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Royal Blood – ‘Royal Blood’

Unless you’ve been living under a soundproofed rock for the past year or so, you’ll have been hard pushed to avoid the bluesy, riff-riddled rock of Brighton duo Royal Blood. Debut track ‘Out Of The Black’ was a Radio 1 staple from the get-go and follow-up single ‘Little Monster’

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.

INTERVIEW: NAI HARVEST [APRIL 2014]

Forget the entire concept of the introvert emo musician stereotype: Nai Harvest are a band who want to have a go. At their EP release show in Brighton, Ben and Lew shared their (strong) opinions with Punktastic on why they’ll never be a fad band, why CDs are pointless,

Against Me! – ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’

To call Against Me!’s ‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’ anticipated would be a hefty understatement. To call it the follow up to one of the greatest rock albums of the last decade would be disputed, but we’re happy to go ahead and call it just that. While the scene perhaps

The Swellers – ‘Running Out Of Places To Go’

It’s been a rocky few years for The Swellers, but with the Michigan punks full of optimism, they’ve finally come back in a big way with a follow up to 2011’s ‘Good for Me’. ‘Running Out Of Places To Go’ is full of simple yet irresistible punk rock songs,

Bad Religion – Reading Festival

Following the sound shortcomings of yesterday, Punktastic is more than a little apprehensive as we take up residence in the Lock Up tent (again, unless otherwise stated, the bands below played everybody?s favourite punk rock stage). That apprehension lasts about the length of time between

Mike Davies

BEN – Firstly, if you could introduce yourself and give us some background about how you ended up doing what you do… MIKE – I’m Mike Davies, I do the Lock Up on Radio, and the show’s been on the air for about a year and a half now. I

BEN – Firstly, if you could introduce yourself and give us some background about how you ended up doing what you do… MIKE – I’m Mike Davies, I do the Lock Up on Radio, and the show’s been on the air for about a year and a half now. I