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Atticus giving upcoming bands the opportunity to play Hevy Fest 2014

After announcing the first stack of bands for their 2014 edition, Hevy Fest have announced that Atticus will be giving upcoming bands the opportunity to play the festival this year. Submissions will be taken until midday this Friday (16 May), and a short list of bands will then go through

Electric River Release New Video Ahead Of Lit Support Shows

Kent Rockers Electric River have released a new animated video this morning ahead of their tour supporting Lit across the UK. The video is for their track ‘Calling Out’ and was produced by Robin Fuller (Feed The Rhino/The Defiled). The tour dates are: MAY 13 GLASGOW Cathouse (with Lit, Blame) 14 MANCHESTER

London Pop-Punks The Dead Anyways Release New EP

Bromley Pop-Punk trio The Dead Anyways are to release new EP ‘Direct Me Home’ on May 17th and a streaming a track on their Bandcamp ahead of it’s release. You can have a listen right about….now. http://www.facebook.com/thedeadanyways Direct Me

Superheaven (formerly Daylight) announce September UK dates

More tour news today as Superheaven (formerly Daylight) are announcing September UK dates. They will tour with Nai Harvest and Concave. Here’s what we know so far: SEPTEMBER 05 LONDON Old Blue Last 06 LEEDS Cockpit 3 07 BIRMINGHAM Flapper 08 BRISTOL Exchange 09 BRIGHTON Sticky Mike’s 10 PARIS Le Macanique 11 COLOGNE Underground 12 EINDHOVEN

Owls to play Tufnell Park Dome in London this September

Chicago based math-pop quartet Owls play their first show in London in 13 years at a newly reinvigorated Dome in Tufnell Park. Check out the details of the show below and over on the Pink Mist Facebook Event.

The Menzingers / The Smith Street band October UK dates announced

Today is the big day for Menzingers fans. After teasing with an on-stage announcement with dates with The Smith Street Band in October, dates have started to appear on ticket sites this morning with The Holy Mess also joining the tour. Check out what we know so far (we’ll

Sunday 11 May 2014

Punk Rock Holiday adds Lagwagon as final headliner + more

Lagwagon have been added to Punk a Rock Holiday as the final headliner. In Other Climes, Ants and Talco complete the line up for the Slovenian festival, which takes place this August in the beautiful surroundings of Tolmin.

Weekly Round Up: 11/05/2014

Astpai at Groezrock 2014 It’s been a busy week here at Punktastic, with our sell out Real Friends show last night in Cardiff, a trip to WTFest and recovery from Groezrock keeping all of us busy and tired! On Sundays, you’ll be able to see the best of our content

The Swellers perform acoustic for us!

Before their London show last night, we got Nick from the Swellers to sit down and play acoustic for us. Here’s a sneaky preview of what you can expect. @theswellers @nickdiener in session for us today! #bluealbum #20yrs #weezer A video posted by Punktastic (@punktastic) on May 10, 2014 at 10:44am PDT We’ve recently posted acoustic sessions online from Saves The Day, Alkaline Trio, Canterbury and many more – expect loads from Groezrock

Seagulls Premiere New Video

Atlanta based punk Seagulls have premiered a video for their track ‘Santa’s Little Helper’. You can check it out below: Seagulls “Santa’s Little Helper” (Official Music Video) Apocalypse Productions from Tyler Capehart on Vimeo. We streamed their EP a