have A Gun is released on October 9th and clocks in at seventy seconds long and comes from their album The Politics Of Cruelty. The album is out on November 5th and we are told that the band are always available for tea and chats. It’s not known whether crumpets enter into the equation.
The nominees for the 2008 Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame have been announced.
Beastie Boys head up a list that also includes Leonard Cohen, Madonna, John Mellencamp, Afrika Bambaataa, Chic, the Ventures, Dave Clark Five and Donna Summer. Five of the nominess will be inducted at the Waldrof Astoria Hotel in New York on March 10th next year.
Well not much else to say other than read the flyer, head down to The House, pay a fiver and go skate to win yourselves some prizes kindly donated by Unambomber, Blueprint, Death and many more.
The House always put on great events, so don’t be a toolbag and go attend.
The Hives have posted news on their forthcoming album.
The album is out on October 8th and will be preceded by Tick Tick Boom the single which can be picked up on CD or 7″ on October 1st. The tracklisting is:
1. Tick Tick Boom
2. Try It Again
3. You Got It All Wrong
4. Well Allright!
5. Hey Little World
6. A Stroll Through Hive Manor Corridors
7. It Won’t Be Long
8. T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S.
9. Return the Favour
10. Giddy Up
11. Square One Here I Come
12. You Dress Up For Armageddon
13. Puppet on a String
14. Bigger Hole to Fill