Trash Boat, Capstan, Doll Skin, Woes @ Stylus, Leeds

LIVE: Trash Boat / Capstan / Doll Skin @ Stylus, Leeds

Leeds Stylus is a venue that will be familiar to any long time attendees of Slam Dunk Festival – until 2015, it was host to their second stage in the ever confusing rabbit warren that is Leeds University’s Student Union (seriously, Leeds students, how do you NOT get lost

Sun Arcana release new single, announce EP and headline show

After starting 2019 with some huge tours with Emarosa and label mates Normandie, things have been quieter for Essex quartet Sun Arcana over the summer – until now, that is. The group have been using these last few months to prepare the follow up to their superb 2018 debut

Selfish Things – ‘Logos’

‘Logos’ has been a long time coming for Selfish Things. Having spent the last eleven months dropping tracks that would eventually make it onto the LP, their debut album has been eagerly anticipated for months following the announcement. Now, it’s finally here – and it’s a thing

Cult Of Luna – ‘A Dawn To Fear’

For those of you who are already fans of post-metal, Cult Of Luna need no introduction. The Swedish sextet have been making their sprawling noise since the late 90s and are yet to release an album that isn’t innovative and challenging in its own way. Their impact and influence

Reading and Leeds 2019 – Day 2

LIVE: Reading Festival 2019 – Saturday

While ‘British Festival Season’ often conjures thoughts of muddy fields, populated almost solely with last-minute welly purchases, this year’s Reading Festival brought only sunshine and across the whole weekend. Pulling from all of Punktastic’s very favourite genres, it’s one of our most anticipated times of

blink-182 – ‘Nine’

There was almighty curiosity when Matt Skiba became blink-182’s long-term replacement for Tom DeLonge in the spring of 2015. The decision looked to be a masterstroke. The handful of early shows saw a band rediscovering its mojo, as baseball-capped, basketball shirt-donning Skiba brought the energy and fun

Sleep On It – ‘Pride & Disaster’

There aren’t too many bands creating proper, straight up pop punk these days – and even fewer who are doing it well. Enter Chicago four piece Sleep On It, who on debut ‘Overexposed’ captured the heart of all that has made this genre so well-loved over the last decade

Korn – ‘The Nothing’

If you’re a fan of metal, there’s a pretty high probability that you don’t need an introduction to Korn. With their infectious low tuned grooves, the occasional bagpipe solo and the painfully honest vocals of Jonathan Davies, they’ve been providing a voice for a generation as they