Arms & Hearts unfurls emotively driven new video for ‘Embers’

We at Punktastic are premiering Arms & Hearts’ new video for ‘Embers’. The song and video go hand in hand conveying themes related to age and life experiences via the Manchester folk punk’s gritty delivery. ‘Embers’ is taken Arms & Hearts’ latest EP, ‘Too Much Sleep, Not Enough Dreams’, which

Superchunk: a surveying look at the fervent indie rockers

‘Lacuna’ sees Heirsound continuing to push the boundaries

Last summer, Heirsound released their first EP, ‘Merge’. It was an utterly fantastic release (and still is) but seemed to suggest that the New York-based duo were sticking to what they knew: alternative rock. However, over the course of the year they’ve grown and changed, flirting with various different genres,

Eidola – ‘To Speak, To Listen’

Eidola are the type of band likely to appear on a list entitled “Top Bands You’ve Never Heard Of”. Their previous album ‘Degeneraterra’ was an extremely ambitious concept piece, built up of intricately interwoven lyrics and symbolism set around progressive post-hardcore that blended elements of prog-rock to produce an

SikTh – ‘The Future in Whose Eyes?’

It’s been eleven years since SikTh’s last studio album ‘Death of a Dead Day’ and though 2015 reunion EP ‘Opacities’ just about kept our impatience in check, it’s a relief to finally have another full length record to hand from the progressive metal pioneers. ‘The Future in Whose Eyes?’ may not

The Gospel Youth stick to their winning formula with new track ‘Moods Like English Weather’

The Gospel Youth just seem like the kind of guys you’d like to be mates with, and their music ain’t half bad either. The culmination of collective years of effort within various musical projects, it looks like this band is finally going places and rightly so. ‘Moods Like English Weather’,

Mutoid Man – ‘War Moans’

In the entire history of hardcore, it’s doubtful there are two bands whose members have collaborated more frequently, and with such consistently stunning results, than Converge and Cave In. For those keeping count, the list of Verge-In projects thus far looks a little like this: Kid Kilowatt, Old Man

The Sinking Feeling share video for new single, ‘Standard’

Glasgow trio The Sinking Feeling have exclusively premiered a video for their new song, ‘Standard’, at New Noise Magazine. The track is taken from the emo punks’ upcoming fourth EP, ‘One’, which will be released on the 24th June via Gold Mold Records. To coincide with the new record,

Motionless In White – ‘Graveyard Shift’

Despite numerous personnel changes and a public consesus that ranges from “awful gothy metalcore shite” to “unique and brilliant gothy metalcore amazingess”, Motionless In White have, over their relatively short 10+ years as a band, managed to become quite a mainstay of the alternative scene. Their fourth

Group of Man to release new 7″, ‘Always Looming’

Group of Man have announced that they will be releasing their new 7″, ‘Always Looming’. This will be the first entry in a series of singles from the post hardcore band being released by Cult Culture, Smithsfoodgroup DIY, Dingleberry Records and Black Basset Records. The record will be released on