In a strange turnout, Cairo Foster has found a new home over at the Enjoi Skateboards camp.
I say strange because rumours were rife that Popwar was over resulting in a deep depression for the Corduroy Camp. Luckily the company is still afloat, but minus one of it’s founders.
Anyway, watch the wicked ad that confirms Roger’s new look here.
Seattle’s Blue Scholars have posted a blog on their myspace saying that work on their new LP is underway. Rapper Geologic stated:
“Folks returning from the third world, folks leaving for school, folks gettin laid off, folks looking for work. Summer is dying a slow death in Seattle. Perfect for a series of late night sessions in the lab concocting what will eventually become the 2ND BLUE SCHOLARS LP. If the first LP was on some summer vibe and the Long March EP invoked autumn, then this next one is – you guessed it – wintertime. Saba’s coming into his own with these melancholy hopeful beats and I’m just trying to stay focused.”
Look out for a Blue Scholars track on the next Hip Hop Radio Show here on Crossfire…
Awesome street-artist and all round genius Banksy has struck again. This time he’s been fucking with Paris Hilton’s new album.
The social kitten’s album have been tampered with and left in indy record shops and even branches of Virgin and HMV. It was confirmed by a spokeswoman for Banksy that he’d swapped Hilton’s CD for one of his own, featuring titles like “What Have I Done?”, “What Am I For?” and “Why Am I Famous?”.
He also tampered with the sleeves, making Paris naked and having a dog’s head. However, he left the bar code on the 500 doctored albums so that customers wouldn’t realise something was wrong. So far, HMV have said no-one who bought the changed CD has complained and Virgin have said that they tip their hat to him – we wonder what they would have said if we had gone in and tagged them up and drawn a poo-stache on her slapable, useless face?!
Keep it up Banksy…you can find his stuff at www.banksy.co.uk
If there’s one bowl that earns respect in Europe it’s Algorta.
Situated on a beach in Northwest Spain, the Algorta bowl is no easy terrain to tame, so when Globe Shoes run their qualification-before-last for the Bowlbash finals in the Netherlands later this month, you know the skating is top grade mind blower.
Here are the results:
1. Ivan Rivado (Sp)
2. Sebastien Daurel (Fr)
3. Norberto Mena (Sp)
4. Marc Haziza (Fr)
5. Roman Astleitner (Au)
Best trick: Ivan Rivado, Frontside Hurricane
Billy Talent have invited the awesome Reuben to be the support on their European tour, which will include a number of UK dates. If you want to check out this great line up, then get yourself to one of the following shows:
September:
7th – Southampton Guildhall
8th – London Hammersmith Palais
9th – Bristol Academy
13th – Wolves Wulfrun Hall
14th – Dublin TBMC
15th – Glasgow ABC
16th – Manchester Academy
The UK Skateboard Association website has launched a new interview feature with Skater Owned Shops this week.
The first interview comes from Bingo, the owner of Mischief skate shop up in Stockton-On-Tees.
To read the interview and check up on all of the UK’s skate park projects and more, visit www.ukskate.org.uk
Pete King’s Vauxhall vert ramp will be turning up on Brighton beach this weekend (9th-10th September).
The ramp will get rinsed by skaters Pete King, Andy Scott and Dave Allen, alongside BMX riders Bas Keep and Zack Shaw for Best Trick and Highest Air Comps.
Local turntablists such as J.F.B. (Vestax Champ/Battlejam/Movement) and DJ Buckwilde (DMC Finalist/Fatboy Slim tour DJ) will be providing the audio backdrop for the weekend along with secret special guests.
Click here for more info.
Crossfire favourite Kelley Stoltz returns to the UK to play dates this month at the venues below.
Check www.electriccity.org for his site and click here to listen to his track Please Visit Soon that kicks off the last Hangover Session radio show we delivered for you – click the flag on entry.
14 Sep 06 Spitz London
17 Sep 06 End of the Road Festival Dorset
18 Sep 06 Bonaventure Bristol
19 Sep 06 Flapper & Firkin Birmingham
20 Sep 06 Boardwalk Sheffield
21 Sep 06 The Junction York
24 Sep 06 The Tunnels Aberdeen
25 Sep 06 King Tut’s Glasgow
27 Sep 06 Crawdaddy Dublin
28 Sep 06 Central Station Wrexham
29 Sep 06 Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff
30 Sep 06 West End Centre Aldershot
OK, light one up and then press the ‘play track‘ button on this page as you need to read this whilst tuning into the music for it to have the best effects.
Comets on Fire are back with a new album on Sub Pop records that needs your attention, especially if you like vegging out to psychedelic rock under the influence. ‘Avatar‘ is a 7 track LP that boasts 70’s rock and blues from start to finish reminding you that stoner rock never ages, it just matures. And if maturity is waht you are looking for in your quest for the unltimate bong load then look no further as tracks such as the opener ‘Dogwood Rust’ is a psychedelic trainride plummetting into an abyss of continuous dirty basslines and snazzy guitar noodling – a real winner to kick start such a wonderful journey.
But this is just 7 minutes of 45 merging into ‘Jaybird’ that builds into chaos and then allows your heart beat to calm down whilst birds sing out the mellow jams that follow. Fuzzy guitars are not all what this album is about though as the delightful piano come-down of ‘Lucifer’s Memory‘ clears the air. This is a temporary lull though as the rolling drums of ‘The Swallows Eye‘ builds towards the rip roaring ‘Holy Teeth‘ where the band go mental with screaming vocals and solo’s that could shave a mans balls. Avatar then ducks out with the meandering ‘Sour Smoke‘ and the rock filled ‘Hatched Upon the Age‘ completing this trip with magnitude and style.
This album is out right now and has a bit of everything, from the golden years of the 70’s acid rock to the early 80’s rocking warlords of metal, go find it and have a night in with the devil…
Live dates:
06-Oct London ICA
07-Oct Nottingham TBC
08-Oct Glasgow Mono
10-Oct Galway Roisin Dubh
11-Oct Belfast, Auntie Annie’s
12-Oct Dublin, Whelans
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