Archive for April, 2010
NORTH DEVONS FACTORY VENUE RE-OPENS
Former live and club venue, The Factory has reopened after shutting it’s doors almost two years ago! Having relocated to a new building since being forced to vacate its previous home, the new building is literally a stone throw from the old site, now situated in what was Brannam pottery on the outskirts of Barnstaple, [...]
C-Y-N-T MARKS 3 YEARS IN THE GAME
Welsh clubbing at it’s finest as C-Y-N-T celebrate their 3th birthday on Fri 19 Feb 2010. Foo Magazine captures all the action here
LIVE DJ SHADOW ALBUM PERFORMANCE
Already attracting the attentions of Rob Da Bank, this 8 piece band, Introducing, take the first album to be composed entirely of samples – DJ Shadow’s seminal ‘Endtroducing’ – and play it completely live, note for note, drum loop for drum loop, on real instruments with no backing track or sequencing in sight, a seemingly [...]
URBAN MTB DH RACE THROUGH PLYMOUTH UNI
The University of Plymouth is gearing up for a mountain bike race with a difference when its city centre campus will be transformed into an exciting racetrack. The Urban Downhill Charity Event will see hardened downhillers and street riders slaloming between buildings and negotiating flights of steps and ramps as they traverse the 250-metre course. [...]
BOOMTOWN FAIR 2010
The UK’s most ‘avin it Fair returns with a bigger, better and bolder …….. well everything really!! Boomtown takes all the best bits of nights out, stitches them together over the course of a weekend to create a great friendly festival. Add into the mix a whole array of fine music, theatre, comedy, masses of [...]
BRILLIANT WESTWOOD INTERVIEW WITH CHASE AND STATUS
This is hilarious, hip hop don, Tim Westwood interviews Chase and Status in his own unique way, but disses them throughout the whole thing, disrespectful but very funny, and I hope the boys return the favour to Westwood in the near future. Check out Chase and Status at the Eden Project, Cornwall on Fri 7 [...]
FAVELA FLAVAS ON A BIKE
I admit, this is a bit random, but brilliant too. Red Bull host a crazy, insane Downhill Mountain Bike race in the heart of a Rio favela in Brazil. In doing so and going about the whole project in the right way, the bring out a real community spirit and togetherness in the process. Check [...]
MOTO CROSS ACTION IN CORNWALL – NOW ON 24/25 APRIL
Attention all Moto Cross fans – Organisers have taken the tough decision to postpone the Red Bull Pro Nationals event, due to take place at Landrake, Cornwall on 3/4 April, due to the recent bad weather in Cornwall. It’s not that the riders will not be able to cope with the mud but the fact [...]
WIN! TICKETS TO SEE GOOD SHOES IN EXETER
If you were the sort of person who categorised your records by genre, you might place your Good Shoes albums next to the likes of The Maccabees, The Rumble Strips, The Futureheads, Young Knives and the Buzzcocks. Good Shoes (lead singer Rhys, drummer Tom, lead guitarist Steve and bassist Will) make catchy, guitar twangy indie [...]
