Metropolitan Skateboards (who were in the UK this May) have welcomed Armand Voucher with jazz fusion funk for the ride.
Stereo have been Diggin’ in the Crates to find some unreleased footage of Chris Pastras, Ethan Fowler, and friends that also has some Brooklyn banks footy shot around 1994 whilst making “A Visual Sound”.
Jordan Hoffart, Tommy Fynn, Pastras, and Georgie Tsushima also have footage from Prince Park in Oceanside, CA in this. Click play for treats.
Odd Future are back with another colourful drop of Vans shoes from their Syndicate range this week. These summer Old Skool “S” sneakers have custom Golf Wang artwork on the tongue on a pink sole, Ultracush impact sockliners and Duracap reinforced uppers.
These are not available in all skate shops so check who is local to you that carry the Syndicate’s before skating down to your local.
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Death Grips RIP
It was only two weeks ago that Death Grips released another epic album pushing their unique cacophony worldwide through the web but tonight they have just announced that enough is enough from this statement below. All we can say is that if this is to be true thank you so much for bringing something so special to the scene.
“we are now at our best and so Death Grips is over. we have officially stopped. all currently scheduled live dates are canceled. our upcoming double album “the powers that b” will still be delivered worldwide later this year via Harvest/Third Worlds Records. Death Grips was and always has been a conceptual art exhibition anchored by sound and vision. above and beyond a “band”. to our truest fans, please stay legend.”
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Eugene Quell
Eugene Quell
A Great Uselessness
Sonic Anhedonic
Here’s a Eugene Quell statement to think over: “I am making the most fun and unoriginal music I have ever made”. Logically, it’s an oxymoron – I mean, where’s the fun in unoriginality? We want new, right? Thankfully, forthcoming Quell release A Great Uselessness is a sharp lesson in how to juggle nostalgia and pastiche without tarnishing the memory. And there’s plenty of fun too.
Actually, A Great Uselessness isn’t devoid of originality at all – long-time fans of Quell brainchild Tobias Hayes (Meet Me in St Louis, Shoes and Socks Off) will recognise those unexpected chords straight from the off. Sure, there’s more than a cupful of nineties fuzz and grunge thrown in there (check the Francis/Deal duet during the Pixies-esque ‘Hell Presidente’), but there are also moments of charm and freshness alongside.
That none of the four songs break the three minute barrier says a lot about the focus of the EP – there’s no time for meandering here. Instead, it feels more like Hayes’ stream-of-thought layered over lo-fi slacker-rock; a lean eleven minutes with not an ounce of fat on it.
The adrenaline-soaked lead single, ‘That One Song’, is the shot in the arm we didn’t realise we needed, with a killer hook-line that comes from nowhere but stays for days. Only ‘And There Goes The Drugs’ slows the pace of the record – a bedroom jam that relies on subtlety instead of speed to level the record out.
On the eve of the first headline Eugene Quell show this week at The Old Blue Last, and with two solid EPs under his belt, Hayes is whetting the ol’ appetite somewhat. A debut LP can’t be far away, and if it’s anything like the material we’ve already heard, it’ll be worth the wait.
A Great Uselessness is due for release from July 7th via Sonic Anhedonic.
Chris Bunt
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Wolf Alice in session
Following a Glastonbury triumph on the John Peel stage, Wolf Alice have shared a video clip of ‘Storms’, taken from their recent Toe Rag Studios session.
Their 2nd EP Creature Songs, out now on Dirty Hit Records, see’s the band raising the bar phenomenally high with four sincerely snarling songs, stream it now from their SoundCloud.
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The Proper Ornaments share new video
The Proper Ornaments have shared a new music video for their single ‘Magazine’.
Taken from recent their Fortune Pop! debut LP, Wooden Head, ‘Magazine’ see’s The Proper Ornaments showing the hazier, laid-back side to their songwriting personality. Stream the video below and grab a copy of their debut album to soundtrack your summer in an instant.
Following Mondays news of an angry local taking it upon himself to cleanse the Philadelphia neighbourhood of its commissioned Kurt Vile mural, the artist, Steve ‘ESPO’ Powers, has issued a statement on his website urging fans to forgive the offender, assuring them he will re-paint and restore the mural to it’s former glory.
“We’ll fix the wall, it will be better than it was in the first place (it’s ALWAYS better the second time). Lee the buffman is retired, now he’s Lee Major Crimes Unit. We forgive Lee, we don’t want anybody in trouble for painting a wall. And graffiti will come and go as it has since the caves in Lascaux. Let’s all go back to not caring too much either way.”
Read the full statement from Steve here.
It’s refreshing to hear that Steve is not phased by his work being defaced, happy to write the event off as a misunderstanding. Maybe we can all learn a lesson from him. Hit play below and recline.
The legendary Simon Woodstock has not one but two guest decks out on Death Skateboards this month. Famed for his larking about on a skateboard in the 90s, Woodstock’s clowning about was well documented and hit the headlines everywhere. Stoked he has made a return alongside his overseas buddy Dan Cates who also has a Clown deck out in 8.25″.
Both decks come with amazing graphics from Craig Questions with Woodstock’s Clown guest model in 8.5″. There’s also a huge 10.5″ Polka guest deck with graphics from DJ Titchener. Look out for them in your local skate shop this month.
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WKND in SF
The latest WKND Skateboards edit comes from a weekend in San Francisco fuled by No Age with Raymond Molinar, Alex Schmidt and Christian Maalouf on street duty that also has a hilarious ending for one of those on two wheels.