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From Tuesday 01 June 2004

Lovely!

Submitted by Alex: “Less than Jake will release ‘b is for b-side’ this july. It’s 12 songs written for ‘Anthem’ and didn’t make the final cut.” I don’t know which label this will be on…

Monday 31 May 2004

The Once Over Twice – Special Moments To Detonate Themselves

Every week we get a whole range of albums dropping through the letterbox at Punktastic towers. There are very few times when you can actually guarantee the quality of any of them. However, in my experience, you can always rely on certain labels. Of all the

The Vibrators – Live: Near the Seedy Mill Golf Club

I’m not really a fan of live albums, the quality is rarely up to scratch, the levels are all over the place and it’s always hard to balance how much crowd noise to get in on the mix. Of course, if it’s all mixed down before it goes to

UK Subs – Staffordshire Bull

Something strikes me a bit uneasy about old school punk bands releasing live albums; they generally don’t sound too great in my experience. But maybe I’m just too used to Ryan Greene-esque super productions. UK SUBS are no doubt a band that has influenced many over

Jimmy mix in June

Submitted by Ian: “Jimmy Eat World have a sort of new site up at www.jimmyeatworld.com, and say that they’ve finished recording their new album and will start mixing in June! Hurray!”

Thru the format

Although signed to Atlantic Records, The Format look set to release an EP on Drive Thru this summer.

The Vandals get special

The Vandals have released another MP3 from their upcoming record. Download ‘My Special Moment’ here.

Red tape are not on tour because of red tape

Red Tape are now no longer on the Deconstruction Tour because of ‘financial reasons’ apparently.

The TV programme was ace

Submitted by Toby: “Saddle Creek’s The Good Life tour in August: 08.07 Sat. UK 08.08 Sun. UK 08.09 Mon. UK 08.10 Tue. London, UK, with Beep Beep and Broken Spindles”

Biffy live the dream

Submitted: “Biffy Clryo headline the FTWD Record Live The Dream Fest 2004 in Frome Somerset(by Bath) at the Cheese and Grain.Other huge acts are playing. Tickets are £10adv £12.50 on door.For more info go to www.ticketweb.co.uk”