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Peacocks dates

The Peacocks tour the UK this month. Nov 14 2006 Beercart Arms, Canterbury Nov 15 2006 Croft, Bristol Nov 17 2006 Underworld, London Nov 18 2006 Engine Rooms, Brighton Nov 19 2006 Star & Garter, Manchester Nov 20 2006 Trillians, Newcastle Nov 21 2006 Fab Cafe / Roadkill, Liverpool Nov 23

Kill it

Submitted: “Kill The Arcade have posted ‘Navigators, Start Navigating’ on their myspace page. The song features on their split EP with SkysDayOff out now via Tree Brain Records. Listen at www.myspace.com/killthearcade “

Clue: It’s not Sunset on 32nd

There’s still time to enter the Strike Anywhere/Loved Ones competition to win albums and goodies. Just email me at ben@punktastic.com and tell me what my (not your) favourite Strike Anywhere song is. So far only one person’s got it right, so keep emailing.

The Ataris find sanctuary on own label

A message from the ataris: “We are pleased to announce that we have formed our own label, Isola Recordings, and that we have entered into an agreement with the Sanctuary Records Group for promotion, marketing and distribution of our future records. We are also pleased to announce

Hawthorne Heights vs Victory Records: The Emos Strike Back

according to ap.net, at a hearing on Tuesday, a judge ruled in Hawthorne Heights‘ favorOpens in New Window, stating that the band has grounds for terminating their contract with Victory due to just cause, and thus the lawsuit is not over, as previously claimed by Victory Records.

AWS pull the trigger

A Wilhelm Scream and No Trigger tour the UK in January: Jan 15 2007 @ Barfly – Birmingham, Jan 16 2007 @ Academy 3 – Manchester, UK Jan 17 2007 @ Academy – Newcastle, UK Jan 18 2007 @ King Tuts – Glasgow, UK Jan 19 2007 @

4 new AK songs

Audio Karate have posted four new songs at http://www.myspace.com/audiokarate

Friday 10 November 2006

+44 album stream

If you haven’t heard it already, stream the new +44 album over at www.myspace.com/plus44

Much The Awesome

Nitro’s Much The Same bring their awesome brand of skate-punk to the UK next year: Feb 15 2007- Met Lounge Peterborough Feb 16 2007 Football Club, Camberley Feb 17 2007 Pitz, Milton Keynes Feb 18 2007- The Charlotte, Leicester Feb 21 2007 – Moshulu, Aberdeen, Scotland Feb 22 2007

Bloc Party drummer collapses lung

From pitchfork: “Last night, Bloc Party drummer Matt Tong suffered a collapsed lung following his band’s gig with Panic! at the Disco and Jack’s Mannequin at Atlanta, Georgia’s HiFi Buys Amphitheatre. He is currently being treated in one of the city‘s