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From Tuesday 16 September 2003

See Alk3 for free!

Not content with the huge Alkaline Trio prize we’re currently running, we decided to give you a chance to get on the guestlist for the bands show at the Astoria this Saturday. One lucky winner will bag themselves two guestlist places to see the

Saturday 06 September 2003

Competition Time

Thanks to our friends over at goldstar we have a stack of epitaph posters to give away – just the thing for all you poor students returning to uni. click here to win

Wednesday 03 September 2003

Punktastic recommends…

As promised here is a new feature – what innovators we are at punktastic! It has been suggested that we host mp3’s on the site, but we just don’t have the space. Instead, each week, every one of our staff members will recommend a band that is

Friday 29 August 2003

The Wildhearts – The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed

During the course of the British music scene of the last decade one band have always stood apart from the rest, and not always for the right reasons. The Wildhearts have been one of the most talked about bands this country has know, and

Sunday 24 August 2003

Dammit! What’s my age again?

In their set at Leeds last night Blink 182 previewed three new songs from their forthcoming album, due in November. The cheeky trio played ‘Go’, ‘Action’ and another newie in front of the festival crowd. The band also said they’d be returning to these shores

Saturday 23 August 2003

Leeds Update

Courtesy of good ol’ bbc news: “About 20 people have been injured at the Leeds music festival after a crush barrier collapsed. Eyewitnesses say the crowd surged forward as the band System of a Down was on stage at Bramham Park, near Wetherby. West Yorkshire ambulance

Monday 18 August 2003

Rancid – Indestructible

Tim Armstrong has undoubtedly had one of the worst years of his life. Not only did he lose close friend Joe Strummer, but he also had a very public split with his wife. Throughout this ordeal, he has had one thing to fall back on, the music

Sunday 17 August 2003

Drive Til Morning – Drive Til Morning

Deep Elm seem to have cornered the market in all things emo. Their respected Emo Diaries series continues to be a springboard for a range of artists. One such artist, who has made the jump from the series to a debut album on Deep Elm, is Francis

Saturday 16 August 2003

Watch Out: Anchors Away

The New Bouncing Souls album ‘Anchors Away’ is due out on the 25th August. Those kind chaps at Epitaph have set up an E-Card/Player so that you can hear the album for yourself right this minute… Anchors Away E-Player

Tuesday 12 August 2003

Lovejunk – Amstradivarius

Lovejunk are one of those bands that have been floating around the UK punk scene for some time, without ever really setting the world on fire. Their debut album ‘Tribulations’ was a solid little listen, but their last effort, the ‘Vodatumour Blues’ EP, was distinctly average.