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American Eyes UK Debut!

Neo-gothic Punks American Eyes are hitting these shores for the first time as they support Thursday and Taking Back Sunday. The quintent from LA will also play their own headline show at Camden’s Barfly, where the first 50 people through the doors will get a free copy of their EP and the Warped Tour’s 2006 compilation that features one of their tracks.

Check out an unedited version of their new video on their site here.

Their dates are:

May

26th – Oxford Zodiac w/ Thursday

27th – Liverpool Uni w/ Taking Back Sunday

28th – Manchester Academy w/ Thursday

29th – Glasgow Garage w/ Thursday

30th – Birmingham Academy w/ Thursday

31st – Portsmouth Wedgwood Rooms w/ Thursday

June

1st – London Electric Ballroom w/ Thursday

6th – London Barfly

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The Briggs Tour

The Briggs are coming to play some UK dates as part of their European tour, and are currently finishing the recording of their new album. Check them out at any of these shows:

July

7th – Swindon Furnace

8th – Camberley Camberley Town Football

9th – Ashton Under Lyne ­ The Witchwood

10th – Hull The Ring Side

www.thebriggs.org

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Skateboarding News

Emerica Go On A Wild Ride

Hunter S. Thompson was a journalist ahead of his time, and before the fame that was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter caught people’s attention with Hells Angels- a hell ride with one of America’s most feared gangs. Hunter infiltrated the biker crew and actually became good friends with a few of the burly men and women, partying together and rolling of course.

However, the relationship came to a halt when a few misinformed and disgruntled Angels gave Hunter a beat down he wouldn’t forget. You see the Angels were a bit of a phenomenon back in the day, but the media hardly ever gave them a good rap. With a head full of booze and pills, the Hells Angels got confused and decided Hunter was no longer a on their side…

What does all that have to do with Emerica and their plans to tour through Middle America on their Harley Davidson’s for the Wild Ride Tour? Not much apart from the motorcycles, I suppose. Check these dates and cities and see if you want to hit the road and tag along:

June 11: Denver, Colorado
June 12: Hays, Kansas
June 13: Wichita, Kansas
June 14: Kansas City, Missouri
June 15: Columbia, Missouri
June 16: Manchester, Missouri
June 17: Springfield, Illinois
June 18: Driving day–head toward Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 19: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Visit www.emericaskate.com/features/wild-ride for more info.

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Humanzi Dates

Humanzi are back in the UK playing alongside Battle before they continue touring through June with the White Rose Movement in preparation for their upcoming debut album Tremors, due out in July. A single, Diet Pills And Magazines, will come out on July 3rd.

The dates are:

May

20th – Northampton Soundhaus
21st – Manchester Club Academy
22nd – Leicester Charlotte
24th – Hampshire West End Centre
25th – Preston 53 Degrees
26th – Ipswich Drum & Monke
27th – Middlesbrough Empire
29th – Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
30th – York Fibbers
31st – Newcastle Academy

June

1st – London Kings College
3rd – Stoke Sugarmill

www.humanzi.com

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The Jesus And Mary Chain Re-issues

Scottish legends, The Jesus And Mary Chain are to re-release some of their classic albums on July 11th. The albums in question will be: Psychocandy, Darklands, Automatic, Honey’s Dead and Stoned & Dethroned and will be re-issued by Rhino Records. The re-issues will also feature DVDs with videos from that specific album. They are:

Psychocandy: Just Like Honey, You Trip Me Up and Never Understand;

Darklands: April Skies, Darklands and Happy When It Rains;

Automatic: Her Way Of Praying, Head On and Blues From A Gun;

Honey’s Dead: Almost Gold, Reverence and Far Gone And Out;

Stoned & Dethroned: Come On, Snakedriver and Sometimes Always.

www.rhino.com

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Skateboarding Product Reviews

Ipath Standard Rinse Jean

There’s only so much you can say about a pair of Jeans, so I’ve racked up as much information as possible for the “dedicated followers of fashion”.

First off, these have a simple design and are very comfortable…super comfortable actually! The waist is pretty low and they sit nice and relaxed around your middle. No creeping up your belly or dropping off your ass, they fit well! The legs are 100% straight and have enough room for movement. They seem to be a relaxed fit, not Boulala (drain piped), nor Penny (baggy). They remind me of 501’s really, with a slightly wider opening at the bottom. They come button flied and sport the usual 5-pocket regime, with a cute I-path logo embroidered on each bum-cheek for the OG Look!

They are extremely lightweight with 55%/45% cotton-denim running together. These are perfect for the up and coming summer, trust me, it’s like skating in cords! Only thing is, they don’t rip like cords. I recently attended my aunts wedding and ran across the room, sliding on my knees for most of the evening and they haven’t ripped at all, nor have they gone white like my previous playground ones. They are bang on and I am really impressed by them!

These were designed for the summer, so go and get your sweats on…

www.ipath.com

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New Paddingtons Material!

Upstarts The Paddingtons, who rocked the Crossfire/Relentless boat party off its moorings, are back with new material, which can be found on their upcoming Back To The Bus compilation. The series is to show fans what groups listen to when they’re on their tour bus and the Paddingtons’ version is due out on June 26th, with a new track from the sessions for their 2nd album put on it.

The tracklisting hasn’t been released by it’ll feature songs by the likes of Iggy and the Stooges, Joy Division, The Clash and The Housemartins. The compilation will end with a chat with the band about their experiences on the road, called Tourbus Tales.

www.thepaddingtons.net

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Guardian Hay Festival Line Up

PJ Harvey and Nicky Wire have announced they are to be part of the Guardian Hay Festival, which is held at Hay-On-Wye between May 26th and June 4th.

Wire’s set will be a solo acoustic set and he will play in the festival cinema on the final day with Harvey playing the opening night.

Other performers will be Katherine Jenkins and comedians Gina Yashere and Jimmy Carr.

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Bjork Releasing Box Set

Icelandic pixie Bjork is going to release a box set of her albums, which will span 1993’s Debut to 2005’s Drawing Restraint 9. This box set will be out on June 27th. Of these 7 albums, 5 will contain promo videos:

Debut will have the videos for Venus As A Boy, Play Dead, Human Behaviour, Big Time Sensuality and Violently Happy;

Post will include Isobel, It’s Oh So Quiet, Army Of Me, Hyper-Ballad, I Miss You and Possibly Maybe;

The videos for Hunter, Joga, Bachelorette, All Is Full Of Love and Alarm Call will be found on the Homogenic album;

Vespertine will hold the videos for Cocoon, Nature Is Ancient, Its In Our Hands, Hidden Place and Pagan Poetry and finally Medulla will have videos for Who Is It, Where Is The Line, Oceania, Triumph Of Heart and Desired Constellation.

www.bjork.com

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Atmosphere Return To UK!

Crossfire favourites and underground kingpins Atmosphere are returning to the UK to play 2 shows in July, following their packed out shows last February.

The Minnesotan act will be playing in Nottingham and London with albino labelmate Brother Ali once again taking on opening act duties. The shows are:

July 10th – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
July 11th – London Koko.

If you know what’s good for you, and we think you do, then make sure you get along to these shows. Mindblowing stuff.

www.rhymesayers.com