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From Wednesday 27 September 2017

LIVE: The Maine @ Koko, London

Ten years down the line and The Maine are playing their biggest headline show in the UK yet. Touring their most recent album, ‘Lovely, Little, Lonely’, almost 1500 people have come out to support the band, with fans queuing outside the venue since the morning. The

Tuesday 26 September 2017

LIVE: This Will Destroy You/Tera Melos/Dorje/Polymath @ House Of Vans, London

Situated underneath Waterloo station, House Of Vans is a skatepark by day and a vibrant music venue by night. As you walk past various ramps to get to the main room, the atmosphere is far more relaxed, compared to the usual hustle and bustle of Saturday night shows in

Monday 25 September 2017

LIVE: Charly Bliss / Whenyoung @ The Old Blue Last, London

Any observant music fan would predict Charly Bliss’ fizzy pop rock to pull in a herd of pastel grunge kids with candy floss hair and eternal smiles. But as Vice-owned hot spot The Old Blue Last fills to bursting point for the band’s live London debut, that prediction couldn’t

Wednesday 20 September 2017

LIVE: Reading Festival 2017 – Sunday

A cursory glance at the Reading and Leeds line up for this all confirmed what many have been saying for years – this is not the rock lead festival we once all knew. Musically diverse is one way of putting it but actually the Bank Holiday weekender – an

Tuesday 19 September 2017

LIVE: Reading Festival 2017 – Saturday

A cursory glance at the Reading and Leeds line up for this all confirmed what many have been saying for years – this is not the rock lead festival we once all knew. Musically diverse is one way of putting it but actually the Bank Holiday weekender – an

Monday 18 September 2017

LIVE: Reading Festival 2017 – Friday

A cursory glance at the Reading and Leeds line up for this all confirmed what many have been saying for years – this is not the rock lead festival we once all knew. Musically diverse is one way of putting it but actually the Bank Holiday weekender – an

Thursday 14 September 2017

LIVE: Tides of Man @ The Parish, Huddersfield

Having released two records as a progressive post-hardcore band, Tides of Man took their first steps into instrumental post-rock in 2014 with the release of ‘Young and Courageous’. The departure of vocalist Tilian Pearson (now of Dance Gavin Dance) forced them to write music in a new

Friday 08 September 2017

LIVE: Ieperfest 2017 @ Ypres, Belgium

Here at Punktastic, we’ve always been big fans of mainland European festivals. While extra the cost of travel can be stressful, the payoff is usually worth it in the end, especially since our equivalent of Ieperfest, Hevy Fest, no longer exists. Thankfully, Ieper is one of the most accommodating

Thursday 07 September 2017

LIVE: Car Seat Headrest @ Manchester Ritz

It’s rare that a band whose last album peaked at number 198 in the UK gain as much anticipation as, Car Seat Headrest. The lo-fi garage rock band from Virginia have been rapidly gaining notoriety globally for their grim but youthful guitar jams contrasted with bittersweet lyrics to

Tuesday 05 September 2017

LIVE: Tigers Jaw / Culture Abuse / Muskets @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester

The Deaf Institute in Manchester, with its quaint decor and observatory-like layout, is the perfect setting for an evening of simple, heartfelt music. Opening act Muskets waste no time filling it with their grunge-tinged pop-punk, and despite being billed first and hailing all the way from Brighton they clearly