Infinity Girl: Harm – album review
Infinity Girl – Harm (Topshelf Records) LP | Cass | DL Out Now 8/10 Brooklyn’s latest musical chameleons Infinity Girl fuse a multitude of sounds into an incredible piece of music, that shuns...
View ArticleReading Festival: Reading, Berkshire – live review
Reading Festival Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire 28 – 30 August 2015 Festivals! We all have our favourites and sometimes the fact that we do blinds us to all that goes on elsewhere. At any...
View ArticleJessie Grace: My World Is Cold – EP review
Jessie Grace – My World Is Cold (Maltbarn Recordings) DL Out Now 8.5 / 10 Avant rock singer songwriter release her new EP. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. The incredible sound of the...
View ArticleThe Truth of Revolution, Brother: an exploration of punk philosophy – book...
The Truth of Revolution, Brother: An exploration of punk philosophy. By Lisa Sofianos, Robin Ryde & Charlie Waterhouse. Situation Press (Paperback edition £14.99) The main grumble when the original...
View ArticleNerina Pallot ‘The Sound and the Fury’– album review
Nerina Pallot: The Sound and the Fury (Idaho Records) CD/LP/DL Out 11/09/2015 09/10 Ivor Novello and Brit Award nominated singer/songwriter Nerina Pallot releases her fifth studio album. Mark Ray...
View ArticleLola in Slacks ‘Single Release Soirée’ at the CCA, Glasgow – live review
Lola in Slacks with Roy Moller ‘Tramlines’ Single Release Soirée CCA, Glasgow August 28th 2015 Launching their debut single ‘Tramlines’, Lola in Slacks emerge fully-formed as the most vital new...
View ArticleArcTanGent Festival: Fern hill Farm, Somerset – live review
ArcTanGent photo above © BatGippa | Brendan Stephens. ArcTanGent Festival Fern hill Farm, Somerset 20th – 22nd August 2015 DB Schenker reports back from ArcTanGent, the UK’s only festival dedicated to...
View ArticleMotorhead: Bad Magic – album review
Motorhead Bad Magic (UDR Records) Out Now Prolific UK metallers Motorhead return with another album. Louder Than War’s Martin Haslam reviews. Another year, another Motorhead album? Well, yes, and the...
View ArticleThe Bones: Flash The Leather – album review
The Bones – Flash The Leather’ (People Like You) CD | Ltd Edition CD | LP | DL Due Out 11th September 2015 You occasionally tire of new directions, become weary of the desire to forge imaginative...
View ArticlePop-Art Art-Pop show & Micko Westmorland Album Launch at A-Side B-Side...
PREVIEW Pop Art Gallery show and album launch party for Micko Westmorlands ‘Yours, etc abc’ – Thurs 10th Sept at A-Side B-Side Gallery 6pm-9pm (and After-party) London, New York, Paris, Munich is an...
View ArticleWe Are Quasars: The Cities Lost Beneath Us – EP review
We Are Quasars – The Cities Lost Beneath Us CD / DL Out Now 8.5 / 10 Carlisle Indie rockers release their new EP. Louder Than war’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. Initially, the first pleasing thing about...
View ArticleJordan Grant : The 1 A.M. – ep Review
Jordan Grant The 1AM (Self-Release) Out Now Though singer-songwriters might be common place these days, Louder Than War’s Ian Critchley heard something special in Jordan Grant. He reviews his new EP...
View ArticleNew Artist Of The Day: Burning Astronomers
Hailing from Merseyside and Shropshire the duo Burning Astronomers have been around a while. Releasing their debut album, The Belmont Larches in 2008 they’ve released a further six albums and EPs...
View ArticleThe Telescopes: Hidden Fields – album review
Telescopes – Hidden Fields (Tapete Records) CD | LP | DL Out Now 8/10 With their eighth studio album, The Telescopes endeavour to explore the subtle relationships that exist between silence, noise and...
View ArticlePublic Image Limited ‘What The World Needs Now’
Public Image Limited What the World Needs Now (Cargo) 7/10 There was a time when Public Image were the most revolutionary band in the world. Those astonishing early albums really were game changers....
View ArticleLeeds Festival: Bramham Park, Leeds – Live Review
Leeds Festival, Branham Park – 28-30 August, 2015 Still one of the biggest but still the best? Josh Northcliffe takes in the old and new and files from the front-line for Louder Than War. Ever since...
View ArticleBingley Live Festival 2015 – live & photo review
Bingley Music Live 2015 September 4- 6th 2015 Louder Than War photographer Melanie Smith headed down to the Annual Bingley Music Live festival for her final festival of the year. She captured the...
View ArticleOn-U Sound Reissue Singers & Players Classic Album War of Words
Singers & Players – War of Words (On-U Sound) LP | DL Out Now As part of Adrian Sherwood’s entire On-U Sound re-issue program they’ve just released Singers & Players’ classic album War of Words...
View ArticleNew Artist of the Day: [retreat] – A Public Witness Program EP review
Made up of members of Barnsley’s musical elite, [retreat] are a local supergroup of sorts that are making waves in South Yorkshire and beyond. Louder Than War’s Jason White gives us more. Over here in...
View ArticleStanley Odd | Hector Bizerk: Edfringe – live review
Stanley Odd | Hector Bizerk The Bongo Club, Edfringe August 2015 “There’s a Scots Renaissance in progress” says Harry Mulligan after catching Stanley Odd and Hector Bizerk play a gig as part of the...
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