In demand and band of the moment Klaxons have finally released the tracklisting for their upcoming album, Myths Of The Near Future, which is out on February 12th. New single Golden Skans will be released on January 29th. The tracklisting is:
Two Receivers
Atlantis To Interzone
Golden Skans
Totem On The Timeline
As Above So Below
Isle Of Her
Gravity’s Rainbow
Forgotten Works
Magick
It’s Not Over Yet
Four Horsemen Of 2012
From Autumn To Ashes have announced that their new album, Holding A Wolf By The Ears, will feature Francis Mark on all vocal duties, following the departure of Ben Perri. The album is apparently due to run at around 36 minutes and the group will be releasing each track individually on their myspace.
The tracklisting is:
Deth Kult Social Club
On the Offensive
Recounts and Recollections
Daylight Slaving
Delusions of Grandeur
Sensory Deprivation Adventure
Every Thing I Need
Underpass Tutorial
Travel
A Goat in Sheep’s Rosary
Pioneers
Ryan Sheckler has offically left Almost Skateboards and is now another recruit at the ever growing Plan B Skateboards.
Relaunched in 2005, Plan B now boasts one of the most high profile teams in World Skateboarding with owners Danny Way and Colin McKay recruiting team riders Brian Wenning, Paul Rodriguez, Pat Duffy, Ryan Gallant and PJ Ladd at the helm of their brand, now strengthened further with the addition of Sheckler whose contract had allegedly expired at Almost.
Sheckler says “I am excited to be joining Plan B and look forward to being a part of great things to come. Let’s do this!”
You can see his pro models below that are available now but have a think about what the Plan B video is going to stuffed full of? Have you seen Sheckler’s most recent video part in the Oakley video yet? Ouch.
02/01/07
It’s that time of year again where the wind plays a more prominent role of being your worst fucking nightmare. Sending shivers down your spine and flip sticks (anatomically referred to as legs) with every malevolent attack. One must be prepared for such a bitter onslaught. Praise the Lord the clothing connoisseurs down at Globe Apparel have equipped us with a delicious new pair of slacks that are the perfect method of defence.
If you’re anything like me, you don’t wanna be skating around looking like a complete Tom Penny spoof, thankfully you can be warm and not have to. The “Noodles” come slim fitted, with that extra bit of breathing space and baggage that sucks in the warm air to keep you cosy and to avoid any trouser related genital area disasters. Stoked.
Threaded together with a durable cotton/spandex type affair, these jeans are strong shit. I wouldn’t be surprised if the big heads at Globe forced them into the gym for weeks on end before deciding they are ready for the public. I jest, of course I’d be surprised, that’s complete rhubarb, but you get the point. I went out for 5-hour park session to test these suckers out. Tumble after tumble and they haven’t got a scratch, still looking as fresh as anything Ryan Gallant would dare throw on his body. Steeeeze Louiiize.
Nice deep pockets are a cheeky bonus with these sick jeans; if you’re a ‘headphones on’ type of skater you can have the benefit of your Pod being kept snug while you’re busy mutilating fresh marble. Plus a tidy sealed pocket on the back to stop your moolah being thrown all over the shop while you sling yourself down a hubba bubba. Hold it!
Overall, a solid effort from Globe. A comfortable, sweet looking pair of slacks that keep you snug in the winter wonderland. 9/10 boss.
02.01.07
Element Pionner Jacket
Element have sent us pretty much everything they put into the stores for honest testing here at Crossfire since we started in 2001 and that is what we expect from brands that believe they have the quality to pass the tests.
We believe that the brands that ignore our requests for product reviews and decide not to be involved are scared that we will expose their shoddy products.
Magazines tend to hand the product to you on a plate without exposing the design faults and cheap fabrics that some brands will try and get away with but we like to do things differently as a lot of that has to do with advertising: the brands put money their way in return for adverts and the magazines do not want to upset the product managers by exposing what really goes into the product they offer the general public. Element do not advertise on this website yet, but they have enough confidence in their brand to send us everything that comes out season after season. They know that they do not rely on cheap fabrics and have enough experience to get the perfect blend of design and functionality with their products for skaters worldwide.
On first view this Pionner Jacket leaps out of the box, wraps its warm material around you leaving your head to poke out of the top with a smile on your face. It’s lightweight shell does not weigh you down if you want to get loose on a ledge although like any jacket made of micro ottoman 100% polyamide. I’m sure if subjected to being blown off a San Francisco hill bomb at 40mph it would give in at some point. Anyway, that’s obvious of any material but this jacket is firstly super warm without strangling you in a sauna once you get warmed up and also has the pockets you need when you go riding to hide any portable music player on the inside and your mitts on the outside.
The only main fault I could find with this jacket is the fact that the sleeves have the option to be tightened with Velcro and the strip of Velcro stitched to the sleeve itself seems to be a little too long for my liking and is exposed by a good 4 inches which is not needed. Personally I have decided not to skate in this jacket and have used it as my daily winter jacket to tackle weather during my daily duties. Other than the Velcro overdose that can easily be fixed if you want to make the effort at a local tailors, this could well be a contender for jacket of the year here at Crossfire this winter, go grab one and defeat the cold this season in style.
Element Congress Jeans
Once upon a time Levi’s were choice of jean for skateboarders worldwide, probably due to the fact that no skate companies ever made them available, but nowadays you can guarantee that most make them tailored to the way we ride but the question is, are they as good?
Element have done their research and have produced a jean that runs with the same logic and chemistry as their range of shirts, mixing 1.1% lycra with a 98.9% cotton. This provides movement, allowing the fabric to move wherever you do but so minimally that you would not notice it compared against your usual denim.
The cut would suit anyone looking for a superbly fitted jean with a low cut waist that again allows perfect flexibility so if you like either a baggy jean or tight drainpipe styles these will not for you. Add the fact that you could wear these out in the evening and feel good in them and you have one of the best jeans you could buy.
Element’s wood and thread have always delivered quality and these jeans set a high standard. Go get some and find out.
Element Horizontal Hood
The first thing you notice as this fits around your bones is the fact that the fabric is killer soft on first touch. Made of 80% cotton and 20% polyester this hoody manufactured in India has great shape and comes with a perfect hood and the wind water fire and earth logo that sleeps on the chest.
The front pockets supply your hands with warmth once again due to the quality fabric and also boasts another classic logo on the left hand sleeve. You can’t really go wrong with this hoody, go get one and feel the earth….
You can find all of these threads at www.elementskateboards.com
Chuck Bangers
02.01.07
Independent Trucks Lined Coach’s Jacket and Clipper Windbreaker
Popular with golfers over the years, these wind breakers have found a use in the world of skateboarding and rightly so.
Independent (alongside Thrasher) have made these for years and have progressed from standard, thin, rain coats to the now fully lined, slim line, lightweight breakers providing warmth from the lined 100% polyester inner that doesn’t allow you to over heat when you skate but also protecting your body from the wet elements we are so used to having to deal with here in Europe with the addition of the 100% nylon shell on the outside.
The hooded version has a simple zipper, front pockets with drawstrings on the hood and waist line accompanied by a black and white indy logo front and back whereas the standard version is black, red and white, hoodless with collars that you can do up to the neck with poppers as opposed to a zipper. This version has a front red and white indy logo, an indy cross on the middle back and a written red and white logo on the back waistline.
These are built to spill like any other Independent range so grab one to day if you live fast and ride tough.
Independent Trucks Skate Tool Belt
It’s no secret, skating with a rucksack attached to your back is nowhere near as fun as the free flowing runs you can have without the burden of carting your accessories about for a session. But as you know, someone somewhere needs tools to loosen or tighten trucks and wheel nuts, change kingpins that have snapped or tighten truck bolts.
Independent Trucks have the answer to your prayers as they have patented a stylish belt that has everything you need to change your rig on the road. Now this could sound like a nightmare and you would think that this invention would be bulky and get in your way, but the truth is you do not even notice these options are there once you belt up and hit the road.
Genius inventions like this are few and far between in the skateboard world, only brands that have been there since the beginning will never let you down and with this brand being at the forefront of the scene since 1978, this belt is set to be a sure fire hit with skaters all over the world, go get one today.
Independent Trucks “The Fix” 149 Jeans
Independent have everything on the go these days in terms of accessories and clothing to compliment their ever impressive skate team riding their trucks and with the jeans market open for competition, they have filled a gap with a 100% cotton jean that simply offers your bottom half the threads you need this winter.
The cut allows flexibility and are not too tight so your knackers move freely when you ride, they are not over branded so you have no worries about feeling like a walking advertisement board and are soft to wear from the off. Wash them alone before you wear them so that they can secrete the colouring and these will wash out leaving you with a naturally looking worn jean just how they should be.
Go to www.independenttrucks.com to see all of their range.
Chuck Bangers
Ryan Sheckler just spent his 17th Birthday with Paul Rodriguez at the Key Club. The do was documented over at Vital Skate where eyebrows were raised when Sheckler had been spotted in a Plan B shirt?
With his name not appearing on the Almost website, it seems that his arrival to Plan B Team could well be imminent.
Go to the Almost site to see what the rest of the team got up to over xmas time and new year in their blog.
Our good friend Pat Duffy has come a croper at Bob Burnquist’s rather large mega ramp and will be out of skateboarding for a while.
The injury was originally reported as a broken leg but as you can see if you click here and watch this video of him getting some love, it doesn’t look too good.
All the best to you Pat, keep fighting on.
Brother Ali is about to take the underground by storm once more when his new album, The Undisputed Truth, drops in March. With Atmosphere’s Ant on the beats once again, the standard will never drop and if this first single from it, Truth Is, is anything to go by, the level will be going through the roof.
The albino emcee brings back his typically demanding yet colourfully playful flow as he rides the piano led skanking rhymthm laid down by Ant and if you aren’t winding your hips dutty style after the first 30 seconds, get to the back of the queue.
“I want more than what you offering me”, he says and trust me, after hearing this song, you’ll want all he has to offer. And that, my friends, is the TRUTH.
If you’ve yet to jump aboard the Waste train and join the party-thrash revolution, then here’s a chance to see what you’ve been missing. Municipal Waste are four beer swillin’ dudes that could easily pass for characters from the ‘Wayne’s World’ films (but actually hail from Richmond, VA), and ‘Hazardous Mutation‘ – their 2005 debut album – is a feast of two minute thrash-core odes to post-apocalyptic mutants and getting wasted. Well, mainly getting wasted. Anyone who hankers for the glory days of bands like D.R.I. and Suicidal Tendencies should check this out pronto.
The main appeal of this recent re-release is the inclusion of a bonus DVD, which features a recording of a hometown show interspersed with clips of a band interview conducted in guitarist Ryan Waste’s kitchen. You’ve probably gathered by now that this lot don’t take themselves too seriously; so the onstage presence of a ‘wizard’, the amusing tour stories and the sight of bassist Land Phil pouring beer on his breakfast cereal shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Laugh? You certainly will, and then some.
Check out ‘Unleash The Bastards’ on the link above.