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From Sunday 20 June 2010

Morain add new music

Morain have spruced up their website and added new music to www.myspace.com/morainmusic

Bayonets – The Joke and the Damage Done

By the time this review is uploaded, Bayonets will be about ready to play their final show before calling it quits. This single, released via Pandycane, is their departing gift and it’s an excellent little finale for a band that didn’t quite reach the heady heights they

Breathing Blue – S/T

Fair play to these New Jersey boys for scrapping autotune and triggers and making and recording an EP that’s organic and natural-sounding. Way too many bands rely on producers layering the crap out of their sound, often with all kinds of unnatural sounds, and so while I

Hello Mexico – Five Twenty Seven

Mike recently reviewed this band, back in January, and described them as being a bit like Fall of Troy playing Karate tunes. I don’t hear that at all! Hello Mexico are a London-based five-piece that play a relaxed, rockin’ style that’s based around a pretty cool

Our Last Night support WATO?

Our Last Night are apparently supporting on We Are The Ocean‘s upcoming UK tour.

Breathe Electric – Lovestruck EP

Living in the UK I can choose to put myself in a little musical bubble if I want. I can shun mainstream radio, media and TV and can avoid bands and musical styles that I don’t like. Sure, I can walk into a high street store and catch something

KIGH interview

I recently interviewed Aled of Kids In Glass Houses about Dirt: The Musical, playing festivals, Cheryl Cole and Lady Gaga. Read it at www.punktastic.com/interviews/336

Saturday 19 June 2010

Matt Skiba album pre-order

Matt Skiba’s 15-track solo album, ‘Demos’, is now available to pre-order from Banquet Records. the album will be released on Asian Man in August and is available on CD and limited edition vinyl. Pre-order from www.banquetrecords.com/punktastic?AM204

Escape To Sea / Atlases June UK tour

Escape To Sea / Atlases June UK tour: 24th – Bardens Boudior, London * Atlases only* 26th – Lousianna, Bristol 27th – Le Pub, Newport 29th – Hope, Brighton 30th – Good Ship, London

RIP The Scare

According to their facebook, The Scare have called it a day.