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From Tuesday 24 September 2019

LIVE: Gunnersville Festival

While Gunnersville is presented as a festival, it feels more like a slightly oversized gig with a few too many bands on the lineup. This is by no means a bad thing, as it means that we get to experience all the positives of a festival –

Dayseeker – ‘Sleeptalk’

Sometimes it takes a while for a band to write the record that defines them. Some bands get it right from the off, finding their feet right and instantly developing a passionate following. Some continuously redefine themselves throughout their careers, amassing a loyal and devoted fan-base that

Monday 23 September 2019

You Me At Six, Jimmy Eat World, Deaf Havana, Sundara Karma, The Maine, As It Is, Milk Teeth @ Gunnersville Festival, London

Jimmy Eat World announce tenth studio album

It’s been three years since the release of Jimmy Eat World’s last studio album, ‘Integrity Blues’ – so the news that the Arizona legends will be dropping their tenth studio album in less than a month is more than enough to make our Monday approximately 500% better. Accompanying the news

LIVE: Reading Festival 2019 – Sunday

While ‘British Festival Season’ often conjures thoughts of muddy fields, populated almost solely with last-minute welly purchases, this year’s Reading Festival brought only sunshine and across the whole weekend. Pulling from all of Punktastic’s very favourite genres, it’s one of our most anticipated times of

Reading Festival 2019 – Day 3

Body Hound – ‘No Moon’

Strap yourselves in, because this new release from Body Hound, Sheffield’s premier instrumental progressive math rock lunatics, is a wild ride. ‘No Moon’ starts innocuously enough; opener ‘Stargazer’ is a criminally short treat of celestial synthwave, but from ‘Spectrum’ onward the listener is barraged with heavy, unpredictable grooves and

Sunday 22 September 2019

Chris Cresswell, Brian Wahlstrom, Zach Quinn @ Soda Bar, San Diego

The One Week Records tour came through San Diego again, but this time, instead of label boss Joey Cape, Flatliners’ front man Chris Cresswell joined in the fun, along with Brian Wahlstrom (Scorpios, Gods of Mount Olympus) and Zach Quinn (Pears). Wahlstrom and Quinn have been working together a

Friday 20 September 2019

Trash Boat, Capstan, Doll Skin, Woes @ Stylus, Leeds

LIVE: Trash Boat / Capstan / Doll Skin @ Stylus, Leeds

Leeds Stylus is a venue that will be familiar to any long time attendees of Slam Dunk Festival – until 2015, it was host to their second stage in the ever confusing rabbit warren that is Leeds University’s Student Union (seriously, Leeds students, how do you NOT get lost