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EP Round-Up: Vanessa Murray | Franck Rabeyrolles | Empty Trail
‘Tis the Season to be jolly, or release an EP it would seem. With the danger of great albums getting lost under the radar during the festivities, it seems the wiser thing to do is take a gamble with a...
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Ashley Reaks and Joe Hakim: Cultural Thrift – album review
Ashley Reaks and Joe Hakim – Cultural Thrift (Metal Postcard Records) CD /DL Out Now 9 / 10 Experimental post-punk musician teams up with poet/writer. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. Don’t...
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Recent Ace Records Releases by Ian Johnston – Dec 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 – Ace 40 Now, this will be make a fantastic Christmas...
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Therapy ? : Belfast : live review
Therapy? Belfast Limelight Dec 2015 Live Review So James Joyce is still fucking his sister apparently and poetic emotional songs about confusion and alienation are still being made sense of 20 years...
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U.K. Subs|The Ramonas: O2 Academy Islington, London – photo review
U.K Subs | The Ramonas 02 Academy Islington, London Dec 11th 2015 Louder Than War photographer Svenja Block takes photos of the U.K Subs and support band The Ramonas at 02 Academy in London. A most...
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Street Sessions: Open Viewing Nottingham
ColouredSouls Presents: Street Sessions Open Viewing at Rough Trade Notts – Notts collective put the spotlight on the power and talent of street art. Louder Than War’s Amy Britton reviews. Whilst...
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Gary O’Dea: Fly – album review
Gary O’Dea: Fly (Gojo Music) CD/DL Available now 8/10 For someone who’s been on the music scene since the 1980’s, Gary O’Dea remains an artist comfortably ensconced in the warm cocoon which is the...
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Show Of Hands: The Long Way Home – album review
Show Of Hands: The Long Way Home (Proper Records) CD/DL Released 15th January 2016 8/10 Some twenty plus years into their career there’s talk of them returning to their musical roots. Phil Beer and...
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Holy Sons: Fall Of Man – album review
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The Tapestry: Islington Mill, Salford – live review
The Tapestry ist ist Lunar Islington Mill, Salford 12th December 2015 Walking down to the five storey creative hub that is the Islington Mill on a dark cold December night you’d be hard pushed to...
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Happy Mondays: Cambridge – live review
Happy Mondays Corn Exchange, Cambridge Saturday 5th December 2015 It’s time for a reassessment of Happy Mondays. For far too long now Happy Mondays have been considered a mainstream, commercial...
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Andre Rieu @ Aberdeen – live review
Andre Rieu The AECC Aberdeen 9th December 2015 Words & Pictures: Dod Morrison As I wait for the Andre Rieu to arrive on stage I look at the well lit up stage, with loads of chairs for the...
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Dr. John Cooper Clarke: Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall – live review
Dr. John Cooper Clarke Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 13th December 2015. Christopher Lloyd checks out Dr. John Cooper Clarke on his ‘Anthologia’ tour. Heaven and Hell? Up above us there is a man on a...
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Madonna : Manchester : live Review
Madonna Manchester Arena Dec 2015 Live Review Madonna. Love her or loathe her, she is the biggest selling female artist in history and arguably one of the most famous people on the planet. Ever...
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Year Of Glad: Old Growth – album review
Year Of Glad – Old Growth (Vox Humana Records) LP / DL Out Now 8 / 10 Experimental drone/folk act release their new album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. ‘Dramatic’ is one of many words...
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Clutch: Brixton O2 Academy – live review
Clutch Brixton O2 Academy 12 December 2015 Live Review When Maryland based rock band Clutch come to town you know you are going to see a show. Clutch rounded out their European tour with a near...
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Villy Raze ‘Secrets Six Feet Under’– album review
Villy Raze ‘Secrets Six Feet Under’ (Antipop) CD / DL Available now 8/10 ‘Secrets Six Feet Under’ marks a departure from...
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The Prodigy: Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham – live review
The Prodigy Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham 3rd December 2015 Alumni of the early hardcore scene, The Prodigy are perhaps one of Britain’s most beloved and critically acclaimed groups. Fuelled by manic...
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Orlando Seale and The Swell: Oslo, London – live review
Orlando Seale and The Swell The Oslo, Hackney, London 11th December 2015 Orlando Seale and The Swell have had an interesting run of singles so far, establishing them as an act unlike almost any other...
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Plastic Pinks: Sunnyside Rabbits – album review
Plastic Pinks – Sunnyside Rabbits (Burger Records/Last Bummer Records/Cincope) LP/CS/DL Out Now Plastic Pinks continue to be a major exciting force in Florida’s nascent rock scene with their first full...
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