Pete King’s Vauxhall vert ramp will be turning up on Brighton beach this weekend (9th-10th September).
The ramp will get rinsed by skaters Pete King, Andy Scott and Dave Allen, alongside BMX riders Bas Keep and Zack Shaw for Best Trick and Highest Air Comps.
Local turntablists such as J.F.B. (Vestax Champ/Battlejam/Movement) and DJ Buckwilde (DMC Finalist/Fatboy Slim tour DJ) will be providing the audio backdrop for the weekend along with secret special guests.
Click here for more info.
Crossfire favourite Kelley Stoltz returns to the UK to play dates this month at the venues below.
Check www.electriccity.org for his site and click here to listen to his track Please Visit Soon that kicks off the last Hangover Session radio show we delivered for you – click the flag on entry.
14 Sep 06 Spitz London
17 Sep 06 End of the Road Festival Dorset
18 Sep 06 Bonaventure Bristol
19 Sep 06 Flapper & Firkin Birmingham
20 Sep 06 Boardwalk Sheffield
21 Sep 06 The Junction York
24 Sep 06 The Tunnels Aberdeen
25 Sep 06 King Tut’s Glasgow
27 Sep 06 Crawdaddy Dublin
28 Sep 06 Central Station Wrexham
29 Sep 06 Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff
30 Sep 06 West End Centre Aldershot
OK, light one up and then press the ‘play track‘ button on this page as you need to read this whilst tuning into the music for it to have the best effects.
Comets on Fire are back with a new album on Sub Pop records that needs your attention, especially if you like vegging out to psychedelic rock under the influence. ‘Avatar‘ is a 7 track LP that boasts 70’s rock and blues from start to finish reminding you that stoner rock never ages, it just matures. And if maturity is waht you are looking for in your quest for the unltimate bong load then look no further as tracks such as the opener ‘Dogwood Rust’ is a psychedelic trainride plummetting into an abyss of continuous dirty basslines and snazzy guitar noodling – a real winner to kick start such a wonderful journey.
But this is just 7 minutes of 45 merging into ‘Jaybird’ that builds into chaos and then allows your heart beat to calm down whilst birds sing out the mellow jams that follow. Fuzzy guitars are not all what this album is about though as the delightful piano come-down of ‘Lucifer’s Memory‘ clears the air. This is a temporary lull though as the rolling drums of ‘The Swallows Eye‘ builds towards the rip roaring ‘Holy Teeth‘ where the band go mental with screaming vocals and solo’s that could shave a mans balls. Avatar then ducks out with the meandering ‘Sour Smoke‘ and the rock filled ‘Hatched Upon the Age‘ completing this trip with magnitude and style.
This album is out right now and has a bit of everything, from the golden years of the 70’s acid rock to the early 80’s rocking warlords of metal, go find it and have a night in with the devil…
Live dates:
06-Oct London ICA
07-Oct Nottingham TBC
08-Oct Glasgow Mono
10-Oct Galway Roisin Dubh
11-Oct Belfast, Auntie Annie’s
12-Oct Dublin, Whelans
Four of France’s finest skate photographers – Benjamin Deberdt, Cédric Viollet, Eric-Antoine and Sebastien Charlot – have set up a website that showcases various areas of their work so that you can pretend you’re working in the office, but in fact you’re looking at amazing shots that capture brief moments of our culture.
Go to www.misc-photo.com and open up your monochrome mind.
Will Haven have signed a deal with Bieler Bros and reports are that their new album will see the light of day through the label early in 2007.
You can check out some new demos from the group by heading on over to their myspace.
Hatebreed have announced they will be playing some UK dates in November. If you want to see them, check the band at one of these shows:
November:
21st – Manchester Academy 2
22nd – London Astoria
23rd – Wolverhampton Wulfrun
24th – Glasgow Garage
25th – Sheffield Corporation
In addition to this tour, the band have released their new album Supremacy, this week.
The Etnies Plaza Palooza event will take place at Stoke Plaza next Sunday 10th September.
The competition format is all about sessioning 10 pre-decided spots within the plaza, including steps, rails, banks, gaps and blocks for the £1000 cash prizes up for grabs.
Competitors will be divided into amataeurs and pros and the jam sessions are open for all ages. Each spot session will last between 15 and 30 minutes and the strongest skater in each category will take home a cash prize.
The etnies, éS and Emerica UK skateboard teams will be present throughout the day plus signings, product tosses, lead sing-alongs and general fun and games.
Do it.
Prague boasts one of the best skateparks and summer contests in Europe plus a fun indoor bowl with crazy mad dogs and beer poured from the keg….but that might all end if the bulldozers are let in.
The Mystic Skatepark has already been resuscitated once after falling victim to terrible floods a couple of years ago, but this next threat seems much more permanent.
Click here to try and help keep the park alive.
Right, the Dartford skaters are about to get a new park built but they want your help in deciding which will be the final design.
Click the images to submit your views and choice. Deadline is September 8th.
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