Un-Scene 4 out today!

Yep, our 99 band compilation is out today on the wonderful Banquet Records so go to their store or your local record shop and pick it up for a fiver!
www.banquetrecords.com

Un-Scene 4 launch night!

This Sunday, London Borderline, 16+, 7pm kick off. Confirmed to play their 30 second songs are 
The Ruined, choDe, And Now We're Even,  Laughing In The Face Of, Oxygen Thief 
The Southern Cradle, Short Warning, Fantastic Castle, The Apostates, Templeton Pek, Despondent, hides in caves and more are going to appear on the day…. 

and we’re stoked to announce that The Steal are also going to come and play a full set - their first show in 7 months - as a headline act. 

New Noise DJs will be playing the hits in between the bands and we welcome as many labels, bands, zine writers to come along, set up stalls if you please, and celebrate this one off for a one off scene. Tickets are available for venue collection from: www.banquetrecords.com/shows or on the door. Entry is a fiver and you gotta be 16+ to get in. The cd is out in all good record shops and even some bad ones the following Monday. We would hope people get it from their local independent record shop. Tell them the catalogue number is BANQUET004 and it is distributed by [PIAS] distribution. If you can’t support your local indie then you can get it from www.banquetrecords.com/punk

Podcast number 3!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/9460530bbd0617/ 

Stream or download the MP3 above for PT podcast 3. 35 minutes, features new songs from Down I Go, The Misnomer, BangBangBang, Tubelord, Not Advised and some badly scripted chat from yours truly. 

If you're in a band or run a label I want you to get involved - email me at paul@punktastic.com

A Man Down are video stars!

So the boys in A Man Down decided to put together a home video to show you the sort of hi-jinx they get involved in on the road. Be warned...



And if you enjoyed that visit their myspace at www.myspace.com/amandownbrighton

See Me vs Hero on tour!

I've always wanted to be big in Japan...

So I've always wanted our little label to stretch to all four corners of the world if at all possible and today was a really proud day as I packaged up nearly 300 CDs to send to Japan for release on Inyaface Records. So from next month you will be able to get Over and Out, Me vs Hero and A Man Down releases in the land of the Rising Sun.

So I decided to document the very happy occasion and here are the photographs to document the three stages of packing up all these CDs. 

So this is the pile of boxes from where those CDs in the last photograph came!

And this is the first of three boxes all taped up and full of CDs ready to go on a plane to Asia!

New videos on the way...

Over and Out and A Man Down are both in the process of filming new videos for the first singles off their forthcoming debut albums!  More news, photos and maybe even preview videos and behind the scenes nonsense in the coming days and weeks!

Podcasts!

We're always looking for people to get involved in our podcasts so if you're a band or label and you want in email me at Paul@punktastic.com

Get your Punktastic posters!

The first ever PT poster is now for sale! A3 in size, limited edition to 100. Should be shipped after next weekend-ish. Get it from: THIS LINK

We have loads of other bargains in our webstore, such as the Fastlane album for £3 and other bits and bobs too. All CD orders come with a free Victory Records sampler CD while stocks last and free Punktastic Recordings stickers!

http://punktastic.bigcartel.com

Podcast number 2!

So the second podcast is now online and you can download as a MP3 or stream it here:

www.zshare.net/audio/893507348c0160/

It's 28 mins long and features tracks by Laughing in the Face Of, 32framespersecond, Me vs Hero, Rig Up Explosive, The Auteur, Fireworks and Consort With Romeo. Email me if you want your band involved in part 3!

Un-Scene 4: First review is in!

Get Fastlane's album for just £3!

You can now get Fastlane's 'Overdrive' album for just £3 from the PT webstore - head on over to http://punktastic.bigcartel.com to pick up a bargain!

Welcome 32framespersecond to PT!

As some of you may have heard we have added 32framespersecond to the PT roster!  The band play fast and furious pop-punk with nods to the Epi/Fat bands we at PT all grew up with.  

You can hear them for yourself at www.myspace.com/32framespersecond

I need a hero

Well actually I need help. Punktastic Un-Scene 5 will come out later this year and I need a theme. I was thinking Christmas songs for a November release but need to be inspired. If anyone comes up with an ingenious idea I can shamelessly rip off email me at paul@punktastic.com Good times.

Chaser...are back!!

Goodness gracious...Chaser are back! They've been lying low for two years enjoying the uni life but expect tour dates this summer. Good times.

Me vs Hero update!

MvH are tearing it up big style. They've got dates booked UK wide (and some in France!) which you can see on their myspace at www.myspace.com/mevshero Look out for them in the next Big Cheese magazine. Rumour has it they're recording a new song soon for a split EP on PT Recs with an awesome American band. You heard it first here OMGZ11!!!11! Good times.

Over and Out at MYFEST

Over and Out will play this year;s MyFest which is being held May 2-5, more details can be found at http://www.myfest.co.uk/index.php

As usual lots going on and no time to blog. I'm a bad man. More news, and photos, coming soon!

Don't forget...

Buy a CD and get a Victory Records sampler free!

The next 100 orders in the PT store will receive a free Victory Records sampler Cd and selection of stickers!

Visit http://punktastic.bigcartel.com and pick up cds from the likes of Fastlane, A Man Down and Me vs Hero for as little as £3!

Listen to Punktastic!

So I made a podcast t'other day, where you can hear EXCLUSIVE tracks taken from Punktastic Un-Scene 4 and other music from the likes of Day of Rising, Over and Out and A Man Down. Bonza! Just visit http://www.zshare.net/audio/82657981ce5635/to either stream or dowload the 20-minute MP3 broadcast!