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From Monday 03 May 2010

Pump Action Radio – Demo

Bournemouth four-piece Pump Action Radio play a poppy pop-punk that, for me, just doesn’t hit the spot. It’s not catchy or melodic enough to be memorable and the riffs aren’t meaty enough to stand out either. It’s not particularly bad, it’s just very, very

Sunday 02 May 2010

The Dangerous Summer for R&L?

Submitted: At last nights GIAN introduces show AJ from The Dangerous Summer said the band would be playing this years Reading and Leeds festivals.

Hogwash – Sticker Paralysis

Hogwash have amazingly been doing their thing for almost 10 years now and they’re a band who probably won’t have come up on your radar before. They’re based in Paris, France, and play a ballsy brand of pop-punk influenced by the late 90s Epitaph/Fat Wreck bands. Indeed,

Iconotastic

You can now connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and (*NEW*) Spotify using the relevant icons on the navigation bar… The Spotify icon links through to playlists we’ve put together on Spotify for your listening pleasure! This month we have a Slam Dunk festival special featuring

Saturday 01 May 2010

This is what happens when you give me admin rights

Limp Bizkit have posted new song ‘Why Try?’ at http://www.limpbizkit.com/.

Wolves At Heart – Be Your Own Best Friend

Wolves At Heart are almost, almost there. Sonically they’re pretty good. There are some really good riffs here, it’s all well produced and comes across all New Found Glory-like. But I just don’t like the vocals. They remind me of Tom DeLonge, which when

Embrace The City – Someone Else’s Truth

Embrace The City are a young five-piece from Bedfordshire and this is their second EP. The band claim to be influenced by Paramore and Nickelback (!?!) yet sound like neither. They do have a female vocalist so I guess that’s where the

GIAN Intro review

Libby went to the GIAN Introduces show in Birmingham earlier this week and you can read her review at https://www.punktastic.com/reviews/gigs/402

The Swellers – Birmingham Academy

Give It A Name Introduces 2010 Birmingham Academy 2, 27th April 2010 The Dangerous Summer opened to a practically empty venue, which unfortunately was the case for most of the night. Unsurprisingly the band seemed nervous and although their songs sounded sincere they didn’t have that edge to

Basement – Songs About The Weather

I’d seen a little hype about Basement on the PT forums, then again on Pastepunk a few weeks ago when one of their writers compared them to early Saves The Day, Lifetime and Polar Bear Club. That really got my