The Ivor Novello Award nominations have been revealed for this year.
The Best Song Musically & Lyrically award sees the Arctic Monkeys gain a nomination for When The Sun Goes Down whilst the Best Contemporary Song award pits Amy Winehouse‘s Rehab again Hot Chip‘s Over And Over.
The awards ceremony takes places on May 24th at Grosvenor House in London.
Queens Of The Stone Age have released a new video in preparation for their new album.
Era Vulgaris will be released in June and the video includes a talking lightbulb and flashing lights. Lovely. It also includes the record’s first single, Sick, Sick, Sick.
MxPx have posted the first song from their new album Secret Weapon online.
The album is set for a July release and is the follow up to Let’s Rock which came out in 2005. The band, who are back on Tooth & Nail, will support the new material on an upcoming tour. You can check out the track by clicking here.
Mogwai have confirmed some festival shows this summer with a one off date in London.
The band will play a headline show at Somerset House on July 12th, where they will open this year’s Summer Series and will see the band playing in surround sound for the gig. Tickets for the show are on sale now and numbers are going fast.
The band will also play an intimate show at Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms, the Connect festival in Scotland, ATP vs The Fans and the Supersonic Festival in Birmingham. Their full line up of dates in the UK is:
May:
13th – Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
18th – Minehead ATP Festival
July:
12th – London Somerset House
14th – Birmingham Supersonic
September:
1st – Inveraray Connect Festival
Morrissey won’t be joining up with The Smiths when they are inducted into the 2008 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Reports say that, although the nominees haven’t been announced, The Smiths will be one of the bands honoured at next year’s induction. The reason Morrissey won’t be joining them if they are inducted is because of the likely appearance of former drummer Mike Joyce.
Joyce pursued a law suit in the mid-90s against the band for royalties and a source said:
“The only way he could be persuaded to turn up would be if Joyce decides not to attend”.
Slayer and Korn will be headlining the French metal festival Hellfest.
The festival takes place in Clisson, near Nantes, from the 22nd to the 24th of June and features other bands such as Dream Theatre, Lamb Of God and Megadeth amongst others.
To check out all the rest of the trimmings on the festival, head on over to www.hellfest.fr
Independent Trucks sent out a press release last week welcoming Ryan Sheckler to their team, but it seems that they may have jumped the gun as Silver released this image via their PR peeps this weekend.
Rumours in the US state that this could have had something to do with an April Fools gag but we are not so sure. One thing we have been made aware of though is that Sheckler has an exisiting contract with Silver who say he still rides for them. We will bring you more news of this when both companies sort their shit out!
In the meantime look out for the kid soon though as he will be just one of the riders present on the Plan B UK Tour alongside Danny Way, Colin McKay and co in June – details of the full line up will be found on this very site soon. You will then be able to tell what truck company he is riding for first hand!
Within the inner sanctum at Sidewalk Magazine lies a beast only known as the ‘Horse‘. He is the creature responsible for bringing you monthly viewing pleasure and works non stop to bring you the mag once all the stuff has been collated.
In his spare time though he comes up with concepts such as riding chocolate horses to name just one, but his new and most approved idea is Pegnet – a game that will ensure that boredom will never find a place in your crappy garden ever again…Pegnet!
Already, skaters in the know have become obsessed with the new wave of extreme sports gnarlyness. Paul Rimmer is quoted to say: “I’m a little shocked to tell you the truth… It feels like the search is over. Meaning has prevailed in my life via the awe inspiring appearance of pegnetting… I’m trying to remain calm…but I need some quetions answered. Where can I get my first peg and net from? Are there any specific pegnet shops yet? How can I find out about other pegnetters in my area? Are there pegnetting groups and will there be a pegnet pro team at some point? Is pegnetting international or is it a British sport at the moment?”
Click here to find out more about the phenomenon that has swept Leicester over night….oh and good luck with your netting!
Louie Barletta, Caswell Berry and Nestor Judkins stopped by the UK for a five days earlier this month with Jason Adams dropping by for the last two.
A couple of days were spent in the suburbs of London, there was a surprise visit to the Stokeplaza and the likes of Birmingham, Nottingham and Wolverhampton were squeezed into the mission.
Louie and Caswell were sore and hurting from their Germany stop but still managed to come through with the goods…and it has all been snapped and documented for issue #129 of Sidewalk.
You just wait – The spots and tricks are absolutely crackers.
Words: Parrott – Ph: Horsely
Rhymesayers have put up the new Brother Ali video on their YouTube page.
The video is for Uncle Sam Goddamn, which comes from his recently released and much hyped new album The Undisputed Truth, produced by Ant. The video was directed by Bo Hakala and gets the Crossfire seal of approval.