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From Tuesday 17 February 2004

Thanks

A belated thank you to everyone who handed out Punktastic flyers at the Blink shows, especially Rhys who we saw in Manchester. Your help is very much appreciated.

The first official confirmation?

US pop-punks Never Heard Of It have allegedly confirmed they will play this years Reading and Leeds Festivals.

The Bronx come back to the UK in May. Dates so far announced include: 4th May – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms 8th May – Academy, Liverpool 10th May – Cathouse, Glasgow 11th May – The Cockpit, Leeds 12th May – Manchester University

Try honesty!

Billy Talent return to the UK next month: 6th Academy 2, Birmingham 8th UEA, Norwich (with Reel Big Fish) 9th Northumbria Uni, Newcastle 10th Glasgow King Tuts 12th Cockpit, Leeds 13th Sugarmill, Stoke 14th Wedegewood Rooms, Portsmouth 16th MDH, Manchester 17th Hammersmith Apollo, London

Turtlehead are fucking dead

Submitted: “Just to let you know that longtime Scottish punks ‘Turtlehead‘ have decided to call it a day. A full posting can be found on the bands website www.turtlehead.tk The bands last gig will be with Leatherface and Hangun Bravado @Bannermans in

Farse-ical news

Kudos to Beth…Farse have decided to call it a day. It is believed their last ever show is on March 18 at a venue TBC. More news when we have it.

Solabeat Alliance – Island Fire

It’s fairly common knowledge that after the late-nineties boom, ska punk has undergone a drastic downturn in fortunes. It is now considered the bitch of punk rock, written off as kiddies music designed for pre-teens desperate for an image and a lifestyle accessory. After the 90s, ska kids swapped

Written from Negative – They Dance like that in Clubs

Having already managed to secure the EP name of the year so far, I listened to WfN with great anticipation, and boy I was not disappointed. The music is akin to that of the â€˜Blood Brothers’ albeit ever so slightly dumbed down with dressings of the likes

The Poppy Fields – 45 RPM – Single

Much to my amazement as I was doing the washing up, I heard this very single being played on Radio One. Yes the Radio One. The young four piece managed to chart at number 28 in the national charts, which is mighty impressive as I simply dismissed the single

Monday 16 February 2004

No Motiv – Daylight Breaking

No Motiv have always been the most underrated and generally ignored band on Vagrant Records, despite the fact that they are considerably better than most of the bands on the label. Criminally under-promoted, the band have nevertheless, struggled on and have produced their