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From Tuesday 07 June 2005

Social D tour

Social Distortion have confirmed a date at the London Astoria on August 6. Apparently it is the first date of a European tour. As of yet, I do not know if any more UK dates will be added.

The Progress make progression

The Progress have signed to Negative Progression Records. You can check the band out at www.purevolume.com/theprogress

Don’t get ripped off…

My Chemical Romance tour in November and tickets went on sale last Saturday at a number of online outlets. As a result, a lot of tickets have appeared on online auction sites like eBay – however, none of the dates have sold out yet,

Chixdiggit – Pink Razors

Remember those freakish laughing clowns that could be found at pikey seaside fairs? They found everything hilarious. Be it a small child sticking his middle finger up or someone doing a jig. As long as you banged in 20p they found it all side splittingly funny regardless of the

Seize The Day – Demo

Looking for thrashy pop punk in the vein of North London’s Captain Everything? Then look no further than North Wales for Seize the Day! Except it isn’t quite Captain Everything, even though secretly the four piece are probably harbouring desires to

Reeko – Year Ecad

Although Reeko could be tagged as ’emo’ by some, their jaunty, jagged guitars and ear-bursting drums make them far more interesting than the vast majority of bands out there these days. The Exeter quartet are inventive and original and that scores highly

Cyan Fiction – Flesh and Circuits

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to review CDs that we receive at Punktastic. It’s not because our collective talents are on the wane, but because every bloody band sounds the same. I know it sounds cliched (and I used to hate dodgy comparisons to other bands when I

Sometimes I’m simply a public service announcement

Starlitdrive and Thirteen need dates on July 20 and 21. Email nickspotter@gmail.com if you can help. Then Motionview Emergency and Teh Riverxlub need dates between August 1 and 7 – email Motionviewemergency@hotmail.co.uk if you can help that tour. Finally Johnny Cheats Death need dates between July 25

Minus minus minus

Minus The Bear have posted a new song up at www.purevolume.com/minusthebear

Waterdown tour

Waterdown tour later this month: 25.06.2005 UK Swindon / The Furnace 26.06.2005 UK Leicester / The Attik w/ A New Days Enemy 27.06.2005 UK London Astoria w/ Pennywise & Stretch Armstrong 28.06.2005 UK Manchester Academy w/ Pennywise & Stretch Armstrong 29.06.2005