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From Thursday 23 September 2010

Can you help promote Punktastic?

Punktastic and Walnut Tree Records recently teamed up to get thousands of promotional flyers printed and we’re looking for some lovely people to help distribute them. Are you in a band able to put some on your merch desk? Are you going to a gig and willing to

100% too awesome not to post

Here’s Jorge Garcia (aka Hurley) performing with Weezer. Doesn’t it just make you wear a big smile on your face?

Hope Atlantic – Mercy Street Choir

A symptom of becoming a slightly older, slightly more jaded gentleman, is an increasing struggle to find new bands to enthuse about from the word go. Winnipeg’s Hope Atlantic are a wonderful exception to that accidentally and ill-conceived rule. ‘Mercy Street Choir’ is a mash up that lands

Wednesday 22 September 2010

Bad Religion – The Dissent Of Man

Bands that have been abusing ear drums as long as Bad Religion have a unique problem: How do you avoid the wrath of those claiming that you haven’t “stayed true to your roots”, whilst avoiding those claiming you’ve “become samey” AND trying to attract new fans? It’s a true

The PT Sessions: Overthrow

Punktastic favourites Overthrow are the latest contributors to the PT Sessions. Click here to check out ‘A Vivid Reminded’ and ‘By Night We Escape’, complete with 70s retro video effects and all!

Spermbirds – A Columbus Feeling

Semi-legendary German hardcore oldies the Spermbirds have a new record. I have to admit, I had no idea they were still going, so I reacted with a certain sense of trepidation when this landed through my letterbox (yes people, it is still all about physical CDs for

RIP Therefore I Am

According to their website Therefore I Am have broken up.

Shapes Detail Remixes and Tour

Shapes will release an EP of remixes of all six tracks of 2009’s BSM release ‘The Pasture, the Oil’. The label behind their first EP release, Godmonkey, will release the EP physically and digitally from Monday 4th October. Supporting the release, Shapes tour the UK in October.

Talons Ready Debut Album

On 15th November Big Scary Monsters will release ‘Hollow Realm’, the debut album from Talons. Comprising of 8 brand new tracks, the record was written as a whole piece of music and combines all of the elements we’ve come to love from the

Hawthorne Heights support Anberlin

Rock Sound reports that Hawthorne Heights will support Anberlin in November. .The band will miss the first two dates of the tour due to commitments in Europe, but will join Anberlin from the 15th onwards. NOVEMBER BIRMINGHAM Academy II (12)* SHEFFIELD Corporation (13)* GLASGOW