You're browsing the archives « Previous PageNext Page » From Tuesday 26 August 2003 Ataris – best crowd reaction of the CJ stage at Leeds? Submitted by Darryn: The Ataris will be back in the Autumn according to Kris Roe at the Reading Festival. On a related note, if you heard/saw something newsworthy from the festivals this weekend, email me at paul@punktastic.com Catch the rat A new online record store is now functioning at www.blackratmusic.co.uk, so go there and have a look. It’s Good. It’s Stock. Work it out. MONDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER “GOODSTOCK 3” (all profits to Amnesty) COLONEL MUSTARD *Edgy rocking avant punks from New Cross* MUMRAH *Technical punk’n’ska madness* JUNIOR ASTHMA CLUB *Emo Hardcore Punk?* MR EXHAUST *Hard edged skate punk* HALF INCH HEROES *Catchy and taletned ska-punk* HOLLY ESCAPES! *Danger in the housecore* RUNNING TO 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 Lockjaw frenzy… Lockjaw, Lockjaw Frenzy! Lockjaw Records have a mountain of dates from all of their bands coming up, and if you would like to catch the likes of Aura Sun, Midasuno, My Deaf Audio, Monkey Boy and Tribute to Nothing at a venue 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 Leeds Fest accident? Reports are coming in that there has been an incident involving the safety barriers at the Leeds Festival. Details are sketchy but the ambulance services are in attendance, prompting speculation that there may have been a serious injury or fatality. EDIT – The incident occurred during System I apologise number 2 Contrary to earlier reports, Thursday did NOT play in Cardiff this evening. I love AK It’s no secret that we like Audio Karate here at Punktastic, so we thought we’d let their guitarist Jason Camacho fill you in with details about their new record. He said: “We’ve finished writing sexy music for our second full length album for Kung Fu Records. We When Canada and France collide Submitted by Rob: “Dead Letter Dept from Canada and Side Issue from France are doing a UK tour. The tour starts in Neath, South Wales on August 30th @ the duke and they play Swansea on September 2nd. Dead Letter Depts new album has just been
