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Riot Fest Portraits

It’s September in Chicago and that means one thing, it’s Riot Fest. The festival, now in it’s 11th year, starts bright and early Friday morning. Wouldn’t you know it, folks round town are excited. I took my whiteboard to the people to see what they had to say.

Interview: Jim Adkins [September 2015]

Throughout the last 20+ years Jim Adkins has been touring relentlessly and has released 8 studio albums with Arizona based band Jimmy Eat World. The four pieces’ cult classic album ‘Clarity’ is still a staple in any emo top 10 playlist, with their first commercial breakthrough arriving in 2001

Anna’s Anchor: The Islands Diary – Part Three

Irish singer-songwriter Anna’s Anchor is undertaking a mammoth task. Armed with his guitar, a notepad and a trusted pen, he will embark on a journey that sees him play on a different Irish island each weekend throughout June and July, releasing a new track written and recorded at each

We Talk to Bangers and Stream a New Song!

I The Mighty take us through ‘Connector’

I The Mighty take us through their new album, ‘Connector’, track by track. Have a listen to the stream of it and then read along for maximum effectiveness. An Epilogue as a Prologue A beginning as an end. The name is in reference to

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,

Punktastic’s 2013: A Year in Music

13.01 – The Original 13.02 – The Darker One 13.03 – The Mixtape 13.04 – The Acoustic Special 13.05 – Gnarwolves & Marmozets 13.06 – The Stay At Home 13.07 – Pop to Punk Rock 13.08 – Beach Community signees 13.09 – The Fest Special 13.10 –

Reggie and the Full Effect

This interview was conducted with James Dewees and Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids/New Amsterdams/Terrible Twos) before TGUK’s gig in Kingston in August 2009. This interview was conducted in two parts which I’ve mashed together… Paul: So Reggie totally polarizes people. People either

Sonic Boom Six

Paul: Does the success of bands like Kids In Glass Houses and You Me At 6 help the independent music scene or does it hinder it by inspiring bands to pick up an instrument and start carbon copy bands who sound like the 4th or

Sonic Boom Six

This is part 1 of the 11,000 word massive Sonic Boom Six interview… Paul: Mr Barneyboom, sir, how the devil are you? Barney: I’m very good thank you very much. I’m busy and broke but driven and happy. I’m starting to sound like an Alanis Morissette song now so