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5050 Skate Shop Bristol from george nevin on Vimeo.
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Pfanner Phive
Start your week with some absolute hammers thanks to the unbelievable skills of Chris Pfanner and Anti Hero.
Biggin Hill in Kent is generally famous for its annual air show so it’s good to see that the tradition will continue over the years with the addition of this new Clover Bowl that has just been completed. It’s not often you get to skate these classic designs anymore but Wheelscape who are the design and builders of this project decided that the South were in need of something different.
The bowls are assorted sizes starting at 4ft in the shallows, 5ft 8″ for the mid and the deepest coming in at 7ft with large steel coping plus there’s also some steps, manny pad and ledges around the bowl. Now this is built, those with cars up for a full day out could quite easily skate here, Crawley and Dartford in the same day. Spring cannot come soon enough.
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Motive Plaza edit
Motive have uploaded footage of their team riders at various plazas including Truro and Milton Keynes this weekend. Watch the full clip put together by Leo Smith here.
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The Spill Canvas
Taken from the band’s recent ‘Abnormalities’ EP, ‘Gateway Drug’ is classic Spill Canvas. Lilting guitars, brooding lyrics and a killer melody that you just can’t kick out of your head. Vocalist Nick Thomas pulls at the heartstrings with the range of emotion conveyed through a mix of silky smoothness and gravelly aggression.
Along with the band’s trademarked moves (yes, a little carefully positioned swearing never hurt anyone), this track features a rather countrified picked-out riff interspersed within the standard radio-friendliness of this tune. Rather than lifting the song, it acts as a dark groove re-iterating the ominous themes in the lyrics.
The Spill Canvas know how to craft a song but they always find that bit extra to take it out of the realms they’ve already tried and tested. They’ll never be ones to break all the rules but the beauty of their songwriting and glimmers of originality within their music mean that this is a band who surely have an extensive and successful career ahead of them. Tunes like ‘Gateway Drug’ can be identified with and creep into your psyche slowly but surely until they are a part of you.
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The Spill Canvas- “Gateway Drug”
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New Liars Video
Liars have released a new video for Scissor, the opening track from their recently released 5th album Sisterworld.
The noisy New York City trio has been known to radically change their sound over the years, but Scissor finds the band in familiar indie-rock territory.
Check out the stunning new video below, which plays out like a gripping sea adventure.
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Gil Scott-Heron set for UK dates
Political poet and singer Gil Scott-Heron will play a string of UK dates this April, following the release of his brand new studio album I’m New Here.
The record is Scott-Heron’s first studio release since 1994, recorded in New York after spending several stints in prison on drugs related charges.
Gil Scott-Heron will play;
April
20th – London Royal Festival Hall
21st – Edinburgh HMV Picture House
22nd – Aberdeen The Warehouse
24th – London Royal Festival Hall
25th – Manchester Opera House
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Ministry of Sound club under threat
The future of Ministry of Sound’s Southwark nightclub has been put in jeopardy, after plans were put in place for property development nearby.
The dance club, founded in 1991, could potentially lose its license as Isle of Man developer Oakmayne has revealed plans to build a residential building opposite.
Ministry of Sound Group CEO Lohan Presencer said, “When Oakmayne told us that ‘nightclubs come and go’, we were horrified.” Adding, “Ministry of Sound is not just any nightclub, it’s the most famous nightclub in the world and the heart of a global entertainment business.”
More than 300,000 people attend London’s Ministry of Sound every year, at over 200 different events.
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Dom Powling gets Bored
Emerica flow rider Dom Powling features in this latest HD clip from the creative skate shop that is Bored of Southsea. Dom joins the Bored team list and filmed this over 3 weeks with Sam Bailey.
Dom Powling For Bored of Southsea from Bored of Southsea on Vimeo.
Back in 1990 I remember meeting Marc Haziza. We drove down to Leigh on Sea in Essex for a full day of shredding and he ripped the park apart when we got there. 20 years later and the Frenchman is still rolling deep, enjoy this edit of Marc on the road.
Marc Haziza skateboarding around the world from Marc Haziza on Vimeo.