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From Monday 03 May 2010

FFAF need your pledge

Funeral For A Friend are to record and release a new EP and are encouraging fans to ‘pledge’ cash to fund it. Starting at £8 and going up to £500 you can have shirts, guitar lessons, sing gang vox and even an acoustic performance at your house.

RxB live CD

Rx Bandits release limited edition CD ‘Live At Park Avenue’ on Wednesday. Get your copy HERE

Sam Little stream

Alterthepress.com are streaming Sam Little‘s new EP ‘Trust Me, Something Beautiful Will Happen’.

WATO headline tour dates

We Are The Ocean Sep/Oct headline tour dates. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday! SEPTEMBER 30th SOUTHAMPTON Joiners OCTOBER 1st TUNBRIDGE WELLS Forum 2nd CAMBRIDGE Haymakers 4th OXFORD Academy 2 5th CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach 6th PLYMOUTH White Rabbit 7th EXETER Cavern 8th YEOVIL Orange Box 9th LIVERPOOL Academy 2 11th YORK Fibbers 12th

Out this week at Banquet…

Out this week at Banquet Records includes: The new Deftones album ‘Diamond Eyes‘ – http://www.banquetrecords.com/punktastic?defdieyes The Flatliners ‘Cavalcade’ – http://www.banquetrecords.com/punktastic?FAT748 The Hold Steady ‘Heaven Is Whenever’ – http://www.banquetrecords.com/punktastic?thshiw You can also pre-order the new Gaslight Anthem album ‘American Slang’ from http://www.banquetrecords.com/punktastic?B003FK8V7G and

The Get Up Kids – Simple Science

How do you objectively review your favourite band of all time, ever? With great difficulty as I’ve found out the numerous times I’ve put pen to paper on The Get Up Kids. One of my major regrets on PT was my original 2001 review of ‘Something

Population Four – This Town Will Drag You Down

I remember reviewing this band about 18 months ago and being quite impressed by their Funeral For A Friend-esque sound. I looked back and wrote how ‘big’ the band sounded and they again manage to replicate that effect on new EP ‘This Town Will Drag

New The Maple State song

The Maple State have posted a new song at www.myspace.com/themaplestate However, the band have stated they have no plans to tour and no plans for new releases.

The Morning Of album out today

The Morning Of‘s new album ‘The Way I Fell In’ is out today via HMV.com and iTunes – with 3 exclusive, UK-only bonus tracks.

Forgotten Roots – You’ll Never Win EP

Forgotten Roots are a band from up Newcastle way and this is the second time I’ve reviewed them. The improvement since that release last year is hugely evident, so a big well done. The songs are well crafted and carefully put together, the riffs sit well and