Slayer have a live video of themselves performing Disciple which you can see by clicking here.
They will be performing their new single Cult on The Henry Rollins Show which is bound to be metal as fuck and their new album Christ Illusion will hit the shelves at the start of August.
For those of you who love the chilled side of life, we have the perfect tonic, so sit back, take a sip of that favourite boo and let us fill your ears with arguably the best record of the year.
Bonnie Prince Billy is headed by Will Oldham, a songwriter known for his work with The Palace Brothers and many other projects fuelling the roster of the wonderful Domino Records for many years. These days Oldham is simply making masterpieces and if ‘Cursed Sleep’ is anything to go by then the new album that is on its way is going to be a beautiful discovery.
This lead single is graceful, starting with piano and string sections that will melt in your ears whilst his dusky voice delivers the final aural overdose. This folk number is music to anyones ears but there’s more beauty attachd to this record inside ‘The Signifying Wolf’ and ‘God’s Small Song’ – b-sides you will cherish forever.
The new album ‘Then The Letting Go’ will be a corker, make sure you don’t miss this first though, it’s out right now.
Watch the video for this single from the links below:
http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/downloads/BPBvideo/BPB_Cursed_Sleep1Mbps_Stream.ram
http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/downloads/BPBvideo/BPB_Cursed_Sleep1Mbps_Stream.wvx
http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/downloads/BPBvideo/BPB_Cursed_Sleep768K_Stream.mov
Mogwai have been busy lately. The group, who have 2 tracks on the Miami Vice soundtrack, have provided the soundtrack to “Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait“, the timely film about one of the greatest footballers [and headbutters] that has ever lived. Mogwai will release the soundtrack to this film as a download and vinyl release in September with the CD format coming out in October.
You can view a trailer for the film here.
On top of this, they will be playing the following dates:
September:
1st – County Laois, Stradbally Estate, Ireland Electric Picnic Festival
21st – Leicester, Charlotte
22nd – London, Royal Albert Hall
23rd – Glasgow, Barrowlands
24th – Manchester, Academy
They launched their brand new skate company this year and already things are happening at a rate of knots with Mark Burrows, Colin Adam & Paul Rimmer doing as much damage in the public eye as possible.
Burrows is killing it up at Livi and all over Scotland, as per usual. If yo have ever seen this guy skate you would never forget it. He’s just got a whole heap of new skate-tattoos done by old school gnarler Fred Smith whilst on a recent trip to the US.
Colin Adam just broke his cherry in Document Magazine with a monster invert at the East Kilbride killing grounds and is skating a lot with his brother – Anti-Hero rider Div.
Paul Rimmer now joins a multitude of skaters that have moved to London recently with notable coverage in Sidewalk, Document and Kingpin Magazine.
If you have seen This ‘n’ That you would have bumped into him on your TV set, and if not, you should have done, the DVD is the nuts – go out and buy it.
Rimmer is also busy filming another part for ‘The Learning Curve‘, an independent London flick. Look out for product reviews of Heathen decks over the next month. Eye them up at www.heathenskateboards.co.uk
The Soho Dolls
Scala
20.07.06
First up are the Soho Dolls at 8:20 sharp. A group reminiscent of Patti Smith, and Goldfrapp. Girls adorned with sky-scraping stiletto heels, and Boys clad in eyeliner. Their music is good enough to not want to try so hard…but, they do? A little too staged, and not passionately animated enough. Additional impromptu Rock ‘n Roll chaos, would give them the added Sex Appeal they seem to be searching for. Every band has an off night, and with all their back-to-back tour dates its no wonder that this is theirs.
Right on schedule She Wants Revenge confidently ooze onto the stage. Sporting matching moustaches the up and coming LA duo, are supported by a no-name drummer and additional guitarist. They kick off the set with the 2 minute instrumental electro synth warm-up of ‘Red Flags and Long Nights’, proving they can hold their ground instrumentally as well as on the DJ front. A couple of songs, and a short 15 minutes later they rock their Interpol-esque hit ‘She’s Lost Control’.
Warfield skilfully wields a cordless mic, perfectly swaying every choreographed move to every beat, of every song. Continuously moving, dancing and seemingly loving every moment, his charismatic sexy sways bring the stage to life. With his Jean-Paul Basquit hair scraped back, and tatts on his forearm his humble appearance arouses a stir. Eager women armed with camera phones keep clambering past to the front of the stage to get a photo. He politely and melodically gestures them away, carries on singing, and gently moves away to the back of the stage.
Their lyrics about edgy club lust in ‘Sister‘ rings out “She smelled like 2 a.m.,” Their on stage performance visually matching their raw, sleek, sexy red music videos, with the back monotone droning of “You can hurt me, do whatever you like…”. If that isn’t S&M enough for you the suggestive lyrics “Just give me the safe word and take my hand, / And smack me in the mouth my love.” of ‘Monologue’ have the crowd getting heated.
From the blank stares of ‘She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not’, to the thunderous hardcore dance beat of ‘I Don’t Want to Fall in Love’, it is clear that this band is not your average bandwagon. Their bassline constantly screaming revivalism. A tongue-in-cheek collaboration of all the best qualities of Joy Division, Depeche Mode, The Killers, and Interpol.
Just when you think they have run out of ideas, they introduce the interlude dark piano of ‘Disconnect’. Adam12 shows off his keyboard skills, then with a suave hat gesture disappears off stage.
They break into an encore, with Depeche Mode cover ‘Stripped’. Followed by their greatest hit ‘Tear you Apart’. The crowd rages as people get pushed back further, and further from the stage. They emphasise they will only play 3 songs…meaning they have run out of reserves. Ending with words of deep gratitude, they promise to come back and visit.
UK hip hop producer extraordinare Evil Ed is to front his own radio show on hhbradio.com starting tonight [Thursday 27th] at 6pm until 8pm. In a bulletin on myspace, he said:
“The show is 2 hours of upfront Hip Hop US, UK and beyond with a few classics and original breaks thrown in for good measure…It’s kind of a mature Hip Hop show, no commercial bullshit or weak shit, just pure Hip Hop vibes all the way. You gotta bear with me for the first show coz I ain’t got all my drops sorted yet, but it’s gonna be BIG tunes all the way trust!”
So if you’re by a computer tonight and wanna hear some nice hip hop, check out the link above.
The ‘Escape from Boredom’ premiere at the Log shop in S.F was so much fun. Here are a few photos from the trip. Right: UK crew: Percy Dean, Nick Zorlac, Kyle Green, Dan Cates and Horsey.
Left: On the day of the premiere a lot of shralping took place. Nick Zorlac wallride crail at a well known schoolyard. Right: Here is our friend and ‘tour guide’ for this trip, Kyle Green. The premiere was also an art show for Kyle and friends’ work.
Left: Karma, Doug Saenz and friends are in a band called AM Magic. They played at the premiere, after Karma ruled the mini ramp that was there. Some people are good at everything!
Right: Horsey plus free beer. Make sure he’s near a window when you drive him home.
Left: Dan takes a moment out. Right: It was him!
Left: Roberto Aleman. ‘Say cheese!’. Right: Must dash.
Left: Percy from Document was on this trip with us. Head banger of a frontside wallride.
Right: Kyle Green, long boardslide in Santa Cruz.
Left: Jersey Barriers rule. Doug Saenz, slicing through effortless feeble grind to fakie.
Right: Beast of a Ditch. This place is no joke.
Left: Cates with the mega pole jam! Richie Jackson would have dug this one! Right: Be afraid…
Left: The effect Dan has on some people is quite something! Right: Zarosh and his buddy drove from San Diego to skate with us and go the premiere. He did some sick stuff in this pool considering it was a bust after 3 minutes.
Horsey=Hustler!
THANKS TO: James and the Log shop in Pacifica for doing the premiere! We had the best time. And to Smart Monkey Distribution (Consolidated Skateboards) making it happen for us in the U.S. And last but not least, VANS for helping to make this trip possible.
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Nick Zorlac
Enter Shikari, who lifted the tent off the ground at the Download festival, are to release their single Mothership via their own label, Ambush Reality as a download only release on August 27th. Another single, Ok, Time For Plan B will be released in October and will include physical formats.
If you want to check the band out, you can hear their free download track here.
The band are going on a mammoth tour in October and November, so get out and see them at one of these:
October:
14th – Queens Hall – Narbeth
15th – Sugarmill – Stoke
16th – Academy 2 – Newcastle
17th – Academy 2 – Liverpool
19th – Tunnels – Aberdeen
20th – Viewfield – Arbroath
21th – Cabaret Voltaire – Edinburgh
22nd – King Tuts – Glasgow
23rd – Roadhouse – Manchester
25th – Komedia – Brighton
26th – First Floor – Derby
27th – Pitz – Milton Keynes
28th – Fibbers – York
29th – Bar Academy – Birmingham
30th – Zodiac – Oxford
November:
1st – Barfly – Cardiff
2nd – Cavern – Exeter
3rd – Joiners – Southampton
4th – Mean Fiddler – London
New York band The Rapture are back with a new album Pieces Of The People We Love, due out in September and a single Get Myself Into It being released in August. The new album will be produced and mixes by Paul Epworth and Ewan Pearson before they worked on it with the hottest producer of the moment, Danger Mouse.
The group are touring in October, the dates being:
8th – NOTTINGHAM, Rescue Rooms
9th – BRIGHTON, Concorde
10th – NORWICH, Waterfront
12th – EDINBURGH, Liquid Rooms
13th – BELFAST, University
14th – SHEFFIELD, Leadmill
15th – MANCHESTER, University MDH
17th – LONDON, Koko
The Sunshine Underground are to release a digital format of their new single Put You In Your Place on August 14th. The different formats will have a variety of exclusives:
Digital Bundle – 1. Put You In Your Place / 2. Out Of Control / 3. You Never Party
iTunes Exclusive – 1. Put You In Your Place (Live In Amsterdam)
HMV Digital Exclusive – 1. Put You In Your Place (Live In Berlin) TSU
Shop Exclusives – 1. Put You In Your Place (Original Version) / 2. Put You In Your Place (Original Version – Extended Mix) / 3. Put You In Your Place (Yes Boss Rethink) / 4. Put You In Your Place Silent Pony Remix)
TSU Shop Free Downloads – 1. They Got A Hold of Us 2.Who Called The Dandy
The single will also be on CD and 7″:
CD – 1. Put You In Your Place / 2. Out Of Control / 3. You Never Party
7″ – A. Put You In Your Place / B. Out Of Control
7″ Ltd Edition – A. Put You In Your Place / B. You Never Party
In addition to the release, the group are touring the UK, so check them out at one of the following:
July:
29th – Leeds Across The Tracks Festival
August:
5th – Sheffield The Plug
6th – London Adventures In A Beetroot Field Boat Party
9th – Edinburgh ‘T On The Fringe’ @ Cabaret Voltaire
25th – Reading Festival
26th – Leeds Festival
September:
8th – Bestival