Sore Skateboards team rider Myles Rushforth takes to the streets in this new edit from up North. Watch the Barnsley local tackle some rough spots with ease here in this new welcome to Sore clip.
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We always look forward to Daniel Evans’ edits knowing that you will always be treated to some concrete slaying from someone out in the North West of the US. This week, Thomas Nichols steps up with a sick edit shot in various pools, bowls and parks. Press play for treats.
DGK have released their West Coast b-sides from the Parental Advisory DVD this morning. Click play for 7 minutes of banging extra footage that didn’t make the cut.
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The Couch Potato #5
It’s been an amazing month for feature length videos being uploaded to the web. From classic Creature flicks to the latest Bones video, Girl and Chocolate b-side remixes to the beautiful work of Chris Mulhern’s latest Philly project, March has offered a solution to the seriously freezing weather that we have outside here in the UK.
Get the teas on, get your feet up and get ready for this month’s selection of long playing skate vids.
THE PHILADELPHIA PROJECT
Chris Mulhern returns with another incredible video production, this time looking back to the good old days of Philadelphia. Inspired by nostalgia from the deep history of skateboarding there over the years and a military program from 1943, Mulhern’s vision is simply sent back in time to feature the skills of Mark Suciu, Ricky Geiger, Ishod Wair, Jordan Trahan, Devon Connell, Fred Gall, Matt Reason, Ricky Oyola and many more. An absolute must watch.
BONES WHEELS – NEW GROUND
The brand new Bones Wheels video was released a couple of week’s back as a free download. It’s here in its entirety and stuffed full of amazing skateboarding from Jaws, Randy Ploesser, Ryan Decenzo, Marty Murawski, Chad Bartie, David Gravette, and Adam Dyet, Jake Duncombe, Ronnie Creager, Jimmy Cao, John Motta and many more.
DOG – GIRL AND CHOCOLATE ‘B-SIDES’
The Tennyson Corporation have re-edited Pretty Sweet’s B-sides and made a tasty new offering coming in at 37 mins. This edit features an off the wall Koston part, plenty of footage of the rest of the Girl team. Recommended viewing.
STEREO SKATEBOARDS – A VISUAL SOUND
Released in 1994 this classic flick featuring Chris Pastras, Jason Lee, Mike Daher, Greg Hunt, Mike Frazier, Matt Rodriguez and Ethan Fowler is one of the most influential videos of all time. Watch it online here.
GREYSCALE
Cuong Ngo’s Grayscale video has over 20 minutes of East Coast street skating featuring Boston scene and beyond. Pick it up on DVD here.
IN CRUST WE TRUST
Shot and edited by Wes Van Heest, this upbeat 37 minute long player was filmed across spots in New Jersey with the Stimulus and Stay Stackin’ crews.
CREATURE – BORN DEAD
The first full length Creature video ‘Born Dead’ from 2006 is online with sections from Al Partanen, Alex Horn, Cody Boat, Darren Navarrette, David Gravette, Drew Potter, John Ponts, Josh Perkins and Sam Hitz. Hesh to the hilt.
PUKRID
‘Skate ‘Til you Puke’ have uploaded a 30 minute video featuring The Lifeblood and Independent Euro teams as they roll around Europe’s parks and street spots.
MINUS RAMPS – TRUE INSPIRATION
Find a disused pool or ditch. Clean it up and skate it. Some members of Minus Ramps and General Sherman´s Floats show you just how gnarly DIY life can be. In the first two weeks of February this year, spots in Los Angeles, San Diego and El Centro were found and sessioned. This edit features the work of Chad “JR” Leblanc, William “Soup” Campbell, Chris Cope, Landjunge “JP” Kraus, Sam Hitz and many more. The ender is ridiculous.
Live Review:
My Bloody Valentine
Hammersmith Apollo
12th March 2013
As a devout fan of My Bloody Valentine, Kevin Shields, Fender Jaguars and everything surrounding these three golden Shoegaze fundamentals, I was utterly stoked when I discovered the Valentine’s had announced a tour of their new record mbv and more importantly, that they were to descend upon London for a string of live dates in March.
To my own surprise, I am more sceptical than excited about My Bloody Valentine’s performance tonight. Almost in disbelief that this mysterious, genre defining outfit are actually about to climb onto the stage at the Hammersmith Apollo before my very eyes. My reservations are scuppered when Kevin Shields, Bilinda Butcher, Debbie Googe and Colm O’Ciosoig materialize from back stage, easing into hypnotic crowd pleaser ‘I Only Said’, one of my personal favourite tracks from Loveless. It sounds sweet.
Eager to hear some new material from what was probably the most anticipated album in alternative music since 1991: mbv, the quartet’s third album and follow-up to Loveless is unveiled with, ‘New You’. A track with an almost-Hip-Hop drum beat paired with shimmery tremolo guitar grooves; typically My Bloody Valentine, typically awesome.
Despite remaining spellbound by Shields’ whammy bar wielding guitar wizardry, I begin to wonder why tonight’s set has such a narrow selection of their new material. There are plenty of the old favourites thrown in there, ‘Only Shallow’, expectedly sends everyone nuts and pre Loveless ‘Thorn’ and ‘Cigarette in Your Bed’ receive rapturous applause from the 5000 strong crowd. Yet only three tracks from mbv are on offer tonight from Shields & Co. Is this simply because they reached their peak with Loveless all those 22 years ago? Only Kevin knows.
It is at this point when the arguably most famous feature of My Bloody Valentine’s live shows is about to commence. Midway into ‘You Made Me Realise’, the bowel shaking cacophony of overdriven guitar feedback and fuzz that literally sounds like a space ship taking off increased in volume by the minute. I’m not entirely sure how long it lasted for, but time seemed to stand still during this insane breakdown.
My delicate criticisms toward their set list now seem irrelevant after that aural telling off, however up until this penultimate track I have been wondering, “is this as loud as it’s gonna get?”. Be it the Hammersmith Apollo’s acoustics or a timid soundman I am unsure, but something wasn’t quite right for the duration of My Bloody Valentine’s gig. I know their trademark sound comprises of Bilinda’s sugary sweet whispers fading in and out of those fuzzy guitars but at some points, when unaccompanied by Kevin’s harmony; she was inaudible. To add to that, after hearing so much hype and rumour about the sheer volume of this band’s live shows I was expecting it to be a lot louder. Regardless, after experiencing ‘You Made Me Realise’ my hearing is a little delicate this morning.
I loved My Bloody Valentine before this gig and I continue to afterward. Other than a little throbbing sensation in my ears, I’m left thinking one thing; did the Valentines need to do this whole third album and tour malarkey? No. And nobody thought they ever would again. But after 22 years in the making they’re still playing sold out shows, and even if they didn’t quite live up to my expectations at the Hammersmith Apollo, they continue to blaze a musical trail wherever they roam.
Dave Palmer
The good folk at Freestyle Skateparks are up to their knees in mud (and snow) this week whilst the concrete is pouring on the all-new Level park in Brighton. No transitions have been sprayed yet so it’s still very much a building site, but here are some images for you to have a look over including the latest update of the visual with the central ‘spine’ of the bowl rolled over and a 30ft half pipe.
I think that you will agree that she is looking mighty fine.
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New Raekwon & Ghostface Killah tracks
After Method Man revealed that there’s a new Wu Tang album in the works to celebrate 20 years of the Clan both Raekwon & Ghostface Killah have dropped new licks online this week.
Raekwon has released a tune from his F.I.L.A. project with JD ERA scheduled for June. Whilst Ghostface stars on a collaboration with film composer Adrian Younge. Have a listen here.
Raekwon-whatever baby. (feat. JD Era)
Enemies [feat. The Delfonics] from Twelve Reasons To Die by Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge.
Ged Wells will showcase a brand new INSANE exhibition at Getaround Skateshop on the Isle of Wight in Newport from Friday 15th March. Expect a selection of his finest works on display back in home territory to celebrate the new launch of the classic brand that graced skateboarding in the 80s. Still as fresh as a daisy. Find them at www.insaneoriginals.co.uk
Knowing that our winter has been so tiring since last November and skating has been limited as a result of the freezing temperatures, look forward to having some freedom again from wearing big jackets and woolly hats. As the Spring kicks in, short sleeve shorts will be needed to cope with the heat that we have missed all winter and it cannot come soon enough.
If you have already started to look around for some new threads, TNT has a new short sleeve woven workwear shirt out on Fourstar this month for those who like simple but effective clothing to skate in. This tough little number should take a few slams and comes out the bag in either vertical stripe or solid slub chambray. Available in Pirate and Blue colours in your local skate shop now.
Are you that bloke that can’t tre flip perfectly because your jeans don’t allow your legs to widen that extra two inches? The solution has been out there for years with the combination of cotton and polyester but Fourstar have nailed it in their latest Spring 2013 collection. Every signature jean is made with both so that the denim is allowed to stretch slightly, meaning you can actually move and are not limited when you skate.
Eric Koston’s new signature pant was relased last week and comes in either slim jim or standard fit. I chose the black ones with a button fly but they also have zips and come in Indigo Stonewash, Indigo Rinse, Black Stonewash and Black Rinse colours. Grab some of these to get you through the summer month’s ahead and you will thank Fourstar come September.
