Munson, Potter and co from the DuFFs UK Team have been hucking it out at Saffron Walden of late and have unleashed a second clip for you to kickstart your week with. Get in there.
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Author: Crossfire
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The King Blues
A leather jacket and some sloppy, jangling guitar chords are all very well if you’re intent on recreating the look and sound of punk’s glory days, but to tap into the spirit of artists like The Clash and Billy Bragg is a far more impressive feat. Step forward, The King Blues; a London collective that, over the past year, have wowed festival, club and squat audiences alike with their fiercely intelligent and compelling fusion of ska, reggae, folk, soul and punk attitude.
‘Come Fi Di Youth‘ is a fine indication of why the band have garnered such a loyal following and critical acclaim in their relatively short existence. A potent warning of the threat of the BNP to today’s youth, it features a sparse dub/reggae beat, laden with harmonica and singer Itch Fox’s impassioned vocals; resulting in an anti-racist anthem to make you think as well as dance. Check it out on the link above.
The band seem to have spent most of the past year on the road, and there’s no sign of them slowing down just yet. Catch them at the following shows:
11th Aug – Rebellion Festival, Blackpool
13th Aug – The Venue, Newcastle
14th Aug – King Tuts, Glasgow
15th Aug – Barfly, Birmingham
16th Aug – New Slang club @ The Works, Kingston
24th Aug – Reading Festival (Lock Up stage)
25th Aug – Leeds Festival (Lock Up stage)
16th Sept – Little Civic, Wolverhampton
23rd Sept – Concorde 2, Brighton
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JJ Rousseau leaves Cliché
News just in- JJ Rousseau has officially parted ways with Euro lads Cliché in a mutual decision.
Cliché turned JJ pro way back when, and he has been ripping ever since, but apparently the split is due to an old couple-style ‘being with each other too long’ feeling. Rumours are already flying across the Internet of where JJ will end up, but that’s just Internet rumours isn’t it?
Good luck for the future JJ.
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Calvin tells you how to party
Calvin Harris has thrown two fingers up at the Daily Telegraph in showing everyone just how we should be partying. If you don’t throw a house party on August 18th like he wants you to, the Crossfire crew will come to your house, point at your face and call you names. You big pussy.
Don’t forget to pick up his single Merrymaking At My House on August 20th.
Take it away Calvin:
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Silas Baxter Neal goes Pro
Well deserved because he’s been killing it for ages and has style to boot, Silas Baxter Neal has finally gone pro for Habitat.
His latest ad will ‘officially’ announce it but everyone already knows anyway, but for proof that Silas has earned his top spot, check out some of his footage on the Habitat website
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Chris Haslam United By Fate
United By Fate, Globe’s series of films featuring all the members of the Globe team, is back this time with the bearded messiah Chris Haslam pretty much destroying all humanity with ridiculous skateboarding.
Episode 2 is out on August 15th, but you can see the trailer for it online at www.unitedbyfate.tv. Whilst there you can also see Episode 1, which you should have already, and if not I pity you.
Globe United By Fate is a free, high quality skateboard video. Y’hear that? Free! Don’t be a plum and go watch this!
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Y Society post clips
A new hip hop team are bringing out a record this year.
Y Society comprises Damu The Fudgemunk from Panacea on beatmaking and DJ’ing duty with Insight on the vocals. Their upcoming album, Travel At Your Own Pace will be released on Tres Records, home of People Under The Stairs, Giant Panda and Lightheaded.
Whilst on the subject of new signings to Tres, DJ Alibi will also be bringing out an album, One Day, which features guest spots from Giant Panda and Insight. Check the link below for clips of their stuff.
Fresh.
www.myspace.com/ysociety / www.myspace.com/djalibirecordings
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Eastpak Antidote Tour
The Eastpak Antidote Tour is back for 2007 with a line up of pure straight shooting metal.
Soilwork, Chimaira, Caliban and Sonic Syndicate will take to the road which will see them head all across Europe, making stops in the UK. The dates are:
September:
30th – Brighton – Concorde 2
October
1st – Wolverhampton – Wulfrun Hall
2nd – Leeds – Cockpit
3rd – London – Islington Academy
4th – Nottingham – Rock City
5th – Newcastle – Academy
6th – Glasgow – Garage
7th – Norwich – Waterfront
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Ronson’s Supermarket Sweep!
Mark Ronson has come under-fire from Portishead’s Geoff Barrow.
The producer dissed Ronson in his MySpace blog, saying that Mr Ronson turned “decent songs into shit funky supermarket muzak”.
He also went on to have a dig at Ronson remixing Dylan but finally finished on a positive note saying that Portishead plan to mix their new album in the next week.
Yowzer.
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Meanwhile 2 Update
The Meanwhile Gap Jam that Crossfire delivered this year continues to get even more coverage this month with a fresh edit from Andy Evans appearing over at the freesports website MPORA this week.
Footage from the jam is also featured as part of the Almost Tour video on the new Puzzle DVD that you can get free with Sidewalk Magazine this month. The new issue is packed with the latest events, etc covering Rom, Plan B Tour and loads more. Check it at www.sidewalkmag.com
If you are looking for news on the Meanwhile 2 rebuild, designs are currently being sent around the various peeps that attended the initial planning meeting with Westminster council and once these plans have been finalised we will post them up here for you to check out. Expect good things as the build has to happen in time for launch this December.