HeyHey guys,
i can't update the Skate-O-Phobia blog until February 1st or 2nd because i go on skiing the next few days.
This time i try to make some photos to put it here on the blog hehe.
Happy skatepunk time, Daniel
P.S.: When i'm back, i will also upload some better and more beautiful "forums" and "last.fm" buttons on the top ;-)
Canadian melodic punkers Mute announced, that the final premiere for their new video "Fading Out" is next Monday on February 1st!
Very bad news for the skatepunk scene! One of the fastest bands from South America (Lima, Peru) have posted an article at their MySpace-Site that they split up!Please, we don't feel right now like writing an explanation why the band has disolved. We would appreciate if we wouldn't receive messages asking why and all of that. It's due to personal differences, as friends and as performers, things weren't working anymore between us.
We really thank all the people and all the bands who has supported us in sooo many ways during all these years, you guys know exactly who you are and we couldn't start mentioning one by one because this list would be endless.
Holy f*ck, I can't even believe this is happening but sometimes is better to stop things before they start getting worse and worse. Again, I can't stop thanking all of you guys and bands, you made us who we were during the last years: a fucking great skatepunk band.
Some of us may start new musical projects soon that we will obviously keep you informed as soon as they start. Some will probably take different ways but there's no doubt that skatepunk is still a part of some of us. Expect new bands REALLY soon.
Thanks sooo much, sooo sooo much for everything. This hurts more than I'd ever thought. THANKS.
Loves you like you can't imagine how much,
PLAY ATTENCHON
skatepunk from a third world country.
PD: this is not the end.
Today, dutch Antillectual sent out a newsletter, about their new bass player Tom (read also this article, i posted a few weeks ago, about Yvo leaving the band), about their (warm) winter tour through south-west europe and their tour togehter with High Five Drive (yeah, they will come to europe in april!).
Last Saturday we played our last show ever with Yvo on bass. A crazy sold out show was a nice way to close this chapter. In Tom we found an amazing replacement presenting us a very glourious future ahead. Our first step is a tour that will hopefully get us somewhere warmer.
Warm Winter Tour
Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal seemed to be the best destinations when touring in January and February. If you live in the area, please drop by and say hi!
Jan 29 BEL Herselt, De Choke. w/ Second Base, more
Jan 30 FR Fumel, Pavillon108. w/ OpeNightmare, Ivan Rebroff’s Armpits
Jan 31 FR Toulouse, Les Pavillons Sauvages. w/ Ivan Rebroff’s Armpits (release show), Messieurs de Fursac
Feb 1 ES Torelló / Barcelona, l’Eclèctic
Feb 2 ES Zaragoza, Sala Ultimátum
Feb 3 ES Madrid, Sala Barracudas
Feb 4 Available
Feb 5 Available
Feb 6 POR Lisbon, Casa de Lafoes Afternoon show. w/ This Routine Is Hell, Albert Fish, Barafunda Total
Feb 6 POR Mouriscas, GDR Os Esparteiros. w/ Defying Control, The Wild Ones, Shake Shake and SMYP
Feb 7 POR Porto, Bar Altar Afternoon show
Feb 8 Available
Feb 9 ES Oviedo, La Antigua Estacion. w/ Threewordname, Mr. Lafleur
Feb 10 ES Pasaia (San Sebastian), Sala Mogambo. w/ Alaska Pipeline, Curasan
Feb 11 FR Bayonne, Bar Kixkil Ostatua
Feb 12 FR La Rochelle, La Barbarella
Feb 13 FR Brest, Espace Léo Ferré. w/ Speedball, Jeune Seigneur, Last Exit To Brooklynn
Feb 14 FR Lille, La ChimèreAs you can see, we are still looking for shows on February 4, 5 and 8 in Spain or Portugal. Let us know if you can help us out.
Dutch Export
Since we are known to tour a lot Buma Cultuur (the Dutch authors- and copyrights organization) mentioned us in their press bulletin announcing that the export of Dutch pop music was raised by 15% in 2008. Read the Dutch version and the English version.
Recording a New Album
A week after we get back from tour we will be entering the studio. It has been almost 2 years since we released our last full length album “Testimony”. We will record 12 new songs with Nico van Montfort at the Erock studio in Panningen. On the upcoming tour and shows we will play a lot of these songs to get them into shape. A release will follow later this year.
Tour with High Five Drive
We never promised to slow down. After we finish recording, mixing and mastering we will embark on another tour. Together with High Five Drive from Canada we will be playing shows in France, the UK and Belgium between April 25 and May 1. Routing to be announced soon. Get in touch if you feel like helping us out.
Other shows:
Feb 17 NL Utrecht, ACU. w/ Nothington, Bivouac
Feb 19 BEL Wachtebeke, VZW MaNo. w/ Bound In Blood, Rumble Fist, The Dancing Morons
Feb 20 NL Krommenie, De Groote Weiver. w/ Sweet Empire, Union Town
Feb 27 NL Nijmegen Waalhalla. w/ Static Thought
Mar 6 NL Hoogeveen Het Podium. w/ Nuestros Derechos, Nuclear Driven AnimalsIf you feel like the recession is over and your liquidity is increasing (what?!), please consider visiting our webshop to fund our upcoming recordings. In the next issue of your favorite newsletter you will find some news about our new release, and more new touring plans. We hope.
Thanks, you made it, friends ‘til the end!
Antillectual: Riekus, Tom and Willemhttp://www.antillectual.com
http://www.myspace.com/antillectual
http://www.facebook.com/antillectual
http://www.twitter.com/antillectual
Heyhey,
i'll post all new updates from now onwards in a new font, that you can better keep track of the Skate-O-Phobia blog.
It was always hard to format - especially longer - textes correctly, and yet still looked like shit all the times.
Enjoy the blog, keep on listening! :-)
Diverzija (Osijek, Croatia) was formed in 2002 by Andrej (vocals, guitar), Elke (bass), Remba (guitar, back vocals) and Domba (drums). I don't know exactly to what the name refers to, but it is something like sabotage (saboteur) and subversion, or a counter-revolutionary (if it comes from the russian word "diverzija").
Here is Doping, a melodic-hardcore - hardcore-punk band from Uschhorod (Ukraine).
Hit The Switch machen heuer ihre erste Euro-Tour, und schauen dabei auch in Österreich vorbei! Für Fans des schnellen Skatepunks/Melodic-Hardcores sind die Kalifornier (sind übrigens seit 2006 bei Nitro-Records) ein Muss!21. Feber 2010
Bandhouse, Bräunlichgasse 24
2700 Wiener Neustadt
http://maps.google.at/maps?hl=de&safe=off&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=Br%C3%A4unlichgasse+24+wiener+neustadt&fb=1&gl=at&hnear=Br%C3%A4unlichgasse+24+wiener+neustadt&cid=0,0,10884250483832236906&ei=aLZeS4LqBMz2-Ab16YUS&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQnwIwAA
After "The Language of stolen Music", which was released in 2005 (produced and mixed by Rok Podbevsek, Studio Metelkowa, mastering by Janez Krizaj, Studio Metro; DIY), slovenian skatepunk band Low Value now have announced that their second full-lenght "Recharge" will be out on February 6, 2010. (DIY, order it at interpunk.com)
Thousand Needles is a fast skatepunk/melodic punk/pop punk band from the indonesian scene in Jakarta. They were formed in march 2006 by Ipoel (bass, vocals), Hafiedz (guitar, vocals), Mpazz (guitar) and Gevi (drums).
Melodic-hardcore/pop-punk band Such Gold (Rochester, New York) has created their own online merchandise store for all fans, who were not able to go to concerts (especially for people outside the United States) or just had not enough money to buy t-shirts at a show.
One Eyed Jack was formed in 2008 by Mone (vocals, guitar), Mr. Aduer (bass), Piccio (drums, ex- Work in Progress) and Betty (guitar, vocals, ex- Again Against) as they decided to create a new skatepunk, melodic-hardcore, skatecore sound.
Am 29. Jänner findet Pierre's Goodbye Festival im Kulturkeller Gleisdorf (Stmk.) statt! Mitdabei ist ein fettes Line Up hervorragender österreichischer Punkrock/Hardcore Bands!
Defcon (Gleisdorf) http://www.myspace.com/defconrock
Law Found Guilt (Linz) http://www.myspace.com/lawfoundguilt
Outsmarted (Linz) http://www.myspace.com/outsmarted
Ska Bucks (Linz) http://www.myspace.com/skabucksspace
Naked Noise (Kirchbach) http://www.myspace.com/nakednoise
Unbedingt vorbeischauen, falls gerade jemand in der Nähe ist ;-) Karten können u.a. gleich direkt bei Defcon vorbestellt werden!
Kulturkeller Gleisdorf
29. Jänner 2010
Start: 20 Uhr
Eintritt: 7.- €
Vegan Food!
Spanish melodic-hardcore A.i.D was formed in 2005 in Barcelona "as a result of their member's desire to embark on a new project with a more aggressive sound than that of their former bands".
Spanish hardcore-punk band A I D have finished recording work for their new album, called "Beyond Belief", which will be released in 2010.
Here is an amazing, absolutely great band from the scene in New Zealand."We liked the wavelength they were on, just turning up in New Zealand, do a couple of shows, go surfing, drink beer and get stoned. They were genuinely interested in us. Out of all the bands we’ve supported they’re the only ones that were an influence on us. They were semi-idols, I suppose. We respected them musically."
1. | Broken Record |
2. | Kick Back |
3. | Burning Crosses |
4. | Lie |
5. | Backscratcher |
6. | Labrat |
7. | Emergency |
8. | Bloodlet |
1. | Throw Away |
2. | Cool Guy |
3. | Popped Out Punk |
4. | No Cure |
5. | Post |
6. | Mickey |
7. | New Sonic |
8. | Finger 3 |
9. | Domino Theory |
10. | Not Like You |
11. | Breaking Things |
12. | Fire Fight |
13. | Ballad |
14. | Deadlocked |
15. | The Answer |
Hey guys from Slovenia,
today you can listen to an interview with Máteja, bandmember (bass and vocals) of slovenian punkrock band In-Sane on radio. He appears on the radio over radio station Val 202 at 22:30 (local-time).
Maybe somebody can record the interview ;-)
List of the Val202 frequencies: http://www.alpe-mare.de/?path=content&contentid=95
Support them: http://www.myspace.com/insaneslo
Buy their latest record "Trust These Hands… Are Worthless.": http://www.noreasonrecords.com/v4/IN-SANE_order.html
Download the Album: http://www.mediafire.com/?04mmdwdztht
Spanish melodic hardcore punkers Main Line 10 (Bells On Records) have published their new online store on Bigcartel.
Buy their new T-Shirt (with the monkey-logo) here: http://www.mainline10.bigcartel.com/
Add them on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/mainline10band
Albany, NY's After The Fall has now officially released their new EP called Collar City.
The 7'' is released via Mightier Than Sword Records and was produced by New York hardcore-producer Don Fury.
On Saturday the 16th of January is a big record release party in Albany, New York. They play together with Legit! Agent, Hostage Calm and My Heart to Joy.
16.01.2010 19:00 @ Valentines
17 new scotland avenue, Albany, New York
After four years of making great fast music, some changes in the band's line-up, and a great Spain-Tour together with Straightaway, italian skatepunkers Standing Still decided to split in July 2008.
Their album Draw Your Line was one of the best (and fastest) melodic-hardcore/skate-punk albums in 2007. Maybe you also know their song "Cock Block" from the IndieBox Compilation.
Hence, you should keep their name and their sound in mind, and you should not forget them. So, at the end of this posting is a nice download link for you ... ;-)
In the meanwhile, the two guitarists Bonjo and Tiello (also background vocals) made a new band called Mind Your Head. They did not do skatepunk anylonger. It is more like a new hardcore sound; reminds me of a local band here called Outsmarted. Watch the following new video from the song: "The Last Day (Revenge)".
Latin For Truth have uploaded a new song called "Mexicaine de Peforation" on their MySpace-Site.
http://www.myspace.com/latinfortruth
This song is taken from the new "Diatribe or Die" (digital-) EP, which will be released in three weeks and only distributed online through most major digital stores.
Add them on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/latinfortruth
Buy Merch here: http://www.rocketmerch.com/category/latin-for-truth
and buy more Merch here: http://pitfallrecords.bigcartel.com/
A Brand New Formula EP: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gnnzonwuzmj
Kill The Scene EP: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fqvzggj1myi
Kids Fight Over Solos (Demos: 2005 to 2007): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?lmrd3jhnyrv
We Are Sick of Not Having The Courage To Be Absolute Nobodies: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?wnjgrwymi1j
In the following video you can see A Wilhelm Scream performing "Me vs. Morrissey in the Pretentiousness Contest (The Ladder Match)" from the Ruiner-Album and "Skid Rock" from the new EP in a basement for the canadian TV-program "Talk Show Night at Juicebox Manor".
For the third time, austrias biggest hardcore/metalcore/mosh festival, the Burning Season Records Summer Festival takes place in 2010, at the same location as it was already in 2006.
17 + 18 july 2010 @ Festhalle Unterrohr
Rohr bei Hartberg /Styria, Austria (same location as 2006)
Only to austrian bands:
Noch einige Tage lang könnt ihr an folgende E-Mail-Adresse eine Nachricht (mit dem Betreff: "Austrian Band Voting") senden, um Einen von zwei Startplätzen für das Festival ergattern zu können! Demnächst wird es diesbezüglich für alle teilnehmenden Bands ein Voting geben, bei dem ihr eure Fans mobilisieren könnt! info[ät]burningseasonrecords.com
State of Mine is an intensive fast melodic-punk/skate-punk band from Louvain/Leuven and Mol in Belgium.
Listening to their music reminds me on Belvedere and Satanic Surfers, or more specifically to the classical fast swedish skatepunk sound.
So, you guys should listen to their first EP called "Geargrinder" (2008) and to their split together with The Octopussys (2009), and keep their name in mind. They have already played together with famous punk-rock/skate-punk/melodic-hardcore bands like High Five Drive, Rentokill, Mute, Jet Market, Pendleton and Smoke or Fire!
Geargrinder-Tracklist:
1. How to survive emocore
2. Oldskool surfing hero
3. WMD (Weapons of mass deception)
4. Mastermind
Split-Tracklist:
1. Opening sequence
2. Conspiracy Earth
3. Burnout
4. How to survive emocore
5. Last chance to dance
6-10. The Octopussy's
They are now working on a new Full Lenght! In spring they record 12 brand-new songs, and will release it until July 23th, when they start their tour with playing concerts outside of Belgium for the first time.
Add them on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/stateofminebe
Buy the Split here: http://kickassrecords.org/releases/013
Download Split: http://www.mediafire.com/?yyo2mynnfzm
Geargrinder Lyrics: http://users.fulladsl.be/spb4036/geargrinder_lyricsheet.png
Download Geargrinder EP: http://www.mediafire.com/?vznyykdddjt
Aus dem aktuellen Chilibox-Newsletter:
**RIP Heidenspass ? Loft**
Heidenspass ist nicht mehr und wird am kommenden Samstag zu Grabe getragen ? hier alle off. Infos dazu:
?Nach 6 jahren ist es nun soweit, wir haben beschlossen die heidenspass festival serie sowie grill'n'roll & frozen amps zu beenden. aus einer betrunkenen idee entstanden, waren es 6 jahre in denen wir viel spaß hatten, mit großartigen leuten zusammenarbeiten konnten, interessante leute kennenlernen durften, sehr sehr viel gelernt haben, und hoffentlich einigen leuten ein paar feine tage & erinnerungen beschert haben! wir haben wirklich lange um eine entscheidung gerungen und denken das das jetzt die richtige ist. wir werden uns mal vorerst anderen, alten und neuen projekten widmen, wer weiß viell. auch früher oder später wieder die eine oder andere veranstaltung machen, aber jetzt mal nach dem motto "aufhören wenns am schönsten ist" die serie der heidenspass.at events beenden.
wir möchten uns natürlich bei allen leuten bedanken die bei den events dabei waren und vorallem bei all jenen die das festival 6 jahre lang durch mitarbeit im vorfeld/vor ort, durch ideen und sonstigen input oder einfach nur freundliche worte ermöglicht und unterstützt haben, you know who you are!
ein großes danke natürlich auch an alle (~75) bands & dj's die uns seit 2004 beehrt haben!
und damits nicht ganz so plötzlich aus und vorbei ist, gibts noch eine kleine "abschiedsfeier" und zwar am 09.01.2010 @ the loft! Das Chilibox DJ Team wird uns wie gewohnt mit Musik aller Punk, Hardcore, Ska & Rock´n´Roll versorgen ;)
also liebe leute, schön wars/wirds
mike & flö für das gesamte heidenspass.at team?
Heidenspass Festival Abschiedsfeier
Check out this fantastic album "Shit Outta Luck", which was released via Carpathian Records.
Hell-FM is a good talented hardcore-punk/melodic-hardcore band from Kiew/Ukraine.
Tracklist:
01-words like bullets
02-you help to breathe
03-burn out
04-timetosay good bye
00:11:51
Lyrics are also included to the download file!
Add them on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/hfmkids
Download the new EP: http://www.mediafire.com/?zda4tjntuyy
After 3 years and more than 60 shows, austrian hardcore/punk band Wasted Scars decided to break and bring their work to an end.
On january 31st they will play a farewell show at the "Bandhouse" in Wiener Neustadt together with the dutch band Don't Mention The War.
You can order now their album "Ruins It All" and merch for special prices.
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/wastedscars
Order here: wastedscars[at]gmx.at
Can't Bear This Party is a french melodic pop-punk/poppy-hardcore/easycore band from Nice/Nizza. Some of them are known guys from other bands, for example Rémi is also a member of Freygolo.
The new full-lenght album "Ain't no Princess" is now mastering in the studios, but in the meanwhile you can listen to their first EP called "Modern Factory" and watch the new - very intensive and great - preview for "Ain't no Princess".
Smash The Statues has broken in October 2009 (more informations and statements are on their MySpace) and are currenlty playing their final shows in the Netherlands.
As they announced some days ago, the last chance for you to see them live on a concert is on January 23th in Nijmegen (next to the german border), together with "Antillectual", slovenian "In-Sane" and the swedish band "The Acoustic Alarm".
It is also the last show for Antillectual's bassplayer Yvo. I have already posted this some weeks ago: http://skate-o-phobia.blogspot.com/2009/12/antillectual-merch-update.html
23.01.2010 20:00
De Onderbroek,
Tweede Walstraat 21; Nijmegen
3€/5€
