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From Tuesday 20 April 2004

Murphys law

Dropkick Murphys have been added to the bill of the Reading and Leeds Festival and will probably play the Concrete Jungle Stage alongside The Bouncing Souls. Expect more updates later today.

Submitted by Cal: “Phinius Gage have a live snippet of new song ‘Black and white and wrong all over’ up for download. Filmed at the Brighton Concorde 2 in March, it is available for download at www.morehastemorespeed.co.uk”

Over the moon

Contrary to rumours the Moon Ska gig at the Southampton, Joiners on Tuesday 20th (tomorrow) is definitely still on.

The Dead Pets – London Camden Underworld

Gig was at the Elektrowerkz in Islington It is very rare these days when I find enough time to be able to go and see a few unfamiliar punk bands play. Fortunately on this occasion, I had the evening free to go and enjoy a very diverse

Monday 19 April 2004

The Descendents – Cool To Be You

At least three members of the Punktastic reviewing team have this record, yet none of us have posted our thoughts. From what I gather we all have very similar opinions, so you’ll have to forgive us for being a tad on the slow side. It’s hard to

The Attika State – Demo

Lots of good things have been said about The Attika State and it’s pretty easy to see why. This 3-track demo, which the band have been handing out at gigs for free, is pretty impressive stuff, throwing in the usual post-hardcore wares but giving

Larry Arms to take a break

Brandon from The Lawrence Arms has posted this on the bands website: “We were sitting around the other day, just farting on each other as gentlemen of our unique social position are known to do during long van rides when we realized that we are

End those rumours he’s to join Finch please!

The Early November drummer Jeff – who left the band last week – has rejoined the band. The sticksman admitted he’d made a big mistake and will re-join the band at the start of their Warped Tour dates after taking a few weeks off.

4th Flaw – May The 4th Be With You

Most of the time, when a band posts a â€˜New track for download!’ thread in the Punktastic forums, the quality of the music leaves a lot to be desired. Which is why I was very pleasantly surprised when I listened to a track by a little known band by

Chasing Daylight – (Emotional Words) Best Heard In Left Ear

As much as part of me wanted to really hate this little 3 track EP for wearing its unashamed emo influences on its sleeve, I found myself enjoying the punchy punk rock that is subtitled constantly with a contemporary Brand New/Rival School influence, mainly because there is