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From Saturday 26 March 2005

Happy birthday to you

Our friends over at Punkermentality are celebrating their 2nd birthday with a special gig down in London. To celebrate we have five pairs of tickets to give away to the bash on April 16. To stand a chance of seeing the likes of Sonic

Bottom Line – Eloquence

Remember a time when Fenix Tx were good and pop-punk wasn’t quite as diluted as it is now? Bottom Line will take you back to those glorious days when the sun seemingly shone every day and three-way harmonies could be eaten for breakfast, dinner

Friday 25 March 2005

Mae – The Everglow

Can Mae do any wrong? ‘Destination: Beautiful’ and its remix follow up were two standout albums by a band that can mix beauty with brains and come out the other end as one of the best upcoming bands in the world. ‘The Everglow’

They will take over

Submitted: “The Machines Will Take Over and Above Them are in desperate need of a date down south on Saturday 16th July in order to fill their tour. There’s no guarantee for the tour, they just ask for whatever you feel you can afford at

Brown alert

Mumrah and Monkey Toast need gigs anywhere in the UK on March 31 and April 1. All offers considered, if you can help email brown_alert@hotmail.com

DTR releases

Click ‘discuss this item’ for Drive Thru Records scheduled release plans for this year.

Nobody here but us zatopeks

Stream the new zatopeks album in full at this location.

Dylan is cool

Submitted: “Check out www.myspace.com/bobdylaniscool for an updated track listing of bands contributing to the Bob Dylan Tribute Album available June 21st on Drive-Thru Records. You can also hear Steel Train‘s version of “Don’t Think Twice (it’s alright)””

Locus of Control – To A Bloody War Or a Sickly Season

As much as I want to like this album, I just haven’t been able to get my head around it and enjoy the process. It is perfectly acceptable, it ticks all the boxes that you would expect in terms of production and all round quality of play, but something

Dumb stars

Submitted: “The debut album from Birmingham/London based pop-punk/rock’n’roll band the Zatopeks is out now on Stardumb Records (home of Groovie Ghoulies, Apers and many more). Stardumb Records describe it as follows: ‘The debut album of the Zatopeks is a