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From Saturday 16 April 2011

Lower Than Atlantis – World Record

It’s bit difficult to know what to do with LOWER THAN ATLANTIS. They’re in that awkward post-rock/hardcore mid-ground and until now, which way they really wanted to lean has been anyone’s guess. The band have largely rolled off the pace since their last album ‘Far

Friday 15 April 2011

Arcane Roots announce headline tour

ARCANE ROOTS have announced their first ever headline tour alongside a date at the Camden Crawl and a slot at Sonisphere Festival. The next few months for them now looks as follows: 29th April – Scream Lounge, Croydon 30th April – Underworld, Camden Crawl s/ The King

Thursday 14 April 2011

Interview: Ilan Rubin (The New Regime)

‘Speak Through The White Noise’, the second album from Ilan Rubin’s THE NEW REGIME is out now and we caught up with the lad to get a bit of background on it. Have a watch of the video in our player above, or head over to the

The New Regime

With his second solo album out now under his THE NEW REGIME moniker, Ilan Rubin gives Punktastic the full skinny. ‘Speak Through The White Noise’ is out now.

The New Regime – Speak Through The White Noise

For the unacquainted, THE NEW REGIME is the musical musings of one Ilan Rubin. You may remember him as the drummer from such bands as Denver Harbour, Lostprophets and even Nine Inch Nails. At the sickeningly young age of 22, he’s

Tuesday 12 April 2011

Manchester Orchestra premiere new video

Head over to the link below to see MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA‘s new video for ‘Simple Math’: http://www.ifc.com/news/2011/04/manchester-orchestra.php

The Summer Set – Love Like This

This is – to be fair – a slightly belated UK release given ‘Love Like This’ initially came out in 2009 on the other side of the Atlantic. Summer is fast approaching however, and LAB Records are fittingly giving UK fans a chance to get

Capdown – Camden Underworld

Three and a half years ago, Capdown played their last London gig with The King Blues. While the latter have sky-rocketed to the extent of headlining down the road at Koko last night, Milton Keynes? favourite sons played a final hometown show (administration and red-tape

The King Blues – Koko, Camden

Back in 2007, THE KING BLUES ran a residency at Camden?s Purple Turtle venue showcasing emerging UK talent. Tonight the band is across the road at the much more grandiose Koko. ?We used to watch the bigger bands playing here,? recalls singer Itch Fox. ?This

Sunday 10 April 2011

Jonny And The Snipers video; SYG Media interview

Our friends in STAND YOUR GROUND MEDIA recently dug up and edited the following rare footage of vintage St Albans jazz combo Jonny & The Snipers, whose huge hit in the Hertfordshire ballrooms ‘Destabilise’ was covered last year by ENTER SHIKARI.