Hatebreed will be playing some UK dates before they head back to the States for their stint at Ozzfest. The dates are:
April:
16th – Dublin, Ambassador
18th – Exeter, Lemon Grove
19th – Northampton, Soundhaus
20th – Colchester, Colchester Arts Centre
21st – Liverpool, Carling Academy 2
22nd – Oxford, Zodiac
23rd – Brighton, Concorde 2
24th – Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
25th – Stoke, Sugarmill
26th – Newport, TJs
27th – London, Barfly
Jack White is set to play Elvis in a parody of Walk The Line.
The film, Walk Hard, shows the travails of a rockabilly singer called Dewey Cox who will be played by John C. Reilly.
His character comes into conctact with a few real-life singers, including The King. Jack White recently comfirmed that he was on board and the film would be happening soon.
You know the deal when some girl just won’t leave you alone. She’s forever calling your phone, bombarding you with constant annoying texts and just won’t accept that your voicemail means you don’t wanna talk. Well, even for us guys who’ve never been popular with the ladies, let’s just pretend that sales people who keep calling you trying to sell you shit is a broad who won’t leave things be.
Still with me? Good. TTC, the french collective featuring Teki Latex, Tido Berman and Cuizinier, coupled with DJ Orgasmic on the beat for this track, have penned this absolute cracker of a jam, all about girls who won’t stop calling them. In fact, it gets so bad for them that Teki starts thinking about Dinosaurs because phone’s weren’t around then – lucky bloody Raptors!
TTC’s electro-hip hop gets floors packed and people dancing and this track from their recent album 3615 TTC is an extension of the amazing stuff they did on Batards Sensibles. Even if you can’t understand the words, you’ll understand the language of fat fucking beats and when you’re busy dancing with new girls whilst trying to forget the old ones, you won’t give a shit what language its in.
Now then, how do I put this thing on silent…
A genuine D.C. and Dischord Records super-group, Channels feature members of Jawbox, Kerosene 454 and Burning Airlines. Spearheaded by Jawbox mainman J Robbins, Channels is classic Washington D.C. post-hardcore pop all the way, with Robbins crafting some of his finest songs and addictive melodies since the early-nineties heyday of Jawbox before they took the major label route and promptly floundered.
While his previous group Burning Airlines showed promise, they never quite lived up to the high standards that Jawbox set but ‘Waiting For The Next End Of The World’ sees Robbins back on form and tracks like ‘The New Mandarins’ and ‘The Licensee’ are crammed full of raw emotion and melodies that will raise the hairs on the back of your neck. You could, if you were lazy, call this emo but Channels have nothing to do with the cry-baby indie rock fashion parade that has taken on the phrase. Channels harks back to the eighties D.C. emotive hardcore rock of Rites Of Spring, Embrace and Fugazi and is worth it’s weight in gold. Get it!
Hailing from Adelaide, Wolf & Cub have been making waves in the UK with an extensive touring schedule, and support slots for Wolfmother amongst others (what is it with the Wolf-theme names for Australian bands?) The four piece took the decision to record their debut album back home but transferred to Glasgow for Tony Doogan (Super Furries, Mogwai) to work his magic on the mixes. The result is a mesmerizing piece of art, one that stands out starkly amongst its contemporaries.
The albums sets the pace with a seven minute opening title track, which explodes out of your speakers, raw guitar feedback swirling into under currents of heavy bass, frontman Joel Byrne repeating his mantra ” How does it feel?”. Wolf & Cub string you up and rip into you, psychedelic progressive sounds merge with sweat-soaked rock, heavy bass lines that culminate with the heavily instrumental ‘Conundrum‘, which as the title suggests, seems to be the band working out their sounds in a powerball of a track.
With two drummers, the beats hammered out are thunderous in parts as they roll through the record. ‘Steal Their Gold‘ ups the anti, with user friendly parts that slip into insatiable instrumentals.”This Mess’ and ‘Rozalie Bizarre‘ both become a little repetitive, and Byrne’s high pitched vocals can grate on the nerves a little, but fleshed out with the fuzzy guitars and almost Kula Shaker-esque vibe, it works. Doogan’s mixes create a jagged edge, rough-around-the-edge dirty sound that really works for the band, and has created a debut album that twists and turns, rolling onwards, careering almost out of control until the final track ‘Vultures‘ clocks onto ‘cool down’ mode, and the listener’s allowed to relax, and sink into a track that brings the album to a shuddering halt. And……breathe.
If Wolf & Cub can recreate their studio sound live, then they’re going to the one to watch for 2007. ‘Vessels‘ takes us on a heart stopping journey, and lays down exciting promises for the future. These Australian upstarts turn tracks on their head and give a new progressive slant to Australian rock, and with a start like this, their future looks very bright indeed.
Bouncing Soul’s frontman Greg Attonito has launched a solo project.
He simply stated “For the past few years i have been experimenting with recording. I’m finally motivated to tackle this myspace world and share some of my creations..Here We Go!”.
If you want to check the solo stuff out, then hit the link below. In addition to the solo music, Attonito has posted pictures of paintings he has been working on as part of a project with Shanti Wintergate.
In the seven months since the original release of their incendiary debut album ‘Orchestra Of Wolves’, Watford quintet Gallows have injected excitement, passion and conviction back into rock with a series of ferocious live shows around the country, followed by a storming set of appearances in Texas for SXSW.
Following unprecedented interest from every record label you care to mention, Gallows can finally announce that they have inked a deal for their own Casanova Records through Warner Bros Records worldwide and have signed to legendary punk label Epitaph Records for North America.
June will also see the band back on the road in the UK for another round of live action and rock n’roll kicks before the band head off on the Warped tour throughout July and August.
June:
Monday 11th – Sheffield Leadmill
Tuesday 12th – Leeds Cockpit
Wednesday 13th – Belfast Auntie Annies
Thursday 14th – Dublin Voodoo Lounge
Saturday 16th – Aberdeen Tunnels
Sunday 17th – Newcastle Academy
Monday 18th – Bristol Bar Academy
Tuesday 19th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
Thursday 21st – London King’s College
Skate MCR has joined forces with DVS to lay down a glorious event on every Sunday in April in the city of Manchester.
Aptly titled ASBO (April Skate Bonanza Ohyeah!), there will be a different competition at the four venues in which teams of three will compete.
If you reckon you and your mates can bring the session, pop over here for more information on registering your team. Judges from UKSA will be present to decide who gets their filthy mitts on the prizes.
Props must be delivered to the creators of the most stoked out flyer I’ve ever perused over. Check it!
On the 10th March, The Works skatepark up in Leeds teamed up with Matix Clothing and D.V.S to throw a stonking 5 man team competition labelled “We Are The Champions“.
Sir Kevin Parrot has knocked up a little video reminder for those present at the event, and some tasty footage of what went down for those who weren’t!
Head along to www.sidewalkmag.com/video/we-are-the-champions to witness the sickness.
Blackout Skateboards may not be heard of here in the UK but they are sending out the right waves in terms of causing a big bang with their new promo video.
The Swedish crew also have a super fun video on their site in the Misc section featuring their riders skating an empty waterpark that looks fun as fuck.
Watch their new trailer here.