I spent the entire weekend listening to Australian rockers Tame Impala. If you like your rock 70s tinged and on the psych side then this could well be your new favourite band. They have an album called Innerspeaker dropping on Modular over there right now so expect them to be bringing their laid back shit over to the UK fairly soon. Have this Half Full Glass of Wine video as a taster from an EP that came out a while back and look out for this lot on your travels.
Sometimes it can only take one video or one riff of a great song to make you pick up your board and spontaneously roll out of your front door. Crailtap made that happen this morning with not only one of the best motivating tracks in skate history but also with the skills of young Yaje Popson. The sunshine is coming people, keep the faith as you watch this Venice beach cruise. Oh, and by the way, the first person to contact us with the name of the skate video this track was famous in will be sent a pack of Crossfire stickers, start thinking…
The éS team are back with the 3rd installment of their Central and South America éSpanol tour this week. Mike Manzoori and co take you through the ordeal of getting robbed by gunpoint in Lima, Peru featuring skating from Bobby Worrest, Danny Garcia, Mike Anderson, Justin Eldridge and Rodrigo TX.
Black Label Skates kickstart our week with Peter Raffin‘s full section from their latest full length God Save the Label that was uploaded just last night.
Monster Head Room, the debut album from Acid Pop group Ganglians, is set be released in the UK this coming May.
The record shall be released on May 10th, proceeded by the single ‘Candy Girl’ on April 12th.
Meanwhile the band has two UK tours scheduled for May and June, calling at;
May
18th – London, Cargo
21st – Dublin, Whelans (upstairs)
22nd – Belfast, Menagerie
23rd – Glasgow, Captains Rest
24th -Manchester, Deaf Institute
25th – Cambridge, Portland Arms
June
25th – Nottingham, Bodega Social Club
26th – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
27th – London, Barden’s Boudoir
Antiz and C1rca rider Samu Karvonen with yet another ridiculous part:
Klapi – Samu Karvonen from Mikko Fincke on Vimeo.
ATP will return to its roots this December as it is created by Belle and Sebastian.
Belle and Sebastian curated the first ever ATP event back in 1999, known then as The Bowlie Weekender, and this year’s December event will be appropriately titled Bowlie 2.
Bowlie 2 will take place between the 10th and 12th of December, with line-up details to follow.
Atlanta garage rockers Black Lips have revealed some details about their forthcoming 5th album.
The band have been working with Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox and Lockett Pundt on new material, and are hoping to get a record out “by the end of summer”.
Speaking to Billboard.com, the band’s Ian Saint Pe predicted the album would be released “September-October, when school gets back in.”
www.thehouseofthedevilmovie.com
What do you want from a horror movie? For many lovers of the genre we want shocking, things that that will make you squirm in your seat, gore, blood and something so terrifying your mouth will drop and your heart beat twice as fast as it usual. If this were the sort of thing you would expect to see then The House of the Devil is going to be a huge disappointment. If on the other hand you are looking for something set in the 1980’s (although filmed in 2009) with less gore and more waiting around, then it may be up your alley.
The film focuses on the satanic side of the 1980s as the central theme, while also combining elements of the slasher and haunted house sub-genres. Re-using the “babysitting” them, which we have seen countless times before, college student Samantha takes on a job, unknown to her before hand it is to look after an elderly woman rather than a child. Things are iffy from the initial phone call made to the house. She gradually becomes more and more suspicious about the house and its occupants. As it turns out, the residents are Satanists intent on making Samantha their next interest, not a sacrifice but something much more frightful. The film claims to be based upon true events, but where and when are never actually stated, which is disappointing as it is often more frightening to experience a film such as this when some, even the most minimal of knowledge of the actual event is known.
What creates a lack of interest from a start is that it takes well over an hour to actually get into the satanic element, considering this is the most focal point it was unpleasing to say the least. Even after this hour, things seem to be crammed into the remaining 30 minutes or so. Girl drugged, kidnapped and put through hell. This side of things should have taken more time to develop and gone into much more detail, possibly built up over the entire film to the last critical point where things explode. As far as spooky houses go though, this eerie, isolated mansion is brilliant.
It appears a similar style is used to that of horror films from the 1970’s and 1980s, such as filming techniques and technology. Because of this, The House of the Devil will likely be a complete flop against rising sensations such as the Saw franchise and previous slasher’s like Scream.
Michelle Moore
Blueprint Skateboards London premiere at the Prince Charles cinema on April 4th is now sold out. If you missed out on tickets don’t forget that there’s a jam at the Southbank during the day and click here for full UK tour details.
The DVDs for Make Way For The Colour Blue are ready to roll and packaging was just uploaded to their new Facebook page this morning so look out for these in skate shops around the UK soon.
