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From Friday 04 April 2003

Derby rocks

Derby’s finest post-hardcore/rock merchants, The Osterman Weekend, will be playing with Avail and Ensign tomorrow at The Boat Club, Nottingham. They will then spend the weekend demoing stuff for their new album, due out later in the year, before heading off to Stoke

Atom set to unleash his package

Atom and His Package will be coming over to the UK in May for a few club dates: 12 May.2003 Leeds – Josephs Well 13 May.2003 Newcastle – Head of Steam 15 May.2003 Exeter – Cavern Club 16 May.2003 Folkestone – Stripes Club 17 May 2003 London –

Brat tour

Exeter pop-punkers Brat hit the road for a mammoth session which carries them right through to June. Check them out at the following dates: Thu 3rd Apr Cartoon, Croydon Fri 4th Apr Porter Butt, Bath (with Idle Tuesday, Babyfood and Complex

Thursday 03 April 2003

Releases missed?

I’ve just given the Release Date page a bit of an update, but I’m almost certain that I’ve missed a few that are upcoming. If you do know of any fixed release dates, hit ‘discuss this item’ and let me know. Be sure to leave

If I had one last wish

Rob from Dying Wish Records dropped us a line to say that the label is putting the finishing touches to The Dying Wish Records Jawbreaker Tribute, which features 17 brand new, unreleased, Jawbreaker cover tracks from some of today’s most popular, up-and-coming, and

No Friction!

Submitted: “Scottish Emo/Punk band Friction*Fx are proud to announce that they are now signed and working with Bedfordshire label No Order Records. No Order are currently making plans to release a compilation full of rock action. Friction*Fx’s debut E.P. titled “If We Die Tomorrow…” is set for release very

Thank You!

March was our biggest and best month on Punktastic. A whopping 87,318 of you visited the site during the month, by far our best yet. Every month we seem to get bigger, so thanks for visiting and for posting on the forums. We can

Katie’s feet cost just £3!

Not Katies play Feet First club @ Camden Palace, London, NW1 on Tuesday April 8 and to get on a special £3 guest list (usually £6 to get in) just email the names you want down to deck_cheese@hotmail.com & they’ll be given to the girl

Avail AKA good

Submitted: Collective AKA present one of the best live bands around, Fat Wreck, hardcore punkers Avail, who will be playing the Leeds Cockpit on April 9 with old-school New Jersey hardcore band Ensign and New Zealand’s amazing Sommerset. Tickets £6 from

More Homegrown dates

The third Homegrown post today..hmmm… July 6 – Oxford Zodiac July 8 – Leeds Cockpit July 10-Birmingham Academy 2 July 11-Manchester Uni July 12-London Mean Fiddler July 15- Cardiff MtS The Early November and Hey Mercedes are believed to be the supports.