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From Tuesday 08 March 2005

TGUK announce split – Punktastic mourns

The Get Up Kids have split. A band statement reads: “Ladies and gentlemen, the rumors are true. After ten years, close to a hundred recorded songs and several trips around the world, The Get Up Kids will be playing their last shows this summer. We’re

FFAF album news

The new Funeral For A Friend album is due to be released on June 13th. The title is still to be confirmed.

Pete Doherty is a twat

Suddenly I like The Wayriders a whole lot more: “We’ve put a live version of a new song onto our myspace page – www.myspace.com/thewayriders The song’s called ‘Chemicals’. It’s our commentary on how if you’re a big enough drug addict to fuck off your band, your friends

Calling other media…

If you run a webzine/zine/magazine and haven’t yet received a copy of The Maple State‘s EP ‘At Least Until We’ve Settled In’ for review purposes, please email me at paul@punktastic.com with contact details and a little info on your publication and I’ll see what I can do.

Silverstein return

Silverstein return to the UK in May…

Over It – Silverstrand

It’s easy to band about the dreaded ‘the next big thing’ banner to any band that puts out a great record, but Over it deserve the plaudits. ‘Timing Is Everything’ is in my top three pop-punk albums ever; a record choc-full of amazing harmonies and catchy

Lovedrug – Pretend You’re Alive

It’s strange how maybe not much more than a year ago something like this probably wouldn’t even get sent to us for review, let alone get reviewed by us. It’s not that we are broadening our horizons but it seems that there’s been a change in the wind as