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Meet Ethan Kilgour: gnarly skater, hilarious doodler and candy addict. Joel Martell gets skater Ethan down from his sugar high long enough to do an interview and share some amazing illustrations.

“Just roll up to any skate spot Ethan has recently destroyed and there will be a trail of paper riddled with doodles of farts, poop, boners, and anything else that he pulls out of his head. I have yet to see an Ethan doodle that doesn’t make me laugh out loud.”

The four musicians who form Baptists—Andrew (vocals), Danny (guitar), Nick (drums) and Sean (bass)— are gentlemen who make aggressive and punishing music that takes its cues from punk, hardcore and metal. They came together in Vancouver, B.C., in early 2010 as ex-members of various other bands like Jaws, Ladyhawk and Congress to name a few. Their unique take on the influences that drive them resulted in a release on Los Angeles based doom/stoner label Southern Lord Records. Andrew met Color in his apartment to talk about Baptists 7-inch record, the west coast tour they just completed and their upcoming releases.

When most people think of the term “supergroup” bands like Temple of the Dog, Cream, or Journey come to mind. But if you’re a real southern punk, you think of Double Negative.

Although the members of Quest for Fire don’t cite cavemen as any direct influence, nor the barren landscapes of primitive man as any inspiration, they manage to forge a sound that is savage, versatile, and evolving. Taking their name from the epic 1981 film of primal discovery, this Toronto-based psychedelic/rock/metal foursome have come a long way in a short time…

Donny Miller dishes with Mike Billington on conceptual art and Mexican orphans. He also lets slip some tasty little details about upcoming projects, what’s going to get him in the end, and which celebrity he’s saving himself for.

Chris Haslam set up a dark and dangerous meeting where he acted as translator for Mike Christie on his first encounter with the Beast of Gevaudan.

Together Frank Gerwer and Sheldon relive childhood traumas brought on by scary movies, and discuss their lack of plans for the immediate future.

WORMBURNER: The Strange World of Sheldon Meleshinski

INVISIBLE FORCES

They are one of the latest garage rock bands to come out of San Francisco, but they’re creating a sound of their own.

Off the Stage and In Your Face

After jumping off scaffolding and spending as much time playing on top of the crowd as in front of it, Monotonix take a relaxed break from their stage personas to sit down with us.

[ o ] MURPHY

HANS-PETER LINDSTRØM

wordsby michael barrow

Coconuts, Hawaiian sunsets, tropicalia, Scandinavia, dolphins. Scandinavia? Yes, specifically Norway, home to Hans-Peter Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas, their respective record labels Feedelity and Full Pupp, as well as Todd Terje, Diskjokke, Mungolian Jetset, Blackbelt Andersen, Rune Lindbaek, and Dolle Jolle. Despite their distance from the Mediterranean (or any warm, even mildly tropical coast, for that matter), this well-acquainted group of Norwegian producers are among the best-known purveyors of music categorized as “nu-disco” – a blanket term that loosely covers the resurgence of space-disco, italo-disco, disco edits, balearic disco, and tropicalia, or any combination thereof. California duo Windsurf also fall into the category, and describe themselves as “nu-balearic-cosmic-disco-slow-mo-awesome-house”. Tongue-in-cheek, but probably as good a description as we can ask for.

[ o ] MURPHY

HANS-PETER LINDSTRØM

wordsby michael barrow

Coconuts, Hawaiian sunsets, tropicalia, Scandinavia, dolphins. Scandinavia? Yes, specifically Norway, home to Hans-Peter Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas, their respective record labels Feedelity and Full Pupp, as well as Todd Terje, Diskjokke, Mungolian Jetset, Blackbelt Andersen, Rune Lindbaek, and Dolle Jolle. Despite their distance from the Mediterranean (or any warm, even mildly tropical coast, for that matter), this well-acquainted group of Norwegian producers are among the best-known purveyors of music categorized as “nu-disco” – a blanket term that loosely covers the resurgence of space-disco, italo-disco, disco edits, balearic disco, and tropicalia, or any combination thereof. California duo Windsurf also fall into the category, and describe themselves as “nu-balearic-cosmic-disco-slow-mo-awesome-house”. Tongue-in-cheek, but probably as good a description as we can ask for.

[ o ] HUMPHRIES

DANIEL SHIMIZU

wordsby benji wagner

It may seem that skateboarders have had a powerful influence on mainstream culture and. while this is undoubtedly the case, it is also true that the mainstream casts its influence on skateboarding as well, something that many would be loathe to admit. Nowhere is this relationship more evident than in the realm of fashion.

Michael Barrow writes on Buraka Som Sistema, a Brazilian group bringing the spicy Latin beats of the south to the great white north.

BRINGING THE WORLD TO THE WORLD

Buraka Som Sistema’s Global Dancefloor Dialogue

“We are now in the last months of the first decade of the 21st century and I can’t help but wonder which musical trend the 00s will be remembered for. Among other things, the 80s had punk rock, metal and great synth-pop, and we could easily associate 90s with grunge, college rock and the rise of rap. What of the 00s? I’d like to think that in the future when we think of this past decade, at least in terms of music, we think of it as the decade that brought the world to the world…”

Jenny Charlesworth talks to San Francisco psych-rockers Thee Oh Sees about their new album and melted cheese between bread.

image courtesy the band

PEANUT BUTTER LOVIN’

Thee Oh Sees Bring the Heat

wordsby jenny charlesworth

“It’s a sunny afternoon in San Francisco and according to John Dwyer, the offbeat and wildly charismatic frontman for Thee Oh Sees, there’s no better time to enjoy a grilled cheese sandwich…”

[ o ] NICHOLAS

BEARD CULTIVATORS

wordsby scott lyon

It’s late on a Thursday night when I show up outside Bison B.C.’s jam space. After being greeted enthusiastically by frontman James Farwell, I am ushered upstairs to where Bison B.C. are rehearsing for their upcoming European tour with The Ocean. The room is a treasure trove for can collectors: in the corner stands an intimidating pyramid of beer cans that would continue to build slowly throughout the course of the interview. Immediately, I get the sense that Bison B.C. would be the world’s greatest drinking buddies – drinking buddies who just happen to be in one of Canada’s most face-meltingly rad bands today. Had I known this beforehand, I wouldn’t have driven to the interview. When Bison B.C. offers you a swig of

Jager, you want to accept.

[ o ] FREY

CATCHING WAVVES

wordsby saelan twerdy

Wavves is a pure product of California: equal parts Black Flag and the Beach Boys, this one-man band (22-year-old San Diego native Nathan Williams) filters irrepressible sun-baked melodies through the warped warble of primitive home recording techniques. His poppy, blown-out punk jams capture the whole range of classic teenage rock n’ roll tropes. For example, the cover of Wavves’ first self-titled EP features a washed-out photo of a kid skateboarding on a wooden wheelbarrow in the sunshine, while the Beach Demon/Weed Demon 7-inch comes adorned with two hands clad in leather biker gloves holding a long-haired face that’s smoking a joint. That’s the Wavves vibe all the way: disaffected angst and reckless fun at the same time. The album is the same way, ranging from shouted anthems that leap out of the speakers (preferably from your ancient car stereo) with quieter, Beat Happening-esque tunes and quasi-ambient drone tracks of casually picked guitar and loopy, bleepy synthesizers.

click here for full interview with Nathan Williams of WAVVES.

[ o ] CASSIE

PAUL MACHNAU

interviewby sandro grison and jay revelle

It was an honour for me to pick up the last big piece of this puzzle – the following interview – from Jay Revelle, who interviewed over 40 participants in Shoot To Thrill by this point, particularly because I’m not always available to do these things myself. Just seeing Paul Machnau again is a treat as it takes me back to a really exciting time for me just before I began publishing Color.

It was early 2002, and Machnau had recently solidified himself as one of the few Canadians at that time to really break through to the predominately American skateboarding industry. The great thing about it is that he didn’t do it by winning contests—no, he wasn’t that kind of crowd pleaser. He was among the few skaters at the time really pushing the gnar factor, skating faster and hitting handrails a little bigger, always one notch above with his trick selection too. In my eyes, Paul Machnau was Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid movies, only Paul didn’t stop after playing his role in RDS FSU 2002, Digital #7 Difference, and Darkstar’s Battalion video.

[ o ] JANSEN

FUCKED UP

wordsby jenny charlesworth

Getting banned from MTV is no easy task – not even the piss-fueled antics of Black Lips have warranted such a dramatic barring. But leave it to Canadian thrashers Fucked Up to wind up blacklisted from the Top Twenty hype machine on account of their raucous live show and total disregard for the establishment.

JORDAN HOFFART

wordsby jay revelle.

Hailing from Maple Ridge, BC, 23-year-old Jordan Hoffart has steadily become a well-recognized name in the world of skateboarding. Through life’s long and often windy road, amidst growing from “kid” to “adult”, Hoffart has transformed himself countless times, fulfilling a multitude of different and dynamic roles: young sponsored skate rat, contemporary responsible skateboarding adult, and actor, stuntboy, and child movie star. Unafraid of life, he’s donned suits, lived out of suitcases, and taken lead roles in countless commercials and feature films.

PATRICK O’DELL

introductionby jeff thorburn portraitby jody rogac

The host of vbs.tv’s Epicly Later’d show sits down with Color on the other side of the interview desk.

Growing up in Columbus, Ohio, Patrick O’Dell had high hopes of traveling the world with his friends and their skateboards. He got his chance to live out his dream [in 2001] when he was taken on as a staff photographer and writer at Thrasher Magazine. Realizing he’d had enough of going on long van rides with random amateur skaters, he moved on to a position as Photo Editor at Vice Magazine. When Vice started their online television website, vbs.tv, O’Dell was brought on to put together a skateboard show. Epicly Later’d as we know it was born. The show was an instant hit with skateboarders, showing a mix of current interviews and skating, as well as past video clips. Focusing on a different skateboarder each week, the diversity of the subjects makes the show appealing to all kinds of skateboarders. The show’s name was taken from O’Dell’s online photo journal, epiclylaterd.com, which was beginning to gain notoriety beyond his circle of friends. O’Dell makes the distinction between the two different Epicly Later’ds: “My website is a personal photo journal. The show is like skate history, and the show is a public thing. I want more people to watch the show. My website, I don’t really care; I want less people to look at it.”