Have we got news for you.

American Football are streaming a live version of their previously unreleased track ‘The 7′s’. The track acts as a precursor for the band’s release of a deluxe version of their self-titled debut. Check out the stream below and head here for more info on the release.

Ahead of dropping their self-titled album on the 14^th, Saves The Day have revealed the official video for ‘In The In Between’. Catch Saves The Day at Hit the Deck in Bristol (Saturday) and Nottingham (Sunday) next weekend.

Pop-rockers The Summer Set have unveiled the video for ‘Lightning In A Bottle’. The track will be released on the 14th April to coincide with their UK tour and you can also catch them at Hit the Deck.

If you like synth, then this is for you.

Sheffield’s latest talent Body Hound (featuring ex-members of Rolo Tomassi and Antares) will be releasing their debut EP on April 14th. ‘Rhombus Now’ will be available as a Pay-What-You-Like deal via Brainwave, but you can take a listen to it in full right now on Musical Mathematics by clicking here.

Tour announcements have been flooding in this week, so here’s a just a few…

We Are The Ocean have released details of a UK tour for this October. Tickets are on sale now, so grab ‘em whilst you can. Full dates can be found here.

Ska legends Reel Big Fish are bringing their ‘Don’t Stop Skankin’ Tour’ to Liverpool’s O2 Academy for a one-off performance on 2^nd August around their many festival appearances. The Liverpool show follows their recent 14 dates co-headline UK tour with Zebrahead. Tickets for the show are on sale now.

And for the festivals…

Ghostfest 2014 will return to Leeds University Union on the 28th and 29th June 2014. The first 16 acts to be added to the bill can be found here and, if there’s no one that takes your fancy then be safe in knowledge that there’s a whole 25 more bands to be announced!

Tickets for Ghostfest 2014 are available now via Leeds Tickets.

Slam Dunk have announced more additions to the lineup, including Feed The Rhino, Natives and Landscapes along with You, Me, and Everyone We Know for their first UK appearance on the acoustic stage. Check out the full list of additions below.

Download Festival have announced 9 more acts who join headliners Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park and Aerosmith at this year’s event including Turbowolf, Cytota, Drenge, and Baby Godzilla. It’s set to be a big weekend, so grab some tickets whilst you can!

In other news, this week marked the 20^th anniversary of The Offspring’s breakout album ‘Smash.’ To celebrate the band will be playing the album in its entirety on tour in Europe this summer before heading back to the US for some more dates. If you’re at Download, you can expect to see Smash played in full too. Epitaph are also commemorating the anniversary with a special 20^th Anniversary Edition of Smash. Check out the full details of what it will contain here.

Cardiff’s Goodtime Boys are streaming their latest track over at DIY.

Focusing on frontman Alexander Pennie’s ‘frustration with the world’, this perfect piece of post-hardcore delight is one not to miss.

Check the stream out over at DIY.

Fireworks have released ‘Oh, Common Life’ from their upcoming bonus acoustic EP. It’s all you could want and more. Have a listen via the player below.

Deaf Havana dropped the new video for the latest single from ‘Old Souls.’ ’22,’ taken from the band’s third full-length, shows the six-piece pop-rockers doing what they do best and more. Check it out below.

Cloud Nothings have released the video for their first single from the new record, ‘I’m Not Part Of Me’. The video – directed by Ryan Manning – takes you inside the world of a teenage sleepover, and it’s every bit as satirical as you’d expect.

playlounge are streaming their debut album, ‘pilot’, in full via DIY. The album, following their two earlier EPs, features 9 original tracks and a cover of William’s ‘South of the Border’ – a band cited as one of playlounge’s favourites.

Head over to DIY to hear the record in full. It is well worth your time.

Following a short but sweet UK tour this week, Marmozets have announced another run of UK dates for the end of the month and into May. Dates are as follows:

APRIL
27 NORWICH Waterfront Studio
28 SHEFFIELD Plug
29 NOTTINGHAM Bodega

MAY
01 GLASGOW Stereo
02 LEICESTER Scholar
05 OXFORD O2 Academy2
06 BRISTOL Exchange
07 EXETER Cavern
09 BRIDGEND Hobos

Tickets are on general sale this week so keep a look out for links!

Comeback Kid will return to the UK/EU this summer for a string of festival appearances (including Sonisphere and) and headline gigs. The dates come in support of their new album, ‘Die Knowing’, and you can check out the full list of dates here.

Twin Atlantic have been added to the XFM matinee showcase at the Great Escape in Brighton. The band play East Wing on Saturday May 10th, with tickets available here. Grab tickets whilst you can because this looks like it’s going to be a sell out!

Full details of the festival can be found here: http://greatescapefestival.com

Following last weeks sad news of vocalist AJ Perdomo’s departure from The Dangerous Summer, the band have officially called it a day. Check out the final statement from the band here, detailing what the guys in the band are up to next.

Last week gave us an exciting weekend of PT shows and of course, we’re stoked to announce our next club night in London. April 18^th brings Save Your Breath, Roam and Calls Landing to The Old Blue Last prior to the club night and it’s set to be huge. It will be free entry AGAIN so no excuses! Check out the Facebook Event page for more info but sadly, it’s 18+.

If you missed the new releases and streams of the week, then check out these big ones…

The Menzingers are streaming the opening track from their upcoming LP ‘Rented World,’ which hits shelves on the 21st April via Epitaph and it’s going to be massive. Listen to ‘I Don’t Wanna Be An Asshole Anymore’ below.

Pop punk poster boys The Wonder Years have posted up a new music video for ‘Dismantling Summer’, the third single from last year’s ‘The Greatest Generation’.

It’s everything you could want and more.

Man Overboard dropped the official video for ‘How To Hide Your Feelings’. Taken from their 2013 release ‘Heart Attack’ it’s certainly been worth the wait.

Atlanta soundscape veterans Manchester Orchestra are streaming their fourth album in full via NME. ‘Cope’ hits shelves on Monday 31st March, so if you can’t wait until then, give it a listen now.

Cloud Nothings are streaming their follow up to 2012′s critically acclaimed ‘Attack on Memory’ via DIY. The stream is accompanied by a track-by-track from frontman Dylan Baldi. Like Manchester Orchestra, you can get your hands on the record this Monday. Check out our review of the album.

If you’re bummed to be missing Quicksand at Groezrock, then you’re in luck. The band will be playing a one off London show on June 12th at the Electric Ballroom. Tickets are £15 and you can buy them now from Livenation.

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As ever, there’s been more festival announcements this week.

Download Festival have added 18 more bands to their already stellar line-up this June 13^th-15^th. Amongst others, Against Me!, Marmozets, Royal Blood, Colt 45 and The Dirty Youth join Status Quo, Fall Out Boy and more. Tickets for the Donington Park weekender are available here.

London’s Jabberworky Festival have confirmed the addition of Cloud Nothings, Liars, Panda Bear, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Untold, clipping., Big Ups, and Mick Turner. Taking place in The Excel Centre on the 15th and 16th August, the festival also plays host to Deafheaven, Perfect Pussy, Pissed Jeans, Hookworms and Metz. Tickets for the festival are set at £35 for one day, or £60 for two days. For more information head over to the official website.

Slam Dunk have added another 13 bands to their line-up, currently headed up by The All-American Rejects. Mallory Knox, Kids In Glass Houses (performing ‘Smart Casual’ in full), We The Kings, Gnarwolves and Modern Baseball are all among the new additions. For more info, dates and line-up variations head over here.

Brighton’s The Great Escape Festival have confirmed the final acts added to their 400 strong line-up. Included in the 100 plus additions are Punktastic favourites Marmozets, God Damn and The Xcerts. The Great Escape takes place in venues across Brighton, with three headline shows in the Brighton Dome. Head to the official The Great Escape website for the full line-up, it’s massive.

In sad news, AJ Perdomo – frontman, songwriter and lyricist of The Dangerous Summer, has released a statement revealing he has left the band for personal reasons. The full statement from Perdomo can be found here.

And, we hate to end on a downer, but…

Hold Your Horse Is have called it a day. They announced their split on Facebook earlier this week, with a statement signed ‘Hold Your Horse Was.’ The band will play 5 farewell shows in April, with two yet to be confirmed. Dates are as follows:

APRIL
22 TBC
23 BRIGHTON Green Door Store
24 CARDIFF Undertone
25 TBC
26 LONDON The Old Blue Last

Check out the full statement here.

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Who doesn’t love a bit of new music? From album streams to video releases, we’ve got you covered for the last week.

Scouts posted their brand new track ‘Hourglass’, taken from their upcoming 5 track EP ‘Bloom,’ to Youtube this week. ‘Bloom’ is available to pre-order now and is due for release April 7th. Check it out!

playlounge have released the DIY video for their most recent track, ‘waves and waves and waves’. Put together by band member Saam, the video consists of Super 8 footage recorded by a housemate at university. Their forthcoming debut full-length, ‘pilot,’ plays host to the track and is due for release on March 26^th via Dog Knight productions.

Detroit pop punkers Fireworks are streaming their new album in full with Red Bull, and it’s bloody good. Check out ‘Oh, Common Life’ via the player below or over at the Red Bull website.  Be sure to pre order the record through Banquet Records in the UK here.

Seahaven are streaming the follow-up to 2011′s ‘Winter Forever’ via Noisey. ‘Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only’ is filled with melancholic soundscapes perfect for winding down. If you can wait for the official release tomorrow, check it out here.

Manchester based TNSrecords are celebrating their 10th year with a 2-day festival encompassing 3 gigs. Random Hand will headline the main show at Sound Control on the 12th April and the majority of the label’s roster will also play across both days. Other bands include The Franceens, Bootscraper and 3DBS Down.For more information on the anniversary shows, head over to the official Facebook event page, and you can buy tickets from their webstore.

2000trees is looking better than ever with the addition of some incredible bands this week. The likes of Band of Skulls, The Bronx, Kids In Glass Houses, Decade, VERSES, Andy Oliveri, Boat To Row and Lonely Tourist and SO MANY MORE join the already massive line up. Check out the rest of the acts here.

Sonisphere Festival have announced the following bands for their 2014 weekender. Band Of Skulls, Gary Numan, Carcass, New Model Army, The Winery Dogs, Gallows, 65daysofstatic, Sebastian Bach, Chiodos, Anti-Nowhere League, Little Matador and The Lounge Kittens will all be joining headliners The Prodigy, Iron Maiden and Metallica this July 4^th-6^th.

Camden Rocks have added The Subways as the latest band to this years line up along with The Graveltones, Palm Reader, 
Oxygen Thief,
 Boy Jumps Ship
 and tonnes more. The latest additions join the previously confirmed Reverend & The Makers, The Blackout, Ginger Wildheart, Hacktivist and others across the festivals 19 venues on 31^st May.

Tickets for the event are available here.

You may have heard about this year’s Record Store Day, but if you missed it here’s a run down of only a few of the exclusive releases hitting the shelves on April 19^th. Beans of Toast, The Computers, Dads, My Chemical Romance, Set Your Goals and Paramore are all getting in on the action amongst a whole host of others. Check out the full list of UK and US releases, and participating UK stores. It’s exciting.

In other news, we need YOU. Head here to find out how you can get involved with Punktastic.

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There’s been a huge amount of new tracks this week.

Seahaven have revealed another song from their upcoming release ‘Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only’. ‘Love To Burn’ follows the previously released ‘Silhouette (Latin Skin)‘ and ‘Flesh‘. Give the track  a listen over at Impose Magazine. ‘Reverie Lagoon: Music For Escapism Only’ is set for release next Monday via Run For Cover Records.

New Jersey’s The Front Bottoms have released a new track ‘Burn Harvard Burn’. The song, originally written by Glenn Morrow, appears on the soundtrack to Hairbrained which came out in February. Give it a listen below!

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Leicester rockers Speaking In Italics have announced a new single and a tour to back it up. The track is called ‘Chasing Our Tails’ and act as a hint for what’s too come. Tour dates are as follows:

 APRIL
24 TROWBRIDGE Stallards Inn
25 NORTHAMPTON Department Of Social Affairs
26 SOUTHAMPTON Avondale
27 LONDON O2 Islington Academy2
MAY
04 HANDMADE FESTIVAL, Leicester w/ Dry The River, I Like Trains & more
06 GUILDFORD Boiler Room

https://soundcloud.com/wallofsoundpr/speaking-in-italics-chasing

Pop-punk legends Taking Back Sunday are streaming the entirety of ‘Happiness Is’ ahead of its release on the 17th March via Hopeless Records. It’s a banger and definitely worth investing in when the time comes. Check it out below and have a read of our review here!

I Am The Avalanche are streaming their new record ‘Wolverines’ over on billboard.com and whilst you’re at it, you can also find our review right here. ‘Wolverines’ is out for general release on March 18^th.

La Dispute are streaming the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2011′s excellent ‘Wildlife’ in full over at Noisey. The Michigan post-hardcore quintet’s third release is everything you’d expect, honed and polished.

Australia’s Tonight Alive have announced a UK tour for November. The band are currently on the road supporting All Time Low so it’ll be mighty good to see the gang take the reigns themselves. You can check them out at the following dates:

NOVEMBER
24 PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
26 LONDON Koko
27 CARDIFF Solus
28 BIRMINGHAM Institute
29 MANCHESTER Academy 2
30 GLASGOW Garage

Tickets are available for the bargain price of £12 (London, £14) here: http://www.gigsandtours.com/Tour/TONIGHT-ALIVE

Punk Rock Holiday has added more bands to its already awesome line up. Gnarwolves,
Bane
Counterpunch,
The Go Set and
Implants have joined Architechts, Reel Big Fish and more for the Slovenian festival this August.

With 8 more bands still to be announced, it’s set to be a big weekend.

Reading and Leeds have really brought out the big guns for this summer’s bank holiday weekend rock fest. Paramore and Queens Of The Stone Age have been announced as co-headliners along with a bunch of other additions including the likes of Don Broco, Lower Than Atlantis, Basement and A Day To Remember.

Tickets for Reading and Leeds, including a £50 deposit scheme, are available now.

Florida’s The Fest have announced the dates for the main FEST and the Pre-Fest, which will be over the course of five days this year. The punk rock festival will be in Tampa on October 29^th and 30^th for Pre-Fest and October 30^th and November 1^st for the The Fest. The new site will go live on April 1st and to go with that we’ll have the first set of bands announced.

Following yesterdays news that ex New Found Glory guitarist Steve Klein is due to appear in court later this month for a variety of charges in relation to lewd contact with a minor, both the band and Steve Klein’s lawyer have issued a response. You can read them here.

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We’re super stoked to announce that Bloody Knees have been added to the Nai Harvest / Playlounge show we’re putting on at the Black Heart in Camden. Tickets are £6 advance and can be purchased from here. It’s going to be a top show so grab your tickets whilst you can!

14 years since Sunny Day Real Estate released ‘The Rising Tide’ and even longer since the band’s original formation, Seattle’s emo quartet have now confirmed they are releasing a split with Circa Survive, featuring a new track from each band, for Record Store Day.‘Lipton Witch’, the new Sunny Day Real Estate track, will sit alongside Circa Survive’s ‘Bad Heart.’ The release will be limited to 2,400 copies on burgundy vinyl and 100 clear copies.

Elder Brother, the side project by The Story So Far’s Kevin Geyer and Dan Rose of Daybreaker, are streaming their new album in full prior to its release. ‘Heavy Head’ is set to hit shelves on the 11th March via Pure Noise Records and it’s going to be bloody brilliant.

As is the time of year, festival announcements have once again taken up a fair chunk of the week.

Deadpunk Bank Holiday is BACK. Bringing you a whole weekend of punk rock madness this August for the bargain price of only £15, Deadpunk will take place on the 25^th of the month at The Exchange, Bristol. The first band announcement is in a few weeks and if past years have been anything to go by it’s going to be a good one.

Get your tickets here: http://www.exchangebristol.com/

In a sad turn of events, Radstock festival announced that it will be axing 11 of the acts set to play this years festival. Bands including Kids In Glass Houses, The Hype Theory, Bleed From Within, Decade & Brutality Will Prevail will no longer performing in either the Liverpool or Newcastle shows. Original tickets are still valid. Check out a statement from the organisers here.

Hit The Deck have announced even more bands for it’s already stellar line up.

Kvelertak, Pulled Apart By Horses, Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Xcerts, Baby Godzilla, The Charm The Fury, Death Remains, The Gnarwhals (Bristol only), Lacey (Nottingham only) and Lyger will be joining Brand New, Kids In Glass Houses and more for the Bristol weekender.

Sonisphere Festival have added ten more acts to the line up including Dream Theater who will be headlining the Saturn Stage on Saturday. Other artists added to the line up include Devil You Know, Yashin and Glamour of the Kill. Check out the full line up so far below!

Slam Dunk have added a whole load of awesome bands to their line up for May, including We Are The In Crowd,
Less Than Jake,
Motion City Soundtrack,
Hit The Lights, State Champs
and MORE! For a full list of ticket outlets for all events, head to www.slamdunkmusic.com

In addition, Slam Dunk have also announced it will be returning to Scotland and Wales. Instead of the usual Cardiff and Glasgow events, this year will see Slam Dunk visiting Newport on Tuesday 27^th May and Edinburgh on Friday 23^rd. Both shows will feature We Are the In Crowd, Hit the Lights, Neck Deep, Decade + Special Guests. Tickets are priced at only £15 available from www.gigsinscotland.com & www.seetickets.com

Taking Back Sunday dropped the video for their new single ‘Stood A Chance’ from their upcoming release, ‘Happiness Is’ set for release on March 18^th, and if it’s anything to go by the album is going to be an absolute corker.

We’re in the 21^st century, so it’s hardly unexpected that Shazam are the platform for the exclusive airing of Linkin Park’s new track. Fans can access ‘Guilty All The Same’ by “Shazaming” any Linkin Park track. Linkin Park will be headlining the Saturday at this year’s Download Festival.

London’s The One Hundred are to release their second single, ‘Kingsmen’, on 14th May. You can have a listen now via their Soundcloud. Describing the song as ‘a relentless combination of UK Grime, heavy synth and a brick of modern metal flying right at your face,’ it’s hard not to want to give it a listen.

https://soundcloud.com/onehundredband/the-one-hundred-kingsmen-radio

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It’s been a long time coming. After showcasing two tracks over the past two months, Architects have put up a full stream of their new album, ‘Lost Together // Lost Forever’ on YouTube. The record will be available for purchase and download via Epitaph on March 10^th, and the Brighton quintet will play an intimate launch show at The Haunt in Brighton on the same day. Check out the stream below:

Sheffield emo duo Nai Harvest also put their new release up for stream this week. ‘Hold Open My Head,’ the four-track EP, is streaming in full over on Stereogum. Packed with 90s grunge vibes throughout, its well worth a listen. Read our full review of the record.

It’s been mega on the tour announcements front this week.

Feed The Rhino have announcd May 2014 headline dates with The Howling and Zoax, Blitz Kids have been added as support to the forthcoming Canterbury tour and Neck Deep have announced a bunch of dates that coincide with April’s Hit the Deck festival. On the road with them are Climates, so it’s set to be a mighty good show.

Remember New Found Glory’s ‘Pop Punks Not Dead’ US tour? Well, it’s coming to the UK this November. The Story So Far, Candy Hearts and Only Rivals join the show with Florida’s kings of pop punk, as well as a special guest being announced this May. Tickets on sale now, so get in there quick.

Kids In Glass Houses are out on tour this October for a full run of UK dates. The catch? It’s the Cardiff crew’s final set of shows as earlier this week they called it a day. Along with their summer dates, the band’s farewell tour gives us all ample opportunity to catch them one last time, so get the beers in and do it. Tickets on sale already.

Festival season is drawing ever nearer and, as usual, we have a TON of line-up announcements to throw at your eagerly awaiting eyes.

Groezrock have completed their lineup with the addition of Las Vegas pop rock band Falling In Reverse. Check out the rest of the line up on the festival’s website.

Chepstow’s Stencil Fest (set for July 27^th) also released their full line up; the one-day annual event covers three stages and is curated by the wonderful gang over at Stencil Mag. Head over to the Facebook page for full details and ticket prices.

Great Escape have added Gnarwolves, Boy Jumps Ship, Bear Hands, Dry The River, Only Rivals and MORE to this year’s May three-dayer. It’s going to be huge. Check out the full additions over here.

So, the Download announcement was slightly tainted by a leak the day before but the legendary rock festival didn’t let that get them down. Twenty four more acts have been confirmed for the bill of the Donington Park spectacular this June. Additions, who join headliners Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park and Aerosmith, are include Bring Me The Horizon, Behemoth, We Came As Romans, Twenty One Pilots and SO SO many more. Check out the full line up along with stages and ticket info over on the website.

Returning after their hiatus, Sonisphere Festival have announced 14 more bands who join previously announced headliners The Prodigy, Iron Maiden and Metallica. Among others, Anti-Flag, The Defiled and Dog Eat Dog (to be performing ‘All Boro Kings’ in full) join the already massive line up. The festival will take place from the 12th to the 14th July, and early bird tickets are available now via a deposit scheme.

After that mammoth lot of announcements you’re probably wondering where the new music is… but don’t worry, we’ve got your back.

Thomas from Strike Anywhere has teamed up with ex-members of Set Your Goals, Rise Against and Comeback Kid to form Great Collapse. They’re set to release an EP titled ‘Elemental’ and have already treated us to a track on Soundcloud. Check it out.

Ohio’s own Cloud Nothings are streaming a new song from their forthcoming full length. ‘Physic Trauma’ is available for streaming using the player in this article. ‘Here and Nowhere Else’ is released on March 31. It’s going to be a good’un.

CHARLIE MOCK 

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We’ve had a bloody good week here at Punktastic. Last week brought the announcement of an I Am The Avalanche show we’re putting on with our pals at Millionaire’s Cardiff.  Taking place on May 22^nd in everyone’s favourite basement, Undertone, it’s set to 100 capacity so get your tickets quick!

We were stoked to announce that British Teeth will be joining Home Advantage on the opening night of our club night at London’s Old Blue Last on March 21st. Both bands will be playing their final shows, so what better way to give them an awesome send off? The music kicks off just after 9pm and it’s FREE ENTRY all night so no excuses!

If you’re yet to check it out, we relaunched our Gigs section this last week. You can find information on our events as well as all of our favourites from across the UK/EU, and all you need to do check out http://punktastic.com/gigs.

If you reckon your gig should be included, there’s something we’ve missed or you simply want more information, please send a message to gigs@punktastic.com. We’ll be stoked to hear from you whatever the message! Keep an eye on it; we’re updating all the time.

With every silver lining comes a cloud… Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova (and a third member yet to be named) of punk protesters Pussy Riot were arrested in Sochi last week. The pair have been detained on suspicion of robbery – an accusation Tolokonnikova denied in a tweet stating “When we were arrested, we were not performing any kind of action, we were just walking around Sochi.” They had reportedly been in Sochi to perform a new song entitled ‘Putin Will Teach You To Love The Motherland,’ which was released later in the week and can be seen below.

Bayside posted up the new music video for ‘Time Has Come’ last week. It’s taken from their new album, ‘Cult’, and if you’re yet to see it you can check it out using the player in this article. We’re loving it. Grab an album from Silver Bullet Merch over here, and catch the band on tour in the UK this April with Alkaline Trio.

There’s been announcements coming out of our ears this week. One that we’re hugely excited about is the tiny Chiodos London show that’s been announced for Water Rats in King’s Cross on March 7th. The band will be supporting the release of their new album, ‘Devil’, which is out on March 31.

As well as that, All will play an exclusive UK show at the O2 Academy Islington on April 28^th, The Menzingers play a sold out show in the teeny Old Blue Last at the end of March, Dropkick Murphys announced a string of shows around this year’s Sonisphere Festival and MXPX announced a headline show in Camden this May.

Also in Camden, Camden Rocks have posted their first lineup announcement online. Apologies I Have None, Colt 45, Menshevik and Crazy Arm are set to play the event on May 31^st. Tickets on sale now!

2000 trees have also added a bunch of new bands to the bill this week, including Itch, Blitz Kids and Hawk Eyes. Check out the full line up and ticket info for the festival set for July 10^th-12^th.

That’s a lot to take in, we know. So, we’ve got a handy list of everything that’s been announced this week with ticket and date info for you to get stuck into.

Comeback Kid’s new album ‘Die Knowing’ is out on March 4th and until then the band are treating us to a clip of a new track each day. The first clip, for track ‘Wasted Arrows,’ can be played below. Keep a look out for more clips!

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So it’s not new, but we just can’t help ourselves when it comes to Gnarwolves. Pure Noise and Banquet are putting out the compilation of their first few EPs, titled ‘Chronicles of Gnarnia’, which can be streamed in full via Pure Noise’s Youtube page. How exciting.

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Ahead of their April shows with Brand New and Saves the Day, The Front Bottoms released the official new video for ‘Backflip’, taken from last year’s ‘Talon Of The Hawk’. It’s suitably ridiculous. Take a look below.

Other The Front Bottoms and Saves The Day news includes an announcement of two shows around the Brand New London date on April 12. One is AFTER the gig itself (can we hear you say midnight show?!) for P-Rock at Duke’s Bar in Aldgate, and tickets are available now for £10 from http://prock.fatsoma.com/. The other show is the next day in Kingston.

TFB and Saves The Day weren’t the only bands announcing shows this week; festival line ups and tours were appearing left right and centre.

Warped Tour have announced their acoustic basement tour will come to the UK this year, with an excellent line up of Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Koji, Brian Marquis and Rob Lynch.

Having announced that they’re planning on calling it a day after the next album and world tour, Anberlin released their final UK dates; grab your tickets quick! Check out their announcement video below. 

Following the recent release of absolute banger ‘Good Luck’, Bath’s latest export Decade announced their UK tour for May this year. Tickets on sale now- grab ’em whilst you can.

The festivals got in on the action too, with announcements from Slam Dunk (see the poster below), Hit The Deck and Sonisphere. To see a full list of who’s been revealed for what and where to head for tickets, check out our round up of this week’s announcements.

Contrary to the above poster, H2O will NOT be playing this year’s Slam Dunk festival, despite being part of the initial announcement. If you want to read a statement from the band and festival then it has been made available. Don’t let it get you down, though, the line up still definitely warrants a ticket purchase.

South London’s noise-pop-punk duo and definite ones to watch, playlounge, have announced the release of their debut album along with its full tracklisting. ‘pilot’ will be released on the 14th of April via Dog Knights Productions, the current home of Punktastic ones to watch, Nai Harvest. We for one, can’t wait.

Check out ‘zero’, taken from the album, below.

Last month Michigan’s La Dispute gave us the first insight to their third album ‘Rooms Of The House’ with ‘Stay Happy There’. This week we were treated to the video to accompany ‘For Mayor Of Splitsville’. Check out the new video, which debuts over on A.V. Club, by clicking the link below.

avclub.com/article/michigans-brooding-la-dispute-debuts-for-mayor-in-107691

‘Rooms Of The House’ will be released via Better Living Records and Staple Records on March 18th.

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Once again, tour announcements flooded in this week. Goldfinger are returning to the UK with Zebrahead and Fandangle for the first ever ‘Slam Dunk Ska Punk Tour,’ which is sure to be absolute madness.

I Am The Avalanche are taking Turnover, Major League, and Moose Blood out on tour, which, without a doubt, will provide one of THE tours of the year. We can’t wait.

Along with these, we’ve had announcements from Seahaven, Punktastic favourites Gnarwolves and Pulled Apart by horses. We don’t know where to spend our money first. We posted a full list of dates and information on how to get tickets earlier this week.

If you weren’t content with tour announcements, all the major festivals have been following suit and churning out acts at the speed of light. 2000 Trees dropped their Thursday line up, topped by Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip and Gnarwolves, tickets are sure to be flying out. Along with these, the Thursday early entry night brings

Get your tickets here.

Groezrock have managed to find space for eight more bands on their line up. Joining The Offspring, NOFX, The Hives and many more in Belgium this May are:

Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!
Touche Amore
Taking Back Sunday
New Found Glory

And that’s not even the full list. Ticket info available here!

You can’t have rock festival announcements without Reading and Leeds giving their two cents, so along with Blink 182, Arctic Monkeys and You Me At Six are:

THE 1975
COURTEENERS
SBTRKT
WARPAINT
NETSKY
ANNIE MAC
PUSHA T
ROYAL BLOOD
KREPT & KONAN
HOZIER

In other You Me At Six new, the Surrey quintet announced that Don Broco will join them out on their forthcoming UK tour. The tour is in support of the latter’s number one album ‘Cavalier Youth’ (review here), and you can get tickets for the shows that aren’t sold out here.

Who didn’t love Fearless’ ‘Punk Goes…’ compilations? No one. That’s why we were stoked to hear that the label has announced the tracklisting for the latest release, Punk Goes 90′s Vol. 2. Available from April 1^st, you can check out who’s doing what here.

Animal Style Records released a sampler, celebrating the marriage of founder Matt Medina. The sampler features covers from four bands on the label and costs a tiny$4. All proceeds are being donated to freedomtomarry.org – what better reason to buy the record?

Modern Baseball released their new album this week and are streaming it online for the world to hear (and appreciate). Get it now for the princely sum of $5 (£3 ish- how can you say no?) or give it a listen below.

Last, but my no means least, Beans On Toast have released a new video ‘Keep You’, which you can check out using the player in this article. It’s great.

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