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From Saturday 18 February 2006

Medioxcore starts in 45 mins…

Remember to listen in to medioxcore on www.lsrfm.com at 6pm as Alex plays stacks of top tunes, including the first ever play of the new Chaser single! Check out our forums to leave requests!

The sWord – S/T

It makes you look like a proper spanner if you use a press release for a CD for anything more than a quick insight into a band, but to (completely) disagree with the statement of “Simple, catchy, straight-up punk-rock like it should be done” in regard to

Friday 17 February 2006

Sold – Narcissus Falls

If ever a band had potential enough to make me wish that I could fast-forward three years into the future so that I would be able to hear exactly how utterly brilliant they turned out to be, it’s Sold. With a potent and vicious brand of post-hardcore

Covergirl – No Lycra, No Leotards, No Models, No Men

In their previous incarnation as Opium, Covergirl‘s first two CDs received lukewarm responses from us here at Punktastic, mainly because they felt like a compendium of every emo-rock band out there that wanted to show that yes, they can rock with the best of them

Hush…the boy is falling out the academy

The Hush Sound and The Academy Is are now officially confirmed as supports on all of the May Fall Out Boy dates. Tickets go on sale tomorrow…

Fenix UK tour dates

Fenix Tx/Crash Romeo tour dates… May 12 London Underworld May 13 Birmingham TBA May 14 Glasgow TBA May 15 Manchester Star and Garter May 16 Sheffield SRSB Centre May 17 Liverpool TBA

Angels and Foo Fighters

Angels and Airwaves are confirmed to support the Foo Fighters at the band’s Hyde Park gig later this year. Motorhead and Queens of the Stone Age are also slated to play.

Jonah June tour

Submitted: “Jonah Matranga will be playing the UK from June 6 – 14. Venues and exact dates are still to be confirmed.”

red hot dutch

You can see/hear a new The New Amsterdams e-card at www.vagrant.com/storylikeascar

Sidecho Bob

The Spores have signed with Sidecho Records.