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New Story Filmmaker’s Guild DVD

Following on from the success of the previous Story releases, the lovely Kolma and the stunning Forays, the Story Filmmaker’s Guild series continues with 0114.

0114 pays tribute to the Story Store’s predecessor, Sumo Skate, featuring 4 of the best scene videos from the heart of Sheffield.

A mere fiver will land you the stonking ‘Through The Eyes Of A Ruby‘ as well as three other Sheffield classics. All on one DVD with a wide array of bonus footage, including a ‘Get Well Soon Ali‘ montage with previously unseen Ali footage. Love it!

You can order 0114, or other Filmmaker’s Guild releases from the Story Store by clicking here.

www.thestorystore.co.uk

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Live Reviews

Hatebreed – Live

The Acacia Strain, Gehenna
Oxford Zodiac
22.04.07

In an age where tour packaging is the norm and local supports are becoming more and more overlooked, it’s refreshing to see tonight’s line-up going against the grain. Hand picked by Hatebreed front man Jamey Jasta, local lads Gehenna get things started with a sufficient clout.

Don’t let their appearance fool you, these skinny bastards muster some of the heftiest beatdown assaults you’re likely to hear outside of the big leagues, and the enthusiastic reception afforded to them by those here early enough suggests a job well done.

By contrast, The Acacia Strain‘s biggest achievment is in sucking almost all of the good natured anticipation mustered by tonight’s openers right out of the air. On record their furious death metal-meets-hardcore assault is nothing if not utterly punishing, but right now it’s about as interesting as genital warts. Shorn of a guitarist they’re pitted against the odds immediately, with songs sounding flat and their onstage swagger stinking of arrogance above confidence. “We condone violence and aggression,” declares vocalist Vince Bennett. “So let’s see some rage.” Nice.

You pretty much know the score with Hatebreed by now. Huge, fist-pumping anthems, wild circle pits and roars that sound like a lion being fisted right up the bumhole. Slamming through early set cuts such as ‘To The Threshold‘ and a fittingly titled ‘Destroy Everything‘, the hardcore behemoths quickly send just about every punter present into ecstacy, opening up pits that swallow the majority of the venue with ease. But what stands out above all else tonight is the length of the quintet’s set.

The trouble with being a hardcore band is that many songs barely reach the 3 or even 2 minute marks, and having stretched from little under an hour to a good 80 minutes there are simply too many times when it’s easy to switch off. Old classics like ‘Last Breath’ still burn with infectious desire while the anthemic ‘I Will Be Heard‘ is enough to have the whole venue screaming in unison, but it’s perhaps too little too late. Hatebreed will always remain one of hardcore’s most successful and ultimately devastating propositions, but tonight is a shining example of how less really can be more.

Ryan Bird

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Music News

New Deepspace5 camp material!

Sev Statik and Dust of Deepspace5 have teamed up with a new album.

Back To Dust will be released sometime this autumn on Rawkus and features guest spots from Theory Hazit, LMNO, Relic, Triune, Big Shame and Supastition. You can check out some of the awesome cuts from the album by heading over to their myspace. It’s gonna be a belter!

www.myspace.com/sumoraps

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Music News

Happy Mondays play chippie!

Shaun Ryder and his Happy Mondays are to play a gig in a chip shop.

The band will play in Brighton before their comeback tour of the UK as part of the T-Mobile street gigs season. To get tickets, register at www.t-mobile.co.uk/music before Friday [11th May] and you could be in with a chance to see them. Ryder said of the gig:

“I love Brighton. Like us it’s sleazy and mucky and cool and funky…It’s the first time we’ll have played the new stuff. Anyone who doesn’t like ’em will be chucked into the sea.”

The tour dates are:

May:

22nd – Inverness Ironworks
23rd – Aberdeen Music Hall
25th – Sheffield Leadmill
26th – Middlesbrough Town Hall
27th – Hull University
29th – Cambridge Junction
30th – Northampton Roadmender
31st – Preston 53 Degrees

June:

1st – Dudley JB’s
3rd – Halifax Victoria Hall
4th – Aylesbury Civic Hall
6th – London Astoria

July:

8th – Manchester Ritz

www.happymondaysonline.com

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Music News

UNKLE team up with The Cult

UNKLE have teamed up with Ian Astubury from The Cult for their new single.

Burn My Shadow is to be released on June 25th and is taken from their upcoming album War Stories which will also see Josh Homme, The Duke Spirit and 3-D from Massive Attack making appearances. The album is set for a July 9th release date.

www.unkle.com

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Music News

Prince to play huge tour!

Prince is set to perform his greatest hits for the last time ever at a huge London residency this summer.

The singer will play for 21 nights, starting with seven [yes, seven!] shows at the O2 Arena in August. The tour is being billed as the Earth Tour and tickets go on sale at 9am on May 11th. Tickets will cost £31.21 and will include a copy of his new album. He recently said he has rehearsed 150 songs for the dates and wanted Amy Winehouse to join him onstage for a version of her track Love Is A Losing Game.

www.3121.com

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Music News

The White Stripes aren’t splitting!

Jack White has denied reports that Icky Thump will be The White Stripes last album.

In a recent interview, White said that 90% of interviews he did saw him asked if it was going to be the band’s last album. He also went onto to say that now people are claiming The Raconteurs must be finished because of the new Stripes album:

“Then The Raconteurs came along and people thought, obviously, we’re done. But then with this new album people are saying The Raconteurs are done. That was a side project! So, next year, when the next Raconteurs album comes out…”

www.whitestripes.com

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Music News

New Strung Out track online

Strung Out have posted the first song from their new album.

Blackhawks Over Los Angeles will be released on June 12th and the track Calling can be heard by clicking over to their myspace, below.

www.myspace.com/strungout

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Music News

Bad Religion to release digital single

Bad Religion have announced details of their first single from their upcoming album.

Honest Goodbye will be released as a digital single on May 22nd with their album being released in July of this year. The single is inspired by Perry Smith, the murderer that was made famous by In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. Brett Gurewitz said:

“The song questions how a man with seemingly gentle and artistic sensibilities comes to commit brutally heinous crime. It’s an emotional song to me that delves into the humanity of forgiveness and retribution.”

www.badreligion.com

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Skateboarding News

Curb Surfers Jam Footage – Tonight!

Despite all the last minute editing on behalf of poor Pasnip, who was locked in a cage and whipped by various Casual heads until the hours of carnage from the Jam were edited into a small feature, the episode was postponed due to some technical mishap.

However, episode 3, which features all the juice from Saturday’s Jam at Meanwhile will be aired tonight [May 8th] at the usual time of 9pm on Sky Channel 146. It should be online very soon so make sure you check it as it’s hyped to be the best episode yet!

We can’t get enough of jam footage here at Crossfire. Strawberry jam, raspberry jam, apricot jam, even blackcurrant jam, but none of ’em are as scrumptious as the Crossfire Jam.

Warning: Contains a Pie/Porno Paul bukkake sequence. Watch at your own discretion.

www.casualskateboarding.com