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James Holt: Whatever Happened to John? – single review + video premiere
Manchester-born multi-instrumentalist James Holt’s latest single Whatever Happened to John? is a trip through time and experience – easily one of the most interesting musical journeys you’ll take this...
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Various Artists – C88 – Album Review
Various Artists – C88 Cherry Red 3CD/DL Released 30th June 2017 Follow up to the successful C86 and C87 collections, we move on another year in UK Indie-land to 1988, when the first signs of “Baggy”...
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Echobelly: O2 Academy Islington, London – live review
Echobelly O2 Islington Academy, London 15 June 2017 Naomi Dryden-Smith went to catch Echobelly’s O2 Academy Islington gig, featuring some old hits and their first new material in 10 years It feels...
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The Skids: the 1865, Southampton – Live Review
Live Review The Skids: the 1865, Southampton 21 June 2017 An immense, stunning performance -the same as every date on this tour it seems. Ged Babey is not scared to dance. Buzzing! The buzz generated...
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Junction 2 – festival review
Junction 2 Festival London 10 June 2017 Junction 2 recently took over a leafy London park for its second festival instalment. Paul Grace reported for Louder Than War and was blown away by a...
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Harmonium – film review
Harmonium (2016) Director: Kôji Fukada Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Kanji Furutachi, Mariko Tsutsui Runtime: 119 mins Format: Dual Format Out: 19.06.2017 9/10 Jamie Havlin examines an award winning...
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Six Organs Of Admittance: Cluny, Newcastle – live review
Six Organs Of Admittance Cluny, Newcastle 14th June 2017 A spellbinding evening from one of the finest musicians around, this stripped back setting allows his powerful songs to shine through! Ben...
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Primavera Sound Day Three 2017 – festival review
Primavera Sound Parc Del Forum, Barcelona 2nd June 2017 An incredible day to close out this years festival, with a monstrous line up that doesn’t fail to impress. A fitting end to another outstanding...
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The Stone Roses: Leeds, First Direct Arena – live review
With rumours (and we repeat it’s rumours) swirling yet again that these could be their last gigs legendary Manchester band The Stone Roses returned to Leeds for the first time as the the classic 4...
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HMS Morris: Morbid Mind – video review
HMS Morris – Morbid Mind Waco Gwenci Out now Louder than War’s Ioan Humphreys has a listen to the new quirky (and at times surprisingly noisy!) video from HMS Morris. HMS Morris are a band that have...
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Madonnatron: Madonnatron – album review
Madonnatron Madonnatron Trashmouth Records LP/DL 29/ 06/ 17 9/10 Louder Than War’s Roxy Gillespie listens to the self-titled debut from South East London band Madonnatron and finds a cauldron of...
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St Martiins: Othr Grls – video review
St Martiins: Othr Grls – video review Louder Than War’s Roxy Gillespie follows up on a drunken meeting with St Martiin’s singer Kate Lynch in Subway on Sauchiehall Street at Stag and Dagger. She...
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Equinox: It’s Hard To Be Happy When Your Head Is Full Of Sin – album review
Equinox: It’s Hard To Be Happy When Your Head Is Full Of Sin (Recordiau Prin) CD/DL 26th June 8.5/10 Northern poet and spoken word performer Equinox releases his debut album. Aided by the cream of...
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Black Fly: Dipped – Track review
Black Fly – Dipped DL Out now Ioan Humphreys has a listen to a brand new release from Black Fly, the Vermont electronica artist working from a rural haven. He finds heaps of potential in a track that...
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Billy Bragg, Cabbage, Nadine shah, Shame :Glastonbury 2017
Billy Bragg, Cabbage, Nadine shah, Shame Glastonbury Leftfield 2017 Live Review The Leftfield stage is the heart and soul of new generation Glastonbury. What was once felt like an...
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Tuesday The Sky: Drift – album review
Tuesday The Sky: Drift Inside Out CD/DL/vinyl Released 30 June 2017 7/10 Not the sort of thing you’d expect from Jim Matheos of prog metal outfit Fates Warning. Drift becomes an outlet for things that...
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The Songwriting Genius of Peter Perrett… Part Five
The Songwriting Genius of Peter Perrett …. and the majesty of the Only Ones. Part Five “There are only so many Peter Perrett articles I can take” said a so-called friend … but the response from the...
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A Trust Unclean: Parturition – album review
A Trust Unclean: Parturition (Basick Records) CD / DL 7/10 Out Now Hailing from Oxford, A Trust Unclean are a 5 piece groovy death metal band (not my words, the words of A Trust Unclean!). Parturition...
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Dingwei: Untied – album review
Dingwei – Untied (Cooking Vinyl) LP / CD / DL 8 / 10 23 June 2017 Chinese electroc pop act releases her new album. Hiapop Blog’s Unarmed Bandit reviews for Louder Than War. I have had very little...
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Patto: Roll ’em Smoke ’em Put Another Line Out / Monkey’s Bum – album review
Patto Roll ’em Smoke ’em Put Another Line Out Monkey’s Bum (Cherry Red) CD Cherry Red via their Progressive imprint pursue their reissue of Patto’s back catalogue. Louder Than War’s Craig Chaligne...
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