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From Thursday 27 July 2006

Higher and Higher

The Higher have signed with Epitaph Records.

Big Sale Monsters

Big Scary Monsters have a big CD, vinyl, badge and shirt sale on with a number of crazy offers, so go and check t out at www.bsmrocks.com

The Bronx dates

The Bronx tour in October/November. Oxford Zodiac – 14/10/2006 Cardiff Barfly – 15/10/2006 Leeds Cockpit – 17/10/2006 Manchester Roadhouse – 18/10/2006 Liverpool Barfly – 19/10/2006 Nottingham Rock City – 20/10/2006 Corporation, Sheffield – 22/10/2006 Birmingham Barfly – 23/10/2006 Carling Academy Islington – 01/11/2006

Wednesday 26 July 2006

Failure By Design – Every Night Is Poker Night

Failure By Design don’t sound like a band (possibly) named after a Brand New song. With a brass section and plenty of past-paced riffs, they’re almost skate-punk with horns rather than skacore. In their last review on PT, Ben stated he felt they

Flogging twice

Submitted: “Flogging Molly are playing twice at both the Reading and Leeds Festivals. They will play on both the main stage (Between Aiden and Wolfmother) and the Lock up stage (between Millencolin and Alexisonfire)”

Hostage Life – Sing for the Enemy

Seven songs, 18 minutes…this is more like it. Hostage Life come from the same Canadian background as Closet Monster and Protest the hero and they play a caustic-humoured melodic hardcore in the mould of a Dillinger Four or

Forever Changed – Chapters

The last time I reviewed Forever Changed, I said they sounded a hell of a lot like Further Seems Forever. ‘Chapters’, their brand new album, hasn’t changed my opinion. ‘Refusal’ is so FSF-lite that you’d be hard pushed to distinguish the

Elena City – Romance Is…Pt1

Sing like you mean it. That’s the best advice I could give any singer really; reach down into your lungs and bellow it out. Someone really needs to tell Elena City vocalist Martin this, as his vocals tend to waft out harmlessly over a

Misnomer album release

Just a reminder that you can pre-order the new The Misnomer album ‘Jealousy Is’ for £4 at http://punktastic.bigcartel.com You can sample tracks over at www.myspace.com/themisnomer

Pie in the sky

Piebald has posted a new demo titled “Getting Mugged and Liking It” at www.myspace.com/piebald