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From Tuesday 08 April 2003

Grebo get busy

Just a quickie…Grebo have a tour coming up in May with the Misnomers…dates to follow.

A taste of things to come?

No official word on this but I have it under very good authority that Alkaline Trio are playing Reading and Leeds Festivals this year, possibly on the Evening Session Stage…

I like this band and so should you

Scunthorpe pop-punkers Tomorrow Never Came have two gigs coming up and you should really bust your balls to check them out. Their ‘Face In A Photograph’ EP is very impressive indeed… April 19 – Leeds, Packhorse w/ Milk2Sugars, Six Foot Nothing April 25

Shuriken surrender

Those kind chaps in Shuriken were so chuffed at our nice review of them live in Norwich, that they’ve given us five copies of their new EP ‘Surrender is Not an Option’ to give away, plus a load of badges and stickers! All you

ah go on, mightaswell

Mightaswell are a band from Gainsville, Florida and they asked me if I’d post up that they have stacks of mp3s available on their site to download at www.mightaswellmusic.com. So being the nice guy that I am I thought, might as well…

It’s a great romance

Matchbook Romance will release their ‘West For Wishing’ EP in the UK on May 5. The record will be out on Epitaph and has been produced by Brett Gurrewitz himself. You can sample the new record by downloading an MP3 of ‘The Greatest

Leeds gets Blinked

Cheers to everyone who jumped me as soon as I appeared on MSN, the main news today is that Blink 182 are co-headlining the Carling Festival. Among the Punktastic-approved bands so far are: Blink 182, Sum 41 (ok, not

Is this the best video this year?

Over at www.thirde.com you can see up close and personal live footage of Brand New performing ‘Seventy Times 7’ at the Metro Bar, London. Includes the ensuing rock ending, including smashed guitars, lost microphones and a manic stage invasion and is well worthy

Monday 07 April 2003

A reminder

New Zealanders Sommerset start their UK tour tonight, with the Punktastic approved Phinius Gage and NoComply in tow on selected dates: 7/4/03 : Exeter – Cavern w/ Phinius Gage 8/4/03 : Stoke – Talbot w/ Phinius Gage 9/4/03 : Leeds – Cockpit

It’s about time I got with the program

The new Funeral For A Friend EP is quite briiliant. I know there’s a lot of hype going around about this band, but ‘Four Ways To Scream Your Name’ really does live up to it. I think it’s safe to say FFAF have a nice