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The Spewmen: War – album review
The Spewmen – War (Closer Records) CD/DL/Vinyl Rating: 8/10 Available now Joe Whyte reports on The Spewmen’s album release and finds something a little out of the ordinary from Louder Than War...
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Jemima Surrender: The Uninhabited World – album review
Jemima Surrender – The Uninhabited World CD / DL 13 November 2015 8.5 / 10 Alternative fuzz trio release their debut album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. Bristol can be proud. The new...
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The Jones: First Shot – album review
The Jones – First Shot CD/DL 7/10 Out Now The Flamin’ Groovies Chris Wilson’s one-time backing band make 70’s-rock-inspired powerpop album. Joe Whyte reviews. With a more than decent pedigree in...
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Vieux Farka Toure and Julia Easterlin: Touristes – album review
Vieux Farka Toure and Julia Easterlin – Touristes (Six Degrees Records) CD / DL Out Now 8.5 / 10 Malian singer/guitarist and American vocalist collaborate. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews....
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Artificial Intelligence: Timeline – album review
Artificial Intelligence: Timeline (Metalheadz) LP/CD/DL Available from 20/11/2015 9/10 London duo, Artificial Intelligence (Zula Warner and Glenn Herweijer) release their second album via the seminal...
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MXLX: ^_^ – album review
MXLX: ^_^ (FuckPunk) LP Available Now 8.5/10 MXLX’s latest sees him return to the world of noise. Simon Tucker enjoys the carnage. Are you ready for the new MXLX album? You better be because this isn’t...
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The Long Lost Band: One More Mile – album review
The Long Lost Band – One More Mile CD/DL Available now 8/10 Hailing from Lancaster, the Long Lost Band bring their self professed rock-psych-electric-acoustic music to a collaboration with American...
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The Wholls: X21 – debut single
The Wholls X21 DL Release Date 20/11/15 Louder Than War’s Mike Ainscoe reviews Bedford-based 4 piece The Wholls’s debut Single ‘X21’ The Wholls (Wolz) are a Bedford-based 4 piece who play alternative...
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New Artist Of The Day: Heavy Drapes
Bringing the style and sedition (and the rock n’ roll) back to punk. Ladeez and gents! Louder Than War gives y’all Heavy Drapes! Joe Whyte enthuses. I see and hear my fair share of contemporary punk,...
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Iceland Airwaves 2015: live review part one
Touching down in Keflavik always gives me a warm and fuzzy glow but this time I know half the plane as it’s the first time I’ve been able to fly direct from Dublin. My previous four Iceland Airwaves...
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Dodmen: Azimuth – album review
Dodmen: Azimuth (Extreme Ultimate) Limited edition cassette Available Now 7.5/10 Darkly atmospheric four track album by 4 piece psyche band Dodmen. Simon Tucker reviews. The times they are a’changing....
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Exclusive! Premiere of the new EP from Wrenne
Listen to an exclusive stream of Wrenne’s London EP – get into her electronic pop with four new tracks! Ahead of her debut album ISaidYesToEverything, due for release in early 2016, Wrenne has dropped...
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The Slow Readers Club: Sheffield Corporation – live review
The Slow Readers Club Sheffield Corporation, Sheffield 14th November 2015 It’s been some year for The Slow Readers Club. They finally released their magnificent second album Cavalcade, gained the...
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Ringo Deathstarr: Pure Mood – album review
Ringo Deathstarr: Pure Mood (Club AC30) LP | CD | DL Out 2oth November 2015 8/10 An all encompassing beast of shoegaze brilliance, filled with darkness yet the sweetness does shine through, undoubtedly...
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Sŵn Festival 2015 – Cardiff – Live Review (Part One)
Keith Goldhanger spends a few days in the Welsh capital where he visits the Sŵn Festival and in the first of two reviews he tells you as much as he can remember about it. Yet again, loads of bands we...
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Katzenjammer: The Bierkeller, Bristol – live review
Katzenjammer The Bierkeller, Bristol 13th Nov 2015 Arriving at the Bierkeller on a miserable rainy November evening, I discover I am half an hour late for Katzenjammer’s set as I used a different...
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Recent Ace Records Releases by Ian Johnston – Nov 2015
Ian Johnston brings us his latest round-up of vital releases from Ace Records, probably the best re-issue label in the world. Various Artists – A Funky Trip – Detroit Funk From The Dave Hamilton...
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Stealing Sheep: O2 Academy Newcastle – live review
Stealing Sheep O2 Academy Newcastle 13th November 2015 An ethereal set clouded by a thick haze, with the odd shimmer of glitter from Liverpool’s finest Stealing Sheep a triumphant return to Newcastle....
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Flying Colors: Second Flight Live At The Z7 – album review
FLYING COLORS – SECOND FLIGHT LIVE AT THE Z7 (Music Theories Recordings) LP/CD/DVD/Blu Ray/4K/DL Available now 9/10 Flying Colors – the ‘supergroup’ (don’t you just hate the word) based round the...
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Rocket From The Tombs: Black Record – album review
Rocket from the tombs Black Record (Fire records) LP | CD | DL Out 13th December 2015 8/10 Louder Than War’s Ioan Humphreys reviews Rocket from the Tombs’s “Black Record”. Rocket from the Tombs are an...
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