I'm off, see you all in 2005... [...]

Punktastic Covers Bash, January 8, 2005, Manchester Music Box. £5 advance, 7.30pm start. Tickets available from www.punktasticrecordings.com FEATURING: Echofreddy as THE SPICE GIRLS Milk2Sugars as BUSTED Fastlane as GUNS AND ROSES The Maple State as WEEZER Graysons Hour as BLONDIE [...]

You can catch a quite extensive "random" interview with Neil of Two Day Rule by clicking here. [...]

The following three bands are looking for gigs, if you can help any of them email theyankeeboy77@hotmail.com Truth be Told Ella The Forgiving [...]

The final list of what people have been up to this Christmas and New Year period - check out mini-interviews with Hidden In Plain View, Hell Is For Heroes, Madcap, get Cape, Wear Cape Fly, Limbeck and many more by clicking 'discuss this item'. [...]

The Prize Fight has posted a new demo called 'Lesson#6: Learn To Let Go' here. [...]

Melee has added the piano version of "the war" to www.myspace.com/meleerocks [...]

MewithoutYou have parted ways with their bassist Daniel Pishock. [...]

The Junior Varsity put up another new track titled, "If You Could Paint Your Own Vacation Where Would You Go?" at www.purevolume.com/thejuniorvarsity The band recently signed to Victory Records. [...]

Taken from decoymusic.com: "Sikth has signed with Warner Brothers." [...]

I've done my review of the year in column format - Click here to read it. [...]

Mashlin have a new demo (‘Arrive Like a Thief’) from their forthcoming album up on their purevolume page. The band are set to begin recording on the 10th January. [...]

Want to know what members of Buzzkill, Adequate Seven, Silverstein and us PT kids are up to this festive period? Click 'discuss this item' then... [...]

Unless you've been living under a rock it's more than likely you will know about the terrible earthquake and tsunamis that have rocked South Asia this week. It is expected that more than 100,000 people are either dead or missing following the disaster, which has done tens of billions of pounds [...]

Pete's Sake are ace. They're Welsh skate-punks with a fairly distinctive sound and you should check them out here. The band are also looking for gigs, if you can help them out email ryan@deadbolt1.freeserve.co.uk [...]

I shall be asking Dave House a few questions in the next 48 hours or so, so if you have a burning question click 'discuss this item' to leave it. Dave's new record, 'Kingston's Current' is very good. Read our review here. [...]

Bane are due to head into the studio on January 3 to start the follow-up to 2001's 'Give Blood' album. Brian Mcternan (Movielife, Thrice) will produce. [...]

Punktastic has myspace, if you haven't added us yet then be our friend here, if that's your kinda thing. [...]

First Day have a new track (The hope, the dream, the girl) up on their purevolume page. [...]

The Junior Varsity, who recently signed to Victory, have a new song up at www.purevolume.com/thejuniorvarsity [...]