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New Found Glory – ‘Mania’

When you think about it, New Found Glory covering The Ramones makes plenty of sense. The way both bands hop between chords isn’t that dissimilar, and you can sure as hell count The Ramones in the influences of Jordan Pundik & co. What’s obvious immediately here is that New Found

The Wonder Years – ‘The Greatest Generation’

The latest wave of the pop punk revolution has been in full swing for a good few years now. Some bands have come and gone, but others have managed to hold on by developing their sound and keeping it fresh. The Wonder Years are most definitely one of the

Palma Violets @ Coachella 2013

Punktastic got to hang with the overheated but ever-amusing Palma Violets before their set and chatted about getting abducted by audience members, getting stuck in trees, and had an impromptu in-trailer song sesh. The amount of energy they had then was nothing compared to onstage and they’ve skyrocketed

The Saddest Landscape Stream New Song and Launch Pre-Orders For ‘Exit Wounded’ EP

The Saddest Landscape are streaming a brand new song from their forthcoming ‘Exit Wounded’ EP. It’s called ‘Coffins Like Ours’, and you can listen to it using the player in this article. The EP is released next month through Top Shelf Records. Pre orders: http://www.tsr-store.com/artist/the-saddest-landscape

Iron Chic stream Ramones cover with Alt Press

Iron Chic are streaming a cover of The Ramones’ ‘Bonzo Goes To Bitburg’ with AltPress. Check it out by clicking here. http://www.facebook.com/ironchicband

Friday 10 May 2013

Demon Smiles stream new EP

Demon Smiles are streaming their new EP, ‘Burn It To The Ground’. You can check it out using the player in this article. Burn It To The Ground by Demon Smiles http://www.facebook.com/demonsmilesband

Punktastic 13.04 – a special acoustic set of new and exclusive music

Welcome (or hopefully it’s welcome back?) to Punktastic 13.04. This month is a special one, because it’s entirely acoustic. This month is a golden grab-bag of acoustic goodness. We’ve got English, American, Austrian, some that are more folky, some that are more punky, and we’ve even thrown some politics into

More bands added to WTFEST!

More bands have been added to the line up for WTFEST in Southampton. You can now see Chillerton, Fights & Fires, Crazy Arm and those biscuit smashing lads in Throwing Stuff! The first lot of early bird tickets

Marmozets release new single for Pay What You Want download

Marmozets have released a new single for Pay What You Want download. It’s the band’s first release since their ‘Vexed’ EP, and ‘Born Young And Free’ can be heard now using the player below or downloaded at http://marmozetsofficial.bandcamp.com/track/born-young-and-free.

Me And The Mountain unveil new video, detail EP release

Me And The Mountain have detailed the release of their new EP, and have also posted a new music video online. The video is for their song ‘Switch’, and the track listing for the EP, released on 17th June is as follows: 1. GBH 2. Switch 3. Little Heart 4. Satellites Check out the video