Enduring skacore heroes Random Hand have announced a UK tour for October 2012. Catch the band at any and all of the following venues:OCTOBER 17 HULL Adelphi 18 SHEFFIELD Shakespeares 19 LEEDS Brudenell Social Club 20 ABERDEEN Moorings Bar 21 GLASGOW Ivory Blacks 22 DUNDEE Dexters 23 [...]

Italian pop-punkers NOW.HERE recently released a single for 'Let's Dive', and you can check out the video for the single on YouTube now.Fans of New Found Glory and Man Overboard will be right at home with the band, and here's hoping they head to the UK [...]

JeanClaudeGoddamn have released their new 'Bloodsport' EP for free download through their website. Get it now from http://www.jcgd.co.uk/You can also watch the video for 'The Fate Of Sisyphus' on YouTube.http://www.facebook.com/JeanClaudeGoddamn [...]

Armor For Sleep have posted an unreleased track online ahead of their Bamboozle "reunion/farewall" shows.It's called 'Who's Gonna Lie To You' and you can check it out via Soundcloud.http://www.facebook.com/ArmorForSleep [...]

Futures have launched pre-orders of their forthcoming album, 'The Karma Album', which is out June 17th.They've also detailed the album tracklisting: 01. Start A Fire 02. Islands In The Sea 03. Karma Satellite 04. Get Out 05. Indigo 06. Million Lights 07. Say My Name 08. The Boy Who [...]

Some more new music for you this morning, this time with some good old fashioned ska-punk.Sicklerville, New Jersey based No Such Noise recently released 'Life Goes On', and you can check out the whole EP on bandcamp now.Life Goes On by No Such Noise!http://www.facebook.com/nosuchnoise [...]

Lay It On The Line, featuring Mike Scott of Mike Scott fame, are streaming their new EP 'A Lesson In Personal Finance' at Bandcamp.It's FFO everything from F-Minus to Sick Of It All and you can check it out using the player below.A Lesson In Personal Finance by Lay It On The [...]

New York’s Sirs have posted a album teaser for their debut full-length, which will be released by Topshelf Records on July 3rd (US).Tracklisting/pre-order/album title and artwork will announced soon.https://www.facebook.com/pages/SIRS/282115149130 [...]

Dave McWane from Big D & The Kids Table has taken the time to write out a statement explaining the reasoning behind the recent cancellation of their UK/European tour, check it out below and we hope they can get back over here soon!"To put it simply – we just couldn’t afford to lose [...]

Nightlife, formed from the ashes of All Or Nothing, have posted a second new song online from their sessions with Pete Miles in March.The track is called 'Put Out The Fire', and you can listen to it below alongside the first track they posted a while back called 'The Road To Hope & [...]

The Gaslight Anthem have revealed the tracklisting and artwork for their forthcoming album 'Handwritten'. You can see both belowThe record drops on 'July 23rd' and the band play a sold out KoKo show in London on 11th June.01. 45 02. Handwritten 03. Here Comes My Man 4. Mulholland [...]

Last night (if we didn't mention it enough), Punktastic's Editor Tom Aylott was on BBC Radio One's Review Show with Edith Bowman, guesting with Ladyhawke.We had loads of fun, and our selection was the latest single from the awesome Straight Lines, 'Commitments'.To listen back to the show, [...]

Belgium's Campus are set to release their new EP 'Empathy' through Small Town Records in the UK on May 28th, and to celebrate, they've given Punktastic the first play of their new video for the title track off the EP.Check out using the video player [...]

Blame (FFO a mix of Gaslight Anthem-esque folk/punk and bands like The Xcerts) have posted a video for 'Black Lodge' online.It's an early track from the band in anticipation of a full length later in the year, and you can check out the video using the player below:[...]

Slam Dunk 2012 have released the full stage times for their 2012 event, including the acoustic and dance stages.Head to http://www.slamdunkmusic.com/slam-dunk-festival/blog/sdf12-stage-times-north-south or use the list below! We'll have clashfinders on the run up to the event!SLAM DUNK [...]

You can listen to fun. transatlantically teaming up with Hayley Williams of Paramore to cover Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' using the Soundcloud player below. Tasty:http://www.facebook.com/ournameisfun [...]

Ahead of a PT sponsored UK tour with Shane Henderson (Valencia) and Slam Dunk North/South appearances on the Punktastic Acoustic stage, Rob Lynch has posted an official video for 'Hawking' from his self-titled Walnut Tree EP.You can check it out using the player below:Upcoming tour [...]

O2 have launched an interactive Lostprophets live video of the band performing 'We Bring An Arsenal' at O2 Academy Brixton.You can chose to watch from the Crowd, Stage or pit using the player below:http://www.facebook.com/lostprophets [...]

fun. will be on Radio One's live lounge with Fearne Cotton on a US/UK linkup with Hayley Williams at 11.40 this morning.To quote the PR:"The band will be doing a live vocal link up from Maida Vale studios in London to Capitol Studios in LA with Hayley Williams from Paramore, who’ll be [...]

Freeze The Atlantic (Hundred Reasons/Reuben) will release their debut album 'Speakeasy'on Alcopop! Records on 17th September 2012. They've just released the artwork and tracklisting details, which you can see below:1. Shivering & Dazed 2. Conflict! Conflict! 3. Broken Bones 4. Le [...]