Neil Campbell & Richard Youngs: Six Scores – album review
Neil Campbell & Richard Youngs: Six Scores (Shaking Box music) Vinyl | DL Available now Six Scores – the latest collaboration from two of the UK’s most brain-mangling underground artists is...
View ArticleNadah El Shazly: Ahwar – album review | Cairo musician captures home city in...
Nadah El Shazly – Ahwar (Nawa Recordings) LP | DL Due out: 10th Nov 2017 Pre-order link Cairo based performer dreams up brilliant style fusion album that captures her home city in 21st-century...
View ArticleSoft Rubbish: Wasted -Single review and video premiere
Single review and video premiere Soft Rubbish – Wasted (Self Released / Bandcamp) DL Out now Australian outsider/underground artist Julie Montan goes under the intriguing name Soft Rubbish, on this...
View ArticleSleaford Mods: Northumbria University, Newcastle – live review
Sleaford Mods Northumbria University, Newcastle 5th October 2017 An impressive start to this leg of the duos huge headline tour, as they once again prove why they’re one of the most intense and...
View ArticleVarious Artists: Gay Feet – Album Review
Various Artists: Gay Feet Doctor Bird CD/DL Released 13 October 2017 Reissue of the rare and sought after first album of Sonia Pottinger recordings originally released in 1966, with 12 bonus tracks...
View ArticleNo Future: Matthew Worley – book review
Book Review – No Future: Punk, Politics and British Youth Culture 1976-1984 Matthew Worley Cambridge University Press Upon first picking up “No Future: Punk, Politics and British Youth Culture...
View ArticleBestival 2017: review (part 1) – Lulworth Estate, Dorset.
Now that the final piece of Bestival mud has been wiped from the Wellingtons of Keith Goldhanger, it’s time to find out what he thought of the festival. – Part 1 of 2. Thursday ….. It’s a terrible...
View ArticleBestival 2017 Pt.2 : review – Lulworth Estate, Dorset.
Part two of Keith Goldhanger’s Bestival 2017 report. Saturday arrives, Bestival 2017 has passed the half way mark as we wake up after a decent nights sleep interrupted by the odd downpour. In-between...
View ArticleDerrick Harriott & The Crystalites – Psychedelic Train – Album Review
Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites – Psychedelic Train Doctor Bird CD/DL Released 13th October 2017 Long out of print 1970 Reggae album by singer/producer Harriott, expanded with 13 bonus tracks...
View ArticleGraham Gouldman: Public Halls, Harpenden – live review
Graham Gouldman Public Halls, Harpenden 10th October 2017 Heart Full Of Songs is a show that has grown organically over the years. After putting a band together to perform 10CC’s fantastic back...
View ArticleTo the Outside of Everything… a Story of UK Post-Punk 1977-81 -Due for...
Preview TO THE OUTSIDE OF EVERYTHING – A STORY OF UK POST-PUNK 1977-1981: DELUXE 5CD BOXED SET Released on 1 Dec 2017 by Cherry Red The Press Release says: Post-Punk was a belated term adopted to...
View ArticleProletariat – Manchester, Club Academy
Proletariat Manchester, Club Academy 8 October Proletariat are playing first on the bill at tonight’s Club Academy gig. Nigel Carr caught up with the band before the show while David Gleave grabbed...
View ArticleFever Dream: Heads Will Roll – single review
Fever Dream – Heads Will Roll DL/Vinyl Out now Club AC30 Nice noisy shoegaze from Fever Dreams. Louder than War’s Ioan reviews Heads Will Roll. Fever Dream are Adrian Fleet (guitar, vocals), Sarah...
View ArticleAziz Ibrahim with Manchester Camerata : live review
Aziz Ibrahim with the Camarata Orchestra : photo by Georgina Robinson Aziz Ibrahim with Manchester Camerata perform ‘ Lahore to Longsight’ Manchester Home Oct 2017 Live Review In a stunning and...
View ArticleRobert Plant: Carry Fire – album review
Robert Plant: Carry Fire Nonesuch Records LP/CD/DL Released 13 October 6/10 There can’t be many blocks left that Robert Plant hasn’t been around during his sixty-nine circuits of the sun. At heart,...
View ArticleParis Angels – Cassette Store Day Release
Paris Angels – Pic: Ian Tilton October 14th brings a superb new release from Manchester’s Paris Angels, on limited edition cassette tape via Lavender Sweep Records for Cassette Store Day. Paris...
View ArticleLunatic Soul: Fractured – album review
Lunatic Soul: Fractured Kscope CD/DL /2LP vinyl Available now 7/10 Lunatic Soul is Mariusz Duda. Best known for the part he plays in Polish progressive groundbreakers Riverside. His fifth album in...
View ArticleThe Schizophonics: Night and Day Cafe, Manchester – live review
The Schizophonics Night and Day Cafe Manchester 10/10/2017 The Schizophonics bring a slice of San Diego wildness to the Night and Day Cafe in Manchester on their Funtastic Tour. The sparse crowd who...
View ArticleBirds Of A Feather: The Page One Recordings – Album Review
Birds Of A Feather: The Page One Recordings RPM CD/DL Released 20 October 2017 First time reissue for the self-titled Birds Of A Feather album from 1970, plus the two sides of the Blacksmith Blues...
View ArticleLupers vs Greasy and Grizzly – album review
Lupers vs Greasy and Grizzly (FOLC Records) CD / LP / DL Out now! 8/10 Spain’s FOLC Records see out the summer with a split LP of gonzo punk blues rock ‘n’ roll. Louder Than War’s Nathan Whittle...
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