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Matchbook Romance UK Tour

After releasing their second album, Voices, Matchbook Romance have confirmed they’ll be touring the UK alongside the All American Rejects. On top of the tour, their first in the UK for 2 years, they’ll be playing a one-off headline show in Newport. The dates are:

September

22nd – Birmingham Academy
23rd – Manchester Apollo
24th – Leeds UniversityRefectory
25th – Newport TJ’s
26th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
27th – Southampton Guildhall
29th – London Brixton Academy

www.matchbookromance.com

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Franz Ferdinand Documentary Details

The documentary of Franz Ferdinand’s tour of South America, filmed by Don Letts in February, will be shown on Channel 4 on September 24th at 11.50pm.

The film is 30 minutes long, an abridged version of the hour long documentary and shows the sold out shows in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, the band enjoying the Rio carnival and also the recording of 2 news songs.

www.franzferdinand.co.uk

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The Horrors News

The Horrors have announced they will release new single, Count In Fives at the end of October. The single will be released on limited edition 7″ vinyl and as a download single and will feature 2 exclusive tracks, Night Of The Long Knives and Who Says.

In addition to this release, the band will be touring on the NME Rock N Riot Tour with The Fratellis, The Dykneenies and The Maccabees. The dates of which are:

October

10th – Leeds Metropolitan Uni
11th – Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
12th – Cambridge Junction
13th – Cardiff University Great Hall
15th – London Astoria
17th – Sheffield Leadmill
18th – Bournemouth Uni
20th – Nottingham Trent Uni
22nd – Oxford Brookes Uni
23rd – Norwich Waterfront
24th – Liverpool Academy
25th – Newcastle Northumbria Uni

www.myspace.com/thehorrors

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Skateboarding News

Barely Original Issue 3

The boys of Barely Original online Zine have just released their 3rd issue with some sweet photos and video clips.

Check out the new Skegness skatepark, the Rogue Skateboards girls, a street artist named Phlegm as well as the skate artist collective known as Xynthetic, and a cool scene check out for Grimsby (Set to be the new Barca-promise!).

Click away and get lookin’ at what’s cookin’ in the Barely Original Kitchen!

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Greg Nowik is Shit?

Yeah right! Wight Trash is a new board company headed up by John Cattle over in the Isle of White and manufactured by Death.

The team consists of AVI aka (Chris Atherton), Flynn Trotman, BOD (aka Bodine Grist), Jocky, Martin Allen, Cliff Church (aka Questionaire), Sam Gryzb and Greg Nowik Nowik has some proper shit graphics in guise of a pro model for help to the nation of mini ramp riders which will be available very soon.

Check out www.wight-trash.co.uk for all the good stuff and look out for a video out spring 2007 where allegedly Ricky Grover aka BULLA provides comic relief.

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King Of New York

Throughout the month of September, DC Shoes is throwing down the gauntlet in the Big Apple to find the King of New York.

Basically, a spot in each of the 5 boroughs – Staten Island ABC ledges, Manhattan Brooklyn banks, Queens Flushing meadows, Brooklyn John Dewey High and the Bronx Rafael Hernandez Academy- will pitch 50 amateurs head to head throughout the day with the winner from each comp collecting cash, prizes and points.

The overall winner with the most points after all five stages of the competition will be proclaimed King of New York!

Check out www.dckingofnewyork.com for more.

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Am’s Getting Paid

The Ams Getting Paid comp will be taking place in Montreal over the weekend of 22nd to 24th September.

Despite the $15,000 prize money, a brand new Canadian video Yesterday’s Future showcasing the talent of local riders like Ted de Gros, Grant Patterson, Geoff Dermer, Carl Labelle, Dustin Montie and newfound resident Paul Carter.

In addition to the release of Yesterday’s Future, Vans will drop some limited edition hi-tops, as well a limited supply of boards and t-shirts to celebrate this Canadian milestone.

East Coast notables, the Zoo York team, will be present at Ams getting’ paid as it coincides with their Canadian Unbreakable Tour. Oh! And hip hop heads rejoice as New York heavy weight, Raekwon the Chef will be performing live at the comp too!

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New El-P

Def Jux top dog El-P has released another sample of his upcoming album I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead. Get along to his myspace and pimp the instrumental of Drive.

For all the updates on how the album is going, make sure to check out his blog.

In related news, Mr Dibbs, who will be doing all the cuts on the album, has decided to make a blog of his own, so we can all see how El is keeping him as a slave during the recording of the album.

Dibbs’ blog can be seen here.

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TV On The Radio Dates

After wowing crowds at the Reading and Leeds festivals, TV On The Radio are set to return to the UK in November to play a few gigs in support of their album Return To Cookie Mountain. To check them out, get to one of the following:

November

8th – Glasgow ABC2
9th – Manchester Club Academy
10th – London Koko

www.tvontheradio.com

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Free Capdown Download

Capdown are back with a new track, Home Is Where The Start Is, which wil be made available as a free download from their website on Wednesday September 19th.

Their new album Wind Up Toys will be out in 2007, a year which be preceeded by the release of physical single Keeping Up Appearances in November of this year.

To get the free track from Wednesday onwards, visit www.capdown.net.