Those who grew up wearing Stussy with pride will appreciate this archived BBC documentary on the brand that took surf and skate by storm and spread like wildfire. Still out there and still one of the best.
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‘French’ Fred Mortagne has unleashed more archived footage from the making of Flip’s ‘Sorry’. This episode sees the infamous Santa Monica Triple Set get sessioned by Rowley, Salabanzi and Arto Saari.
SS20 skate shop in Oxford are celbrating 25 years in the game this Saturday September 14th by throwing a huge local jam to celebrate. If you head down to the new OWP Skatepark on Meadow Lane you will find Mon and a huge crew of Oxford skateboarders getting stuck into the concrete there with stone baked pizza’s, music, beers and much more going down.
Congrats to everyone who has worked in this skater owned shop serving skateboarders for a quarter of a century, it’s a massive milestone.
Here we are again, the shortlist for The Mercury Prize 2013 has been announced. Check out these 12 albums of the year below and leave a comment with your own predictions. Here’s a picture of the most esteemed winners. Our money’s on Dave this year.
Arctic Monkeys – AM
David Bowie – The Next Day
Disclosure – Settle
Foals – Holy Fire
Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg
James Blake – Overgrown
Jon Hopkins – Immunity
Laura Marling – Once I Was An Eagle
Laura Mvula – Sing To The Moon
Rudimental – Home
Savages – Silence Yourself
Villagers – Awayland
The winner will be announced at the Mercury Prize awards show on the 30th October, taking place in the Camden Roundhouse.
Henry Edwards-Wood and Chewy Cannon responded firmly last night on the position of LLSB on behalf of skateboarders and criticised the proposed new design plans move skateboarding underneath the Hungerford Bridge.
We noticed today that a few comments online have criticised the fact that we published SBC’s design plans, and you are all entitled to your own opinions, but this battle is ongoing and skateboarders are entitled to know what is happening out there.
So far we have covered this from day one, shot videos, covered events and backed saving Southbank to the hilt. Our opinions have not changed here. We would like to see the banks stay in the same area that has carved out a ton of history over the many years it has been there for us all.
The big question now though is where does this all go next?
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Drones
Drones
‘Free Marked Kid’
Lockjaw Records
Founded in 2010, Camberley punk rockers Drones have made quite an impact on the UK scene, playing anywhere and everywhere with a PA system. The band signed to Lockjaw records in 2011, to release their debut LP ‘Mutiny’. Their forthcoming EP ‘Free Marked Kid’ was released on September 9th via Lockjaw Records.
Drones are coming out with songs which are nothing unfamiliar in the progression of the hardcore scene. However by no means is that a bad thing. After listening to ‘Empty Words’ it’s clear that the band have honed their sound well. The vocal combination of harsh, raw screams folding into catchy upbeat choruses is backed by energetic riffage and pacey drums. Drones seem caught between the melodies of Rise Against and the sheer ginger brutality of pre-Wade Gallows.
Download ‘Empty Words’ for free here.
Henry Jackson
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Best Friends
Best Friends
AA Side
Straight outta Yorkshire, this foursome make surf tinged garage pop that bites. Happy Anniversary / Nosebleeds is Best Friends new AA side and it’s great.
Opener ‘Happy Anniversary’ starts with phasers unwinding behind a sedated Damon Albarn-esque vocal before the beat picks up and runs with an infectiously catchy riff that hooks in and shreds its way around your ears. ‘Nosebleeds’ is a belter straight from the off. Led by a mean bass riff, this track could get way heavier if it wanted to, and on stage booming out of the PA I’m sure it does, but here they’re keeping it reigned in with a stripped back verse and a cool jam section leading into the last chorus perfectly.
Infested with catchy hooks and indie groove, these two tracks do share exactly the same blue print but it totally works.
Happy Anniversary / Nosebleeds is due for release September 23rd on Art Is Hard Records.
Pre-Order your copy from Art Is Hard here.
Dave Palmer
Head honcho of rap collective OFWGKTA, Tyler, The Creator has dropped a preview of what appears to be a full length movie. Wolf is the first full length project Tyler has undertaken aside an array of music videos for his rap collective, Odd Future.
Directed by ‘Wolf Haley’ – Tyler’s go to pseudonym when practicing the cinematic arts – the short clip below offers an insight to the film, ever the enigma, he hasn’t exactly revealed a release date yet. With little to go on from this clip all we can assume is that with the ‘R’ rating that closes this trailer, it’s going to be grisly. Or it could all just be a big hoax!
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Real Estate ‘LP3’ Teaser
Today Real Estate gave us a sneaky peek at what they’ve been up to over the summer in the form of this 24 second teaser. Hidden away in the studio, it looks like they’ve invested summer ’13 into crafting another dreamy album for us to soak up.
A highly anticipated follow up to ‘Days’ is on its way, click play to watch the teaser video for ‘LP3’ and ponder over the 24 seconds of music they’ve laid out to whet your appetite.
The very first drop from the newly launched 3D Skateboards have been revealed this week as Brian Anderson’s new company takes shape.
Austyn Gillette has his razor deck available in 8″ and 8.5″, Anderson’s Banana graphic comes also 8″ and 8.5″, Gillette’s Thrashin’ inspired deck comes as 7.875″ and 8″ and there’s the new Bear graphics too that have found themselves on clothing.
