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From Saturday 24 March 2007

Ska dunk festival

As predicted, Reel Big Fish headline this years Leeds Slam Dunk Festival. Mad Caddies and Sonic Boom Six also play as part of a 12-band bill. The gig will be on Sunday, may 27 at Leeds University Refectory and there will

The Welch Boys – Self-titled

For fuck’s sake. I took one look at the sleeve that came with this – a four-leaf clover behind a skull and crossed bones – and thought to myself “If this a fucking Boston Irish/Dropkick Murphys sound-a-like I’m gonna top myself”. I don’t like being right in

Caffeine live review

Carolyn went to see Caffeine in Leeds the other night, read her review here

Caffeine – Leeds Josephs Well

Caffeine + Mesh 29 (+ Stick My Army) Josephs Well, Leeds 21/03/2007 Josephs Well is dead tonight, so much so that I thought I?d got the wrong day. In listening to Caffeine I presumed they would have attracted a healthy sized crowd due to their mainstream Pop/Punk style and

Friday 23 March 2007

MxPx love Arthur

Taken from ap.net: “MxPx has confirmed in a myspace bulletin that they have been, and are continuing to work on a new Arthur full-length. The only other release from this side project was a 6-song EP that came out in 1999.”

HHN store sale

Taken from the HHN newsletter: “we have a stack of special offers in the Household Name Webstore www.householdnamerecords.co.uk/orderonline-uk.php including the new BIG D / BRAIN FAILURE split CD for only £6.99 IF YOU ORDER BY MIDDAY ON THURSDAY 29TH MARCH! But that’s not all there are

TGOAT headline shows

Fresh from supporting Poison The Well, Brighton punk rockers The Ghost Of A Thousand have confirmed the following headline shows: MARCH Liverpool, Barfly (26) APRIL Milton Keynes, Pitz (07) Kettering, Sawyers (08) Luton, Uni (14) Brighton, Engine Rooms (16) London, Camden Crawl – Oh Bar (19) London, Dome (22) Wolverhampton,

Big D UK dates

Big D and the Kids Table tour in May: * Fri 18th May – SWINDON The Furnace * Sat 19th May – EXETER The Hub * Sun 20th May – MANCHESTER Satans Hollow * Mon 21st May – NEWCASTLE The Venue * Tue 22nd May – LEEDS venue tbc * Wed 23rd May

SOIA/CIS dates

Sick of it All and Crime In Stereo do three dates together: Tues 26 JUNE SOUTHAMPTON NEXUS Weds 27 JUNE NEWCASTLE TRILLIANS Thurs 28 JUNE LONDON SCALA

PT Recs 99-song compilation details

If you’re not aware, Punktastic Recordings is putting out a homage to Short Music for Short People this summer, featuring 99 UK bands doing 30-second songs. If you’re in a band and interested in taking part, click here