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From Wednesday 18 October 2017

Punktastic Presents: The Dissociates, River Jumpers, Sweet Empire + Harker

We at Punktastic will be presenting a free show at The Finsbury Pub in London featuring The Dissociates, River Jumpers, Sweet Empire and Harker on the 11th November. The show is to commemorate the release of London punks The Dissociates’ debut album ‘A Capital Idea’, which will be released the

Wednesday 07 September 2016

Paint It Black, The Toasters and more confirmed for Manchester Punk Festival 2017

Manchester Punk Festival have announced the first wave of bands to be added to their 2017 edition. Paint It Black are amongst one of the first bands to be confirmed for the festival, which will mark their first UK show in seven years. The other bands to be confirmed include:

Tuesday 07 June 2016

Mom’s Living Room at Groezrock: Sweet Empire

Punktastic teamed up with Just Like You Mom Catering at this year’s Groezrock Festival for these exclusive Mom’s Living Room acoustic sessions. Filmed in-front of a select audience behind the vegan catering stall, bands took to our sexy mint green shipping container for some very special unplugged and

Friday 19 September 2014

New Video From Sweet Empire

Netherlands Punks Sweet Empire have filmed a video for their track ‘The Breakfast Club Revisted’, taken from their new album ‘Old Ideas Keep Fighting Us’. If you like your Punk melodic and little No Idea Records-y, they are about a finer European band as PT can recommend. Enjoy.

Friday 01 August 2014

Sweet Empire Announce Second Album

The excellent dutch Punks Sweet Empire have announced the release date and info for their sophomore album. ‘Old Ideas Keep Fighting Us’ is out September 1st on Shield Recordings. Track listing is: 1 Wire 2 The Abattoir 3 The Breakfast Club Revisited 4 Rosa 5 Soapbox 6 Business Bastards 7 Black Crops & Green Seas

Wednesday 14 August 2013

Fighting Fiction and Sweet Empire streaming new split, vinyl preorders available now

Ahead of the release of Fighting Fictions hotly anticipated new album, the band have announced their first ever vinyl release. It’ll be a split EP with Sweet Empire, which will be released on September 02. You can stream the EP using the player in this article, so give it a

Saturday 08 January 2011

Sweet Empire UK dates

Submitted: Dutch punkrock outfit Sweet Empire have announced they will be heading out to the UK end of January. Support on each night will come from Oliver John Ward. January 2011 28th: Birds Nest – London 29th: Portland Arms – Cambridge 30th: TBA 31st: Poison Bar – Basingstoke February 1st: