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From Sunday 02 August 2009

Broadway Calls webchat details

Ty and Josh from Broadway Calls will be stopping by on 7th August at 7pm (GMT) for a Punktastic Webchat. Follow this link on the day to get in on the action.

Broadway Calls

The Punktastic Webchat with Broadway Calls is now over. See what went down by hitting ‘Replay’. Broadway Calls Punktastic Webchat

Scholars get wrecked

Scholars have uploaded the full version of a new song called ‘Wreck’ to www.myspace.com/scholars

Yeah Detroit partly reminder me of Slick Shoes. They play high speed, hi-octane pop-punk with widdly guitar parts and lots of vocal harmonies. It’s a bit rough and ready and a bit raw in places, but for a first stab this is very good

My Lady Four – Everyone Pays The Gatekeeper

Another quickie review – this is disposable stuff that’s been heard literally a billion times before but it’s catchy and current enough to warrant a few listens. I can’t see this lot ever being anyone’s favourite band, but there are plenty of vocal harmonies and singalong choruses and while

481 have it – do you?

481 people have downloaded Punktastic Un-Scene 5 in the first 24hrs raising £100 for the Everyman charity. You can get your 40 song FREE download from www.walnuttreerecords.co.uk – so please do it now and let us know what you think!

Support PT with a banner!

Are you in a band, run a label or do something else that would benefit from having your name in lights? Well maybe not lights but certainly at the top of every page of the site anyway! To keep PT ticking over we have

Scholars interview

I recently interviewed Scholars and you can read our little chat HERE

Scholars

Paul: Hello! Who am I speaking to and what do you do in Scholars? Sam: Hello, I’m Sam, I sing and play keys. Chris: I’m Chris and I play the bass guitar. Paul: How would you describe the Scholars sound? Which bands did you grow up listening to?

The Bundesrats – Half Finished Horse

The description reads “ska/rock/melodramatic popular song”. Melodramatic is right! There’s certainly something a little larger than life about Wakefield quintet The Bundesrats. Musically it’s pretty much a mixture of third-wave ska, straight-up rock and a less than subtle doffing of the cap towards Madness. Vocally,