Punktastic https://www.punktastic.com Punk, Pop Punk, Hardcore, Metal, Emo Music Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:03:10 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Breakfast Muff, Kermes, Esper Scout and more to play Girl Gang Leeds’ first birthday gig https://www.punktastic.com/news/breakfast-muff-kermes-esper-scout-and-more-to-play-girl-gang-leeds-first-birthday-gig/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 16:03:10 +0000 http://www.punktastic.com/?post_type=news&p=212428 Leeds based promoters Girl Gang have announced the full line up to their first birthday party event next month.

Breakfast Muff, Bloom, Kermes, Smother, Esper Scout, Crushing, Velodrome and Pet Crow will all be playing the event at Chunk in Leeds on the 17th February.

Tickets cost £8 in advance and can be purchased here. More info can be found here.

]]> Eureka California sign to Scopitones plus UK shows https://www.punktastic.com/news/eureka-california-sign-to-scopitones-plus-uk-shows/ Mon, 30 Oct 2017 23:50:57 +0000 http://www.punktastic.com/?post_type=news&p=209278 Athens, GA duo Eureka California have announced that they have signed to The Wedding Present’s own label Scopitones.

The band will be releasing their latest 7″ ‘Wigwam’ for a UK release soon. It was originally released earlier this year via Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records in the US.

The band will also be playing the following UK shows next month.

NOVEMBER
02 LIVERPOOL Maguire’s Pizza Bar w/ Good Grief, Fort Baxter + The AV Society + MultiTap
03 LONDON Sound Savers w/ Suggested Friends + Solution Hours
04 BRIGHTON West Hill Hall w/ Cowtown, Bloom + The Snivellers
05 EXETER Cavern w/ The Fairweather Band + Metronomic Underground
06 CARDIFF The Moon w/ Guide Dog, Pink Grapefruit + MultiTap
07 GLASGOW Nice N Sleazy w/ Womps, The Pale Kids + WHYNO?
08 YORK The Crescent* w/ Shopping
09 LEEDS Wharf Chambers w/ Milk Crimes
10 NOTTINGHAM JT Soar w/ Slumb Party, Unqualified Nurse Band + Cherry Hex and the Dream Church
11 MANCHESTER Fuel Cafe Bar* w/ Unpaid Intern

* w/ Gauche

]]> Cowtown stream remix of ‘Emojicore’ by Deerhoof’s Greg Saunier https://www.punktastic.com/news/cowtown-stream-remix-of-emojicore-by-deerhoofs-greg-saunier/ Mon, 30 Oct 2017 23:10:05 +0000 http://www.punktastic.com/?post_type=news&p=209276 Leeds alt rockers Cowtown recently revealed a video for the remixed version of their song ‘Emojicore’.

Originally taken from their 2016 fourth album ‘Paranormal Romance’ on Hot Salvation Records and Audacious Art Experiment, this new version was mixed by DJ Earl Grey Supreme, aka Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier. The song is available for purchase on bandcamp, with all proceeds going towards Heart N Soul, a charity who specialise in helping people with learning disabilities explore their skills in creative arts, as well as funding Cowtown’s peers The Fish Police to travel to SWSX to play and speak at a conference on neurodiversity.

Cowtown will also be playing the following shows.

NOVEMBER
03 DERBY Dubrek Studios w/ Pet Crow
04 BRIGHTON West Hill Hall w/ Bloom, The Snivellers + Eureka California
08 LEEDS Wharf Chambers w/ Rakta, No Form + Cheap Surgery
09 SHEFFIELD Picture House Social^
11 LEEDS Belgrave Music Hall^
12 GLASGOW Stereo^ w/ Cryptic Street

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