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From Monday 09 June 2003

Lucky Thirteen dates

Lucky Thirteen have a few dates for you to enjoy over the next five weeks: JUNE 12th LONDON GARAGE (upstairs) w/ Complex GSL Opposite Highbury & Islington Tube WE’RE ON FIRST, Be Early!!! 19th HARLOW SQUARE w/Capdown 20th PETERBOOUGH PARK w/Capdown 21st TUNBRIDGE

Strung Out – Live In A Dive

Playing live. Some bands have it, some bands don’t. Some bands set foot on stage and immediately feel at home, while some bands feel alien and stand rigid knocking out one song after the other in a display similar to nothing more than an album

Good Riddance – Bound By Ties Of Blood And Affection

Fat Wreck Chords in yet another quality release shocker! Yes, hold the front-page kids, for they’ve done it again. Good Riddance, everyone’s favourite politically and socially minded melodic hardcore stalwarts are here with their new full length and it follows beautifully on from where ‘Symptoms of a

Sist – Talking Points, Not Tragedies

This 6 track EP is on the Birmingham-based Iron Man Records. And it is here that the Sabbath connections end, sadly enough. I will firmly admit not probably not being the best placed to review this EP since I’m a bit fed up with all this post-hardcore stuff. I

Alkaline Trio winners

The winners of the Alkaline Trio competition we ran (and had a massive 450 entrants!) are: Ben Small, Amelia Evans, Suzie Cobb, Mike Hemsley and the mysterious Sam! Check your emails if you haven’t already, prizes will be in the post early this week.

And None Of Them Knew They Were Robots – Victory As A Drug

With most of my previous Robots knowledge based on their ‘Liebestod’ offering, I’m glad to report that ‘Victory As A Drug’ is, in my opinion, a vast improvement on that last outing. Released on Jealous Records, this new four-tracker (well, new if you mean six months old…) is

New bands lined up for PB4!

With Punktastic Bash 3 just three weeks away, I’m already lining up bands for PB4! The 4th installment of the madness and chaos will be held at Joseph’s Well, Leeds on August 9 and we’ve secured some fantastic bands who will blow you away! Just today I

Duff Muffin – Eagle Eyes

To say I know anything at all about the six-piece known as Duff Muffin would be a complete lie. Having heard the name banded about punknews.org.uk a few times I’ve at least heard of them – but that’s my cracker. Still, when ‘Eagle

Sunday 08 June 2003

Capdown hit for six

Capdown have announced six new dates before they undertake their rescheduled UK tour later this year. Check them out at: June 19 – HARLOW SQUARE w/ Lucky 13 June 20 – PETERBORO’ THE PARK w/ Lucky 13 June 21 – TUNBRIDGE

Another submitted news item

Bath based punkers The Setbacks release their debut ‘Good Run Of Bad Luck’ EP on Friday 13th June. You can win a copy by entering their online competition at www.thesetbacks.co.uk