Ah, the Welcome Edit, a little snippet of goodness to get you hyped. Offer out your hand to high five Scott Keegan who’s just been welcomed aboard the good ship G1.
Head here to get your ears close to the ground and check below for the goodness.
As you should hopefully be aware of by now (follow this link if you’re not clued up) every copy of the C.S.C Video ‘Join Us‘ came a golden ticket that could lead to a variety of exciting prizes! The first winner was the scummiest person to ever buy a camera, one Mike ‘Trix’ Ridout. His prize: a day of heavy boozing with Christopher Gibbons, who you might be familiar with, he used to be sponsored apparently.
Please watch the video edit below, depicting all the nightmarish activities that occured on a bench that now stinks of filth. ‘ave it Wales.
Health and Safety Advice: Binge drinking is not only terrible for your health, but makes you act like these clowns. Please drink responsibly, unless you’re being filmed by a Pirate for the benefit of the internet.
The festival season was a mighty one this year and we’re sure you all got involved in someway yourselves. If you missed out then head into our Live Reviews section for an extensive coverage.
But whether you were there or not, here is a selection of photographs from Caitlin Mogridge who got fully stuck in to some of the best festivals this summer. Relive some memories or just have a look at great photographs below.
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The Harmony have just posted a video appropriately titled ‘5 Minutes Of Your Life‘ to their Vimeo channel.
It’s shot entirely in Super-8 and is a gorgeous, if brief insight into the world of one of the UK’s most loved companies that is more than worthy of a mere five minutes of your precious time.
So stop looking at your watch, close that social networking site you’ve got on, relax and enjoy.
The Harmony – 5 mins of your life – Super 8 Edit from The Harmony Skateboards on Vimeo.
Nick Cave’s rugged and raw garage rock project Grinderman are currently buzzing away with their sophomore release Grinderman 2 in our Buzz Chart. You need this album in your life, so jump right into this video of the dirty old men taking the gutter rock to the unsuspecting Jools Holland on his Later show.
They played ‘Worm Tamer‘ on Jools’ show broadcast on September 21st. The track will be released as a single on November 22nd.
This week the winter Bizarre Balls have been announced for the UK in London and for the first time Manchester serves as the host for the first Bizarre Ball to take place outside of the capital.
Manchester’s Ball will take place on October 22nd and will feature a headline performance from The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster alongside Rolo Tomassi and more…
London’s Ball is set for November 20th and boasts a line-up that features the likes of The Damned, The Tiger Lillies, The Ghost of Lemora and more…
Be sure to turn up to what could easily be the alternative night of the year, and now you Northern heads have no excuse! Head here for our Night Raids at The Bizarre Ball earlier this year in June.
To coincide with the release of the fourteen track ‘An Introduction To Elliott Smith‘ Domino Records are releasing ‘The Ballad of Big Nothing‘ as a limited edition double A sided vinyl with ‘Division Day‘.
The album and single, both serving to introduce later generations to one of the greatest songwriters of our era, will be released on November 1st.
To pre-order the single simply click on the sleeve below.
The latest video from Animal Collective is yet another cut from Merriweather Post Pavillion, the sixth one so far! This time it’s Bluish, the criminally underrated slow synth ballad that’s recalls the warm Beach Boys’ harmonies greater than any other song on the album.
Click the screenshot below for the appropriately coloured video and scroll further down for a classic AC video (for the wonderful ‘Who Could Win A Rabbit’) that you may have forgotten about after MPP took over the entire internet.
The Who Clothing filmbot Scott Magill is at it again, heading all over the place and demanding those who wear his threads to do ten tricks in front of him. He’s succeeding so far, watch below as Andy Coleman gets his ten trick edit in.
The Magenta Skateboards Music Series is now available so go out and support this team if you’re feeling it. Watch Soy Panday’s clip below to know exactly why we’re feeling it…