Alias Kid ‘Revolt To Revolt’ : album review
Alias Kid ‘Revolt To Revolt’ album review “Alias Kid are artful hooligans, they are the workers grabbing the means of production and they are a great rock n roll band – a band that is...
View ArticleTemples Festival: Motion Skatepark, Bristol – day three review
Photo above: Dylan Carlson from Earth at Temples Festival by Emily Power. Temples Festival 2015, Motion Skatepark, Bristol 29th May 2015 Louder Than War’s team of reporters belatedly conclude their...
View ArticleNozinja: Nozinja Lodge – album review
Nozinja – Nozinja Lodge (Warp) LP | CD | DL Available now Get your dancing shoes on – Shangaan Electro guru Nozinja is back with a full-length despatch from the South African dance underground. Louder...
View ArticleAriel Pink: District, Liverpool – live review
Ariel Pink | James Canty | Strange Collective | The Vryll Society District, Liverpool Saturday 13 June, 2015 Author and photography: Phil Greenhalgh A hirsute drummer in a blue studded lame bikini,...
View ArticleWaxahatchee: Cluny, Newcastle – live review
Waxahatchee Cluny, Newcastle June 16th 2015 The incredible Waxahatchee leaves the audience filled with adoration and awe with her effortless command of the stage as she casts her spell on tonights...
View ArticleInterview: Heart Of A Coward at Download Festival
Milton Keynes based metal quintet Heart Of A Coward have come a long way since forming in 2009. The band played at Download in 2013 and returned this year to open the main stage on Saturday morning....
View ArticleIsle Of Wight Festival 2015 – live review
Fleetwood Mac at Isle of Wight 2015 © Sara Lincoln Photography Harley Cassidy reports back from last weekend’s Isle Of Wight Festival for us. Its day one and nestled neatly between a churros stand and...
View ArticleCantharide: A Bridge To Build – album review
Cantharide – A Bridge To Build (Closer) LP | CD | DL Out Now 8/10 Something a little bit different from the French boutique garage rock label. Joe Whyte reviews. In another in the series of “every day...
View ArticleSam Andreae: Solo – album review
Sam Andreae: Solo (Tombed Visions) Cassette/ DL Out now Sam Andreae plots a new course for the saxophone in this album of solo improvisations, says Louder Than War’s Paul Margree. I first came across...
View ArticleLilies On Mars: Dancing Star- single review / album preview
Electro-dreampop duo Lilies On Mars have just released a lavishly packaged lead single which heralds an eagerly anticipated album out in Autumn on Lady Sometimes Records via Cargo. Joe Whyte tells us...
View ArticleInterview: In Hearts Wake – we caught up with the Aussie metalcore band at...
Every now and then you come across a band who speak to you on far more than just an aural level. These are the bands that really move you emotionally, who have something really important to say and...
View ArticleKnifeworld: The Unravelling – album review
Knifeworld – The Unravelling (InsideOutMusic) LP/ CD Out now Knifeworld released their critically well received second album last year. We failed to post a review at the time so here Roxy Gillespie...
View ArticlePetrels: Flailing Tomb – album review
Petrels – Flailing Tomb (Denovali) LP | CD | DL Available now The fourth Petrels album is an inspired marriage of ecstatic drone, krautrock and synthpop, says Louder Than War’s Paul Margree. Petrels...
View ArticleStream OHHMS New EP While Reading About Paul Waller’s Report Of The Band’s...
A few weeks ago the Holy Roar band OHHMS made their inaugural appearance at Temples Festival. We spoke to the band about it in an interview we ran just prior to their set during which the band’s Paul...
View ArticleOBN III’s: Cluny, Newcastle – Live Review
OBN III’s | Black Atom Movement | Petrol Terriers Cluny, Newcastle June 17th 2015 Having heard the rumours that OBN III’s were the real deal, we just couldn’t resist checking them out. Our conclusion...
View ArticleSo Stressed: The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art – album review
So Stressed – The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art (Honor Press) LP | Cass | CD | DL Out Now Filled with angst and intensity, So Stressed deliver a meticulous slice of violent hardcore, as their...
View ArticleInterview: Patti Smith – an in depth conversation with the hugely influential...
Freelance writer James Nuttall has been lucky enough to interview Patti Smith an amazing four times in the space of just under three years. The latest occasion was on her recent tour of the UK on...
View ArticleTable Scraps: More Time For Strangers – album review
Table Scraps – More Time for Strangers (Hells Teeth / Wiener) DL | CD | LP Out Now 8/10 Birmingham duo Table Scraps make good on the promise of their debut single with an LP of top notch, cacophonous...
View ArticleFaith No More: Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia – photo gallery
Faith No More Aegon Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia 10th June 2015 Last month rock titans Faith No More returned to the fray with their first new long player since 1997. Titled Sol Invictus and released...
View ArticleBlur: Hyde Park – live review
Blur British Summer Time, Hyde Park 20 June 2015 Blur take their turn in the headline slot at the British Summer Time events in Hyde Park, bringing out tracks from The Magic Whip and from across their...
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