NEWS:

·  The Alturos' 1st CD is now available. Great punk pop gems including covers of the Ramones, the Sweet, the Boys and Paul Collins Beat. Further information: allyramone@ntlworld.com

·  28 years later Pointed Sticks will have a new album album out by December 2008.

·  First annual Wild Weekend Power Pop Festival, Friday, August 29th and Saturday, August 30th, at Mohawk and Beerland in Austin, TX., USA. The BOYS' first gig in the USA for 26 years.

·  X RAY SPEX will be playing at the Roundhouse in London on September 6th 2008.

·  The AGGRAVATION' first album - '77 Punk Rock - originally released on Relax-o-Matic Vibrator Records (only 300 copies) re-pressed on P.Trash Rds with a slightly different artwork.

·  Good Vibrations Records the most famous Record shop in Belfast and Ireland will be re opening in Smithfield within the next few weeks.

·  THEE STRAWBERRY MYNDE play thir first gig in 10 years on Friday 4th July at The Clarendon, Tower Street, Hartlepool. Support comes from LAST ROUGH CAUSE and admission is £3.

·  THE STIFFS (original line-up) at ’The Hordens’ Blackburn, UK. 16 August 2008.

·  THE ITCH + RT3 @ Fidlers Elbow, Camden Town, London: 26th July.

·  The CONDORS "Wait For It" (2nd album ) mixes punk and pop. Imagine combination of the Plimsouls meeting up punk bands from 1977. The tempos are pretty midpaced, sometimes getting more energetic, the problem that most of the songs are quite similar aside from a few minor changes in loud/soft dynamics. A good record, though.


· Paul Collins' Beat - 2008 Tour: June 14 @ Apolo 2, Barcelona, Spain. June 27 @ Gruta ´77, Madrid, Spain. August 29 @ Emo´s Wild Weekend, Austin, USA. September 26 @ Dirty Water Club, London, UK.

· The new Paul WELLER album '22 Dreams' out on 2nd June 2008.

· "Do Anything You Wanna Do" is new book chronicling the history of Eddie and the Hot Rods written by Steve Crancher.


·  The Cute Lepers debut album "Can't Stand Modern Music" is released in Europe on Damaged Goods. the album is very poppy-punk mix influences from Mod-Pop and New Wave, think the Cars, The Chords, The Jags and The Boys. The Cute Lepers are headling over to Europe for a full tour in May 2008..

·  THE EDDIES "Twice Around The World"CD available all over the internet from CD Baby, Amazon, or Not Lame..

·  Out few months ago The Tranzmitors self-titled debut album is licensed in Europe to legendary UK label Stiff Records - CD format only . The album include a 4 track EP featuring tracks only previously released in their Canadian homeland. Formed in 2004, The Tranzmitors take their musical cues from bands like The Buzzcocks or The Undertones.


·  SQUIRE upcoming shows: 24 and 25 May @ Cavern Pub, Liverpool. 31 May @ Adan & Eve, Birmingham. Long Tall Shorty, 17 May @ The Fiddlers Elbow, London.

·  THE BITE are the best 'new mod/punk' band in Europe since the demise of the MOVEMENT! Their fabulous 5 tracks 7" EP My Reason To Live is available here: Daily Records


·  The Electric Shadows are currently holed up in the studio laying down 15 original tracks for a debut album.


·  "Soul Vacation" is the title of the new album from Lukas Scherfig (ex The Movement).

·  The COCKNEY REJECTS "Live At the Astoria 2" CD/DVD packge released on the 18th February in UK.

· BUZZCOCKS + CHELSEA at O2 Arena, London on 30 November 08.

· Over the next couple of months Epitaph Europe will re-release SOCIAL DISTORTION's and Mike Ness' Time Bomb Recordings catalog in Europe.

·  TONIGHT have been filmed for a short BBC Documentary as part of the 'Inside Out' programme, to be aired in April.  The p roducer is Paul Dunt and it will contain the following items: Discussion on the Southend music scene circa '75-'78 & Unreleased '78 album, clips of TOTP, re-union film of Tonight performing 2 songs, and discussing first UK powerpop scene.