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Columbo unearth previously unreleased track
The list of lost albums locked up in a Shoreditch vault must be endless; tales of contractual obligations, commercially unfriendly indulgences and inter-band break-ups have blotted the music industry,...
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Marc Almond: Trials Of Eyeliner (The Anthology 1979/2016) – album review
Marc Almond Trials Of Eyeliner (The Anthology 1979/2016) (Universal) Deluxe CD Box Set Out Now 10 / 10 Marc Almond curates a thirty-seven-year anthology. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews....
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Public Image Limited : ‘Metal Box’ : reissue review
Public Image Limited ‘Metal Box’ reissued Let’s get straight to the point. Metal Box is ultimate full stop and still one of the most astonishing records ever released. That glorious triumvirate of...
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Bryde: Wouldn’t that make you feel good? – Track review
Bryde Wouldn’t that make you feel good? DL Out 4th November Louder than War’s Ioan has a listening to Bryde’s latest release from her EP2. Bryde AKA, welsh singer-songwriter Sarah Howells, releases...
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Premiere!! – Adam & Elvis – Hanging Tree – Track review
Adam & Elvis Hanging Tree DL Out 2nd December Louder than War have a special preview of the latest single from Berkshire mentalists Adam & Elvis. When a band looks and sounds like you...
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Barberos: Barberos – Album review
Barberos – Barberos DL Out 5th November 2016 9/10 Louder than War’s Ioan Humphreys gets absolutely blown away by the ferocity, ingenuity and often excruciating noise summoned up by Liverpool’s...
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Eat Static: SeaFiSh, Bognor – live review
Eat Static SeaFiSh, Bognor 22nd October 2016 Mainstay of the early nineties rave scene Eat Static hit new cultural capital of the UK’s south coast Bognor Regis the week before Halloween, and the deep...
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Kitty Tsunami and The Chickenhawks Go To Florida – album review
CS / DL (Ghost Drag Records) Out Now Up-and-coming Florida label Ghost Drag Records offers a limited cassette split of lo-fi surf rock. Side A of this split is Asheville, NC’s Kitty Tsunami, who...
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The Wendys – From The Factory Four
Pic by Peter Walsh Jimmy Miller. Simple Minds. Seb Coe. Three people that unite but not exclusively define iconic early 90’s band The Wendys. The Wendys signed to Tony Wilson’s Factory Records in...
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Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow: Black Mirror: Men Against Fire – album review
Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow: Black Mirror – Men Against Fire (Invada Records) DL Available Now 8.5/10 Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow team up again to score episode of Charlie Brooker’s acclaimed...
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Sleaford Mods: Academy, Manchester – live review
Sleaford Mods Manchester, Academy 27th October 2016 Britain’s most articulate and outspoken band came to Manchester last Thursday as part of their UK tour. Louder Than War’s Michael Halpin was there...
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Super Furry Animals: Guitarist Huw Bunford talks Fuzzy Logic and more
It’s a busy time for Super Furry Animals – a 20th anniversary re-issue of Fuzzy Logic sees the band’s phenomenal debut get ‘sonically rediscovered’ and reissued. Alongside it comes a bonus disc of...
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The Lumineers: O2 Academy Newcastle – live review
The Lumineers O2 Academy Newcastle 29th October 2016 An exciting and impressive set from one of the worlds biggest bands, The Lumineers light up Newcastle tonight! The multi platinum selling The...
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PJ Harvey: Victoria Warehouse, Manchester – live review
PJ Harvey Victoria Warehouse, Manchester 03/11/16 Roxy Gillespie (words) and Melanie Smith (photos) were privileged to witness alternative rock legend Polly Jean Harvey MBE. They were treated to a...
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Loudon Wainwright III: Hebden Bridge Trades Club – live review
Loudon Wainwright III Hebden Bridge Trades Club Friday 28 October Rufus and Martha Wainwright may be getting the headlines these days, but their old man Loudon is still one of the great songwriters,...
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To Here Knows When – My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Loveless’ Turns 25
Bob Mould was in a rental car. His time as Husker Du’s abrasive anchor was over, and he was touring the UK as a solo acoustic act. His tour manager suggested they listen to a record, something that...
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Jagwar Ma: Electric Ballroom, London – live review
Jagwar Ma Electric Ballrooom, Camden, London 26th Oct 2016 Harley Cassidy (words) and Naomi Dryden-Smith (photos) went to check out Jagwar Ma in the wake of the release of second album “Every Now And...
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Spawn: Dance Of the Lunatics – album review
Spawn: Dance Of the Lunatics (Skafrog) CD/DL 7/10 Seven-headed Dutch ska-punk loons keep the party going. Louder Than War’s Joe Whyte reviews. It’s really quite amazing how far a Jamaican sixties...
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Band of Skulls: Camden Roundhouse, London – live photo review
Band of Skulls Camden Roundhouse, London 26th October 2016 Band of Skulls recently rolled into the big smoke and Paul Grace was there to capture the action. Southampton’s Band of Skulls’ By Default...
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Sŵn Festival 2016 Day 3 : Cardiff – live review
On the third and final day of this year’s Sŵn festival in Cardiff Keith Goldhanger continues to stagger around the city to view as many bands here who are attempting to grab our attention. We’ve now...
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