Skatepark chic really is becoming something in the fashion world. It was only yesterday the same thing happened with Coach, and today, poncey shoe brand Jimmy Choo have jumped on board by rolling out their collection in a bespoke built park.
Can’t wait to see the ‘premier league skateboarders’ perform when the video drops.
Readying a new music video for ‘Asleep in The Deep’, taken from last year’s acclaimed Once More ‘Round the Sun album, Mastodon have shared a preview of the visual on their Instagram account. It looks to feature an army of acid tinged cats, and a frog-lord smoking a hookah pipe too. Enjoy!
Garage punk mob Fidlar have announced a new album for September 4th. Due via Wichita, the first taste of Too comes in the form of ’40oz on repeat’, a three and a half minute scrap paired with a new music video that see’s their tongues remain firmly in cheek.
Watch the video below and head to their website here, where you can make a Gif as daft as this one.
Ph: Reece Lueng
Get jazzed up with Mike Arnold‘s offcuts from the Skateboard Cafe’s first full length video ‘Alfresco’. There’s also an interview and Reece Leung gallery feature on the Welcome blog you should have a gander at too.
In related news, congrats to Korahn Gayle who went pro for the Skateboard Cafe this weekend. Much deserved! Look out for the flick in your local SOS as it just landed this week.
The fast feet of Dom Henry have been working on a new edit for Politic, Note and distirbution crew Rock Solid this week. Enjoy Jim Craven’s work with one of Reading’s finest.
Jack Kirtley (Foreign Eye) is back with a new tee design this week and paying homage to Morrissey and the planks we cannot live without. Convinced Mozza has secret lyrics in ode to the good old street canoe, these ‘Wheel Around The Fountain’ t-shirts have found their way onto a limited print run so grab them fast like.
‘Wheel Around The Fountain, slappy on the patio”. You know it.
It’s literally raining Nick Jensen footage this week so raise a glass to Lakai who have collab’d with Nick’s very own Isle Skateboards co for a Griffin XLK shoe this week.
Look out for these at your local skate shop this summer, Roy Orbison would have been proud.
It seems that ‘luxury’ skatepark catwalks are on trend from Coach, who are repping ‘leopard print kicks’ and ‘psychedelic patterns’ as their skate park chic this weekend.
As one fashion outlet said online today: “it’s all about a mash-up of contrasting textures that reside in perfect harmony at the half pipe.” Cannot wait to get our hands on some of their tiger print flip flops to go with our new tracksuit bottoms.
#slateeverydamnday
Nopes
Nectar Of The Dogs EP
Magnetic Eye Recods
Nosediving in at suicidal levels of volume, Bay-area punk rock four-way Nopes are sure to be the most agreeable racket you’ll hear all week.
This bunch sound like they’ve just strolled out of 1985 and they don’t give a fuck. Their soon to be released Nectar Of The Dogs EP is a five track ode to the raw and the rough basement sounds of yesteryear, with opening track ‘Matinee At Market’ setting the bar dangerously high.
Tube amps cranked hot and riffs cooking to boil over, Nopes thrash out a gloriously indecipherable barrage of noise and fun throughout. With lyrics snarled and spat and ‘skins beaten thin, tracks like ‘Backdoor Breakdown’ and ‘Homecoming’ sounding like a long-lost Husker Du/Angry Samoans collab plucked from the archives and span on fast forward. But the real crowd pleaser comes with closer ‘Jingle Berries’ – a hit repeat good stomper that sends the needle peaking into the red.
Head to Magnetic Eye Records from June 16th to grab a copy of this noisy gem.
The ever-endearing Dave Grohl left an audience of thousands stunned on Friday night after being hospitalised with a broken leg just two songs into a Foo Fighters show in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The frontman tumbled off stage during a rendition of ‘Monkey Wrench’, when, while laying stranded on the floor still clutching his microphone, he announced to the Ullevi Stadium crowd, “I think I just broke my leg. But you have my promise that we’re going to come back and finish this show, but right now, I’m gonna go to hospital and fix my leg!”
Leaving drummer Taylor Hawkins with the reins, Grohl was whisked backstage where a team of medics bandaged him up and shipped him back on where he greeted the crowd stating, “I may not be able to walk or run but I can still play guitar and scream!”
Despite Grohl’s triumph in Sweden as with the band’s post-show tweet, pictured below, UK fans remain sceptical as to whether or not this will affect performances scheduled for next weekend at Wembley Stadium and at Glastonbury Festival on June 26th.
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Thank you Gothenburg. That was amazing. pic.twitter.com/BXvuxIfVEv
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) June 12, 2015