To celebrate Jon Nguyen‘s first pro model with Isle Skateboards, Carson Lee and Dave Chami got together to make this rad retrospective of Jon from the last 10 years. Get those teas on.
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Preview: Cosmosis Festival
Seldom do I comment on something that is going on outside of Brighton, however, on the odd occasion a real special event comes along that just grabs my attention by the jewels. Cosmosis Festival in Manchester is one of those events. The best part? It’s all to take place in the Victoria Warehouse. Imagine that. Imagine that great big, bloody sound echoing around in there!
Over the years of festival going it’s rare to see such a promising line-up, and one for all psych-heads and lovers of anything with a bit of release out there, it is a must do event. Dig below for the skirting details.
The line-up takes into account one of the greatest and most recognisable cult bands of, well, arguably all time: The Brian Jonestown Massacre. A band that revolves around Anton Newcombe’s wit, wisdom and curiosity – they have produced 14 studio albums and countless EPs detailing their musical ventures, moves and fierce fights against the music industry. From Give It Back! to Revelations, sounds change, each equally as interesting as the other. We really cannot wait to catch this mesmerizing bunch once more.
Running alongside them and headlining the event are Scottish shoegazing giants, The Jesus and Mary Chain. Having produced such seminal albums as Darklands and Psycho Candy, they have influenced the sound of a guitar and what you can do with some frets and six strings beyond your mind’s belief. Expect face melting sounds to leave you blurred and crawling on the floor wondering what happened en-route.
Beyond the two main attractions, the line-up swarms through a field of psychedelia, fuzz and punk. On the colorful, carefree side there is the West Coast haze of The Allah-Las, the eccentricity of Of Montreal and the return of the shoegazing dream: LSD and the Search for God. This acts as the calm before the storm and it’s set to be bloody great.
For the uptight, tense music lovers – you are all just as well catered for. The post-punk angst of Wire revels within Victoria Warehouse. This is generated onwards to the gloom of Esben and The Witch, the dream-pop of The Raveonettes and the stoned psych noise of Uncle Acid. Expect as much fuzz as a 14 year old’s attempt at a beard, swooning guitar lines and ushered vocals.
Beyond the bigger names lurk some fantastic newbies as well – the garage-rock of The Black Delta Movement to the Fugazi-esque The Longcut. Or the desert rock of Lola Colt – sounding something like PJ Harvey lurching into a collision with My Bloody Valentine. In addition, there is the sitar revival of Baba Naga, the relaxed, curious waves of far flung psychedelia sounding like Kula Shaker on some serious sedative. Up and down the festival line-up, it is impossible to pin point every band as the line-up begs for attention on every level. Get stuck into the Spotify playlist below and give the whole thing a run through, even though it’s up in Manchester it is certainly not worth missing. Post-gig DJ sets run where you can catch my local favourites Acid Box Promotions proving their worth too.
It’s not so grim up Norf after all.
Words: Tom Churchill
Salt Lake City local Tyson Bowerbank has a big bag of tricks knows how to throw a picnic too. Great part.
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Quatersnacks – Drop Offs V.6
Since NY is coated in the winter effect right now Quartersnacks threw it back to slightly better times, when stepping outdoors was an acceptable feat and not a daunting challenge which may cause inverted testicles. Feast your eyes on several minutes of offcuts from all around the city skating during the autumn months.
“I would like to welcome 2 of my favorite humans/skaters to the team. We have been friends for a long time and it’s an honor to say Jon Dickson & Brian Hansen, welcome to Volume 4!” – Nuge
Two strong additions to the Vol 4 team, we’re sure they’ll fit in perfectly. Well done.
Iggy Pop and Josh Homme have announced plans to release a record together. Kept a top-secret and fully independent project until now, the album, titled Post Pop Depression, will see its release in March via Loma Vista (Marilyn Manson, Spoon, Ghost).
According to the New York Times the album is said to show “both songwriters’ clear fingerprints: the pithy, hard-nosed clarity of Mr. Pop’s lyrics and the unflinching tone of his voice; and the crispness, angularity and deft convolutions of Mr. Homme’s chords and melodies.”
This pairing of forces came about with a text message sent from Iggy Pop to Josh Homme, who told the Times it said something along the lines of, ‘Hey, it would be great if we got together and maybe write something sometime — Iggy’. Several phone calls later, and a fed-ex package sent from Pop to Homme containing a heap of material and ideas, including memories of his time spent in Berlin with the late and great David Bowie, the two gentlemen wound up in a rehearsal room.
Beginning sessions last January, the pair financed the project entirely out of their own pockets with no record label, with Homme recruiting a full band himself. According to the New York Times, Iggy has stated, “it was made to be heard — not to be some quirky thing that we did with our own money, ha-ha.”
In a conversation after the initial rehearsal Iggy told Josh, “you took me to a place I’d never been.” With Homme replying, “this was to go where neither of us had gone before. That was the agreement. And to go all the way.”
Watch this space for new music.
original article via
image credit: Elizabeth Weinberg
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Eastern Exposure Zero
Dan Wolfe’s 1996 classic video has been exhumed and uploaded by himself in the crisp internet quality it deserves. this thing is 19 years old and crisper than half the vids on the web.
Featuring Donny Barley, Drake Jones, Mike Maldonado, Fred Gall, Ricky Oyola, Mike Vallely, Tim O’Connor, Matt Reason, Tom Penny, Jamie Thomas, Bam Margera, Keith Hufnagel, Danny Way, Phil Shao and many more.
Watch some of the Antihero squad hit the dust at the Bronson Ditch mixed with classic Thrashin’ footage from 1986.
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The etnies Big Five Tour in SA
David Reyes, Silvester Eduardo, Albert Nyberg and Barney Page visited South Africa for an etnies tour and came back with some sweet footage.
Have a mix of old and new featuring chit chat from ON Video back in the 90s and footage of FA and Hockey riders Nakel Smith, Donovan Piscopo, Anthony Van Engelen, Sage Elsesser, Sean Pablo, Jonathan Fitzgerald and more smashing it.
Good work on the editing job Matt Lenehan.