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From Friday 24 March 2017

Listen to the new University Drive single, ‘Safe and Quiet’

Just when you thought Pennsylvania couldn’t produce any more great bands, along comes University Drive. Today we are bringing you the first play of their new single, ‘Safe and Quiet’. “‘Safe and Quiet’ is about wanting to make things right in a convoluted situation, being unsure as to how to

Thursday 23 March 2017

Lovers Turn to Monsters unfurl video for the reflective ‘Shitty Too’

Lovers Turn to Monsters are exclusively premiering their new video for ‘Shitty Too’ with us at Punktastic. Based in Glasgow, Lovers Turn to Monsters is creatively rooted from the mind of Kyle Wood, resulting in emotive lo-fi pop fuelled indie rock. Wood has only recently taken the project into full

Monday 20 March 2017

Listen to the new Scarecrow Boat EP, ‘Tell Me I’m Fine’

Anyone who has watched Parks & Recreation will know the name Scarecrow Boat as being one of the many project of hapless hero, Andy Dwyer. That band now becomes a reality in the form of Southampton ‘nice punx’, Scarecrow Boat. After sharing stages with the likes of Sorority Noise, The

First play of the new Bokassa track, ‘Retaliation’

After featuring Bokassa in out POV section last month, we now have the pleasure of unveiling their brand new single, ‘Retaliation’, which you can exclusively hear below. “‘Retaliation’ is a short & fast hardcore punk song with a speeded up stoner riff, and we threw in some metal-licks at the

Thursday 16 March 2017

Listen to the new Kid Mud track, ‘Joey Crown’

Kid Mud was Sean Duncan, an indie rock vet formerly of Fiver, but with time, Kid Mud has seemingly morphed beyond “one man band” status into something larger than the sum of its parts. He has recruited friends Steve Brooks, Mike Reavill, Nick Ruiz, and Mike Watkins for new

First play of the new Isaac album, ‘Let It Burn’

Ahead of the release of their brand new album, ‘Let It Burn’, we are teaming up with Nottingham based indie-punk band, Isaac, to stream the excellent LP. “Let It Burn is meant to be listened to start to finish but we won’t judge you if you jump around a bit,”

Wednesday 15 March 2017

Watch the new Chief State video for ‘House Of Cards’

Today we are bringing you an exclusive look at the brand new video from Canadian punks, Chief State. It is for their ‘House Of Cards’ single, and comes ahead of their upcoming shows both in Canada and the UK. “The song is about the ebb and flow of happiness

Watch Baby Galaxy’s “Melting Butter” live session at RAMA Studio in Mannheim

We at Punktastic are exclusively sharing the UK premiere of Baby Galaxy’s two song live session at RAMA Studio in Mannheim, Germany. The session, which is a part of the “Melting Butter” session series, sees the Dutch indie rockers play two songs from their recent debut album, ‘Mighty Night’, entitled

Tuesday 14 March 2017

Austeros seek a change of mind and place in video for ‘Island’

We at Punktastic are exclusively unveiling Austeros’ video for their new single ‘Island’. The song is the first track to be taken from their upcoming new EP ‘I’ve Got This!’, which was produced by Woahnows’ Tim Rowing-Parker. It sees the indie punks take inspiration from late 80s pop rooted indie

Monday 13 March 2017

Watch the video for Grounds new single, ‘Stutter’

Sometimes you just can’t beat that classic format of a three piece rock band. You get the core elements of riff-driven music without anything fancy, and good, solid music. Grounds demonstrate that perfectly with their new track, ‘Stutter’, which you can see the video for below. “We formed Grounds so