Archive for January, 2010
WANT TO GET INTO THE SURF INDUSTRY? THEN CHECK THIS OUT!
If you want a career in the surf industry, then this could be a great opportunity for you… Cross Step is an innovative project run by The Real Ideas Organisation (RIO), and managing director of Errant Surf (and Cornwall Business Awards’ Young Business Person of the Year 2009), Chris Thomson. Based on the success of [...]
Cast members of E4’s cult TV show Skins to meet fans at HMV Bristol
WHAT: Signing session WHERE: HMV Bristol, Broadmead Centre. WHEN: Saturday 30 January 2010 at 5 pm Fans of E4’s cult TV show Skins will get the chance to meet members of the cast when they make an appearance at HMV’s Broadmead store, in Bristol – where the show is set – on Saturday 30 January [...]
ALBENAZA IN THE ALPS
Rock/acoustic three-man band AlBenAza, (aka Alex Jones, Ben Hall and Aza (Aaron) Douglas), have just teamed up with skate/surf/snow brand Santa Cruz Europe and recently took their awesome brand of live music mixed with beatboxing and DJing on their fourth epic winter tour across the Alps. The tour will be filmed for a Santa Cruz [...]
WIN TICKETS TO BLOC FESTIVAL 2010
Bloc Festival lands at Butlins in Minehead, Somerset to kick off the 2010 festival season with style from 12 – 14 March. This is a different kind of festival experience; because the event is held at Butlins, you’ve got all the home comforts of staying in an apartment – so you don’t need to worry [...]
WIN TICKETS TO LOVE RIOT @ SPACE ft MUTINEERS, AND WIN A SL*T T-SHIRT!!!
New Year’s been and gone and we’ve all had a good old detox, but now it’s time to re-tox the freak in us. Join the Love Riot crew in Penzance on 29 January as they celebrate the Cornish debut performance from local St. Just lad done (extremely) well, Iwan Gronow’s new band Mutineers. It’s also [...]
WIN!!! SMUGGLING DUDS COMPETITION
Some of you might already be able to admit that you’ve smuggled stuff in your pants before – you know, like a piece of fruit for lunch (it would get bruised in your bag), or if you’ve got no pockets then maybe you find that it’s a safe place to stash your phone or your [...]
SKINS HOUSE
The long-awaited new series of Skins is almost upon us, and to celebrate this momentous event the team behind the show are taking it back to its home town of Bristol with another Skins first: The Skins House. From 21 January until 6 February they’re going to be taking over one of Bristol’s most unique [...]
HADOUKEN
Dance/rock act, Hadouken!, celebrate the release of their much anticipated new album, ‘For The Masses’ with a free show and signing session at Fopp’s College Green store in Bristol on Saturday 30 January 2010. Showtime starts at 5.00 pm, after which the band – who won Best Electronic Artist/DJ at the BT Digital Music Awards [...]
Drawn & UWE illustrators collaborate for January winter warmer!
To celebrate the start of a new decade, Drawn Recordings present a night of hip-hop and psychedelic dancefloor beats, along with the artistic talents of local students. The music and arts collective are teaming up with UWE illustration students, who’ll be adding their unique touches to the Drawn wall and raising funds for their Art [...]
BRISTOL STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
The Bristol Storytelling Festival is a week-long series of events to celebrate, enjoy and promote stories and storytelling, which is being held during National Storytelling Week from 30 January to 7 February 2010. Now in it’s fourth year, the festival will feature a variety of spellbinding performances across the city where children, families and adult [...]
INTERVIEW WITH JAC THE DISCO
In the deep dark depths of December in 2006, a tiny crowd in Plymouth’s Bac Bar were treated to the very first set from a promising young duo of DJs known as Jac The Disco. Jay Rossi (pictured on the left) and Tom Burns (aka Pac, on the right) were inspired to start DJing because [...]
TELLTALES: A NIGHT OF TALK AND TALES IN FALMOUTH
Spoken word night Telltales is back on 26 January at the Falmouth Townhouse for another night of talk and tales. The theme for this month’s night is Underbelly – so think hidden emotions, the darker side of life, secrets, conspiracies, udders and anything else that ‘underbelly’ conjures up. They’ve had a load of great submissions [...]
TOP BILLIN’ BRING TOP HIP HOP TO PLYMOUTH
Plymouth based hip hop night Top Billin’ has teamed up with End Of The Weak (one of New York’s longest running hip hop nights, which also has nights in about 13 different countries) to bring some REAL Brooklyn hip hop to the White Rabbit on 23 January, with a full support line-up of UK artists. [...]
WIN TICKETS TO SEE HADOUKEN IN BRISTOL & CARDIFF
London based dance rock outfit Hadouken announce their eagerly anticipated nationwide tour taking place February and March 2010. The tour will be the first national headline tour from the band following the release of For The Masses, their second studio album. As part of this nationwide tour some dates, named Road To RockNess, will be [...]
BIFFY CLYRO TO MEET FANS IN BRISTOL THIS FRIDAY (22 JAN)
The hugely successful Scottish rockers, Biffy Clyro celebrate the release of their highly anticipated new single, ‘Many Of Horror’, with a signing session at Fopp’s College Green store in Bristol on Friday 22 January 2010. The band – Simon Neil (vocals, guitar), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals) – will be at [...]
247 West & Wales December issue 09
December 2009 features a festive front cover designed by Claire Latchem (aka Superfex) – a talented illustrator currently studying at the University of Plymouth. We profile South West snowboarders Stef Nurding and James Sweet, and feature snow themed fashion from Bristol-born snowboard brand Avalaan and Truro based rider owned shop, Attla. We also interview the [...]
TRANZACTION
FOR THE HARDER DANCE GENERATION, WE BRING YOU TRANZACTION Tucked away in Truro, Tranzaction is without doubt the longest running hard dance night in Cornwall. We have supported them since they launched back in 2000, see what all the fuss is about here… (Please note: this video contains strong language and images of strobe… )
JELLY JAZZ GET FUNKY
Going strong for over 14yrs, founded in Plymouth, now kicking off all over the place, funk style! We love these guys and their sound, catch them at one of their monthly gigs in St Austell, Truro, Plymouth and Bristol or at some of their one-off’s including Cheltenham Jazz Festival in 2009.
SNOWBOARD ACTION
SNOWBOARD ACTION Cornwall’s top snowboard shop, Attla, based in Truro have put together this fortnightly vodcast from the slopes, so if you haven’t booked your trip to the snow yet, this is what your missing! Latest Vodcast below, to keep up to date with all the past ones, visit Attla Snowboards HERE The Wizards Sleeve [...]
Street Art
Keep up to date with all things happening in the Bristol street scene HERE A couple of great street art galleries in the region, the first, Weapon of Choice in Bristol is buzzing with a huge crew showing pieces along with some exclusives, well worth checking out on a regular basis. Heading into the deep [...]
