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From Wednesday 06 June 2012

Punktastic Presents… Mixtapes in London on August 13th

Happy days! We’ve announced a headline show in London for the excellent Mixtapes, and support for the day will come from Starters, Gnarwolves and Home Advantage. What’s better is that the show will set you back Β£0, and it will be loads of fun (or all your entry money back). The

Tuesday 22 May 2012

Competition: Win tickets to Crash Doubt festival

This year, Punktastic has a stage at Lincoln’s Crash Doubt Festival and we’ve teamed up with the festival to give away a pair of tickets! The festival is next weekend (somehow!), so we’re only keeping this open til 12pm on Sunday. Make sure you can go, and then enter

Monday 21 May 2012

Say hello to Punktastic Radar!

So, after revealing album players for our Spotify playlists, we’re now unveiling Punktastic Radar.Β It’s a brand new section of the site that carries our playlists, introducing features, festival previews, tour diaries and much more, and you can check it out now using the main menu! Some of our older content

Thursday 17 May 2012

Win The Story So Far vinyl and tickets for their imminent UK tour

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED The Story So Far are days away from hitting UK shores for a tour that includes appearances at Slam Dunk North, South and Scotland, and we’ve teamed up with the band to offer two people the following prize: A +1 for a gig on the tour

Say hello to Spotify Play widgets in album reviews on Punktastic

So, unless you live under a rock or are reading this through some sort of magic, you’ll know that we’ve relaunched the site recently. You’ll also remember that we said more good things are coming… well, today begins the first “phase” of those good things. We loved the

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Listen back to Punktastic on Radio One from last night w/Edith Bowman and Ladyhawke

Last night (if we didn’t mention it enough), Punktastic’s Editor Tom Aylott was on BBC Radio One’s Review Show with Edith Bowman, guesting with Ladyhawke. We had loads of fun, and our selection was the latest single from the awesome Straight Lines, ‘Commitments’. To listen back to the show, head to

Monday 14 May 2012

Stream for the Week – ‘Reflection’ EP from Empires Fade

This week, we’ve decided to go for something nice and heavy, and Empires Fade’s ‘Reflection’ EP seemed to fit that bill entirely. Their video for ‘Virtue’ is also available for your viewing pleasure, so check out the EP using the Soundcloud widget here or in the homepage sidebar, and the

Monday 16 April 2012

Straight Lines single stream, album review, new video and pre-sale!

This evening, you could do far worse than get extremely pumped about the new Straight Lines album. Here’s a few reasons why: 1. We’ve got a stream of their brand spanking new single ‘Commitments’, complete with a remix and a B-Side, all this week, and you can listen to that using

Thursday 12 April 2012

Our Time Down Here to release new video on 23rd April through Punktastic

We’re happy to announce that we’ll have the exclusive first play of the new video from Our Time Down Here on the 23rd of April. The video for ‘Precognition’, taken from latest (and rather excellent) album ‘Midnight Mass’, and though we’ve love to let you feast your eyes

Tuesday 10 April 2012

Win a pair of tickets to see Stray From The Path in Kingston

The mighty Stray From The Path are headed to Kingston on the 18th April to play at the Fighting Cocks with Housefires, and we’re giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets! To be in with a chance of winning, do one of the following: Like Punktastic