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From Tuesday 27 September 2011

Transit – Listen & Forgive

Transit have been an exceptionally busy band over the last two and a half years, releasing four EPs, a split with Run For Cover label mates Man Overboard, and are about to unleash their third LP on an increasingly captivated audience. Throughout this busy period

&U&I announce new album, post single online

&U&I will self-release debut full length ‘Light Bearer’ through Ondryland on 21st November, 2011. You can hear ‘To The Water Now Is The Hour’ from the album at http://www.facebook.com/andyouandi now, and the band’s forthcoming tour dates below: Tour Dates w/ Shapes October Fri 7th – HARTLEPOOL, The

Broadway Calls – Toxic Kids

Maybe it’s because breakdowns and lightening fast pop punk is all the rage right now, but Oregon’s Broadway Calls come off a bit like underdogs. They’ve never really quite had adulation on the scale of bands like The Wonder Years or Polar Bear

Promise of Redemption – The Purple Turtle, London

Camden’s Purple Turtle, usually host to much heavier music than this evening and sporting a fresh lick of paint, sees a four strong acoustic line up featuring a special one off from Valencia frontman Shane Henderson. First up though, Valencia touring guitarist Trevor Leonard, as TRIANGLE

New Found Glory – Radiosurgery

2011 is massive, massive year for pop-punk. The new breed are nipping at the heels of newly revitalised “veterans” of the scene with some game changing releases, and the pressure to deliver for bands like New Found Glory is high. ‘Radiosurgery’ is a release that

Stream the new This Time Next Year album

You can stream the new THIS TIME NEXT YEAR album at artistdirect.com now. The album was produced by New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert, and can be bought on iTunes now or streamed at http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/exclusive-album-stream-this-time-next-year-s-drop-out-of-life/9234979

Stream the new Blink 182 record

BLINK-182 are streaming their new album ‘Neighborhoods’ at http://neighborhoods.blink182.com/ Want to see what we thought about the album? Head to https://www.punktastic.com/reviews/4087/Blink-182/Neighborhoods/

Rancid headline Rebellion 2012

RANCID have been announced as first headliners of Rebellion festival 2012, held August 2nd to the 5th in Blackpool. For more information on the event at Winter Gardens, head to http://www.facebook.com/RebellionPunkMuskFestival

New Lydia video

LYDIA have post their music video for ‘Dragging Your Feet In The Mud’ online. You can see it below: The track is taken from which appears on ‘Paint It Golden’ which will be released on October 3.

Monday 26 September 2011

Alesana – A Place Where The Sun Is Silent

Alesana, despite spending most of their time being right on the cusp of seemingly being all over the fucking place, have put together something wholly listenable together with their new album, ‘A Place Where The Sun Is Silent’. Progressive and ill-tempered, it’s a concept album drawing on