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From Monday 27 January 2014

LIVE: Blitz Kids / The People The Poet / Villains @ Barfly, London [20/01/14]

Delving headfirst into 2014, Nantwich based four piece Blitz Kids not only release their second full-length – ‘The Good Youth’ – tonight, but have also successfully sold out London’s intimate yet renowned Barfly. The show marks both the beginning and the end of two exciting chapters in the band’s

Wednesday 01 January 2014

LIVE: Death Angel + Dew-Scented @ Camden Underworld [10/12/2013]

Sometimes at Punktastic, we do just like to go all out metal. Tonight is one of those nights. A jammed bill at the legendary Camden Underworld is topped by metal legends Death Angel, and though main support Dew-Scented are playing to a slowly growing crowd, they’re putting in a good

Tuesday 17 December 2013

LIVE: Mallory Knox / Blitz Kids @ O2 Academy, Islington [12/12/13]

2013 has been quite the year for Mallory Knox. Between releasing their debut album ‘Signals’ back in January and tonight’s headline performance in the capital as part of their extensive UK tour, the hook driven rockers have squeezed in main stage performances at Reading and Leeds Festival, signed to

Friday 13 December 2013

LIVE: Owen / Tangled Hair @ Old Blue Last, London [08/12/13]

Neither Tangled Hair nor Owen are disguising the fact that today has been a long day. Following their show at the comparably nearby Fighting Cox in Kingston the previous night, both acts headed straight into a double-barrelled show, squeezing in a matinee performance after selling out the intimate

Wednesday 04 December 2013

LIVE: Warped Tour UK @ Alexandra Palace [Sunday – 17/11/13]

We come back to Alexandra Palace fresh and ready (some of us more than others…) for the second day of Warped Tour UK. Straight to the Punktastic stage to set up, and also quash some rumours that A Day To Remember might be playing our acoustic basement. We

Tuesday 03 December 2013

LIVE: Warped Tour UK @ Alexandra Palace [Saturday – 16/11/13]

With the iconic Warped Tour now spanning two days at London’s historic Alexandra Palace, we find ourselves dividing our time between top quality bands, joining the relaxation at our very own Punktastic Acoustic Basement, and catching up with some specially selected bands for our video interviews and documentary. Although

Thursday 28 November 2013

LIVE: Jimmy Eat World / Rival Schools @ O2 Brixton Academy, London [19/11/13]

Jimmy Eat World have been no strangers to the UK during 2013, with tonight’s show in Brixton’s O2 Academy marking their fourth trip proper to the nation’s capital in almost as many months. Despite having only played the Kentish Town Forum some two weeks earlier they return to

Tuesday 29 October 2013

LIVE: Lonely The Brave / Moose Blood @ The Lexington, London [15/10/13]

The fact that The Lexington is a neigh-on comprehensive list of who’s who in the music industry tonight provides a concrete indication of how far Lonely The Brave have come in the past 12 months, and indeed where they are heading. Already being relished with praise from all

Monday 28 October 2013

LIVE: letlive. / Night Verses @ Electric Ballroom, London [17/10/13]

Earlier this year, LA’s energetic mad-ball rockers letlive. released the follow-up to 2010 (or 2011’s depending on how you want to look at it) seminal record, ‘Fake History’. ‘The Blackest Beautiful’ achieved all it needed to –honing the relationship between the convulsive off-kilter moments and the melody driven

Wednesday 09 October 2013

LIVE: Funeral For A Friend / Gnarwolves / Polar. @ Electric Ballroom, London [03/10/13]

Photo by Warren Miller Everything about tonight’s Funeral For A Friend set screams nostalgia. Substantiated rumours that the Welsh wonders are playing ‘Four Ways To Scream Your Name’ in full are rife, despite being half-heartedly discouraged by frontman Matt Davies some way through the set. With that in