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From Tuesday 17 January 2006

Western Addiction – Cognicide

What do you get if you take four guys who work at the offices of Fat Wreck Chords and put them in band? Well, in this instance you get Western Addiction, a group formed from a love of punk music, and from being involved in the

Wednesday 14 December 2005

Zatopeks – Ain’t Nobody Left But Us

As the end of the year approaches most of us at punktastic tend to look back over the years releases. However, during that process I realised we hadn’t yet got round to reviewing an album that came out quite some time ago. This is the

Tuesday 06 December 2005

Win a bit of Horror…

The HorrorPops are hitting the road this month with Left Alone. You can catch them on the following dates: 7th Dec – Leicester, Charlotte 8th Dec – Manchester, Academy 4 9th Dec – Glasgow, Cathouse 10th Dec – Liverpool, Academy 3 11th Dec – Northampton, Roadmender 12th Dec

Sunday 20 November 2005

Stretch Arm Strong – Free At Last

Recently I have been bemoaning the lack of decent punk albums released this year. If asked to list this year’s best releases I think a long period of head-scratching would result in very few names. However, just before 2005 becomes yesterday’s news an album has landed on

Tuesday 18 October 2005

3dbs down on tour…

Catch the guys on tour on the following dates: Oct 31 2005 8PM Upstairs @ The Garage, London w/ Never Heard of it Dec 2 2005 8:00P Viewfield Hotel Arbroath, Scotland Dec 6 2005 7:00P Forum Darlington, w/ The Peacocks Dec 10 2005 7:00P The Plough Torrington,

Matchbook Romance update

Click discuss this item for a big update on the band…

Wednesday 12 October 2005

The Priscillas – Aloha from Holloway

The Priscillas are an all-girl band consisting of four members. Their glam-punk-pop-rock sound attracted the attention of Damaged Goods and following a couple of successful singles the group are unleashing their debut min-album, ‘Aloha from Holloway’. At first glance you may think these girls are

Friday 07 October 2005

Three Colours Red – London Camden Underworld

*This show was at Islignton Academy – our database lets us down again!* The scene outside the Islington Academy was strangely subdued for what I considered to be quite an event for music fans of a certain age. Tonight was the last ever performance (again!) by 3 Colours Red,

Tuesday 13 September 2005

Luke Leighfield – Simple songs for complex minds

The first time we reviewed Simply Luke Leigfield on Punktastic, we commented on how the style of music he plays wasn’t really suited to this site. However, it seems that the newly formed Broken Hearts/Broken Bones Records disagrees. With the arrival of Luke’s second demo,

Fetch me a doctor…

Eastpak, Vans and Burning Heart Records have joined forces to bring the Eastpak Antidote Tour to the UK and Europe. The tour features Millencoln, Flogging Molly, Randy and The Unseen. You can catch the tour in The UK on the following dates: 31-Oct UK Glasgow Academy 01-Nov UK Leeds University 02-Nov UK London