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The Brokedowns – ‘Life Is A Breeze’

If you’re expecting a punk band like The Brokedowns to put out their third album ‘Life is a Breeze’ and employ a drastically different approach from their first releases, you are wrong, they aren’t that type of band. However, if you consider the full scope of their catalog

Friday 10 April 2015

Marriages – ‘Salome’

There have been many bands over the course of the years that have proved alternative music doesn’t always have to be ugly, and that within even the bleakest moments there can be beauty. No band applies such traits to their music quite like Los Angeles trio Marriages, who

Thursday 09 April 2015

All Time Low – ‘Future Hearts’

It’s a fairly big achievement for pretty much any band to reach their sixth studio album these days. It shows resilience and complete and utter dedication to the music you create. All Time Low have gone about their business with little to no fuss, churning out albums that

Wednesday 08 April 2015

Disgrace – ‘True Enemy’

Do you remember a time in the 90’s when Roadrunner Records were the premier label for releasing solid metal albums? When they were putting out classic albums by Obituary, Sepultura, and Suffocation to name but a few, and before nu-metal came along and ruined everything? Well California’s

Tuesday 07 April 2015

Palm Reader – ‘Beside the Ones We Love’

Only the other day, an acquaintance of mine tweeted that “(he has) the utmost respect for any musician that, after hearing (The Dillinger Escape Plan’s début full-length) ‘Calculating Infinty’, didn’t head into the garden and burn their instruments immediately”, his point being that the incomprehensible

Thursday 02 April 2015

Death Cab for Cutie – ‘Kintsugi’

Kintsugi. One word, but a whole world of ammunition for music writers the world over. Referring as it does to the Japanese art of ‘golden joinery’ – repairing broken pottery using precious metals – we can’t help but see the title of Death Cab for Cutie’s eighth studio

Wednesday 01 April 2015

Bleach Blood – ‘All The Sides Of a Circle’

When you first listen to Bleach Blood, there’s something irritatingly familiar about the frontman. Can’t remember why? cast your mind back to the time when The King Blues were still around, creating thought-provoking punk music to wrap your ears around. No, not Itch – rather, the frontman of

Tuesday 31 March 2015

Jeff Rosenstock – ‘We Cool?’

Jeff Rosenstock can incorporate more musical variety into one album than some musicians can incorporate into their whole discography. The Long Islander with his heart on his sleeve never seems to let up with creativity. Since the demise of Bomb the Music Industry! he has been playing along

Pile – ‘You’re Better Than This’

There’s been a lot of talk about Pile lately across various corners of the internet, thanks to a sound that is almost impossible to pin down to one genre. What is refreshing about their new album ‘You’re Better Than This’ is that where we live in a world

Monday 30 March 2015

Motorhead – ‘Overkill’ / ‘Bomber’ / ‘Ace Of Spades’ Reissues

Here at Punktastic, we pride ourselves on championing new music, and trying to bring our readers the most current artists first. However, we do recognise the past and that without certain bands or albums we would not be here today, and would not have such a fantastic scene