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Hope Not Hate: #MoreInCommon – album review
Various Artists – #MoreInCommon (Hope Not Hate) DL 9/10 Stunning compilation of tracks by new and established independent artists in aid of the Hope Not Hate charity. The senseless death of Jo Cox MP...
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Elder/Cough/Elephant Tree: The Exchange, Bristol – live review
Elder/Cough/Elephant Tree The Exchange, Bristol 14th October 2016 Bristol promoter Snuff Lane have really pulled all the stops for this one with an incredible line-up of heavy duty metallic doom....
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Johnny Sands : MOTH Club, London – live review
Johnny Sands MOTH Club, London October 19th 2016 One man band Johnny Sands has captured the heart of Keith Goldhanger who pays another visit to one of his rare London shows. Johnny Sands is another...
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The No-Things: Here Come The No-Things – album review
The No-Things: Here Come The No-Things (Copase Disques) CD/DL/Vinyl 9/10 Edinburgh garage rockers with corking debut album. Louder Than War’s Joe Whyte reviews. Much as it pains me to say it as a...
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Daughter: Academy, Manchester – live review
Daughter Academy, Manchester 24th October 2016 Louder Than War’s Michael Halpin watched Daughter live at the Academy in Manchester on Monday night. They are certainly masters of their craft. Although...
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Sŵn Festival 2016 Day 1 : Cardiff – live review
Keith Goldhanger reports from Cardiff where over a three day period he got to witness nearly a third of the 130 bands appearing as part of the annual Sŵn Festival. In Part one he reports from the only...
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New Artist of the Day: Royal Arcade
Royal Arcade have unveiled the suitably shoestring-budgeted video for their lo-fi rocker, ‘Earthbound’. The Leicester five-piece combine lo-fi guitar noodling with frenetic, feverish drum patterns to...
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Edwin Astley/Tony Crombie – International Detective/Man From Interpol – Album...
International Detective/Man From Interpol Edwin Astley/Tony Crombie (El) CD/DL Released 18th November 2016 Two television crime soundtrack albums on one CD, featuring the talents of Edwin Astley...
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Quim Reaper, Brash Bullets, Five Go Mad -the Shooting Star and the Alex,...
Quim Reaper by Adam Barnes Live Review Quim Reaper – the Alexandra Beer Emporium, Southampton. Brash Bullets, Five Go Mad – the Shooting Star, Southampton. One night, two gigs, Pre-Halloween...
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Let’s Eat Grandma: Think Tank, Newcastle – live review
Let’s Eat Grandma Think Tank, Newcastle 27th October 2016 Long time favourites of ours Let’s Eat Grandma put on a spellbinding set as they bring to life their exquisite debut I, Gemini in front of a...
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Augustines: Newcastle University – live review
Augustines Newcastle University 24th October 2016 Augustines entertain a packed crowd with one last hurrah in Newcastle, but we can only lament on what could have been! They were once a band filled...
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Ben Watt: Union Chapel, London – live review
Ben Watt Union Chapel, London 28th October 2016 Ben Watt and his band play a triumphant show at Islington’s Union Chapel coupled with an excellent opening set from Michele Stodart. Louder Than War’s...
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The Long Lost Band and Larry Beckett: Song To The Siren – Single Review
THE LONG LOST BAND AND LARRY BECKETT SONG TO THE SIREN CD/DL Available now Another intriguing piece of work from The Long Lost Band and Larry Beckett, the author / writer, this time on a bonafide...
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Twilight’s Last Gleaming – film review
Twilight’s Last Gleaming (1977) Director: Robert Aldrich Cast: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning Run time: 144 mins Format: Dual Format Out: 31. Oct 2016 8/10 Jamie Havlin takes a look...
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Before Victoria: Carry On Up The Chartists – album review – great solo LP...
Album Review Before Victoria – Carry On Up The Chartists (Bandcamp) CD / DL Out Now Solo project from bassist with The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, turns out to be a brilliant mini-LP of...
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Arcadia: Canopy – EP review
Arcadia: Canopy (Self-release) DL Out now When you seek to find a band that epitomises the future of the indie-alternative scene, Stoke-on-Trent probably wouldn’t be your first port of call....
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Gaye Su Akyol: Hologram İmparatorluğusd Guest review by Jay Stansfield (All...
Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğusd (Glitterbeat Records) LP / CD / DL Out Now 8/10 Jay Stansfield of All Hail Hyena reviews the new album by Turkish singer/songwriter Gaye Su Akyol. The opening...
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Don’t Worry, I’m On It – Gomez’s ‘How We Operate’ Turns 10
There’s an episode in Frasier – the stilted but successful sitcom about two eminent, stuffy psychiatrists – where the two Crane brothers ponder their sensibility. Niles had a futile attempt at getting...
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German Shepherd Records: Releases, gigs, video and news – Malawi, Scuttling,...
German Shepherd Records, Releases, video and news – Salfords most weird musical ‘Scuttlers’ release so much music it’s difficult to keep up…. says Ged Babey, as he picks a few personal favourites....
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Sŵn Festival 2016 Day 2 : Cardiff – live review
Sŵn 2016 day two – Keith Goldhanger skips around the Welsh Capital seeing as many bands as possible that are appearing in eleven different venues across the city over the weekend. Plans have been made...
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