Today, 22nd August, Friends of Stockwell Skatepark are hosting a Jam at short notice. If you’re around today and need something to do, get down for the usual BBQ, Music and overall good vibes. Even if you’ve got something to do, ditch it. What’s better than skating after all?
3pm onwards and run it into the night, everyone is welcome.
Learn a little more about Britain’s friendliest place to skate, Stockwell AKA Brixton Beach below.
Today Long Live Southbank have released a 50 page document proposing that the full area of the Southbank undercroft be restored to it’s original design and vision of the architects.
This spot is of absolute paramount importance to the UK skate scene. Southbank has been a home to skaters from every imaginable background since 1973, making it not only one of the oldest skated places in the UK but in the world too.
Southbank supports the development of the young and is a centerpiece to our community, bringing all types together and feeding the creative, supplying opportunities that are rarely seen in any other place but can all be found in this hub. Sadly, in 2004/5 two thirds of the space was closed off for temporary storage. It has been closed since and the landowners have failed to fulfill their promise of reopening it.
LLSB has already saved the remaining third with over 150,000 signatures, the largest signed building permissions objection in British History. They now aim to restore Southbank to it’s former glory.
Read more about the proposal here and drop a line to info@llsb.com if you’re interested in helping out.
Organika Skateboards have thrown out this tidy edit from their recent trip to Spokane, Washington.
Follow the good vibes, watch this and get out shredding with your crew!
The guys over at Rock Solid Dist bring to you their third installment of edits featuring a ton of their staff, friends and Bristolian locals.
Dig into this one and check out the others here.
Rock Solid EDit 3.0 from Rock Solid Dist. on Vimeo.
Florida’s own Kevin Perez has cooked up a banging indie skate film called EXHIBIT. To celebrate TWS released this part from the film. Caleb Hook handles some seriously tight spots with a pop sure to blow his own ankles off, take it all in and then go buy yourself a copy of EXHIBIT.
Brixton and Independent Trucks are proud to be in partnership on an exciting project called “Friendly Union” for this fall!
This workwear inspired denim jacket with a modern twist and tons of premium finishings is one of the finest pieces from the new collection and is bound to sell like hot cakes.
More products from the collection can be seen belowbut if you’d like to view the full range check it out here. Get pestering your local shop for these.
Hey Colossus
‘Hop The Railings’
Rocket Recordings
These six sonic warriors only released their last record in February this year but prolificacy has prevailed with the announcement of Radio Static High, Hey Colossus’ 10th album release, due via Rocket Recordings this October 2nd.
Continually evolving and mutating onwards from their caustic early releases, guitarist Jonathan Richards explains, “after 12 years functioning in a Noiserock/Doom/Kraut/whatever scene of sorts, and being aware of unwanted repetition, we feel it is more subversive for us to compose songs with rigid song structures than it is to absentmindedly clang off another riff-athon.”
The album’s first cut ‘Hop The Railings’ confirms this proposed swerve of direction, laying down a mesmeric, rigorous and driving groove that never once falters through its cosmic six-minute lap. Hear it below and be sure to catch them live in London on October 9th.
Tour Dates
September
5th – The Audacious Art Experiment, Sheffield
11th – Double Dot Bash, Reading
26th – Liverpool Psych Festival, Liverpool
October
1st – Sticky Mike’s, Brighton
3rd – The Exchange, Bristol
9th – Electrowerkz, London (album launch party)
10th – Chameleon Arts Café, Nottingham
November
12th – The Firefly, Worcester
14th – Artsmith Gallery, Derby
20th – Islington Mill, Salford
All Aboard is a stunning new film documenting a bunch of friends temporarily living the vagrant life hopping trains from Florida to California and tearing up the streets on their journey. Accompanying the good warm days are the luxuries a tramp cannot afford, sleeping rough in urban landscapes can only bring vulnerable sleepless nights.
Watch the life affirming trailer below.
All Aboard – Official Trailer from Shoulda Danished on Vimeo.
This week Caste released this edit of Nate Pezzillo to promote their latest collab with Traffic Skateboards, the edit also commemorates Nate’s new addition to the Traffic team.
Definitely one to feed the morning stoke right before you push out the door.
CASTE x TRAFFIC – Nate Pezzillo from Caste Quality on Vimeo.
Yes. The Nirvana front-man and song-writing genius’ death is set to be further capitalised upon this coming November 6th, when the Montage of Heck DVD will be released with an accompanying ‘solo album’ comprised of MORE previously unheard solo material recorded by Cobain some 20+ years ago.
Montage of Heck director Brett Morgen is said to have found the recordings that will make up this album when sifting through the extensive Cobain archives for home demos. Commenting on the album in a recent interview with Bedford & Bowery, Morgen said listeners “will feel like you’re kind of hanging out with Kurt Cobain on a hot summer day in Olympia, Washington as he fiddles about,” adding that “it’s not a Nirvana album, it’s just Kurt, and you’re going to hear him do things you never expected to come out of him.”
As yet untitled, this ‘solo LP’ is due November 6th. Look out for further announcements online and head here for more Cobain controversy, courtesy of Buzz from the Melvins.