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From Friday 24 May 2013

Interview: Buddy Nielsen (Senses Fail)

Senses Fail have been touring the UK before their appearance at Slam Dunk this weekend. Chris Marshman grabbed frontman Buddy Nielsen for a quick chat in Cardiff. Hey Buddy, hows the tour going? Really good honestly. It’s been good, people who are coming seem to be very excited so I can’t

Friday 17 May 2013

Interview: Hatebreed

A couple of weeks ago, Punktastic headed down to Cardiff Solus to watch Hatebreed play an absolutely storming show. Beforehand, we caught up with frontman Jamey Jasta to talk touring, the new record and how they stay stoked after 19 years of the band being together. HOW ARE YOU? Good!

Tuesday 14 May 2013

INTERVIEW: The Dillinger Escape Plan

Last month Punktastic met up with Ben Weinman of The Dillinger Escape Plan. We talked about how the music industry has changed, the good old days, when you can expect to see them back in the UK and their new album, which comes out on Monday. Get stoked! HOW ARE

Sunday 12 May 2013

Jake Bugg @ Coachella

Punktastic caught up with Jake Bugg pre-performance at Coachella (spoiler alert- his set had so many people flocking to the stage the tent was literally spilling over with from all sides- and it was totally worth suffering through the intense desert/body heat combo to witness it all!) and chatted

Saturday 11 May 2013

Palma Violets @ Coachella 2013

Punktastic got to hang with the overheated but ever-amusing Palma Violets before their set and chatted about getting abducted by audience members, getting stuck in trees, and had an impromptu in-trailer song sesh. The amount of energy they had then was nothing compared to onstage and they’ve skyrocketed

Thursday 09 May 2013

The Neighbourhood

Punktastic caught up with the Neighbourhood (Jesse Rutherford, Jeremy Freedman, Zach Abels, Mikey Margot, Bryan Sammis) in between Coachella weekends, on a night where they played an absolutely kick-ass set with Foals. After spinning their single ‘Sweater Weather’ non-stop and hearing them live twice they’ve definitely become a band

Wednesday 08 May 2013

INTERVIEW: Coliseum

Following the release of the excellent fourth album by Kentucky punk band Coliseum, we caught up with frontman Ryan Patterson shortly before they graced the stage at Shoreditch’s trendy XOYO. Ryan opened up about the evolution of their sound, his feelings on genre classification and certain scepticism towards

Wednesday 17 April 2013

Interview: Blitz Kids

A couple of weeks ago, we interviewed Blitz Kids at Radstock Festival in Liverpool. We talked about their new album, the rise of the small festivals and playing on the same stage as Limp Bizkit. Enjoy! HOW ARE YOU ALL? Jono: Excellent. DID YOU JUST GET HERE? Jono: Literally just got here, yeah.

Monday 15 April 2013

Interview: Don Broco

A couple of weeks ago, Punktastic went to Radstock Festival in Liverpool and had a chat with those brilliant scamps Matt and Si from Don Broco. We covered a plethora of interesting topics, including The Full Monty, their smash hit factory and most importantly, their new single Whole Truth

Monday 01 April 2013

INTERVIEW: BRING ME THE HORIZON

THIS. IS. SEMPITERNAL. The day of release has arrived, and to celebrate, we’re posting an interview we did with Bring Me The Horizon last week. We went down to Sony HQ to have a chat with Matt Nicholls, Matt Kean, Lee Malia and new member Jordan Fish. We talked