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Matmos: Ultimate Care II – album review
Matmos – Ultimate Care II (Thrill Jockey Records) LP / CD 19 February 2016 8.5 / 10 Experimental electronic duo release their new album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. If listening to the...
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BBC6 Music Festival: Bristol – live review
No matter what your thoughts on the BBC are, there is no denying that the rise and popularity of 6 Music has, and is helping support a wider range of music being played on radio and that can’t be a...
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Avital Raz: Sad Songs About The End of Love – album review
Avital Raz – ‘Sad Songs About The End of Love’ (Sotones Records) CD/DL Release date: 12th February 2016 ‘Sad Songs About The End of Love’ unlocks the exploratory nature of sound itself, through sensory...
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Billy McCarthy: Cluny, Newcastle – live review
Billy McCarthy (Augustines) Cluny, Newcastle 13th February 2016 Augustines front man thrills a packed audience with a set that transcends the music, his wit and incredible storytelling are the...
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The Pop Group: For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? – album review
The Pop Group – For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? (Freaks R Us) CD / DL 19 February 2016 9 / 10 English post-punk band re-release their second album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates...
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Eagles Of Death Metal Return to Paris : live review
Eagles of Death Metal Paris 16 February 2016 Tony Scott and his partner Justine were two of the survivors from the original Eagles Of Death Metal gig in Paris. They wrote a brilliant and emotional...
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Le Lizard Royale : New South-Coast band who defy categorisation -premiere...
Le Lizard Royale are a new band from Southampton. They are beyond categorization but like Black Grape and Fat White Family they mix and mash-up genres and have an all-important attitude and chemistry...
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Interview and album review: Healthy Junkies
Interview of Nina Courson and Phil Honey-Jones of London based Punk band The Healthy Junkies. Their 3rd LP “Box Of Chaos” is to be released on the 20th of February 2016. Having first heard the...
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James: Academy 2, Manchester – live review
James Academy 2, Manchester 17th February 2016 James play the first of two launch show’s for their fifteenth studio album with a hometown gig at Manchester’s Academy 2. Louder Than War’s Katie Clare...
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Parkway Drive: O2 Academy Brixton, London – live review
Parkway Drive | Bury Tomorrow | Thy Art Is Murder O2 Academy Brixton, London 12th February 2016 Parkway Drive’s Ire tour stopped off in London last weekend – Paul Grace was there to see the boys from...
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Slipknot | Suicidal Tendencies | SikTh: First Direct Arena, Leeds – live review
Slipknot | Suicidal tendencies | SikTh First Direct Arena, Leeds 13th February 2016 My first trip to the new First Direct Arena in Leeds, (well newish – it opened in 2013) and my first Slipknot gig...
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Arrows Of Love | Lead Sister: Shacklewell Arms – Dalston London- live review
East London based Arrows of Love return to the Shacklewell Arms for a local gig in front of local people. Keith Goldhanger turns up and realises that this is the kind of night everyone once dreamed...
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Cage The Elephant: O2 Academy, Liverpool – live review
Cage The Elephant O2 Academy, Liverpool 18th February 2016 Rowdy Kentucky rockers Cage The Elephant bring their new album, Tell Me I’m Pretty, to Liverpool for a dehydration inducing sweat-fest,...
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MONEY: Think Tank, Newcastle – live review
MONEY Think Tank, Newcastle 15th February 2016 An impassioned and compelling set from one of Manchester’s finest bands right now, MONEY are truly on fire. Fresh of the release of their second...
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New Artist of The Day: ILSER – LJ’– Single review
Louder than war’s Ioan Humphreys has a listen to ILSER and is suitable blown away. From the outset, this band are ‘grungy’ in the most 1992 way possible. However, this lazy comparison is no way a...
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Bambara: Swarm – album review
Bambara – Swarm (Arrowhawk) Released 04/03/16 9/10 Louder than War have a lesson in abrasive noise melody from some well informed New Yorkers. Good stuff! Bambara are a three piece Brooklyn based band...
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DMA’S: Hills End – album review
DMA’S: HILL’S END Infectious Music CD/DL Released 26th February Already having attracted the attention of The Guardian and the radio playlisters, the DMA’S are probably much more content with being...
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Joe Brown: Alban Arena, St Albans – live review
Joe Brown Alban Arena, St Albans 19th February 2016 Joe Brown is back on the road again, Louder Than War’s Craig Chaligne caught his show on the penultimate date of the first leg of his 2016 tour in...
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The Joy Formidable, The Deaf Institute, Manchester
The Joy Formidable The Deaf Institute, Manchester 21st February 2015 Welsh trio The Joy Formidable make a triumphant return to Manchester on the first night of a run of intimate venue shows. Louder...
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Enter Shikari – live review
Enter Shikari Nottingham – 20 February 2016 Bournemouth- 22 February 2016 Live Review I have been totally unashamed over the past 18-months to tell anyone who will listen that Enter Shikari are the...
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