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Creeper: Manchester Academy 2 – live review
Creeper, Milk Teeth , Energy, Puppy Manchester Academy 2 25 March 2017 The Southampton six-piece are playing seven dates supporting their debut album, Eternity, In Your Arms, released a mere 24 hours...
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All The Shadows and the Pain – Echo And The Bunnymen’s Evergreen Turns 20
Before seminal band reformation became a necessity of twenty-first century music, Echo & the Bunnymen stole a march on their contemporaries by reuniting at the height of Britpop. What followed was...
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The Probes: Komorebi – single release
The Probes – Komorebi (Porcupine Records) DL Out 7 April 2017 Some nice sublime psychedelia and rock from a young and feisty Liverpudlian four piece. Ioan Humphreys reviews for Louder Than War. April...
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The Shins: O2 Academy Glasgow – live review
The Shins, Grandaddy & Honeyblood O2 Academy Glasgow 25th March 2017 The Shins headline a stellar line up at Glasgow’s O2 Academy, their set spans their career and has everyone in full voice...
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The Anarchy Arias – Glen Matlock gets Royal Philharmonic and English National...
The Anarchy Arias – Glen Matlock helps Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and English National Opera cover punk classics. Whilst a whole load of former punks and counter-culture-vultures are getting their...
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Feral Five: Man Cat Doll Machine – EP review + video premiere!
Feral Five: Man Cat Doll Machine (Primitive Light Recordings) CD / DL 8.5 / 10 31 March 2017 Electro-punk duo release their new EP. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. It’s almost three years...
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The Jesus And Mary Chain : Leeds Church : Live Review
The Jesus And Mary Chain Leeds Church March 2017 Photo : Elspeth Mary Moore For a band the emerged with pop art riots, sullen interviews, a fuck you attitude and a single strewn with the sonic skree of...
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Devin Townsend Project, TesseracT, Leprous: Hammersmith Apollo – live review
Devin Townsend Project, TesseracT, Leprous Hammersmith Apollo 17 March 2017 The penultimate date of Devin Townsend Project’s recent UK tour was no ordinary show. It was a twentieth anniversary...
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Grandaddy: Hoults Yard, Newcastle – live review
Grandaddy Hoults Yard, Newcastle 26th March 2017 Tonight sees Jason Lytle celebrating his birthday with a crowd of adoring fans in Newcastle, as Grandaddy thrill them all with songs new and old....
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Ghost: University Great Hall, Cardiff – live review
Ghost & Zombi University Great Hall, Cardiff 25 March 2017 Ghost brought their ghoulish tour to Cardiff and wowed the Welsh with a hell-raising performance. Paul Grace reported for Louder Than...
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Wire ‘Silver/Lead’– album review ‘9/10 for yet another great Wire album..
Wire ‘Silver/Lead’ (Pink Flag) 9/10 One of the weird things about post punk or whatever name you want to stick onto the wonk calendar end of punk rock, is that the music never seems to date. Eternally...
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Keston Cobblers Club: Almost Home – album review
KESTON COBBLERS CLUB: ALMOST HOME Tricolour Records CD/DL/vinyl 7/10 Available now A more simplistic approach to their songwriting finds the five piece working round the theme of nostalgia and home yet...
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Turbulent Hearts ‘Turbulent Hearts’– album review
Turbulent Hearts ‘Turbulent Hearts’ (Headcheck Records) CD | DL Rel Date 2nd April 2017 Debut UK release for the L.A based Rock & Roll posse; Turbulent Hearts – the album gathers together the...
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Heavy Heart: Keepsake – album review
Heavy Heart – Keepsake (I Can, I Will) LP Out now 7/10 Having written, recorded and released a single every month last year Heavy Heart have now collected them together for this vinyl release. Sarah...
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Bert Jansch: Downunder – Live in Australia – album review
Bert Jansch – Downunder – Live in Australia CD/DL (Earth Recordings) Out Now Another great Bert Jansch live album reissued by Earth Recordings. Louder Than War’s Craig Chaligne reviews. Much had...
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Glass Animals: O2 Academy, Bristol – live review
Glass Animals O2 Academy, Bristol 15 March 2017 As part of their world tour Glass Animals stop off in Bristol. Photography Michael Brumby stands in for reviewer Philip Allen. Glass Animals, as part...
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Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman: The Apollo, Manchester – live review
Anderson, Rabin & Wakeman The Apollo, Manchester 25 March 2017 The last date in the UK on a tour which has seen the three former members of Yes wow and whoo audiences across the States, Europe and...
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NME Awards Tour: O2 Academy Newcastle – live review
Blossoms, Cabbage and Rory Wynne O2 Academy, Newcastle 31 March 2017 A hit and miss evening, with epic highs and woeful lows the NME Awards tour fails to hit the spot on this occasion with a lack of...
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LVL UP: Think Tank Underground, Newcastle – live review
LVL UP Think Tank Underground, Newcastle 29th March 2017 A stellar line up topped off by the brilliant LVL UP, with their constant twists and turns leaving us aghast at their brilliance. Following the...
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Siiri Sisask : Tallin Music Week : live review
Siiri Sisask Vene theatre Tallin Music Week Estonia April 2017 Live Review We are in this amazing looking theatre. A grand looking building full of ghosts and ancient song. The ceiling is...
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