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The Startover – Survivor’s Guide

I can’t help but think these guys should be able to do better than this. ‘Survivor’s Guide’ isn’t a bad EP, but I just feel a little underwhelmed by it. They’re very clearly talented musicians who know how to write good pop-punk songs, but the six very

Almost Legendary – Demo

Almost Legendary have being going for about a year now and are based out of Atlanta, Georgia. They describe themselves as a pop band, but there’s a healthy enough dose of guitars and keys to separate them out from the Taylor Swift’s of this world. That

Saturday 03 July 2010

The Don Ramos Players – History and Geography

The Don Ramos Players, for those who don’t know, are a kind of Kingston ‘super group’, made up of members of tonnes of great old bands. They’ve released a couple of records on banquet and this new EP is the first to come out on

Buddha Records

Banquet Records have now got Blink 182‘s ‘Buddha’ album in stock on vinyl, as well as the remastered CD at just £4.99. Pick it up at www.banquetrecords.com/punktastic?kungfubud

Striking Back – The Restless EP

I recently went on holiday to the US and listened to a fair bit of commercial radio as we travelled between places. Bands like Striking Back are played constantly on the radio and I can see the tracks on this EP fitting in quite nicely.

Ben Childs/Mike Scott gig re;vl?

Alex recently caught the Camden leg of the Ben Childs/Mike Scott tour and you can read his review HERE

Mike Scott – Camden Barfly

Ben Childs & Mike Scott Sunday 27 June 2010 The Purple Turtle, Camden Support: Lost On Campus + Bygone Nursing rather a sore head from last night?s leg of this tour, Punktastic has made its way to a very muggy Camden town. Roughly

This City Sleeps – Seconds

This City Sleeps live a stones throw away from me, so it’s always good to hear some local talent. The band will obviously attract Paramore comparisons because of the fact they have a female vocalist and at times there’s a passing resemblance musically

Emarosa – S/T

I want to really like Emarosa; I feel like they’re on the cusp of something really, really good but don’t quite manage it consistently enough for me to really, really like them. Don’t get me wrong, this new self-titled record is a good one and a

Flood of Red, House vs Hurricane, Heights UK/Euro Tour

Flood of Red, House vs Hurricane, Heights UK/Euro Tour: 04/11/2010 Norwich The Marquee 05/11/2010 Reading The Facebar 06/11/2010 Birmingham HMV Institute 07/11/2010 London Underworld 08/11/2010 Southampton Joiners 09/11/2010 Leicester Sumo 10/11/2010 Edinburgh GRV 11/11/2010 Aberdeen Warehouse 12/11/2010 Glasgow Cathouse 13/11/2010 Stoke The Underground 14/11/2010 Derby The Old