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From Friday 13 January 2012

Lucero announce London acoustic shows

LUCERO have announced two, special acoustic shows in London on 9th and 10th of February. The band had the following to say on the show: “Hello to our UK-based friends! You might’ve noticed that a couple shows got announced… Yep! Feb 9 and 10 in London… http://windmillbrixton.co.uk/listings/.

Andrew WK UK dates on the way?

ANDREW WK has said on Twitter that he’ll be bringing a full band to the UK soon for a tour… To quote the man himself: “@Rykyo ON TUESDAY I’M GOING TO ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR DATES WITH MY FULL BAND. UK… HERE WE COME.” http://twitter.com/AndrewWK/statuses/157760122427424768. Tasty. More from ANDREW WK at

Thrice to headline the HMV Forum on April 30th

Following their appearance at Groezrock on April 29th, THRICE will headline the HMV Forum in London on April 30th. Tickets go on sale Wednesday 18th of January 2012 and will be available here: http://www.gigsandtours.com/?a=thrice&site=thrice. More from the band at http://www.facebook.com/officialthrice.

Young Guns post Bones video online

YOUNG GUNS have posted the music video for their new single ‘Bones’ online. It’s taken from the forthcoming album of the same name and you can watch the video using the player below: More from the band at http://www.facebook.com/younggunsuk.

Final Groezrock Additions including THRICE

Groezrock have added THRICE, GALLOWS, CHIXDIGGIT, FOR TODAY, ROYAL REPUBLIC, WE ARE IN THE CROWD, B.E.A.R, I AM THE AVALANCHE, SUNPOWER, BILLY THE KILL and ZEBRAHEAD as full band to their lineup, and I AM THE AVALANCHE,

Canterbury post new video online

CANTERBURY have posted the music video for their single ‘Ready Now?’ online. The single is released on March 12th, and you can see the video below: Upcoming tour dates with PROXIES and STRAIGHT LINES can be seen below: January: 20 DUBLIN Academy 21 BELFAST Speakeasy 26

Classics Of Love

Recently, Tom caught up with Jesse Michaels of CLASSICS OF LOVE (and formerly OPERATION IVY, BIG RIG and COMMON RIDER) for a chat about their new album, the scene and politics. You can chat out the results below: Hi Jesse – how are you

Playlist: Ten years of Punktastic [2000-2010]

Back in 2010, the Punktastic staff bashed heads together to put together a definitive playlist from the website’s decade in existence. Though the staff has changed wildly in the last two years, 2000-2010 was still a fantastic year for music, and it seems a shame to leave this amazing list

Thursday 12 January 2012

Punktastic on BBC 6 Music Now Playing TOMORROW

As we mentioned last week, we’ll be taking over BBC6 Music for half an hour tomorrow for Tom Robinson’s Now Playing show. We’ll be playing tracks from OUR TIME DOWN HERE, MAKE SPARKS, INDIAN SCHOOL, MARMOZETS, ATTACK! VIPERS! and STRAIGHT LINES, and

MxPx detail new album release

MXPX have revealed the details of their forthcoming, 9th studio album. The album is called ‘Plans Within Plans’ and will be released on April 2nd 2012. It’ll be released on Flix Records in the UK/Europe. Frontman Mike had the following to say about the release in December: “”I struggled with