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From Wednesday 23 December 2015

Watch The Dirty Nil perform ‘Christmas At My House’ in session

We are very excited about The Dirty Nil here at Punktastic HQ. If you haven’t had a chance to check them out yet, we strongly recommend you head over to check out new tracks ‘Zombie Eyed‘ and ‘No Weaknesses‘. Before you do that, you can watch

High Hopes reveal animated video for ‘The Greater Plan’

Metalcore outfit High Hopes have unveiled the animated stream for new track, ‘The Greater Plan’, featuring Garret Rapp of The Color Morale. The track will appear on their sophomore full-length, ‘Sights And Sounds’, due on the 5th February via Victory Records. “The Greater Planโ€™ is about turning a negative mindset into

The Venetia Fair call it a day and reveal farewell track

Boston based rockers The Venetia Fair have announced the end. After 6 years together, the band broke the news on their Facebook page. “Please donโ€™t make us be in The Venetia Fair anymore! Please please please! We will be in another band if you want, we still like each other

Tuesday 22 December 2015

Miss Vincent Cover ‘Lonely This Christmas’

Southampton Pop Punks Miss Vincent have got in the festive spirit with a Christmas cover – of ‘Lonely This Christmas’. Miss Vincent are donating all funds raised from the single to Phyllis Tuckwell, which is a charity that cares for terminally ill people and their families. You can pick up

Holy Roar Records set to reissue More Than Life’s debut album

Holy Roar Records have announced they will be releasing a reissue of the debut More Than Life album. ‘Love Let Me Go’ will be available again from the 1st April 2016. The reissue has been mixed by Lewis Johns at The Ranch and remastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. Pre-orders begin

Converge to bring special Blood Moon show to London

The ever-awesome Converge will be bringing their very special ‘Blood Moon’ show to London on the 13th April 2016. The show will see the band predominantly perform their slower, atmospheric material, joined on-stage by Chelsea Wolfe, producer Ben Shisholm and Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky. The show will also take place

Henry Rollins teams up with Stephen Colbert for ‘Carol Of The Bells’

Legendary punk Henry Rollins recently appeared on the stateside TV show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The episode saw Rollins add his own spin to Christmas staple, ‘Carol Of The Bells’. It’s pretty much as odd as you would expect, but also brilliant. You can check out the whole

Bowling For Soup share lyric video for ‘Life After Lisa’

Bowling For Soup have shared another lyric video for a track from their back-catalogue, in celebration of this year’s ‘Songs People Actually Liked – Volume One – The First Ten Years 1994 to 2003’ release. ‘Life After Lisa’ is regarded by some as a hidden gem in their back-catalogue, the

Hunter Kill Hunter reveal video for ‘Find A Way Home’

London’s Hunter Kill Hunter have teamed up with Shields vocalist Joe Edwards for their latest track, ‘Find A Way Home’. The track is taken from the band’s EP of the same name, released earlier in the year. The track showcases the band’s affinity to mid-00s screamo, with occasional hints at

The Curator Podcast interviews Ian MacKay

This week’s episode of The Curator Podcast features Ian MacKay of Fugazi and Minor Threat fame. It is the latest in a string of interviews with musicians, revealed over the past six months. “The man is a legend and I think it is perhaps my favourite interview so far,” exclaims