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From Saturday 09 January 2016

Wolf & Bear sign to Blue Swan Records

Californian technical rockers Wolf & Bear have signed to Blue Swan Records following their stint on the Dance Gavin Dance 10 year anniversary tour. “We are very excited to become part of Blue Swan Records, and to join such a wonderful family of caring musicians who strive to create

Toy Mountains share video for ‘I Could Care Less’

Glasgow’s Toy Mountains have revealed the official video for new track, ‘I Could Care Less’. “We’re really excited to finally have something substantial to show the world,” says band member Matt Cowie. “We’ve been working really hard for the last year and bit and this video is just the start

Big Ups pretty much confirm album release

There’s nothing more than a video at the moment, but having already teased something called ‘Before A Million Universes’ at the start of December, and with a date on their new teaser, it might be appropriate to assume that the band will be releasing something on the 4th March

Friday 08 January 2016

Mike Natoli Releases First ‘Unplugged’ Session

Mike Natoli from Timeshares has released the first in his new series of sessions ‘Unplugged’ where he covers songs in his bathroom. First up is ‘Say No’ originally by Jean Claude Jam Band and you can watch it below:

Lucero announce UK tour

Lucero are heading back to the UK in February. The band have just finished a US run of dates and released their latest album “All A Man Should Do” on ATO Records in September 2015. Dates are as follows: Thurs 4th February – Newcastle – The Cluny Fri 5th February – Glasgow

Diet Cig Start UK Tour

New York’s Diet Cig are heading over to the UK and start their tour tomorrow. Playing infectious indie punk you’ll definitely want to check them out if you love Lemuria or Hop Along. Sleep Talk/Dinner Date 7" by Diet Cig Dates

The Rocket Summer Announce New Album

The Rocket Summer have announced details of their new album ‘Zoetic’ out on February 26th on Aviate Records. Avery explains how he go to the unusual album title, “The word ‘zoetic’ is defined as ‘of or relating to life. Living, vital, alive’… which to me is how this album

Wrong Numbers Post New EP

Wrong Numbers, the new solo project of Marcus Nuccio (Pet Symmetry, The Please and Thank Yous), have released a new EP. You can pick up ‘Weird Year’ over at Bandcamp for pay what you want download and listen to synthy-pop goodness below:

Losing Sleep stream debut album via RockSound

It’s here! Not only do Losing Sleep grace our Anticipated: 20 Bands To Watch in 2016 list, they have now unveiled their debut album exclusively via RockSound. Go and listen to it, now. Also, we’re hosting their album launch party at London’s Birthdays a week today .

Tom Aylott reveals new track, ‘Concubines’

Ahead of his support for Novella at London’s Old Blue Last on Saturday 16th January, musician and former Punktastic editor Tom Aylott has unveiled his new track, ‘Concubines’. The song was written and recorded shortly after Aylott’s return from a trip to South East Asia, inspiration for