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From Thursday 23 August 2007

Cartel album stream

Cartel‘s new album can be streamed at www.purevolume.com/albums/cartel/cartel

Modern Life for stream

Modern Life Is War have a full stream of their new album up at www.purevolume.com/modernlifeiswar

You know you’ve made it when…

Gallows will appear on Guitar Hero 3.

And the winner is…..

Congratulations to David Stevenson who is the winner of our Angels and Airwaves competition! You will be contacted shortly to arrange your prize. Thanks to everyone who entered!

Wednesday 22 August 2007

New PT Recs signing!

Punktastic Recordings has signed A Man Down. They sound a bit like Captain Everything! meets Blink 182 meets New Found Glory. Check them out at www.myspace.com/amandownbrighton

Broadway Calls – S/T

The world needs more bands like Broadway Calls. While I love really poppy pop-punk as much as the next guy, I actually got brought up on Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph skate punk; the type of bands who didn’t really sing about high school sweethearts and have

Nora – Save Yourself

I think it’s a well known fact that I don’t like the kind of music hardcore bands seem to have morphed into over the last year or two. So it’s refreshing when a band don’t sell themselves out and continue to make interesting and challenging records.

Two Minute Silence – Broken Heart Syndrome

Breakdowns? Check. Screamed verses? Check. ‘Sung’ choruses? Check. Generic and cheesy album name? Check. Crap review given for a CD riddled with genre cliches? Check. I’m not going to waste my time writing anything constructive, simply because until bands start writing something that isn’t a half-arsed Atreyu tribute I can’t

iNsoFar – 3-track demo

Truth be told, InSoFar are a little bit too ‘rock’ for my liking. There are a few riffs here, a few vocal melodies too, but none of it is strong enough to really hook me in. Take ‘Reach Out’ for example, a track which isn’t really catchy

Emanuel – Black Earth Tiger

Believe me, it’s not easy reviewing from a myspace stream, what with it cutting out and juttering everywhere. Nevertheless, ‘Black Earth Tiger’ is immediately an entirely different beast from the Emanuel of last last time round. From the first seconds of the opening track you