LIVE: Reading Festival 2019 – Friday

While ‘British Festival Season’ often conjures thoughts of muddy fields, populated almost solely with last-minute welly purchases, this year’s Reading Festival brought only sunshine and across the whole weekend. Pulling from all of Punktastic’s very favourite genres, it’s one of our most anticipated times of

Reading & Leeds 2019 Festival Preview

When it comes to world-famous festivals, the UK is blessed with more than a few – and Reading & Leeds is one of the biggest and best there is, not to mention one of the oldest. With a rotation of bands performing across the two sites over three days,

LIVE: The Maine @ O2 Forum, Kentish Town

“The Maine are the best band in the world”. It’s a phrase heard many times across the course of the evening, and while quite clearly a subjective opinion, there’s weight in this bold claim. Not only have The Maine just put out an incredibly dynamic, powerful,

The Maine, Airways, Calva Louise @ The Forum, London

The Maine – ‘You Are Ok’

Following the huge success of their 2017 album ‘Lovely Little Lonely’, The Maine had a lot to live up to when it came to the calibre of their next full-length release. This record carried the band through a year and a half of their career, ending with

Reading and Leeds Festival announce 50 more acts

Joining headliners The 1975, Post Malone, Twenty One Pilots and Foo Fighters are: A Day To Remember, Against The Current, AJ Tracey, Alma Anderson. Paak & The Free Nationals, Andy C, Becky Hill Bexey, Blaenavon, Bloxx, Cavetown, Charli XCX, The Chats, Chvrches, Circa Waves, Comethazine, D-Block Europe, Distruction Boyz, Fisher,

LIVE: Download Festival 2018 – Saturday

Download Festival is arguably the biggest and best heavy metal festival in the UK. The hallowed grounds of Donnington have seen just about every band ever grace it over the years. And this year was no different from some huge headliners to debut performances, and to top it all

The Bronx, Thrice, Rolo Tomassi and more added to Download Fest 2018

Download Festival have announced a huge amount of bands for their 2018 edition. Black Stone Cherry, Shinedown, Thunder, Volbeat, You Me at Six, The Bronx, Marmozets, Milk Teeth, Rolo Tomassi, Boston Manor, Jonathan Davis, The Temperance Movement, Thrice, Baroness, L7, TesseracT, Hatebreed, Cancer Bats, Dragonforce, The Struts, Monster Truck, Less

The Maine: “It’s empowering that we can put something out this far down the road and people be stoked on it”

LIVE: The Maine @ Koko, London

Ten years down the line and The Maine are playing their biggest headline show in the UK yet. Touring their most recent album, ‘Lovely, Little, Lonely’, almost 1500 people have come out to support the band, with fans queuing outside the venue since the morning. The