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She’s A Punk: Episode 4 – Editor-in-Chief of Punktastic, Penny Bennett

Yasmin Brown — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:35:33 +0000

Punktastic Podcast #11: Ollie and Rob Talk Labels

Maryam Hassan — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 17:00:40 +0000

Rob Barbour hosts the tenth episode of the Punktastic POV Podcast, a special episode focussing on independent record labels (with a not-insignificant tangent discussing Funeral For A Friend’s recent farewell shows).

Rob is joined by Punktastic writer Ollie Connors as they both choose three indie labels (sort of…), explore what’s kept them in business, and play a song from each one.

Bands Featured This Month:

We Never Learned To Live (Holy Roar)
Crooks (Equal Vision)
Cult Leader (Deathwish Inc)
Knuckle Puck (Rise Records)
Guilt (N/A)
Milk Teeth (Hopeless Records)

And our INTRO SONG: You’re So Vain PT II – The Dopamines

Punktastic Podcast Episode 9, March 2016: Twangly, Chuggy Jankers

Maryam Hassan — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 12:52:41 +0000

Rob Barbour and Maryam Hassan host the ninth episode of the Punktastic POV Podcast, with new music and discussion about issues in the music scene. Episode Nine features tracks from Bad Sign, Mike Bell & The Movies, The Dirty Nil, JANK, Can’t Swim and Veery.

This episode was sponsored by MONKEY BOY RECORDS. Go buy some vinyl.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ON iTUNES HERE.

Bands Featured This Month:

BAD SIGN

MIKE BELL & THE MOVIES

And our INTRO SONG: You’re So Vain PT II – The Dopamines (buy it here)

Punktastic POV Podcast #6: Covered in Guilt Milk

Maryam Hassan — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:00:16 +0000

Rob Barbour and Maryam Hassan host the sixth episode of the Punktastic POV Podcast, with new music and discussion about issues in the music scene. Episode Six features tracks from Fuck You, Idiot, Sauropod, Carly from Slingshot Dakota, IDESTROY, Iron Chic and Glue Foot. The pair also discuss the importance of DIY venues and what they are excited about in 2016.

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Listen on Soundcloud below!

Bands Featured This Month:

FUCK YOU, IDIOT: Timehop

SAUROPOD: Sunny Day

CARLY COMMANDO: Fallow

IDESTROY: Vanity Loves Me

IRON CHIC: Bogus Journey

GLUE FOOT: Guilt Milk

Maryam’s picks are all songs released to raise money for the Rob McAllister Memorial Fund. All proceeds from the Fuck You, Idiot track and Carly’s track go towards that. You can find links to donate to that here.

And our INTRO SONG: You’re So Vain PT II – The Dopamines (buy it here)

Punktastic POV Podcast #4: 2015 Round Up (Part Two)

Maryam Hassan — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:04:12 +0000

Rob Barbour hosts the fourth Punktastic POV Podcast, with new music and discussion about issues in the music scene.

Following on from part one (featuring Editor-In-Chief Ben Tipple and Deputy Editor Maryam Hassan), the second part of our end of year episode continues the discussion as Rob talks to Reviews Editor Tamsyn Wilce and Staff Editor Glen Bushell about the tracks they liked best in 2015.

You can listen to the playlist of tracks featured in both part one and two using the player below (Spotify Web Player is a bit temperamental, so you might have to open the actual playlist to see all the songs):

ROB PICKS:
Milk Teeth
Tellison

TAMSYN PICKS:
State Champs
Broadside
I the Mighty
Bring Me The Horizon

GLEN PICKS:
Failure
Deafheaven
Ceremony

Punktastic POV Podcast #4: 2015 Round Up (Part One)

Maryam Hassan — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:18:37 +0000

Rob Barbour hosts the fourth Punktastic POV Podcast, with new music and discussion about issues in the music scene. Episode Four is a little different as Rob talks to Assistant Editor Maryam Hassan and Editor Ben Tipple about the tracks they liked best in 2015.

Once you’ve checked this one our, part 2 can be heard here.

You can listen to the whole playlist below (Spotify Web Player is a bit temperamental, so you might have to open the actual playlist to see all the songs):

ROB PICKS:
Coheed & Cambria: buy.thecolorbeforethesun.com/
Creeper: http://www.creepercult.com/
The Wonder Years: hopelessrecords.merchnow.com/catalogs/T…nder-Years

MARYAM PICKS:
Shit Present: specialistsubject.bandcamp.com/album/shit-present
Science Club: scienceclub.bandcamp.com/album/day-job
Spraynard: spraynard.bandcamp.com/album/mable
The Smith Street Band: open.spotify.com/track/7gvsfYSMkuSy9i1tsIi2JJ

BEN PICKS:
FIDLAR – fidlarmusic.com/
Bully – www.bullythemusic.com/
Refused – http://www.officialrefused.com/
Black Peaks – www.facebook.com/blackpeaks/

The Punktastic POV Podcast: Episode Two

Maryam Hassan — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:57:46 +0000

Welcome to the second episode of the Punktastic POV Podcast!

Once again Rob Barbour and Maryam Hassan will be playing you some kick ass new music and talking about stuff going on in the music scene. This month they play songs from Youth Decay, Two Houses, Podacter, Burn the Fleet and The Penske File and talk about FEST, anxiety and new music in general. Also we learn how to say Maryam’s name correctly.

You can listen to it below and by subscribe to us on our YouTube, on our Soundcloud or by copying this RSS feed link into your podcast app of choice. You can also subscribe to us in iTunes!

Soundcloud

Featured this month (in order)….

And our INTRO SONG: You’re So Vain PT II – The Dopamines (buy it here)

The Punktastic POV Podcast: Episode One

Maryam Hassan — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:59:09 +0000

Welcome to the pilot episode of the Punktastic POV Podcast!

Once a month, Rob Barbour and Maryam Hassan will be playing you some kick ass new music and talking about stuff going on in the music scene. This month they play songs from Shit Present, Ghost Club, Hearts Under Fire, Spill and Brigades and talk about sexism in the pop punk scene, Conor Oberst and ’10 Steps Behind’; the song he wrote about a Muslim woman, and Warped Tour.

You can listen to it below and by subscribe to us on our YouTube, on our Soundcloud or by copying this RSS feed link into your podcast app of choice. Later this week we’ll be in the iTunes directory too.

YouTube

Soundcloud

Featured this month (in order)….

And our INTRO SONG: You’re So Vain PT II – The Dopamines (buy it here)