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From Monday 09 June 2014

First play of the new Swim Good video

London based four-piece Swim Good draw together the in-your-face frivolity of the likes of Don Broco with the trademark British alt-rock sound honed by Lower Than Atlantis and their ilk. Formed back in 2012, the band released their debut self-titled EP earlier this year via Failure By Design

Friday 06 June 2014

First play of the new Avolent video

Photo courtesy of Tom Calton Photography We are very pleased to be hosting the brand new video by Kings Lynn based post-hardcore five-piece Avolent. ‘Better Me’ is that rare piece of music that brings something new to the table, taking influence from British hardcore and metal and overlaying it with

Tuesday 27 May 2014

First play of the new Colt 45 track

Colt 45 are certainly no strangers to the Punktastic pages – their DIY combination of gruff-punk and inherently catchy melody first caught our attention back with the release of their debut EP. Since then, the band have signed to Visible Noise Records, released a remastered collection of their

Monday 12 May 2014

First play of the new Thom Bowden track

With the release of his debut album scheduled for the 14th July, things are looking bright for Surrey based artist Thom Bowden. Initial tracks taken from ‘Searching The Brittle Light’ and his previous EP have drawn attention from major radio, earning comparisons to the likes of Fugazi and

Wednesday 30 April 2014

First play of the brand new music video from River Jumpers

This afternoon we’re spoiling you again with a first play of the brand new music video from River Jumpers. The new song, ‘All Our Histories’, is also available as free download from the band’s bandcamp. Check out the video using the player in this article! The song was

Monday 28 April 2014

First play of the new Trash Boat track

While bands were riding the pop heavy pop-punk wave back at the turn of the century, the likes of Sum 41 or Lit were injecting the heavier sound into the mix. Fast forward 14 or 15 years and pop-punk is still surfing the same wave – a wave

Friday 25 April 2014

First play of the Muskets video for ’25a’

Photo Credit: Elliott Ingham Taken from ‘Pollyseed’ – their first release – Brighton’s Muskets are premiering the official video for ’25a’. Adding a distinctive Britishness to the US wave sounds of Title Fight and their ilk, Muskets sit somewhere between the revivalists and fellow Brightonians Gnarwolves. Their raw energy

Monday 21 April 2014

First play of the Harker video for ‘Hours’

Adding some rawness into the well-trodden line between punk and folk, we are proud to host an exclusive look at the new video by Brighton based Harker. As they sit on the verge of releasing their newest EP, Hours’, the title-track is indicative of the rough-edged folk-punk, playing

Thursday 17 April 2014

First play of the new Above The Underground video

Clearly influenced by the melody driven post-hardcore era of Thrice and their ilk, Chester’s Above The Underground have channeled their musical upbringing into a heavier pop-punk sound, demonstrated on their two minute nostalgic barrage that is ‘Bring Me The Sun’. Taken from their debut full-length ‘Sonder’, released back in

Monday 14 April 2014

First play of the Patrons video for ‘Little Victories’

Taken from their recently released self-titled EP, Plymouth based four-piece Patrons are premiering the video for ‘Little Victories’ exclusively via these pages. Complete with a mesmerising half-scream-half-sing vocal delivery and a style somewhere between the ominous post-hardcore of Thrice and the distinctive Britishness of Reuben and their ilk, the