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Ten Second Epic – Hometown

Ten Second Epic remind me of Simple Plan. And not just because they’re both Canadian. The two bands base their songs around the simple premise of a very catchy hook and some radio friendly riffs and while TSE maybe aren’t quite as inoffensive, they’re very

March Her To Norway – MHTN EP

March Her To Norway feature Ewan, formerly of Not Katies, and this band is reminiscent of NK for those who can remember them. This four track EP has driving rock riffs and melodic vocals and choruses and it’s pretty good for what it is.

Gallows to play super small show

Gallows are apparently playing The Fighting Cocks, Kingston on Friday. Ticket details revealed tomorrow…

Coming soon…

Yesterday we recorded a bunch of acoustic sessions from the likes of Not Advised (pictured), Save Your Breath and This Time Next Year to go with Four Year Strong, Against Me and others recorded on Saturday. Stay tuned to PT this

Small Town sign new band

Small Town Records has signed Norwich’s Atlas&i. The guys have current single ‘The Sleepless Crusade’ up for streaming at www.myspace.com/atlasandi In July, the guys head out for a few dates with All Or Nothing and Tell It

Cuba Cuba – Home Is The Fire

I remember thinking Cuba Cuba sounded like a mix of Friendly Fires and Minus The Bear and that’s exactly the same comparison I made when I first heard ‘Bonus’. There’s some jangly guitars and choppy drums mixed in with some really dance-able elements.

Hit the Lights sign to new label, new album to be recorded soon

In an interview with Punktastic yesterday (to be broadcast very soon!) Nick from Hit The Lights told us they had signed to a new label, but it’s NOT Epitaph, despite the rumours. The band are in talks with producers and hope to record the new album later

Slam Dunk South statement

Slam Dunk have issued the following statement about Saturday’s events: “Apologies to anybody who encountered access problems at the Slam Dunk South event in Hatfield. An internal investigation is underway and there’ll be a more comprehensive statement once we’ve concluded that. In the meantime our immediate focus is

New Almeida songs

Southampton progressive punkers Almeida (recently seen supporting A Wilhelm Scream) have two new tracks up at www.almeidaband.co.uk The fully mixed versions will be released on the debut independent album ‘Fantastic Massacre’ in July.

Stars of CCTV

Prague-based ska-folk-punk band CCTV All-Stars are offering their debut album ‘Just A Word’ for free download here: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/53636?mailhash=c7c23add945427b47d064c7d95275422