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From Wednesday 11 November 2015

LIVE: Dan Smith (Listener) @ Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes

Part spoken word performer, part songwriter, and part comedian – spending an evening with Listener’s Dan Smith always feels like a privilege. Hearing his stories and getting an insight into his creative mind, all delivered in his thick Kansas accent, can’t help but put a smile on your face. Supported

Monday 26 October 2015

LIVE: Fall Out Boy @ SSE Wembley Arena

After breaking many a heart over the past year by announcing intimate shows in and around London, shows which left many fans without tickets due to capacity restrictions, it only seemed right that Fall Out Boy returned in the latter half of 2015 to dominate one

Friday 23 October 2015

LIVE: A Carefully Planned Festival #5 @ Manchester

Manchester’s A Carefully Planned Festival celebrated its 5th edition with gusto over 17th/18th October. I managed to sample the eclectic mix of delights on the first night by dashing around five of the nine venues, like a headless chicken with an SLR camera. It’s the

Wednesday 21 October 2015

LIVE: Pianos Become The Teeth / Milk Teeth / Hindsights @ Scala, London

It’s been a while since Pianos Become The Teeth’s arguable transformation. What carried the potential to divide their live performance between the old and the new has now all but dissipated, leaving a band with a clear identity. Although atmosphere has always played a vital role in the band’s

Tuesday 20 October 2015

LIVE: Mallory Knox / Set It Off / The Xcerts @ The Roundhouse, London

With their second album ‘Asymmetry’ about to celebrate it’s first birthday and having spent most of their year waving the flag for British rock music over in the States, it was about time that Mallory Knox played some shows on their home turf. After doing their

Friday 16 October 2015

LIVE: No Warning / Risk It! @ The Dome, London

Around the turn of the century, No Warning were the most sought after modern hardcore band in the world. Second only to American Nightmare, their influence could be heard in countless bands, and to this day, their debut album ‘Ill Blood’ remains one of the best contemporary hardcore

Wednesday 07 October 2015

LIVE: ArcTanGent Festival 2015

This festival may stand in stark contrast to the rest of Punktastic’s summer coverage, but in our mind, it’s just as deserving of its place as the behemoths found elsewhere in this section. Legions of fans of math-rock and post-rock have descended on Bristol from far-flung places like continental

Saturday 03 October 2015

LIVE: State Champs / Knuckle Puck / ROAM @ O2 Islington Academy, London

It’s pretty much the pop-punk tour we’ve been waiting most of the year for, and finally New York outfit State Champs have made their way to the UK for the first ever headline tour, something which seems a bit of an odd fact for a band

Tuesday 29 September 2015

LIVE: Butserfest 2015

Set in a country park just thirty minutes from Portsmouth is a Festival with an attitude, no drink, no drugs, just a whole lot of fun. Now in its ninth year, Butserfest aims to bring the younger generation the best in alternative music and prove that

Saturday 26 September 2015

A Drunken Stumble Through My First Awesome Fest

Labor Day is upon us again and although I would’ve loved to have spent the long weekend suffering through a sunburnt and sand all over my body while at an overly crowded beach, I decided to spend it sunburnt and damn near shitfaced in sunny and beautiful North