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From Thursday 06 October 2011

Caves – Homeward Bound

In the three months or so Punktastic has been listening to CAVES‘ debut album, the Bristol trio has been on a full UK tour, released a split 7” with Sundials and are now preparing for a trip to Florida and a performance at Fest. An apology then

Hyro Da Hero Recheduled Tour Dates

HYRO DA HERO‘s rescheduled tour dates can be seen below. February 2012: 7th Cardiff, Ifor Bach 8th Manchester, Club Academy 9th Glasgow, King Tuts 10th Sheffield, Corporation 11th Leeds, Cockpit 12th Stoke, Sugarmill 13th Birmingham, VUDU 14th Milton Keynes, Crauford Arms 15th Nottingham, Rescue Rooms 16th Norwich, Waterfront 17th Tunbridge Wells, Forum 18th London,

Vessels UK/EU dates

VESSELS play the following UK/EU shows over the next two months: October 17 The Wardrobe, LEEDS (with Apparat Band Live) November 5 The Dog & Partridge, BOLTON 6 Night & Day, MANCHESTER 7 The Borderline, LONDON 9 The Louisiana, BRISTOL (with Austere, Isola & Armchair Committee) 10 The

New Trash Talk video

TRASH TALK have posted their new video for ‘Burn Alive’ online. You can see it below: The song is the second taken from their forthcoming EP, ‘Awake’, which is out 11th October. Order: www.truepanther.com

RIP Steve Jobs

Overnight, Apple Chairman Steve Jobs passed away. He was born in 1955 and was part of some of the greatest inventions of the last 50 years. Our editor Tom has written a column on his influence within the music industry that you can read at https://www.punktastic.com/columns/19/Steve-Jobs-1955-2011/. Our thoughts are

Wednesday 05 October 2011

Cycle Schmeichel

CYCLE SCHMEICHEL have posted their new EP online for listening / free download. If you like that sort of thing, you can pre-order a cassette of the release from Something Honest To Dance To at http://shtdt.bigcartel.com/ You can hear and download the release below:

Kids In Glass Houses

We sat down with the wonderful Aled from KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES to chat about the band’s biggest headline show to date, their new album and the strength of the UK underground. The band recently released ‘In Gold Blood’, which is available

ASIWYFA Offer Two Tracks For Download

AND SO I WATCHED YOU FROM AFAR have announced the North American release of their sophomore album, Gangs on Sargent House, partnered with Dublin label Richter Collective, A pair of MP3s from the album are available today for free download. ‘BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION’ DOWNLOAD ‘Search:Party:Animal’ DOWNLOAD Gangs will be available

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NORMA JEAN have put together and head up “The Evil Tiger Vulture Tour”, supported by THE CHARIOT, STRAY FROM THE PATH and ADMIRALS ARMS in Feb/March 2012. February 26 CARDIFF University 27 BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy2 28 GLASGOW O2 ABC2 29 DUBLIN The Button Factory March 01 BELFAST Limelight

New Algiers video

Recent Big Scary Monsters signing ALGIERS have posted their new video for ‘Uncover Me’ online. You can see it below: The song is taken from their forthcoming ‘Four Priests’ EP and you can pre-order the CD and a t-shirt for £12 from