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Brix and the Extricated : Manchester Night and Day : Live Review
Brix and the Extricated Manchester Night and Day Nov 2015 Live Review Next gig London ICA friday Nov 27th with special guests the Membranes. Tickets from here High Tension line! A little bit of tension...
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Underworld: Second Toughest In The Infants – reissue review
Underworld: Second Toughest In The Infants (Universal) LP/CD/DL Available Now! 10/10 Underworld’s classic 1996 album gets the full reissue treatment. Remastered at Abbey Road Studios and full to...
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The Kopek Millionaires ‘All I Want For Christmas’– EP review…
The Kopek Millionaires ‘All I Want For Christmas’ (Kopek Records) CD/DL Available now & up to midnight 25th December 2015 The first issue – when do you review a Christmas release? If you were to...
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Die Hexen: Sacred Trinity Church, Salford – live review
DIE HEXEN | Ruth Bate | Gentle Stranger Sacred Trinity Church, Salford November 20th 2015 Louder Than War photographer Melanie Smith drags new reviewer Richie Rochdale out of his comfort zone, kicking...
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The Sun – Retract Your Misleading Headline – Petition : sign now
The following is taken from Sarah Wilsons Change.org petition addressed to the Editor of the Sun newspaper. We at Louder Than War would urge you to sign and share on social media. Thank you. Sign and...
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Jo Rose: Gullivers, Manchester – interview and live review
Jo Rose Gullivers, Manchester 15th November 2015 Jo Rose played a one off gig at Gullivers, Manchester – his first with a full band. Louder Than War’s Nigel Carr (words) and Dave Gleave (photos) were...
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Oscar: Think Tank, Newcastle – live review
Oscar Think Tank, Newcastle 18th November 2015 Oscar breezes into Newcastle on a crest of beautiful dreamy indie pop, laden with hooks and filled with enthusiasm, proving why he is tipped for big...
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The Comsat Angels: Waiting For A Miracle (2CD Deluxe Edition) – album review
The Comsat Angels: Waiting For A Miracle (2CD Deluxe Edition) (Edsel) CD/LP/DL Out 20 November 2015 9/10 Edsel are releasing 2CD Deluxe packages of all the Comsat Angels “original albums, remastered,...
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Kokomo – Average White Band: Royal Festival Hall, London – live review
Kokomo + Average White Band Royal Festival Hall, London 21st November 2015 Two stalwarts of the UK seventies funk and soul scene paired together as a “soul summit”. A rather brilliant evening part...
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Byron Haskin’s Robinson Crusoe on Mars – film review
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) Format: Dual Format DVD and Blu-ray Directer: Byron Haskin Cast: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin Run Time: 110 minutes Out Now 7/10 Jamie Havlin reviews a science fiction...
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Eureka Machines @ The Boston Arms – live review
Eureka Machines, The Boston Arms, Tufnell Park, Nov 21st How important and valuable is live music as a force for good? It’s priceless. Ever the good guys, Eureka Machines show us how. Everything...
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Annette Peacock : London Cafe Oto : live review
Annette Peacock London Cafe Oto Nov 2015 live review There is intimate.. and there is INTIMATE. This was virtually close enough for certain audience members to reach out and touch the piano keys for...
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Intensive Care: Hipsters – EP review
Intensive Care – Hipsters (Intensive Care) CDEP/DL Out Now Louder Than War’s Nathan Brown listens to the song that Facebook tried to ban from the bastard sons of The Business and Class War. I have a...
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Sons Of Kemet / Evil Usses: The Cube Cinema, Bristol – live review
Sons Of Kemet/Evil Usses The Cube Cinema, Bristol 18th November 2015 Louder Than War’s Philip Allen reviews Sons Of Kemet’s sold out show at The Cube Cinema in Bristol. Since their inception in...
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Maximo Park: Newcastle City Hall – live review
Maximo Park Newcastle City Hall 19th November 2015 A triumphant return for North East’s favourite musical sons, one of the most energetic performances that we’ll see all year. A hometown show of...
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Erasure: Always The Very Best Of – album review
Erasure – Always The Very Best Of (Mute/BMG) CD / DL Out Now 9 / 10 Erasure celebrate thirty years together with the release of an elaborate singles package. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews....
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Shellsuit: The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool – live review
Shellsuit The Shipping Forecast, Liverpool Saturday 21st November 2015 A Liverpool band by the name of Shellsuit. Shouldn’t work, should it? It conjures up all manner of archaic caricatures and...
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Jeff Lynne’s ELO: Alone In The Universe – album review
Jeff Lynne’s ELO – Alone In The Universe (Columbia Records) CD/LP/DL Out Now Jeff Lynne is back in fashion. Is ELO’s new album his best release in three decades ? Louder Than War’s Craig Chaligne...
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Le Guess Who? review 2015
Magma – courtesy of Tim van Veen Friday November 20th 2015 Sometimes I feel as if we are living through the end of days. Certainly when it comes to dealing with the amount of musical riches thrown our...
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Marina + The Diamonds: Ritz, Manchester – photo review
Marina + The Diamonds Ritz, Manchester 23rd November 2015 Louder Than War’s photographer Melanie Smith went along to capture Marina + The Diamonds new show in Manchester on the Neon Nature UK tour....
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