Archive for May, 2011

Plan B won three award at Ivor Novellos including best songwriter of the year and best album. The rapper turned singer who’s real name is Ben Drew has also taken up acting with roles in Adulthood and Harry Brown. After winning the awards the artist stated he would move away from soul and return to his hip hop roots.

Drew has also written and directed a move called Ill Manors which is based around the same area when Drew grew up and has been described as a hip hop musical. At present Plan B is on course to a release a new album this year entitled The Ballad of Belmarsh which we hoping will be a successful as his last album.

At Urban Cove we stock a range of premium streetwear designers from Comune clothing and Ambiguous clothing from the USA to UK streetwear brands Second Son and SeventySeven clothing. Streetwear roots started in the 1980s from skateboarding and skatewear and has envolved with various brands adapting the style.

One of our favourite tees at the moment is Second Son`s premium streetwear T-shirt which has a contrasting pattern on the pocket. This is a well designed tee and is hand made in London, available in white Second Son pocket t-shirt.

Check out Urban Cove for more Urban Streetwear clothing from Second Son.

Liam Gallagher the former Oasis member is producing a film based on the biopic of The Beatles which is based on the book by Richard DiLello entitled The Longest Cocktail Party.

The rock star has also stated he wants Jonny Deep best known for Captain Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean, to take the leading role as the Fab Four‘s publicist, Derek Taylor.

The film which is based on the 1972 book, details DiLello’s time working as an employee for Apple Corps, the Beatles record company as he witnesses the rise and fall of the Beatles during their hayday of 1967 to their demise in 1970.

As of yet their is no news yet on the film’s cast, director or writer but the script has been written.

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Pete and the Pirates are an indie rock band from Reading, UK, their new album One Thousand Pictures has just been released. The five piece indie rock band consists of Thomas Sanders on vocals, Peter Hefferan on vocals and guitar, David Thorpe on guitar, Peter Cattermoul on bass and Jonny Sanders on drums. The band are a fairly unknown group but started up in 2006 and released their debut album in 2008, ‘Little Death‘ which was critically acalamied. Thier debut single was also used in the soundtrack for the UEFA Euro 2008 computer game.

Thier new album follows the same pop rock catchy sounds the band have been known for. Check out their their new track ‘Winter 1′ which can be downloaded free from their website.

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Graphic t-shirts have been around for a long time and remain the essential wardrobe must have. The iconic tee can be worn with jeans as a casual look or for a more smarten look pair up with a blazer for a funky cool look on a night out.

The different brands at Urban Cove offer Dead Cities with an inspired Rock t-shirt is a great graphic tee with its orginal design.

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Comune the contemporary streetwear brand also have smart Rock style tee with a skeleton astronaut.

Das Monk the Indie graphic based clothing label has some weird and wonderful t-shirt designs from High Times to AOK.

At Urban Cove we have some of the most unique and original graphic tees from around the world so check out the Indie, Rock and streetwear clothing store.

The Glastonbury Festival will this year offer a Green Traveller‘s scheme which for the first time anyone arriving at Glastonbruy by train, coach or bike will be given a Green Traveller lanyard. The lanyard will then give discounts on food, t shirts and also exclusive use of the solar power showers and compost loos. This is a great incentive to go green and promotes the festivals enviroment friendly policy.

The huge music festival is best known for its contemporary music where you can listen to a whole range of genres from rock and reggae to hip hop and dance. The festival which started in 1970 with 1,500 guests now caters for 135,000 and although the festival is best know for its music it also features dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and many other arts.

This year will see U2, Coldplay and Beyonce headline with tickets sellling out in 4 hours, the festival will take place from Wednesday 22nd until Sunday 26 June 2011.

Check out this Oxford shirt designed by UK indie streetwear brand Second Son. The brand which started in 2005 was formerly known as Loki before changing its name to Second Son. The streetwear clothing brand design smart formal clothing but with an urban twist.

The classic smart oxford shirt comes in a light blue colour but has a contrasting darker tone on the shoulder, chest pocket, cuff plackets and hem trim. It also has the second son‘s trademark purple buttons at the cuff, the pocket and the top. It also features thier logo on the pocket which is a lightning strike flag label. This is a well designed shirt which is hand made in London and shows that contemporary streetwear look.

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The Twang have released a new EP album entitled Guapa which has 4 tracks on. This is the indie rock bands 3rd album after ‘Jewellery Quarter‘ released in 2009 and their gold selling debut 1997 album ‘Love it when i feel like this’. The Birmingham band was formed in 2001 and have had their songs used on various TV programes including Katie Price: What Happened Next, Match of the Day, ITV football shows and various BBC programmes.

 The new album has gone with a different sound and sees bass player Jon Watkin take vocal duites for the first time on tracks ‘Guapa’ and ‘February Snow’. Phil Etheridge and Martin Saunders the two frontmen take back the singing duties for ‘Subsciption’ and ‘Woah Man’. With the new EP out we are hoping that this sees the band release a full album soon which we cant wait!

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Plaid and check shirts have been around for a long time now but are still in fashion this year with most brands bringing out their variation of the classic shirt. Since the 70s plaid and check shirts have been worn by mowhawks to the lumberjacks and the rock stars of the 90s.

Plaid and check shirts have been worn throughout the years by everyone and this year and their back again. If you wanted to be a bit different as everyone is wearing the check shirts you can get an individual style by smarting up the look and having the top button done up, this would give it a more formal and indie chic look.

Another change could be to work with larger check patterns on the shirt to keep with the trend but to go for a more different look. Comune Hank Check long sleeve fits the larger check patterns well. For those summer days and nights check out our ambiguous milborne mens plaid check shirt with its contrasting checks and short sleeves. At Urbancove we have a range of check shirts from urban to indie brands like Comune, Seventyseven, Second Son and Ambiguous.

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Kate Bush released her new ablum Director`s Cut which is a collection of re-recorded tracks from her 1989 album The Sensual World and 1993′s The Red Shoes. The new album contains 11 tracks of substantially reworked material from her earlier albums which have been recorded using analogue, rather than digital. Director’s Cut looks set to knock Adele’s 21 of the number one UK album chart. The rock singer who’s first album came out in 1978 and only toured once in1979 is known as the United Kingdom‘s most successful solo female performer of the past 30 years. She has stated that she is currently working on new material for her new album coming out soon. The album is out now in a one disc edition and a 3 disc collectors box set.

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Tommy Nutter was a British tailor that was famous for reinventing the Savile Row suit in the 1960s. He opened the shop in 1969 called Nutters of Savile Row and was an instant success with rock stars all wearing his designs including Mick Jagger, Elton John and The Beatles. As a tribute to one of the master tailors, his designs will be on show at The Fashion and Textile Museum which will show his work from the 60s to the 90s. The exhibiton has also recreated his shop including the innovative window display the designer used to show the clever marketing and branding he used at the time. The Tommy Nutter – Rebel on the Row exhibition opens from Friday 20th May until Saturday 22nd October 2011 and opening times are Tuesday to Saturday, 11am – 6pm.

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Tote Stadte Mens Moto Jacket by Dead Cities features a large skull print on the back of the jacket with a rose in the skulls mouth and the words ‘Tote Stadte’. The rock inspired jacket features reverse ribbed lining at neck, sleeve and hem with zipped pockets on the side. The mens skull jacket comes in a distressed black and is made out of 100% Premium Lightweight Cotton. The lightweight design of the jacket means its perfect for those warm summer evenings ahead. Dead Cities are USA based clothing brand that combine rock styling with an a post apocalyptic vibe. The jacket comes in a small to extra large. For more rock and indie clothing check out UrbanCove.

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Arka is an indie streetwear clothing brand from America that produces some of the best unique graphic T-shirts. The name Arka means ’King of all Kings’ and they pride themselves on the care of the product by individually analyzing every stitch in order to make sure the garment is 100% perfect. One of their graphic tees as shown in the picture is titled ‘Doves in Chamber’ and comes in a non-toxic eco-friendly print. Arka has been featured in many magazines worldwide including SoJones, Thrillist and Senken a Japanese newspaper. Their designs have also been spotted on Renowned radio personality, Rick Dees(known for his #1 internationally syndicated “The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40″), wearing one of their t-shirts. Check out UrbanCove for more Arka Clothing.

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Hop Farm is an annual music festival based at The Hop Farm Country Park outside Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The festival begun in 2008 and focuses on folk and indie music and was nominated at the music festival awards with ‘Best New Festival‘. This year will see the return of Prince who hasnt perfomed in the Uk since 2007, other big name acts will include Morrissey, Brandon Flowers, Lou Reed, The Eagles, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Newton Fulkner, The Human League and Ocean Colour Scene. The festival prides itself on offering no sponsorship, no branding, no VIP section and under 12′s can attend the festival for free. The festival runs from Friday 1 July to Sunday 3 July and the 3 day tickets will be on sale from tomorrow.

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Twin Atlantic release their first full debut album entiled Free, the follow up to their debut mini album Vivarium which was released in 2009. The 4 piece Glaswegian rock band was formed in March 2007  and have gone on to support big name acts including Biffy Clyro, Blink 182, Smashing Pumpinks, The Subways and My Chemical Romance. The band members are Sam McTrusty – Rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Barry McKenne – Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals, Ross McNae – Bass and Piano and Craig Kneale on the Drums. Free was release this month and is a superb album with its bold melodic versus and strong guitar riffs, this could be the breakthrough for Twin Atlantic.

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