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Catfish and the Bottlemen: The Ride – album review
Catfish and the Bottlemen – The Ride (Capitol) CD / LP / DL Out now 7/10 The ambitious rockers play to the gallery on their pumped-up sophomore, but is The Ride worthy of admission? Sam Lambeth makes...
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Night Beats: O2 Academy Newcastle – live review
Night Beats & PINS O2 Academy Newcastle 23rd May 2016 PINS kick off proceedings with an exceptional set, before Night Beats put on an equally impressive and exciting psychedelic show. With an...
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The Nightingales : Manchester : Live Review
The Nightingales Manchester Gullivers May 2016 Live Review Of course there were no rules in punk rock. Hurtling on several decades since his first adventures on stage with one of the originals, The...
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Josef von Sternberg’s The Last Command – film review
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Black Bombers: Black Bombers – album review
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Various Artists – 61 Classics From The Cramps’ Crazy Collection – Album Review
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Beth Orton: Kidsticks – album review
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The Dandy Warhols: Northumbria University, Newcastle – live review
The Dandy Warhols Northumbria University, Newcastle 24th May 2016 Following the release of their tenth album Dandy Warhols bring Distortland to life in Newcastle alongside a plethora of hits. Tonight...
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Grapefruit: Yesterday’s Sunshine – Album Review
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Os Noctambulos : The Waiting Room, London – live review
Os Noctambulos The Waiting Room, London 25th May 2016 Paris’s finest garage rockers return to the UK for their longest tour (yet). Louder than War’s Craig Chaligne reviews their London date. Due to...
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Blue Orchids: the Once and Future Thing – album review
Blue Orchids: the Once and Future Thing (tiny GLOBAL productions) LP/CD/DL Out now from here. Brand new album from Martin Bramah and his band of perennial outsiders. The cult bands cult band. Where...
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Cabbage : Manchester Soup Kitchen : Live Review
Cabbage Manchester Soup Kitchen May 2016 Live Review Cabbage facebook page All the best bands have ridiculous names. Names that are so wrong they are right. Perfect. And as the...
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New Artist Of The Day – Spat
Hellacious girl-fronted punk from Hawick in The Borders. Louder Than War’s Joe Whyte gives us the score. I’m not sure if there’s something in the water down there, but this is the second band I’ve...
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Night Marcher: Modern Maze – album review
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Mortiis: Birmingham, O2 Institute – live review
Mortiis Birmingham, O2 Institute 26th May 2016 Sophie Sparham reviews Mortiis’s live show, Demons are Back. It may have been five year since his last release, but Mortiis is back with vengeance....
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Puscifer : Manchester : Live Review
Puscifer Bridgewater Hall Manchester 30 May 2016 Live review Puscifer is the side project of Tool frontman, Maynard James Keenan – a man who plays music by his own rules. LTW contributor and...
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Sun Ra Orkestra – Cappadox festival – live review
Sun Ra Orkestra Cappadox Festival, Turkey May 21 2016 Alan Ewart recently enjoyed an introduction to Cappadox Festival, Turkey’s newest and most exciting festival of Contemporary Art. Whilst there he...
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Evolution Emerging – Festival Review
Evolution Emerging Festival Various Venues, Newcastle 28th May 2016 Venues around Newcastle plays host to some of the finest bands and artists the North East has to offer and proves how incredible the...
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Observed in a Dream: Mayflower Madame – Album Review
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Journey to the Shore – film review
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