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From Saturday 23 July 2005

I bet she’s a nice lady really

Submitted: “Abigail Williams from (Phoenix,Arizona) have hooked up with Thirty Days of Night Records. We will be releasing a u.k only version of their cd in September.We are more than excited about doing this the band who have members of Vehemence(Metal Blade) in their ranks

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Submitted: “Story of The Year‘s new Album ‘IN THE WAKE OF DETERMINATION’ is being readied for an October 11 release on Maverick Records. The album is heavier and more guitar driven than their debut release. The album was produced by Steve Evetts (The Cure, Hatebreed,

Friday 22 July 2005

Presenting the Dancing Machine

The superlative Lawrence Arms are preparing their next record (YES). “We have twelve songs written so far, and a few more in the hopper. Chris and I are learning each other’s guitar parts and words and we’re putting together what I can only assume is

Drive Thru Dylan

Drive Thru have released a streaming player for the forthcoming Bob Dylan tribute album. It includes 90 seconds of each of the 21 tracks and can be found here.

Silverstein – Discovering The Waterfront

I quite like Silverstein. Their last record did suffer from a number of genre cliches – and to a certain extent may have been lost amongst some of their peers – but overall it was well executed. Sure, some of the screams may

FAO: Birmingham bands!

The Ruined and Pixelface‘s tour hits Scruffy Murphy’s in Birmingham tonight, but due to unfortunate circumstances we’re looking for another local support. If you can play tonight and don’t mind either opening or being second on, please email me at ben@punktastic.com before about 2pm.

Un-Scene 2 out now!

Punktastic Un-Scene 2 has arrived! The 16-track compilation is the follow-up to last year’s succesful Un-Scene, released on Sorepoint/Punktastic Recordings. The second record in the series features 16 songs by 16 of the UK’s best up and coming bands. (see new songs from Adequate 7,

The Junior Varsity – Wide-Eyed

Victory’s recent batch of signings have been extremely varied – from the likes of Aiden, Sinai Beach, The Forecast, June and The Junior Varisty – so there’s pretty much something for everyone. But then if you owned a label that

Thursday 21 July 2005

SHR sale

Suburban Home Records are having a sale where you can pick up Cds – like the latest Race The Sun and Gamits albums – for just $5. Visit this link for the bargains.

The Early November – The Acoustic EP

With little prior knowledge of the Early November, I was aghast when listening to these seven tracks for the first time. “They’re just ripping off Dashboard Confessional!” I thought when preparing to desecrate all over the band and knock them back for having