New York songwriter Kevin Devine has unintentionally fallen into an exciting side-project with Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull, dubbed Bad Books.
Despite not having any particular agenda, the duo have composed a debut self-titled album with the rest of Manchester Orchestra and have announced that it will be released on October 19th through Favourite Gentleman Records.
The words are being staggered through gasped breath as the portion of the online skateweb who were at the Emerica ‘Stay Gold‘ premiere last night try to describe how good the video was. Blueprint’s Twitter said that the stair and rail skating bar has been raised again and various message boards have been riddled with exclamation marks and nothing but good vibes. Sick!
So to get hyped for the premiere see below for the trailer, a couple of promos and Andrew Reynolds’ part from This Is Skateboarding.
And click here for a chance to win tickets and a pair of Reynolds Cruisers!
Emerica’s hugely anticipated ‘Stay Gold‘ will be premiered in London at the Prince Charles Cinema on August 26th and we have two pairs of tickets to give away to two of you lucky people reading this.
Not only that, but we have a pair of banging Reynolds Cruisers that you can see above to give away with each pair.
Everybody could do with a new pair of shoes so treat yourself and answer the question below for a chance of getting some and the opportunity to see what’s already a must-see skate flick before everyone else in the UK.
PLEASE NOTE: The tickets are for the 6PM showing ONLY.
For more information on the premiere click here.
[competition_4]
Have you ever dug out a beat-up copy of 411 Europe 1996 to find that the tape doesn’t play or that your VHS player had turned into a DVD player and there are five years of your life that you can’t quite accurately recall any details of?
Thankfully, a couple of skate nerds have made a library of more or less every skate video since the beginning of it all, including a hefty amount of 411 issues.
What’s even more impressive is that the Skately crew have put in the man hours to organise everything into the first genuine skate library; everything is categorised into skate companies and if you wanted to see every video part that say, Mike Carroll has been in, then you’d go here… impressive, right?
Click the image below and get stuck in.
Another Gravity creation will celebrating it’s official opening this month. The Parks Skatepark in North Shields will be officially open on Saturday 21st August.
Confirmed skaters for the day are Ross McGouran, Manhead and Marc Churchill. Peep the flyer below for more info.
Signal Gallery are currently hosting the ‘Beyond Punk‘ exhibition that features the artwork of countless punk musicians and friends that have made a snotty impact on the world of culture.
Curated by legendary Adverts bassist, Gaye Advert, the exhibition features work involving the following…
Adam Ant (Adam & the Ants), Charlie Harper (UK Subs), Chris Brief (The Briefs), Dale Grimshaw, Dee Generate (Eater), Gaye Black (Adverts), Gee Vaucher (Crass), Jamie Reid (Sex Pistols), Knox (Vibrators), Nick Taggart (Zkrr Zkretna), Philip Barker (Buzzcocks), Poly Styrene (X Ray Spex), Shanne Bradley (Nipple Erectors), Shepard Fairey, Steve Ignorant (Crass) and Youth (Killing Joke).
Beyond Punk will be running until the 21st August so get down there you filthy punks.
The final acts to be joining the Godspeed You Black Emperor curated All Tomorrow’s Parties roster have been announced.
Tindersticks, Throbbing Girls, The Sadies, Yomul Yuk and Dreamcatcher join GY!BE, Deerhoof, Weird Al Yankovich and more at The Nightmare Before Christmas event in December.
The Nightmare Before Christmas will be held at Butlins in Minehead, the full-line up is as follows.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic
Throbbing Gristle
Tindersticks
The Sadies
Yomul Yuk
Dreamcatcher
Neurosis
Bardo Pond
The Ex
Deerhoof
The Dead C
Black Dice
Francisco Lopez
Tim Hecker
Mike Watt
Scout Niblett
Wolves In The Throne Room
Marissa Nadler
Growing
Rangda
Nomeansno
Josephine Foster (Solo)
White Magic
Emeralds
Daniel Higgs (Lungfish)
Boban I Marko Markovic Orchestra
Charlemagne Palestine
Country Teasers
Daniel Menche
Maher Shalal
Hash Baz
Borbetomagus
Flower
Corsano Duo
Keiji Haino
Bruce McClure
Mahjongg
Cluster
Berg Sans Nipple
Sick Llama
Oneida Presents The Ocropolis
Hanged Up With Tony Conrad
Thee Oh Sees
Matana Roberts
Land Of Kush
Philip Jeck
John Butcher
Yomul Yuk
Dreamcatcher
The Sadies
Virginia Thrash four-piece Municipal Waste have announced that they will reschedule their UK tour dates for December.
The band will be supported by Saviours and Ramming Speed at the following dates…
December 13th – Fleece and Firkin, Bristol
December 14th – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
December 15th – Ivory Blacks, Glasgow
December 17th – Academy 2, London
Rustie has announced his next release.
The new Warp signee will drop his Sunburst EP on the label on October 4th. To get you in the mood for what’s to come from the Scottish beat-wizard, he’s put together a mini-mix of the tracks on the EP for your listening pleasure.
So THIS is what’s inside Pikachu’s cunt.
Rustie – Sunburst EP Minimix (out 4/5 October on Warp Records) by Warp Records
After All
People Like You Records
thepeacocks.ch
Swiss psychobilly merchants The Peacocks are a well-oiled rock n’ roll machine, not to mention hardened road dogs; yet the news that they recently celebrated their 20th anniversary comes as something of a surprise. Hey, maybe playing psychobilly is the key to retaining your youthful good looks, as these guys seem to be aging well.
Not that it would particularly matter if they weren’t, though, because most of ‘After All’ hits the target in fine style. At fifteen tracks long, it would have been easy for the record to start to blur into one long mass of twanging double bass and scratchy guitar, but as the arresting country-influenced title track bursts forth from the speakers, it’s clear that the Peacocks haven’t lost their ear for a great melody. Those who would dismiss these guys for supposedly not being ‘pure’ psychobilly are missing out; variety is no bad thing, and there’s plenty of it on display here.
For the most part, the tunes clock in at less three minutes, and still manage to leave a decent impression. ‘Boring’ sees the band taking lyrical pot-shots at trend chasers over a simple yet insanely catchy riff; ‘Lean On Me’ creeps along with vocalist Hasu singing sleepily over a lone organ backing, before some rockin’ double bass action kicks in, and the relentless pace slows slightly for the mellow but anthemic ‘Better Times’.
‘After All’ isn’t quite perfect, but overall it’s as fine an example of modern psychobilly as you could hope for – and will hopefully increase the band’s small but loyal fanbase this side of the Channel (strange how psychobilly seems to be much more popular in mainland Europe). Watch out for a clutch of UK dates in November.
Alex Gosman