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From Friday 04 December 2015

Best Of… Alexisonfire

They’re the band that have had people guessing for the past five years, are they reforming? Did they even ever break-up? In 2012 we said farewell to them on their final tour, however this summer we welcomed them back to the main stage at Reading Festival, alongside

Monday 16 November 2015

Bruising soundtrack their first ever tour in a van

It’s an exciting time for Leeds based Bruising. Not only are they about to release their double A-side single, ‘Honey’ and ‘Emo Friends’, (pre-order now) the garage surf-punks are also set to hit the road for an almost entirely sold out tour alongside Los Campesinos!. Perhaps surprisingly,

Wednesday 04 November 2015

Best of October 2015

October is always a pretty crazy month, mainly because it either plays host to or immediately precedes the world’s most iconic punk-rock gathering, FEST. You may have gathered by our social media that we had a brilliantly debauched time out in Florida. But before that we’ve been getting our

Friday 30 October 2015

Radkey pick their top 5 heavy songs that are also catchy as f**k

  Punk trio Radkey know a thing or two about heavy. Raised on a cocktail of musical styles, perhaps most notably blues and punk, the brothers have forged a style that is in some ways indebted to everyone from Motorhead to the Sex Pistols and all angry blues musicians that

Thursday 08 October 2015

Best of…. September 2015

September came and went. We sent some of the US team down to Riot Fest to catch all the action whilst on this side of the pond there were so many shows we lost count of how much fun we had. Winter may be coming but the good

Friday 02 October 2015

Best Of… Jimmy Eat World

Welcome to Best Of… a playlist featuring the best tracks from certain artists picked by friends, readers and staff of Punktastic. This month on we have Rob Barbour taking on Jimmy Eat World.  Jimmy Eat World straddle demographics like an over-confident cowboy riding two horses at once. They’re the

Sunday 06 September 2015

Best Of…August

August is here and gosh darn it was jam packed. We were at Hevy and at Reading winding up the end of the UK festival season with style. We saw a lot of brilliant bands from all genres of the alternative music scene so if anyone complains punk

Wednesday 12 August 2015

BEST OF…… Say Anything

Welcome to Best Of… a playlist featuring the best tracks from certain artists picked by friends, readers and staff of Punktastic. This month on we have Maryam Hassan making us her ultimate playlist for Say Anything.  Picking the best Say Anything tracks is hard because there are just so

Tuesday 04 August 2015

Best of July Playlist

July was a brilliant month wasn’t it? In the UK we had absolutely beautiful weather and then a heat wave that melted us all and there was a lot of good music to soundtrack those days where you were so hot you felt like Jabba the Hutt hanging

Friday 17 July 2015

BEST OF…. The Wonder Years

Welcome to Best Of… a playlist featuring the best tracks from certain artists picked by friends, readers and staff of Punktastic. This month on we have Jason Swearingen making us his ultimate playlist for The Wonder Years.  In as short of a space as I have here, I’m