Buy a shirt, please!

For one day only you can get a Punktastic Recordings shirt for just £8 including postage. We have them in sizes YM, YL, S and L and each shirt comes with a free CD of my choice. You must pay by paypal today, that’s the only stipulation! See

Have A Go Hero – Thinking of names for j

I criticised Have A Go Hero‘s demo because it sounded like it was produced in a cave. While the band had plenty of ideas (albeit generic ones), their sound was disrupted by a poor production job. On their debut release for Lockjaw, this has been rectified and

Ask All American Rejects!

All American Rejects are coming over to the UK in August to promote their forthcoming new album. As part of it, they want Punktastic readers to ask them questions as part of an interview. It’s the first time where a band has actually asked me to ask

Read my interview with Yuri of MxPx here. He talks about the problems they had with Interscope Records, how the label interfered in the last record and how the band talked about splitting. I reckon it’s a good ‘un…

MxPx

Paul: Hey man, how’s it going? What are you guys up to? Must be about time for the Warped Tour? Yuri: Yeah man, we’re getting ready for it. We have been flying in and out doing one-offs and doing odd things before we go. We have done it

I can’t wait for a new album

Brand New have an, erm, interesting new website over at www.brandnewrock.com

Rufio over Aug/Sept

Submitted: “Rufio will be playing the European festival circuit in late aug/early sept… this will most likely mean UK dates.”

A TDR news story not about Two Day Rule

Submitted: “TDR Records (started by Michael Hollins, former associate of To Define Records) has launched a label and website. With releases by Mayfield, Color Blind Light, and a split 7 inch between Punchline & Over It, TDR Records has become a well-known home base for

Taking over your radio

Submitted: “In anticipation of Takeover Records’ two latest releases hitting store shelves tomorrow, both albums have been made available for streaming online: Yellowcard Where We Stand – http://takeoverrock.com/contest/wws Takeover Records 3-Way, Issue #2 (featuring NearMiss, The Matches and Reeve Oliver) – www.purevolume.com/takeover3way “

The Fight dates

The Fight have two dates before they head off to Warped… July 5th – Nottingham – Rock City w/ The Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster July 8th – London – Mean Fiddler