Dowsing and Annabel hit Europe for their tour from the end of May all the way through June. We love both bands here at Punktastic. Dowsing have even been our Introducing band to watch (read that here: http://punktastic.com/radar/introducing-dowsing/) so we highly recommend hitting up a tour [...]

Songkick Detour London has come out of its invite only beta phase after a series of successful campaigns to bring bands to the city. This includes the Braid show we helped make happen, that expanded into a UK tour. head over to https://detour-ldn.songkick.com/ to get involved with the [...]

You can stream the new Man Overboard album, 'Heart Attack', via. Spotify right now. It comes out on May 27 via Rise Records. http://www.facebook.com/ManOverboardNJ [...]

Following a leak, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die are streaming their new Topshelf Records album 'Whenever, If Ever' in full via. Bandcamp. The band posted about the leak on Tumblr (worth a read), so have a listen and buy it if you like it! Whenever, If Ever [...]

We're heading off to Slovenia in two months to go to Punk Rock Holiday, and the festival is announcing their final set of bands today. They are staggering the announcement across the day, and here's what they've announced so far. We're gonna In The Crossfire Kevlar Bikini Tea [...]

Limp Bizkit will be appearing at this year's Download Fest Download festival is mere weeks away, and the festival have now announced the full set of stage times for the weekend. Check them out in full below. We'll see you in the pit. Friday 14th June: MAIN STAGE SLIPKNOT [...]

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Caves have posted two songs from their forthcoming album 'Betterment' online via. bandcamp. Betterment by Caves http://www.facebook.com/wearecaves [...]

Chicago's Riot Fest is back this year in Mid September, and they've just announced their first wave of bands. The first two headliners announced are blink-182 and Fall Out Boy, and there's a stack of amazing bands on the bill to go with them. Brand New, AFI, Flag, Rocket From The Crypt and more [...]

Terror have posted a new live music video online for their song 'Hard Lessons'. It's taken from the band's April 2013 Victory Records album 'Live By The Code', and you can check out the video using the player in this article. [...]

Defeater have confirmed that they'll release their new record,'Letters Home', on July 16. It follows the band's Empty Days & Sleepless Nights album, which was released in 2011. New music from the record is expected to see the light of day soon. http://www.facebook.com/defeaterband [...]

Hassle Records' August Burns Red have announced the release of a new full length, and are streaming a new song from the release. The album is called 'Rescue & Restore', and you can here 'Fault Line' from the release below. Expect the album to drop on 24 July in the UK. Preorders now live [...]

Parkway Drive have posted their music video for 'Wild Eyes' online. Check that shit out using the YouTube player below. http://www.facebook.com/parkwaydrive [...]

Wakefield's Dugong haven't play a since 2005, but have now reformed to play Bombed Out Records' 15th Birthday celebrations. Their excellent 'Hat Danko' celebrate 10 years this year as well, and Bombed Out are looking to release the album on LP. The Bombed Out Anniversary gig also features The [...]

The new Crash of Rhinos record, 'Knots', is going to be released this summer through Big Scary Monsters, and the band have posted a new song online from the release. It's called 'Opener', and you can listen to it using the Soundcloud player in this [...]

letlive. have announced an October 2013 UK tour (with a Dublin date in there as well). It's the first time the band would have been doing a full headline run, and you can see the list of dates below. The band are set to release a new album this summer. Tickets to the tour will be on sale 9am on [...]

Lots of Deaf Havana news this evening. Below is their new video for their song 'Boston Square' it's taken from their album 'Old Souls' due out September 16th. Along with this is the news that they'll be going out on tour in October in support of release. Check out the dates [...]

The Impericon Never Say Die! Tour 2013 has been announced. As usual, there's a hge whack of metalcore on the lineup, and you can see the bands appearance just below this paragraph... Emmure Miss May I I Killed The Prom Queen Betraying The Martyrs Hundredth Northlane Rise Of The [...]

The Long Haul are calling it a day very, very soon, but ahead of that the band have released some final ever demos via Bandcamp/ Check out 'Black Dog' and 'Brood' using the player in this article, and make sure you catch the band on 17th May with Goodtime Boys, Pariso, Grappler and Let It [...]

Count Your Lucky Stars have a lot of great bands on their label, a lot of great bands making a lot of great music. As a way of thanking their fans the label have released ALL of their discography on bandcamp for free/pay what you want download.... you read that right EVERYTHING is up. The [...]