"What are you doing tomorrow?" "Nothing much." "Want to come to the Leicester jam?" "Yeah, why not..." - And with that plan drawn up in an MSN conversation between myself and Streetphire's H-Man, a loose plan for train tickets and meeting points, Style43 representation (albeit relying on tech camera phone usage to get the photos you see here) at the Project 5 Lynched In Leicester street jam was secured.
Polar Bear @ Colston Hall, Bristol.
April 20th 2008
Polar Bear were gripping from the off. The quintet, made up of drums, double bass, two saxophones and a laptop, entertained the small gathering in Bristol’s Colston Hall with devastating panache. In fact, the gig took place in the bar, with about 10 rows of seats and a smattering of people gathered at the sides. And it was the perfect setting; intimate, friendly and mesmerizing all at the same time.
Sick of It All + Wisdom in Chains live @ The White Rabbit, Plymouth.
April 16th 2008.
After an intro song filled with guitar solos and a lot of anticipation from an eager crowd, Mad Joe started to pound his vocals into the first song, "Liar".
Fast drumming and awesome guitar riffs filled The White Rabbit and the crowd went off. The second song, "Dragging Me Down", had the crowd going off and fighting for the mic with an awesome sing-along. The guitars chugged and halfway through an awesome solo kicked in. The song had a real Blood For Blood feel to it.
Yesterday, after many, many weeks of being a lazy good for nothing waste of space, I pulled my finger out of my arse (is it a metaphor, you decide) and began to get things done, both at uni and for S43. I've been slacking lately, but I'm looking to amend my ways. First up, here's an interview I did with Jeff Teague at Animal Bike Co. Enjoy.
Bank Holiday Sunday @ The Croft (Bristol) plays host to the highly anticipated return of UKHC veterans ...
Try being in a library at 2.33am having polished off a delicious bagel and a cuppa. Though the wad of notes next to me makes me inclined to work, I'd rather do anything else. Even sit on flickr and find cheesy photos of my friends taken without their knowledge. Here are a bunch of sexy snaps of the usual suspects from Southbank, I won't name and shame either the riders or the photographers, because that'd be mean. All I'm going to give away is that Tim is looking rather pensieve in his picture...
I had full intentions of copying the press blurb for the release of the new Weezer album, (I say 'new', its not out until July) but it didn't really do them justice.
As one of the biggest and most influential bands of the last ten years, they are set to release the third self-titled album in their six-album history.
The Speakers Corner Family & The Peoples Army host an all night session of live hip hop, live afro beat funk, reggae & late night dubstep. For the first section of the night we got a full conscious line up of 10+ live hip hop acts in session with DJ Snuff (Speakers Corner), Hosted by Logic & Lowkey (NWO/Peoples Army).
Artist in this session include: Manage, The IRS, New World Order, The Kraftsmen, A.M.M.O, Sunken Heads, Sonny Jim, Reain, MC Zani (Current London Beatbox Champion), Maverick Sabre & many more very special guest TBA + Open Mic Cypher. Followed by a live performance from United Vibrations. The 8-piece Afro beat funk 12 tone festival favourites bring their full live heat to the night, full hour set. Positive vibes & energy!
Sincere first made a name for himself in the UK hip-hop game by featuring on a track with underground legend Skinnyman. The North Londoner has since established himself fully by performances at top London venue Cargo, as well as being a regular at Kung Fu, the most successful rap showcase in London. The 21 year old is also the co-founder of independant record label Young Entrepreneurs Entertainment.
The Subways are due to release their second album "All or Nothing" on July 9th, a follow up the debut "Young For Eternity".
The band hit the road in May for a tour stopping off at a number of places across the UK.
There'd been a lot of hype surrounding this show, and with Wu Tang known for their non appearances, lack luster efforts and with one or two other recent bizarre performances from other much hyped US mc's, the question was could they deliver?
Not only did the pair deliver they bit the roof off chewed it up and spat if out back into the crowd with optimum ease.
Kashmere is no stranger to the UK hip hop game, solidifying his reputation and building a strong fan-base by collaborating with some of Britain's finest including Braintax, TaskForce, Verb T, Jehst and Foreign Beggars, and also rocking support slots for artists such as Sway and Lethal Bizzle.
On Thursday April 24th he celebrates the release of his new album, "The Lost Archives", with a launch party at the Rhythm Factory in East London.
FBM were always my favourite company when I was growing up. I loved the mayhem, the teeshirts and the frames named after amazing songs. I actually rode a Night Train for a while and it was comfier than slippers made of a kitten's scalp. I don't condone fur, I'm a vegetarian, but I felt it was a good comparison.
Fit have put up the details for the new Aitken S3.5 frame online in a ...
If you've ever been on Style43 before, chances are on the front page you'll have seen a post by me telling you about something new Aversion are doing, and how much I love the way they're doing it. Whilst some websites seem to just spew out stuff like this right, left and centre, this time it's genuine. As a result of this, I decided to find out a bit more about Aversion, and talk to the main man, Mr. Louis Mikolay.
Defgrip informs me that Retribution's new site ...
