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From Thursday 07 October 2021

Slam Dunk North 2021 @ Temple Newsam Leeds

Slam Dunk North made its much anticipated return to Leeds on Saturday 4th September 2021.

From Friday 24 September 2021

LIVE: Slam Dunk Festival 2021

For the longest time, it felt like the chances of us standing on the beautiful green grass of Temple Newsam and Hatfield House were slim to none – in 2021, at least. And yet, against all odds and through one of the most challenging possible years to pull off

From Tuesday 06 July 2021

Self Care Club Presents: Collab Playlist – July ’21

Can we take a second to appreciate how fantastic the Download Pilot was? Full of love, care, and some fucking great bands, it’s a real statement of how powerful our scene is. Gigs are now on the horizon, and with the success of the pilot, it surely can’t be

From Thursday 01 July 2021

LIVE: Download Festival Pilot 2021 – Saturday

It’s been a long, long time since Punktastic have been able to cover live music as we’ve always known it, and to be able to dive back in at the one and only Download Festival is more than we could ever have hoped for. The crowd was smaller, as

From Thursday 06 May 2021

Salem – ‘Salem II’

Will Gould seems to be on a crusade to single handedly revive the horror punk genre. Alongside his comrades in Creeper, he spins theatrical yarns of deeply layered tracks that have a whole generation experiencing ‘The Black Parade’ levels of mania – and now, with his side project Salem,

From Saturday 10 April 2021

INTERVIEW: HOLDING ABSENCE

This period in the history of humanity has been one of the most testing for everyone around the world, with life being put on pause for a lot of people. Being a musician in this period has been hard, with tours being cancelled and postponed, taking away the most

From Friday 04 December 2020

Top 25 Albums of the Year

The last thing we need to talk about is just how tragic 2020 has been. We get it, we really do. But it’s only by acknowledging the tragedies that have enveloped this year that allows us to really appreciate the incredible music that’s carried us through it to the

From Tuesday 27 October 2020

Salem – ‘Salem’

When creating concept albums, you could be forgiven for thinking that artists can often feel all-consumed by their ideas, and sometimes need the option of that big ‘ejector seat’ button which allows them to break out for a while. For example, at the boiling point of

From Monday 09 March 2020

Mundy’s Bay – ‘Lonesome Valley’

Recently, there has been something of a revival of the 80s synth wave scene, with hints of it making their way into tracks by artists such as Foals, Tame Impala, The 1975, and even Creeper’s latest installment of their musical evolution. However, Montreal’s indie-electro outfit Mundy’s Bay take this

From Friday 07 February 2020

Green Day – ‘Father of All Motherfuckers’

Green Day have never been a band to pass up an opportunity for doing something completely unexpected. From snot-nosed Bay Area punks riffing about masturbation and methamphetamines, to eye-liner clad stadium rockers and, now, straight-up party dads. Resplendent in leopard print and creepers, with each year brings