Zero 7, who are coming off the back of a sell out US tour which included the Hollywood Bowl, are back in the UK and will continue to showcase material from their 3rd album The Garden. The dates in the UK are as follows:
October:
25th – Sheffield, Plug
26th – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
27th – Manchester, Academy
28th – London, Brixton Academy
When Element realized there was a lot of untapped talent abroad, it didn’t take long for the Element Europe team to start turning heads and make a name for themselves on the old continent.
Well, today the skate world is no longer reduced to the West Coast of America and a lot of the major American companies are following Element’s trail and starting up their own Euro divisions.
So far Blind have scooped up Jani Laitiala but couldn’t get their hands on Petr Horvat who chose Habitat Europe, and finally Zero has started sending equipment to Dominic Dietrich. Apparently the Chief tried his hardest to get Steve Forstner but Steve stood strong and remains on Antiz Skateboards.
Globe Shoes have also been working hard promoting their Euro team, and this footage proves that Europe is the place to be right now..
What’s all this then, it seems Consolidated Skateboards have designed a shoe aptly titled the ‘Drunk‘ featuring a stylish banana logo…..
New decks for Karma, Bailey, Roberto Aleman, and Jub are all featured in the new Consolidated catalogue that you can view here.
The Deftones are returning to the music scene with their first full album since their self-titled effort of 2003. The new album, Saturday Night Wrist, will feature the vocal talents of Serj Tankian of System Of A Down on the track Mein. The tracklist for the album is:
1. Hole In The Earth
2. FM
3. Beware
4. Cherry Waves
5. Mein
6. Interlude
7. Tilde
8. Rats!Rats!Rats!
9. Pink Cellphone
10. Combat
11. The Earth
12. Comanche
The first single, Hole In The Earth, can be viewed here:
If you’re skating through Lyon (France) on the 10th September, make sure you drop by the Skatepark in Gerland for Wall Street Skateshop’s first “Street” contest.
No major prize money. No extreme camera men. No frills – Just chill. The party starts at 11am and there are prizes to be won for everyone.
Check out the Wall Street website for more info and updated footage of their team riders
Snakes On A Plane starring Samuel L. Jackson – is it a hit or miss? That is what the critics are saying but what about the soundtrack?
We can tell you that it’s not an average crappy soundtrack featuring Celine Dion and Whitney Houston (who is alleged to have a fan in Osama Bin Laden thesedays!) but it is made up of many Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen acts that you may well of heard of by now.
Cobra Starship, fronted by former Midtown member Gabe Saporta, was asked to write the title song to this inevitably smash hit movie and invited friends William Beckett (from The Academy Is…), Travis McCoy (from Gym Class Heroes) and Maja Ivarsson (from The Sounds) to help him out. The result is completely catchy, aided by a belting chorus from Saporta, divided by bridges and verses from his guest stars, who all add their individual characteristics to the tempo of the tune.
As well as featured remixes from Fall Out Boy, The Academy Is…, Panic! At The Disco, Gym Class Heroes and The Hush Sound, other tracks come from The Bronx, Armor For Sleep, the All-American Rejects, Jack’s Mannequin and Coheed and Cambria among other lesser known artists.
Check out the track list below, this record is out now.
Tracklisting:
1. Cobra Starship (with The Academy Is…, Gym Class Heroes and the Sounds) – “Snakes On A Plane (Bring It)” – play the video on this page
2. Panic! at the Disco – “The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage” (Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire Remix)
3. The Academy Is… – “Black Mamba” (Teddybears Remix)
4. Cee-Lo Green and Organized Noize – “Ophidiophobia”
5. All-American Rejects – “Can’t Take It” (El Camino Prom Wagon Mix)
6. The Sounds – “Queen Of Apology” (Patrick Stump Remix)
7. Fall Out Boy – “Of All The Gin Joints In All The World” (Tommie Sunshine’s Brooklyn Fire Retouch)
8. Gym Class Heroes – “New Friend Request” (Hi-Tek Remix)
9. The Bronx – “Around The Horn” (Louis XIV Remix) – play this track on this page
10. Armor For Sleep – “Remember To Feel Real” (Machine Shop Remix)
11. The Hush Sound – “Wine Red” (Tommie Sunshine’s Brooklyn Fire Retouch)
12. Jack’s Mannequin – “Bruised” (Remix)
13. Coheed And Cambria – “Wake Up” (Acoustic)
14. Donavon Frankenreiter – “Lovely Day”
15. Michael Franti & Spearhead – “Hey Now Now”
16. Trevor Rabin – “Snakes on a Plane – the Theme” (Score)
Missy Elliot is to release a collection of her greatest hits on September 4th, entitled Respect ME. From her debut video in 1997 for The Rain, Missy has always tried new things and push boundaries in mainstream rap and she has sold over 10 million copies of her albums worldwide. The tracklisting is:
1. Get Ur Freak On
2. Lose Control
3. 4 My People [Basement Jaxx Remix]
4. We Run This
5. Work It
6. Gossip Folks
7. One Minute Man
8. I’m Really Hot
9. Pass That Dutch
10. Beep Me 911
11. The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
12. All In My Grill
13. Hit Em Wit Da Hee
14. Hot Boys
15. Sock It To Me
16. She’s A Bitch
17. Teary Eyed
You can check some of her classic videos here:
She’s A Bitch
Windows Media High
Windows Media Low
Real Player High
Real Player Low
Lose Control
Windows Media High
Windows Media Low
Real Player High
Real Player Low
Gomez, after having released their 5th studio album this year and playing to big crowds in Australia and the US, have announced an 11 date UK tour for November this year. The support will come from Josh Ritter and the dates are:
November
16th – Whitehaven, Civic Hall
17th – Preston, 53 Degrees
18th – Glasgow, Barrowlands
20th – Oxford, Brooks University
21st – Birmingham, Academy
23rd – London, Hammersmith Apollo
24th – Cambridge, Junction
25th – Keele, University
26th – Brighton, Old Market
28th – Dublin, Ambassador
29th – Belfast, Mandella Hall
The DMC World Championships for 2006 are to be held at the Hammersmith Palais on September 10th and 11th. Sunday will see the team event, a b-boy competition, live PAs from Skibadee and DJ Chrissy Chriss and DJ Enferno [2003 US DMC Champ] will showcase the Live Remix Project 2006.
On Monday, you’ll be able to see the individual DMC Championships and former champions Cutmaster Swift, 3 time champion DJ Noize, DJ Kentaro, DJ Dopey, DJ Craze and Plus One.
The competition will have 3 key events: The Battle For World Supremacy, a head-to-head knock out tournament; The Team Event, a team event [2, 3 or 4 members] using up to 8 turntables to battle each other; The Individual Event, the main solo event to crown the 2006 World DMC Champion.
The competition is broken down into three key events: The Battle For World Supremacy, a solo head-to head knock out with rounds leading to the last two DJs standing. The Team Event, which features teams of two, three or four DJ’s using up to 8 turntables to battle each other. And finally – the Individual Event, the main solo event to find and crown the new DMC World DJ Champion.
The event will be hosted by Killa Kela and MC Trip and will also feature live performances and graffiti. Tickets are £15 a day or £25 for both days and can be bought from www.dmcworld.com
It’s time to dust off the that old copy of Streets On Fire and grab your old slick stick because Santa Cruz are about to release V-Day: a video by their Veteran’s Division.
The video is a sort of documentary about the skating of Jason Jessee, Eric Dressen, Tom Knox and Keith Meek. There are also cameos of some of today’s major skate stars explaining how much of an influence the Santa Cruz Veterans were.
Watch the trailer here .