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From Sunday 05 January 2003

New site

Deck Cheese Records have updated their website to include their two latest signings, Sommerset and Phinius Gage. Read all about it at www.deckcheese.com

More fun for fallout boy

Destined for big things in 2003, US pop-punks Fallout Boy have posted another MP3 up for your listening pleasure. The song ‘Saturday’ will feature on their upcoming full length album and can be downloaded here: www.mp3.com/fall_out_boy

Free music

Scottish punk band Flite are giving away their EP ‘The Mad Shagger Strikes Again’ for free. To get one just email the band at flightpunx@yahoo.co.uk or check out their web-site at www.flight.moonfruit.com

Saturday 04 January 2003

Punknews get gigging

www.punknews.org.uk are sponsoring their first gig next week at the Guildford Youth Centre, Leaple Lane, Guildford. It will be on January 10, beginning at 7pm. Tickets are a fiver. Howards Alias, Friends Of Ed, Reeko, The Excuse and Submerse will rock

M2S plan cd, tour and more!

Wakefield ska/punk merchants Milk2Sugars are planning a fun packed 2003 and are to leave badger entrails all across the UK if they have anything to do with it. Or something. Anyway, Mackie told Punktastic just two mins ago that the band

The Used go ssshhh

Through Silence will be supporting The Used on their UK tour later this month. Thanks to Jak for the update. www.throughsilence.com

Sugarcult bounce off the walls

Bound to do well in 2003 with their highly energetic pop-punk ways, Sugarcult are to release ‘Start Static‘ in the UK on March 24. The band are also supporting Reel Big Fish and The Starting Line later this month, but

Useless ID take a vacation

Useless I.D.’s new album ‘No Vacation From The World’ is to hit the streets on January 28, on Kung Fu Records. Punktastic has a copy and we give it the thumbs up, it’s everything that was good about the last album, with a more ‘mature’ sound… Israeli pop-punk

Friday 03 January 2003

Fletcher winners

The winners of the fantastic Fletcher competition are: London gig: Ollie Spero; Manchester: Chris Dykins; Brighton: Nick Adams; Newport; Rhys Paul. The band will email you in the next day or so, so congratulations! Thanks to everyone else who entered, more competitions coming your

Ataris exclusive

Punktastic has been told by a credible source that The Ataris album ‘So Long, Astoria‘ will feature a re-released version of ‘I Won’t Spend Another Night Alone’. The record, released in the UK on February 14, is also believed to have 11 tracks, featuring