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From Sunday 29 August 2004

Glasgow gigs

Submitted by Mark: “Im bored and i need to book more tours into Glasgow, Scotland! If you’re booking a tour or what not and need a Glasgow date get in touch at mark@camerakill.com with all details and i’ll be in touch. Booking from 200-1000 capacity venues. More details

It’s a very slow news day, ok…

Details on discounted Punktastic t-shirts and zip-up hoodies – and copies of Punktastic Un-Scene – can be found by clicking here.

Saturday 28 August 2004

Das Oath – Das Oath

…zzzZZZZZZZUUUUUUMMMMMMMmmm… Did you get that? That was the self titled, 16 track, 21 minute Das Oath album. The whole thing passes you by with the mere blink of an eye and I should add, not in a bad way. Maybe I’m not listening to enough high-class-hardcore punk, but

Head Automatica – Decadence

THIS CD MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE!! Ahem. If ‘Decadence’ doesn’t turn out to be my album of the year, then it will be very, very close behind. I know there has been a lot of press on Head Automatica, and for good reason, but this

StanXa – Postcards From The Sky

When I reviewed the last Stanxa record about a year ago, I wasn’t overly complimentary. To me they sounded like a band that had influences from bands like The Smiths and had tried to give them a modern emo makeover. Plus they had a vocalist who,

The Fight – Nothing New Since Rock ‘N’ Roll

So let’s get one thing straight – I personally don’t think The Fight are that bad. I know a lot of readers have strong opinions on the band, which I guess they are entitled to, but personally, on the basis of their EP on Fat Wreck,

Teh hackerz

The Militia Group website has been hacked.

TBS on XFM

Submitted by Andrew: “Taking back Sunday will be appearling live on XFM:Response with Ian Camfield tonight at 7pm.”

Ipsofacto – Necklaces On The Branches Of Trees

Wow – a post-hardcore band that I really like! This short EP from Ipsofacto is just what I like to receive, a band working within a genre but not allowing themselves to be overly constrained or reliant on familiar images. Recorded at the prestigious Mighty Atom studios,

Say Anything – …Is A Real Boy

Concept albums are funny old things. Most of them don’t work; usually it’s just too ambitious to either pull off or it ends up completely missing the point the record was perhaps trying to convey. Say Anything don’t have that problem at all. ‘…is a