Darma: Miasma – video premier
Darma Miasma Video 8/10 Exciting Manchester Grunge outfit Darma premier the new video for Miasma on Louder Than War. With a loud, in-your-face live show and really excellent songs, Manchester band...
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Sunstack Jones Without Being Told Deltasonic/DL Released 7th March Liverpool’s Sunstack Jones premier their video to new single Without Being Told on Louder Than War – check it out below. SUNSTACK...
View ArticleJah Wobble & MoMo Project – Maghrebi Jazz
Jah Wobble & MoMo Project Maghrebi Jazz Jah Wobble Records Limited edition vinyl LP Released 21 April 2018 8/10 Prolific PiL veteran Jah Wobble celebrates Record Store Day with an eclectic fusion...
View ArticleJohn Dredge and The Plinths: The Emergency EP – album review
John Dredge and The Plinths: The Emergency EP (Self Released) DL Out Now A new venture for cultural polymath (actor, writer and journalist) John Dredge. Louder Than War’s Craig Chaligne reviews....
View ArticleGomez: Bring it On (20th Anniversary edition) – album review
Gomez Bring it On (UMC/Virgin EMI) Release Date: 23 March 2018 8/10 This definitive re-mastered 4 CD box set of Gomez’s classic Mercury Music Prize winning debut album, Bring It On is a completist’s...
View ArticleAll Time Low: Manchester Arena – Live Review
All Time Low, Creeper Manchester Arena 16 March 2017 Baltimore’s pop-rock mainstays All Time Low UK tour stops off at Manchester’s Arena. Bringing a unique three-part show, with the assistance of...
View ArticleWhyte Horses: Empty Words – album review
WHYTE HORSES EMPTY WORDS CRC Music Double Vinyl/CD/DL 10/10 Faultless psychedelic pop genius from Manchester’s Whyte Horses, who release their second album with guest vocals from La Roux and Nouvelle...
View ArticleReview: Chiara Berardelli – Seamonster
Chiara Berardelli – Seamonster CD / DL Out Now 7 / 10 Glasgow-based musician releases her new album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. The influence and backdrop to Seamonster is a sad one....
View ArticleFelt: A Decade in Music – Their First Five Albums – Album Reviews
Felt A Decade in Music – Their First Five Albums Cherry Red CD/DL/Vinyl Released 23 February 2018 New reissues of the first five Felt albums, with an accompanying vinyl single apiece and various...
View ArticleMagic City Trio: Amerikana Arkana – debut album news
Amerikana Arkana is the debut album from The Magic City Trio, featuring Frank Sweeney of classic British indie band The June Brides, and Annie Holder, formerly of Annie and the Aeroplanes. The record...
View ArticleThe Dead Daisies: Burn it Down – album review
The Dead Daisies Burn It Down Spitfire Music Released 6 April 2018 8/10 Australian-American hard rockers The Dead Daisies have a fourth studio album, Burn It Down. We take a listen to the supergroup’s...
View ArticleJohn Bramwell – Leave Alone The Empty Spaces album review
John Bramwell Leave Alone The Empty Spaces 27/27 Records / Believe Available now CD/DL/LP Bramwell returns from his camper van journey around the UK and Europe with his dog Henry on fine form with this...
View ArticleThe Monochrome Set / Dan O’Farrell & the Difference Engine – the Talking...
Live Review The Monochrome Set – the Talking Heads, Southampton 16/3/2018 After 39 years of loving their music, Ged Babey finally gets to see the Monochrome Set live, and is not...
View ArticlePanic at the Disco: Pretty. Odd. Turns Ten
After storming towards the top of the charts with emo-addled anthems, Panic! At the Disco dropped their punky tendencies – as well as their exclamation – for the Beatles-drenched pop of Pretty. Odd....
View ArticleKino: Radio Voltaire – album review
KINO RADIO VOLTAIRE CD/DL/vinyl Inside Out Music Available 23 March 2018 Bite down hard and do your la-di-da’s. 13 years on from their debut album Picture, Kino have returned with a new album, Radio...
View ArticlePalace Of The King: Get Right With Your Maker – album review
PALACE OF THE KING GET RIGHT WITH YOUR MAKER CD Golden Robot Records Available 23 March 2018 Looking for a spot of no nonsense hard rock and roll with a slice of funk? In the finest of Aussie...
View ArticleMadonnatron: District, Liverpool – live review
Madonnatron Wild Fruit Art Collective Melt Dunes Jo Mary District, Liverpool 16.03.2018 Louder Than War’s Roxy Gillespie experiences a wild, exhilarating night with four top-class performances at...
View ArticleThe Glorias: Life’ll Get Ya – Album Review
Album Review The Glorias – Life’ll Get Ya (Glorias Recordings) CD only Out now Inadvertently named by Peter Coyne from the Godfathers, in a tale relayed in a Louder Than War review here, the Glorias...
View ArticleThe Bellrays / Fuzzy Vox: Camden Assembly, London – live review
The Bellrays / Fuzzy Vox Camden Assembly, London 17th March 2018 The Bellrays bring their Punk and Soul revue to London with the added bonus of French garage rockers Fuzzy Vox. Louder Than War’s Craig...
View ArticleTerrible Humans: Bedroom Demos – EP Review
Terrible Humans Bedroom Demos E.P/ Demo 8/10 Looking for your new favourite indie band? Sophie Sparham reviews the first output from one of Portsmouth’s newest bands. We’ve all been guilty of being...
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