Author: Crossfire

Karma 54mm Wheels

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

Karma have sprouted another quality product in the form of bright fucking green wheels that stand out and stand strong!

The Karma tree has a reputation for producing plain clothes cops that do the job, and well, these rollers are no exception.

54mm is generally the preferred wheel size. Small enough for manual heads to get the flip in/flip out shit on lock, but just the right size for a cheeky powerslide when blagging some finesse. These are built to tame the ghetto streets of our homelands, which are still showing no sign of recovering from concrete acne.

Equipped with these and you’re as safe as Batman with his utility belt, soaring over cracks effortlessly leaving your lesser mortal friends sweating behind you while you cruise along ahead. I ain’t shitting you on this!

I won’t lie to you; I like a cheeky powerslide as much as the next Sergio Yuppie impersonator. And in England, the poor wheels are subject to the roughest form of torture when scraped against grit and jagged slabs of pavement bombing down your local San Fran wannabe. Unfortunately for these, I bomb hills like the USA bombs countries, but these wheels have withstood more than Hiroshima can claim. Not a flatspot in sight. Bo!

Overall, another gem from the Karma heads. Don’t even consider overlooking them especially as you can pick them up afrom your local skater owned shop for £20.00!

Visit www.karmaskateboards.com for more.

Joe Moynihan

Night Raids

Klub Kerrang! @ Koko Pt1

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

The very first Klub Kerrang! at Koko in Camden, London exploded onto the rock scene on Saturday 27th February 2007 in style.

With guest DJ’s James Sherry and Emma Johnson on the decks making sure the main room swung from the rafters and DJ sets from both Biffy Clyro and The Bronx in the lounge, Koko was subjected to the loudest night of the year so far, especially with Bassknives and the infamous Gallows taking to the stage live.

The Crossfire room provided all the underground tunes needed for a rocking night out courtesy of DJ Zac Slack and booze was flying around like pies from the gangsters of Bugsy Malone!

Every mont we will bring you a gallery from our residency at Klub Kerrang!which now runs in London every 3rd Saturday of the month. See you on the 17th February for the next one – you may find your self on this page next!

Photo’s exclusive to Crossfire from Niki Kova’cs and Jen Saul.

NEXT MONTHS KLUB KERRANG! WITH CROSSFIRE IN THE TOP ROOM IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17TH.

COME DOWN AND FEEL THE LOVE.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK ADVANCE TICKETS AS THIS NIGHT WILL SELL OUT.

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JANES ADDICTION – FINCH – MINOR THREAT – KYUSS – DEAD KENNEDYS GUNS AND ROSES – MOTORHEAD – CAPDOWN – NOFX – RANCID – MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE – GYM CLASS HEROES – NIRVANA – CRASS – MUDHONEY – BLACK FLAG – SEND MORE PARAMEDICS – THE HAUNTED NAPALM DEATH – SLAYER – SOUNDGARDEN – THE BLACKOUT – ENTER SHIKARI – THURSDAY – ISIS – SSS – ASH – PLACEBO – SEPULTURA AND MANY, MANY MORE…

Skateboarding News

France wants SOMA

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

Did you have to read George Orwell’s Brave New World when you were a teenager?

Well, if you did, you might remember a key element – Soma: the political drug that kept everyone happy and unaware of reality.

Now, you might remember Crossfire mentioning how the French Skate magazine market needed a reality check when two of it’s top titles, Chill and Freestyler got knocked the f*** out of the biz.

Rumours were running rampant about any chance of a come-uppance for the fallen, and today confirmation has arrived that a new magazine is on its way! Fred Demard and David Tura, renowned skate journalists and overall top blokes, have put their heads together to bring the French scene some much needed Soma. Watch this space.

Skateboarding News

Flip website 2.0

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

News just in that our buddies at Flip have re-designed and re-vamped their website with loads of new stuff for you to ogle in amazement at. A new feature on the site is of Arto Saari’s photography. Pretty cool stuff it must be said.

Don’t forget to check out our competition page this month where you can find some rather stunning fresh Flip Tees up for grabs.

Expect to find out next week what we thought of Flip’s products when their winter collection was delivered at the door of HQ over Xmas.

Flip out here or click the image..

Skateboarding News

Footage double doses

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

This isn’t really news, but it’s a couple of edits from a couple of companies that had us stoked.

Please enjoy Blueprint ‘s Visit Tour Part 1 and Part 2

Please enjoy Brussels last summer and Antwerp at night courtesy of SCS .

www.blueprintskateboards.com / www.scsmag.be

Music News

Hatherley goes out on tour

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

Former Ash girl Charlotte Hatherley will be playing a number of UK dates.

The guitarist, who left Ash last year, will be touring the country to support her second solo album The Deep Blue, which is out on March 5th. The tour dates are:

February:

27th – Glasgow Oran Mor
28th – Liverpool Carling Academy

March:

1st – Leeds Cockpit
3rd – Birmingham Carling Academy
4th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
5th – Oxford Zodiac
6th – London Islington Carling Academy

www.charlottehatherley.com

Music News

Bonnie Prince Billy return to UK

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

Bonnie Prince Billy will return to the UK following their sold out dates.

Will Oldham’s band, who sold out 2 nights at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, will come back in February for 3 more dates, including another show in London:

February:

11th – London Shepherds Bush Empire
12th – Brighton Corn Exchange
13th – Cambridge Junction

In addition to this, Will Oldham stars in the film Old Joy, which was released on January 26th.

Bonnie Prince Billy at www.dominorecordco.com

Music News

BRMC album details

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will release a new album on May 1st.

The new album, which will be called Baby 81, is the follow up to Howl which came out in 2005 and will feature 13 tracks. Drummer Nick Jago returns for it, after being absent from the Howl recordings, and the tracklisting is:

‘Took Out A Loan’
‘Berlin’
‘Weapon Of Choice’
‘Window’
‘Cold Wind’
‘It’s Not What You Wanted’
‘666 Conducer’
‘All You Do Is Talk’
‘Lien On Your Dreams’
‘Need Some Air’
‘Killing The Light’
‘American X’
‘Am I Only’

www.blackrebelmotorcycleclub.com

Music News

Plant & Newsom for festival

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

Joanna Newsom and Robert Plant have been confirmed as the headliners for The Green Man festival.

The event, which takes place at Glanusk Park in Powys, Wales, will be held from the 17th to the 19th of August this year. Newsom will be headlining on the Friday with the former Led Zep frontman headlining on the Saturday. Tickets are priced at £98 for adults and free to under 12s.

www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk

Music News

Bloc Party album streamed

Post author By Crossfire
Post date February 1, 2007

Bloc Party have posted a full stream of their new album.

A Weekend In The City, which is out in February, can be checked out at their myspace, which can be found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.

The group will also be touring the USA in support of the new record, which marks their first visit to the States since they had to cancel their support of Panic! At The Disco after Matt Tong suffered a collapsed lung.