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From Thursday 21 May 2015

Shvpes unveil video for ‘State Of Mine’

Having revealed the track earlier this week, Birmingham rockers Shvpes have now posted the official video for ‘State Of Mine’. Depicting an individual banned from the online world due to antisocial behaviour, the video accompanies the band’s first piece of music of the year. ‘State Of Mine’ is available to

Wednesday 20 May 2015

BRITNEY recording new album

Edinburgh’s BRITNEY are recording demos for a new album, which will undoubtedly be obscenely noisy, and it’ll possibly be called ‘BRITNEY 3’. Check out ‘BRITNEY 2’ below for a taste of what we should expect later this year: BRITNEY

Set It Off part ways with Austin Kerr following sexual assault allegations

Following the revelation of the sexual assault allegations made against Set It Off bassist Austin Kerr, the band have posted a statement saying that he will no longer be part of the band. “Recently we have been made aware of the statements made about our bassist, Austin Kerr. We

Black Sea Fleet Stream Tracks Ahead Of Release

London Grunge 3 piece Black Sea Fleet (all ex-Lay It On The Line) are streaming their debut album. The 10 song affair, ‘One Day I’ll Stop Breathing’, is on their Bandcamp ahead of formal release. Anyone paying to download the album will also receive the bonus

Watch The Smith Street Band perform live at Groezrock

Here at Punktastic we were once again on hand at the ever-excellent Groezrock Festival in Belgium to record some of the action from across the site. In our third exclusive live video from the event, watch The Smith Street Band take to the Revenge Stage.

Ellis Slater Releases Live Video Ahead Of EP

Ellis Slater (singer of Strange Planes and former frontman of The Misnomer) has started a solo project. Ahead of a debut EP, he has filmed a live session for one of his tracks, ‘Arise’.

Lightyear announce Slam Dunk warm-up show in Kingston

Cult seven-piece ska outfit Lightyear have announced a one-off Slam Dunk warm-up show at the Hippodrome in Kingston tomorrow (Thursday 21st May). Presented by Banquet Records and New Slang, the show takes place immediately after Taking Back Sunday perform at the same venue. Those with Taking Back Sunday tickets

Yotam Ben Horin (Useless ID) Performs Striped Down Session

Yotam Ben Horin of Useless ID is the latest person to get involved Punks in Vegas Stripped Down acoustic sessions. He performed four tracks from the Useless ID back catalogue – the playlist for the session is up on YouTube.

Slam Dunk Festival announce stage times; Clashfinders available

Slam Dunk Festival has announced their stage times for this weekend’s event, seeing You Me At Six take Main Stage headline duties, joined by the likes of Taking Back Sunday, Don Broco and Neck Deep. Other stages are headed up by Architects, Reel Big Fish, The Wonder Years, The

The Melvins stream new track, ‘Captain Comedown’

Legendary alternative outfit The Melvins are streaming their latest track, ‘Captain Comedown’. It is taken from their forthcoming split release with Le Butcherettes, and features Jeff Pinkus of Butthole Surfers. The split follows 2014’s ‘Hold It In’, and precedes their two month long tour.