Hot on the heels of their recently released ‘Apollo‘ album on Sweet Nothing Records, cult fuzz rockers Nebula are preparing to hit these shores alongside the much anticipated debut appearance by mighty metal Texans The Sword. If you have any taste, you’ll be there to enjoy this mouth watering line up. You know it makes sense!
Dates are as follows:
May
11th – Glasgow – Barfly
12th – Birmingham – Carling Academy
13th – Sheffield – Cooperation
14th – London – Dingwalls
Girlie Surf Camps are back after the big success of the previous years. Over 300 girls from all over the world attended the Girlie Surf Camps last summer for an unforgettable surfing holiday!
This year they are back with new spots and also camps for 3 different age categories:
Girlie Surf Camps for girls over 16
Girlie Teenie Surf Camps for girls between 11-15
Girlie Ladies’ Surf Camp for women over 30
A typical week of Girlie Surf Camp consists of 1-2 surf sessions per day depending of the weather conditions, yoga lessons, sightseeing, BBQs etc. In Morocco you also get the chance to discover the tasty food culture, go dolphin & whale watching and enjoy the famous Essaouira International Music Festival.
In Hossegor, France, you’ll find some of the best beaches in the whole of Europe; you’ll get the chance to go and visit the Pukas boardshaper, do shopping in the famous surf outlets and just live the world famous surf town! New for this summer is also the opening of the Girlie House in Hossegor, where also the Girlie Camps will be based.
So what are the Girlie Teenie Surf Camps then? Girlie Teenie Camps work in the same program as the “normal” Girlie Surf Camps but the Girlie Teenie Camps are open for girls between 11 to 15 years-old! The Teenies are also well taken care of 24h/day!
If you are over 30 and want to learn surfing in a nice relaxed atmosphere, enjoy yoga lessons, go wine tasting and have an unforgettable holiday with same minded women your choice is the Girlie Ladies’ Surf Camp. Last year the first Ladies’ week was organized, and women from all over Europe joined for a week of surfing together!
The Girlie Surf Camps(16+):
Oualidia, Morocco
17 June – 1 July (2 week camp)
Hossegor, France
17 June – 24 June
24 June – 1 July
1 July – 8 July
Hossegor, France
2 Sept – 9 September
9 Sept – 16 September
16 Sept – 23 September
Girlie Teenie Surf Camps (11-15):
Sopelana, Spain
15 July – 22 July
22 July – 29 July
Girlie Ladies Surf Camp (30+):
Hossegor, France
23 Sept – 30 September
For more info on the Girlie Surf Camps go to www.girliecamps.com or contact info@girlieltd.com
Ramp City near to Blackpool in the UK will host another Seaside Vert Jam this weekend sponsored by Snickers, Blind Skateboards, Globe Shoes and of course Big Woody’s Skate Shop.
Last years event was a major success with skaters turning up from all over the UK. Come and see the new breed of under 16 rippers (540’s galore!) as well as some of the more well known vert faces such as Andy Scott, Sean Goff and more all on the biggest ramp in the UK.
Click the image to go through to the skate parks website which has all the details you need to know about the forthcoming session that kicks off from 1pm onwards.
Spazz-core outfit Test Icicles played their last ever show on Saturday at the Astoria in London to mark the end of their brief career. The group, who cancelled all US dates after announcing the split, played a 45 minute set and dropped balloons on the crowd, whilst also handing out badges which proclaimed “Test Icicles RIP”.
The show was rowdy as hell and you should look out for a live review coming soon on Crossfire.
For the time being, you can check out their official site: www.test-icicles.com
Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers has written on the band’s official website saying that he believes George Bush should be impeached for telling lies about his foreign policy. Flea wrote:
“George W Bush should definitely be impeached, he is a liar and his lies have bought misery to millions of people and bought no good to anyone except for the corporate oil billionaires who are making huge profits. Bush has made the world a much less safe place. Before the war Iraq was not a place for terrorists. Saddam Hussein, brutal dictator that he was, was secular and had nothing to do with Al Queda. The people of Iraq are no better off at all. All those people want is for the Americans to leave decent families and people like you and I who never wanted America there in the first place”.
To read the full update, click here.
D12 member Swift has been put in jail on a violation of probation when he missed a court hearing due to being at the funeral of his late crewmate Proof. He now faces 93 days in jail after not turning up at court on drink driving offences.
His probation stipulated that he stay clear of drink and drugs, and as he was done for drinking, the length of time is higher than normal.
Bit harsh to chuck the fella in jail for being at his friend’s funeral, where he was an honourary pallbearer really.
Him again. The former Libertines frontman was thrown into the slammer only hours after escaping a jail sentence for possession. Why did he get locked up in an East London cop shop? Yeah, you guessed it, drugs charges. He was released on bail and has to return in June, when he may be charged.
Continuing the prison theme, apparently he is considering playing a concert at Pentonville Prison in London in a tribute to Johnny Cash’s legendary show at Folsom Prison.
Remember Eels? Yeah, they were quality back in the day before disappearing off the radar for a bit. But they’re back to play dates in June over here in the UK. The group recently released a CD/DVD called Eels With Strings Live At Town Hall and no doubt will be recreating it on stage. They’ll also feature at the Wireless Festival this summer, playing in London and Leeds.
The two new dates are:
June 23rd – London Astoria
June 26th – Glasgow ABC
When a documentary is made from seven years of filming, you know that you’re in for a lot of action, and Dig! certainly doesn’t deviate from that. The documentary charts the fortunes of two groups, The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, both of whom start off as friends, especially the two front men, Courtney Taylor-Taylor [Dandys] and Anton Newcombe [BJM].
The two groups both start off the journey as small groups on the West Coast of the States, but soon after the start of the documentary, the road splits and takes the groups away from each other, with the Dandys gaining a deal with Capitol and BJM starting as they meant to go on by ruining their own label showcase.
From the very beginning, label execs and journalists are throwing superlatives the way of Anton, calling him a genius and saying he could well be the most important person in music at the time, but Anton throughout the film only cares about Anton. It’s not a case of the frontman spiralling downwards, because even at the very beginning he’s a larger than life madman. As they tour, Anton beats up various bandmates, fires entire line ups and even tries to sabotage the Dandy’s concerts.
The path of the Dandy Warhols is a tale of a mix between success and let downs. Whilst they do gain a deal and have a lot of money thrown at them for videos, Anton’s speech about not wanting to be taken for a ride by major labels is true as the Dandys receive very little support or exposure as the film goes on. However, eventually the use of one of their tracks on mobile advert sees them break it big in Europe.
But it is the constant whirlwind of Anton’s life that stays as the basis of this documentary. Clearly so into his music that nothing else matters, Anton can’t stay off the drugs or the violence on stage and the documentary ends with him kicking a fan in the head, much to the surprise of everyone in the room and no doubt those watching the DVD. It clocks in at under at just under 2 hours but it flies by, and this is definitely a must see DVD, regardless of whether you like, or even know, either band.
Be warned! The story of the world’s most infamous rock band isn’t a pretty one. With the possible exception of Ozzy Osbourne, no band consumed as many drugs and downed as much booze without dying as the L.A. quartet Mötley Crüe.
Album sales of over 40million, endless sold out stadium tours – the Motleys were the Don’s of rock and remain legends. They were the band you never thought you’d see live again until they returned to the stage last year – if you missed it, it’s captured here in the first ever double live album with the reunited legendary line up.
The story of their career, graphically detailed in the best-selling 2001 autobiography, The Dirt (soon to be a major motion picture) is one of dirty needles, damaged minds, music industry battles and sex – lots of sex. And the miraculous thing about the Crüe is not that they lived to tell the tale (although that is, in a way, a kind of unholy miracle), it’s that all of their wildly uncontrollable habits are clearly audible in their music – the sheer sleazy grind of California rock over the last two decades.
How important is Mötley Crüe? Let’s just say that they made rock ‘n roll what it is today. Without the Crüe, stadium rock in the 1990s might have been all about Journey, Foreigner, Kansas and REO Speedwagon. Think about that for a second, will you?