Heathen Skateboards have just released their latest range of graphics, with sizes ranging from lolly stick 7.5 right up to real man’s sizes of 8.25
Check out www.heathenskateboards.co.uk for more info and videos
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Author: Crossfire
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Chicken Frenzy at the Bay
Little kids gonna be stoked on this. The Nandos chicken is coming to town to clucking bring you a skate jam at Bay Sixty 6 Skatepark on Saturday 22nd September.
Expect FREE BBQ chicken lessons for under 16’s, prizes and pro’s judging the comps.
Make no bones about it, pure poultry in motion – (sorry but couldn’t help it!) this is supported by Matix, DVS, Girl and more brands and £6 on the door.
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No Use For A Name
Californian quartet No Use For A Name are considerably smarter and more musically proficient than your average melodic skate-punk band, so it’s a shame that they seem to have not gained much more than a cult following across the globe.
Still, this compilation is proof enough of their ear for a good tune, and rarely dips in quality throughout the course of its 26 tracks. ‘Justified Black Eye’, ‘Let Me Down’, ‘Invincible’…close your eyes, and it’s like you’re back in the late 90s, and this godawful emo craze never happened.
There are also a couple of new songs included, and the cover booklet boasts plenty of amusing little anecdotes and photos that chronicle the band’s 20 year history. A pretty sweet deal, all told.
The band have recently finished touring South America, and will shortly announce more dates. Given that they seem to tour almost non-stop, it’s surely only a matter of time before they hit UK shores again…but in the meantime, check out ‘International You Day’ on the link above.
Alex Gosman
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Subterranean Skate
Jon Wolf has a new site and blog for upcoming video Subterranean, due to drop anytime now and featuring Eric Kaye, Dana Ericson, Artie Noel and many more.
Check out the trailer for some true East Coast skating.
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Justice – Live
Koko
06.09.07
Standing on the first floor balcony, overlooking the main part of the venue, it was clear to see just how popular French duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier De Rosnay have become. Koko was more packed that Pavarotti’s coffin and as such, having a place up on the balcony was probably the best place to be, not only in terms of having dance space but also because the smell was probably a whole lot better on our level.
With the venue plunged into darkness and their now legendary Cross beaming it’s light across the sea of faces, the intro began and it wasn’t long before the brilliant Phantom boomed it’s fuzzy bass into our ears. The sound at Koko was absolutely amazing and did justice [yeah, yeah I know] to the album that had pulled everyone in.
With a dizzying bassline making the venue bounce, they soon poured some fun into the mix with the intro of D.A.N.C.E. being played without music, hyping everyone up, before slamming in with the tune and following it up with DVNO. Whilst questioning just how this set could get any better, Phantom pt. 2 flew in and I immediately had my answer.
With other brilliant renditions from the album, such as Stress and Waters Of Nazareth [which brought the set to an incredible close], Justice clearly knew they had the audience in the palm of their exquisitely cool hands and when the intro of Klaxons’ Atlantis To Interzone fed into the track that made them famous, We Are Your Friends, it was fever pitch.
Tonight was a perfect example of how to DJ an album. Take the crowd down low, let them bubble away in anticipation and then serve them the most ridiculously loud show of their lives. I was still doing the D.A.N.C.E. to the B.E.A.T. long into the night – brilliant.
Words and photo by Abjekt.
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Banksy hits Portobello
Walking towards HQ today, we noticed another great piece of work from Banksy. As Abjekt was taking the photo, a woman walked past mumbling “fucking graffiti everywhere”. Silly mare. Here’s the piece of work next to Falafel King off Portobello Road, check it:
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Cock Skateboards new decks
Cock Skateboards have released their latest series of decks, featuring, well, cocks. Being printed and pressed by A Third Foot, these are high quality British boards to stick your feet to.
Check out the Cock Skateboards blog here for more info.
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El-P returns to UK!
El-P is heading back over to the UK to play some dates in October. After playing a raucous set at Dingwalls, he’s back for more carnage. The dates are:
October:
1st – Faversham, Leeds
2nd – Roadhouse, Manchester
3rd – Digital, Brighton
4th – Scala, London
5th – King Tuts, Glasgow
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Award winning Dick
Arguably the greatest RnB song of all time has just won an Emmy.
Adam Samberg and Justin Timberlake’s Saturday Night Live spoof track Dick In A Box has just picked up the award for Best Original Music, with Samberg saying:
“I think it’s safe to say that when we first set out to make this song, we were all thinking, ‘Emmy!’ The other thing we were thinking was, ‘Hey! There’s this young up-and-comer, Justin Timberlake, who is clearly very talented and could really use a break.”
Check it out in all it’s glory:
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The Unseen tour UK
The Unseen will be playing some UK daets to support their new record Salvation.
November:
2nd – White Rabbit, Plymouth
3rd – The Croft, Bristol
4th – Brickyard, Carlisle
5th – Cathouse, Glasgow
6th – Star And Garter, Manchester
7th – Waterfront, Norwich
8th – Underworld, London