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From Tuesday 03 June 2014

Playlist: Best of May 2014

We’ve been pretty busy throughout May – starting at Groezrock, where we were lucky enough to record a host of live performances from the Etnies Back to Basics Stage. From then it’s been nothing short of awesome, with Slam Dunk weekend living up to its reputation as

Tuesday 06 May 2014

Playlist: Best of April 2014

As ever, April was a pretty busy month for us at Punktastic HQ. A lot of it seemed to be Brand New related, be it gearing up for their highly anticipated UK tour or their headline slots at the ever-excellent Hit The Deck festivals in Nottingham and Bristol.

Wednesday 02 April 2014

Playlist: Best of March 2014

Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! playing an in-store show at Banquet Records at the start of March. It’s difficult to imagine there can ever be something close to a “bad month” in music, and March continued to prove the non-exception that doesn’t prove the rule in this case…

Wednesday 05 March 2014

Playlist: Best of February 2014

With the weather still leaving us cold and wet, at least February through us some banging albums, not least Modern Baseball and The Hotelier’s new releases. It also saw some new music by The Menzingers, My Chemical Romance and Brighton melodic hardcore veterans Architects. This month Mark, our

Friday 31 January 2014

Playlist: Best of January 2014

January is here and boy has 2014 started off with a bang. We’ve been snowed under with choices for this month’s best of playlist! If this is a taste of what’s to come this year then we can’t wait for what the rest of 2014 has in store! Pixies –

Thursday 19 December 2013

Punktastic Staff Top 20 Albums and Top 10 EPs of 2013

While the Punktastic Reader Awards has just concluded and we’re counting the votes!, the PT staff have put together a democratic list of our favourite albums of 2013. It should probably be in your top 10 best of “Best Ofs” of the year – if we say so ourselves

Tuesday 17 December 2013

UK Band’s Choice Releases of 2013

As well as choosing our top releases of the year and polling you lot to see what our readers think of the past 12 months, we asked the bubbling UK underground for their opinions on the best records of 2013. The results are lists filled with your

Tuesday 03 December 2013

Playlist: Best of November 2013

November has seen us gladly tied up by both the latter half of Fest in Florida’s Gainesville, and by the excellent Warped Tour back over on UK soil. In the midst of planning, we managed to wrap our ears around some hefty new music. These thirteen tracks should

Thursday 07 November 2013

Playlist: Best of October 2013

October has been another busy month in Punktastic HQ. Not only are we busy re-launching the exciting Punktastic Tickets, we also announced our teaming up with Oxjam in Cardiff and Warped Tour in London’s impressive Alexandra Palace. All the while we’ve been sifting through some outstanding music from

Wednesday 02 October 2013

Playlist: Best of September 2013

With festival season all but a distant haze, September saw a bigger focus on live shows and album releases. The month has seen the return of some heavy-hitters including stateside behemoths Norma Jean, new wave hardcore expects Touche Amore, and stateside rockers Balance and Composure. There have also