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From Tuesday 08 April 2003

It’s a great romance

Matchbook Romance will release their ‘West For Wishing’ EP in the UK on May 5. The record will be out on Epitaph and has been produced by Brett Gurrewitz himself. You can sample the new record by downloading an MP3 of ‘The Greatest

Leeds gets Blinked

Cheers to everyone who jumped me as soon as I appeared on MSN, the main news today is that Blink 182 are co-headlining the Carling Festival. Among the Punktastic-approved bands so far are: Blink 182, Sum 41 (ok, not

Is this the best video this year?

Over at www.thirde.com you can see up close and personal live footage of Brand New performing ‘Seventy Times 7’ at the Metro Bar, London. Includes the ensuing rock ending, including smashed guitars, lost microphones and a manic stage invasion and is well worthy

Monday 07 April 2003

A reminder

New Zealanders Sommerset start their UK tour tonight, with the Punktastic approved Phinius Gage and NoComply in tow on selected dates: 7/4/03 : Exeter – Cavern w/ Phinius Gage 8/4/03 : Stoke – Talbot w/ Phinius Gage 9/4/03 : Leeds – Cockpit

It’s about time I got with the program

The new Funeral For A Friend EP is quite briiliant. I know there’s a lot of hype going around about this band, but ‘Four Ways To Scream Your Name’ really does live up to it. I think it’s safe to say FFAF have a nice

The soundtrack to my life

Later this month (april 22 to be precise) you will be able to get hold of a new split CD on Doghouse Records by Motion City Soundtrack and Schatzi. Both US bands are pretty cool and offer a bit of a variation on the

FYI

Just a few things… to everyone in a band who has sent cds for review, yes we are a little behind. Please bear with us, for those at uni it’s exam times and for us who work some of us have been working all hours because of the war.

Artizan the Bandits

Leeds pop-punkers Artizan and NY’s The Exit will provide the support for the RxBandits at Leeds Joseph’s Well on April 16. The rest of the dates of the RxB tour are (support is The Exit on all dates, plus NoComply unless others are stated): 06th

Wanted: A room without a view

Submitted: “Room Without a View, the Canadian punkers you’ve known to come and love, have just posted a new song on http://www.mp3.com/roomwithoutaview called “Change”. But you will only be able to download it for 1 week. That’s until April 11, after that you will only be able

Sunday 06 April 2003

A Columbia Lullaby

Various webzines report that A Static Lullaby have signed to Columbia Records.