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From Thursday 19 January 2012

Are You Being Served?

In the near future, a brand new version of Punktastic will be available for you to feast your eyes on. In the mean time we’d like a little bit of feedback from you guys on the current site and what you think would help us improve

The Totems – The Totems EP

South London punks THE TOTEMS are seemingly trying to recapture the sounds of learly punk legends with this self-titled EP, but their new tracks are a little hit and miss – some sound like rehashed attempts to sound like those early punk pioneers, but others show the

Ssssnakes – / The Slow Death split

The SSSSNAKES/THE SLOW DEATH split witnesses the unlikely and unholy alliance of Wales and Minnesota, as these two relatively small punk bands unite to create a short but sweet record that fully exceeds expectations and proves that size doesn’t matter. The SSSSNAKES side, only

Deers – EP3

In ‘EP3’, alternative rock outfit DEERS have an impressive release that proves that there’s more inspiration in the hills of Norfolk than one might believe – it’s a four-track powerhouse of experimental and progressive instrumentals as well as tormented and haunting vocals. The EP bursts into life with

Hawk Eyes detail new album

HAWK EYES will release new album ‘Ideas’ on March 26th through Fierce Panda. You can hear the track ‘Headstrung’ below: Tracklisting: 01. Witch Hunt 02. Skyspinners 03. Yes Have Some 04. Headstrung 05. You Deserve A Medal 06. Hollywood Sweatshop 07. The Meeting 08. Milk Hog 09. Kiss This 10. Bears By The Head 11.

Audra Mae And The Almighty Sound – Audra Mae And The Almighty Sound

Alongside AMY WINEHOUSE’s career and untimely death, rootsy, retro chic artists such as ADELE and DUFFY have been haemorraging from both sides of the Atlantic, to huge international success. It would be easy to categorize AUDRA MAE into this envelope, her JANIS JOPLIN-esque croons and sparse musical arrangements

Heroes Until Tomorrow – Not Here to Save The World

Being somewhat of a newcomer to hardcore and punk, having spent the majority of my life in a heavy-metal insulated bubble, I have a tendency to embrace clichéd hardcore idiosyncrasies with naïve enthusiasm. Yet even to me Lyon, France’s HEROES UNTIL TOMORROW’s new album ‘Not Here to

Architects added to Groezrock

Groezrock have announced that Impericon will be taking over duties on stage 2 at this year’s festival, and also that ARCHITECTS will be playing the stage on April 29th beneath UNEARTH, TERROR, THE BRONX and more. Full line up from the Belgian punk superfestival at

Cats? Aye! Records release free compilation

Brand spanking new record label Cats? Aye! Records have released a free download compilation to kick off their imprint, and you can get a butchers of some previously unreleased and upcoming music using the player below. It features BANGERS, CALVINBALL, ABOVE THEM,

Something is weird with Man Overboard

MAN OVERBOARD have posted a new music video for their song ‘Something’s Weird’, compiled from the Pop Punk’s Not Dead tour, online. You can watch the video using the player below: More from the band at http://www.facebook.com/ManOverboardNJ.