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From Thursday 24 March 2005

Gibby Haynes and his Problem – S/T

‘Pop-punk’, ’emo’, ‘post-hardcore’… we have a lot of genres that we pigeonhole bands here at Punktastic. Maybe we should come up with a new one – crap. Because if we did, this record would be at the top of the pile. Gibby Haynes certainly has a

Five Days Off – 4-way split with Over It, Midpoint and National Product

Now this is an odd one…a split CD featuring four songs each from an American band, a gang of Begians and two Canadian groups, all released on a label straight outta Canada. Now usually any CD with Over It on would automatically be given

Donna loves the cheese

The new Big Cheese magazine is out next week and will have The Donnas on the cover. It also features My Chemical Romance, Atreyu, Millencolin, Public Enemy, Nine Inch Nails, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Open

No more please, I don’t care!

Submitted by approximately 18 million people today: Bullet For My Valentine are main support on the Funeral For A Friend tour. Gratitude and A Static Lullaby are also on the bill.

Sage Francis cancels Euro dates

Taken from decoymusic.com: “Epitaph’s Sage Francis has had to cancel his European dates due to some throat problems. But fear not, he has re-scheduled them for June.”

Stream reggie

You can stream the new Reggie and the Full Effect album here. It’s due for release next week.

The Explosion – Black Tape

The Explosion have hardly been household names on this side of the Atlantic in recent times. However, since the Boston punk outfit signed to Virgin Records they have been regularly sighted in the UK, with solo shows and high profile support slots. ‘Black Tape’ is

Wednesday 23 March 2005

Eighteen Visions – Leeds Cockpit

This review was to be my third in four days. How prolific am I? (Hint, Hint major music press who may be looking for new staff.) The fact that each of the shows I had been to this week offered me something interesting each time, but all

Selfish Cunt tour in May

Sun, 8th: Brighton, Pressure Point Mon, 9th: Leicester, Charlotte Tues, 10th: Glasgow, Nice N Sleazy Wed, 11th: Edinburgh, Subway Cowgate Thur, 12th: Newcastle, Tanners Fri, 13th: Oxford, Zodiac Sat, 14th: Leeds, Faversham Sun, 15th: London, Garage Mon, 16th: Exeter, Cavern Tues, 17th: Liverpool, Academy 2 Wed, 18th: Wigan, Fever Thur, 19th: Manchester, Jabez Clegg Fri, 20th: Wolverhampton, Little

DEP get intimate

Submitted: “Fresh from Australia and Japan, the Dillinger Escape Plan will be doing an intimate one off show at London’s Underworld on April 11th. The show will be FREE and tickets are available through Kerrang Magazine and the Radio 1 Rock show.”