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From Thursday 04 July 2002

Strung Out set for November tour

Skate punk legends Strung Out are set for a UK tour this November, and they will be bringing Poison The Well with them. Punktastic can reveal that the So-Cal giants have confirmed that they will be making the trek over to Europe during the

Gash to tour the UK!

Midlanders Gash have announced their summer plans, and that involves getting in their van and touring the length and breadth of the UK! The pop-punkers, recently signed to Golf Records, will tour in support of their ‘A Day Off For The Conscience’ record. The dates are as follows: 11th July

Wednesday 03 July 2002

Vandals artwork and tracklist here!

Punktastic can reveal that this is the new cover art for the forthcoming Vandals album, due out on September 17. And not only that, but here is the full UK tracklisting too for ‘Internet Dating Superstuds’… 1. 43210-1 2. Appreciate My Honesty 3. I’m Becoming You 4. Disproportioned Head 5. Soccer Mom 6.

Uncle Brian to release new EP

Our friends over in Uncle Brian have announced plans to release a new EP later this year on UK label 20 Deck Records. ‘It Just Seems Right’ is expected to feature half a dozen tracks and will be recorded in September. Vocalist/guitarist Dan said: “I can now officially announce

Yellowcard lose bassist

Pop-punkers Yellowcard have parted ways with their bassist Warren. In a statement published on www.yellowcardrock.com the band state: “Hello everyone, we are sorry to inform our fans of this but Warren has left Yellowcard because of personal reasons. “We are really sorry that this had to

Go hear My Awesome Compilation!

We like to help out our hosted bands a little here at Punktastic, so here are a few details about one of the best up-and-coming emo bands around, My Awesome Compilation. The Leicester upstarts are to play at the Charlotte on July 23 – and best of all

Tuesday 02 July 2002

We worship and tribute Glassjaw!

The new Glassjaw record ‘Worship and Tribute’ is not released until the end of the month – but we have a copy! Not only that, we have FIVE copies to give away. Yep, FIVE! And what’s more, these aren’t the copies that you can buy in

Monday 01 July 2002

Ataris say Astoria, not Historia…

The Ataris will not be naming their new record ‘So Long Historia’, but ‘So Long, Astoria’, according to frontman Kris Roe. And in a rather bizarre way, the record is partially named after the cult movie The Goonies… In a message posted on www.ataris.com Kris explained the reasoning behind the naming

Death Cab to play the UK

Following on from an appearance at the Carling Festivals in August, esteemed emo crew Death Cab For Cutie will follow up with a short UK tour. Two dates have so far been announced by the band, where they will take in Cardiff Barfly on August 17

LTJ announce extra UK show

Less Than Jake will combine their Reading and Leeds Festival appearances with a one-off show at the Garage in London. Roger, Vinnie and the boys will no doubt sell out the venue very fast when they play on August 26 at the Highbury venue. Tickets are a