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From Friday 05 July 2013

Punktastic 13.06 – our latest compilation

Welcome to numero six. This month is the most varied set of bands we’ve had yet. We’re right in the middle of festival season now, and although you might want to be getting your wellies on and checking out your favourites in a field, there’s plenty of new bands

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Download Festival 2013 Preview

Download 2013 has one of the best line ups of any festival in the history of the world ever (note: I am never, ever prone to exaggeration). But seriously, it’s going to be great. Here’s just a taster of who’ll be making us lose our minds. FRIDAY 3 DOORS DOWN Friday is

Friday 10 May 2013

Punktastic 13.04 – a special acoustic set of new and exclusive music

Welcome (or hopefully it’s welcome back?) to Punktastic 13.04. This month is a special one, because it’s entirely acoustic. This month is a golden grab-bag of acoustic goodness. We’ve got English, American, Austrian, some that are more folky, some that are more punky, and we’ve even thrown some politics into

Tuesday 30 April 2013

Introducing: Moose Blood

If you think that a band’s upbringing influences their sound, then Moose Blood are going to surprise you. Every band member comes from an unmistakably hardcore tradition, and they’re from Canterbury, a quaint hometown in the heart of the garden of England. Safe to say Moose Blood’s

Friday 26 April 2013

Live from Groezrock 2013: Saturday

Saturday at Groezrock is headed up by the amazing Rise Against, and we’re on the ground with a stack of live coverage across all the stages at the festival. We’re collecting the best tweets, pictures and videos of the weekend to go alongside loads of the same from us. Keep

Friday 05 April 2013

Introducing: Heights

From Welwyn Garden City, hardcore quartet Heights are certainly not newbies. Their debut full length ‘Dead Ends’ received significant critical acclaim, successfully propelling them into a combination of festival appearances and high-profile support slots. They carefully injected their own highly crafted balls-to-the-wall hardcore into a scene

Tuesday 02 April 2013

Episode 2 of studio documentary from Templeton Pek

Brummy punk rock trio Templeton Pek have published the second episode of their studio documentary series, and it’s streaming for you below. It takes you behind the scenes of the recording of the forthcoming album “Signs” as they put it together in New York.   Although most of it was

Wednesday 27 March 2013

Frontier(s) recording new songs for a 7″ later this year

According to their PR agency, Frontier(s) “channel enough hardcore angst and Husker Du-style buzzsaw guitar to make even the most jaded scenester flip their wig.” Anyway, the former Elliott / Falling Forward front man Chris Higdon and Matt Wieder (guitar) of Mouthpiece / The Enkindels have signed to Tiny Engines

Still Remains kickstarting an album after 5 year hiatus

American metalheads Still Remains have apparently been hard at work writing their as-yet-untitled third full-length album, which they hope to release in August 2013. They’ve launched a Kickstarter page in order to fund the new album. Besides the album itself, if you pledge you can get your hands on hand-written lyrics, exclusive

Tuesday 26 March 2013

The Hush Sound talk about first new music for five years

The Hush Sound are making some more music – a double a-side single called ‘Forty-Five’ coming out on April 23. LAB records will be releasing it in UK/Europe and they’ve made a typically bluesy/indie video to accompany the announcement.   Check it out below.