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From Wednesday 15 March 2006

Please, for your own sake, listen to Crazyarm

Crazyarm are so good that they make me want to buy a stetson. And I’m not a hat person. They’re unlike so much that’s doing the rounds at the moment, really entertaining folk-inflected songwriting that is backed by enough musical heft and depth to suggest a bright

Hold on

The Hold Steady have signed to Vagrant Records.

Get cape wear cape fly over the atlantic

Get Cape Wear Cape Fly has signed to Atlantic Records. Sam has been a good friend to PT over the years and this is excellent news. On behalf of everyone connected with PT, well done!

The Prize Fight – The Process EP

When bands suffer line-up changes and an extended wait between releases, things do change. Musical tastes change and musicians mature and improve their songwriting abilities. There’s no doubt that The Prize Fight have changed since their last record – gone is the Philly

Royden – Best Friends Our Worst Enemies

I guess I am becoming overly cynical in my old age, but this record is really, really boring. For a label that has brought us the likes of Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice and Common Rider, among many others, Royden are just

Joseph Heller’s finest piece of work

Taken from europunk.net: “The new Catch 22 album will be called “Permanent Revolution” and is due out June 27.”

Saintly

You can stream the new album by Fat Wreck’s The Sainte Catherines over at www.mammothpress.com

These guys are great!

Taken from the lobster records mailout: We’re very excited to welcome FIRST TO LEAVE from California’s Bay Area to Lobster Records! For those that miss the days when Saves The Day and Fairweather were fast, FIRST TO LEAVE feels your

Tuesday 14 March 2006

Mike Park UK dates

Mike Park returns to the UK in July for a slew of dates: 28th KINGSTON BANQUET RECORDS – In Store 29th CAMBRIDGE PORTLAND ARMS 30th NORWICH WATERFRONT (upstairs) 31st BRIGHTON THE ALBERT AUG 1st EXETER CAVERN CLUB 2nd SOUTHAMPTON JOINERS 3rd LEICESTER CHARLOTTE 4th STOCKTON RIVERSIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL 5th ARBROATH VIEWFIELD HOTEL 6th ABERDEEN TUNNELS 7th EDINBURGH HENRYS

Halfway between here and there

Those RxBandits April/May shows… 24th EXETER CAVERN 25th CARDIFF UNIVERSITY CF10 w Sonic Boom Six 27th WATFORD SPORTS ACADEMY BOXING CLUB w 3dBs down 28th LEICESTER CHARLOTTE w Anyway 29th SHEFFIELD D’N’R LIVE 30th GLASGOW BARFLY MAY 1st ABERDEEN MOSHULU 2nd NEWCASTLE TRILLIANS w Sonic Boom Six 3rd LIVERPOOL ROADKILL w