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Exhailers: Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham – live review
Four of the West Midlands’ finest new bands took to the Sunflower Lounge’s stage on Friday 24 June, all displaying the tunes, the talent and the tenacity to elevate the second city scene. Headlined by...
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Paul Draper: EP One – EP review
Paul Draper – EP One (KScope) CD/Vinyl/DL Out now It’s been over ten years since cult Britpop band Mansun faded away. The band, who first appeared with the grandiose strings of the underrated classic...
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Goddesses: Goddesses – album review
Goddesses – Goddesses DL Released 14 July 2016 7/10 An intriguing debut of experimental and psychedelic shoegaze from Derby four-piece Goddesses. Sarah Lay reviews. It’s a dream; you’re sure it’s a...
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Razor Sharp Death Blizzard: You Will Burn – album review
Razor Sharp Death Blizzard – You Will Burn Self Released CD/DL 9/10 They’re back. And they’re even fucking angrier and heavier than before. Razor Sharp Death Blizzard. Here to kick your arse. Joe...
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Fates Warning: Theories Of Flight – album review
Fates Warning: Theories Of Flight (Inside Out) 2LP vinyl/special edition 2CD mediabook/DL Released 1st July Fates Warning have been around a long time – it’s been thirty plus years since 1984’s...
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Saul Williams: o2 Institute Birmingham – live review
Saul Williams Birmingham o2 Institute 24th June 2016 Saul Williams tears through Birmingham on the day when everything went wrong. Louder Than War’s Christopher Lloyd reviews. “It’s a fucked up...
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Listen to this! Exclusive stream of new Rosie Bans EP!
We’ve long been a fan of Rosie Bans at Louder Than War and so the news that her fourth EP, Opia is being streamed exclusively for one month is something we are very proud of. Produced by Bans and...
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Squirrel Records Presents: Nuts & Vaults – album review
Squirrel Records Presents…Nuts & Vaults (Squirrel Records) 2 x CD Available now 9/10 Venerable punk rock and indie label Squirrel is calling it a day after hitting 45 (well, nearly). Glenn Airey...
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The Bongolian: Moog Maximus – Album Review
The Bongolian -‘Moog Maximus’ (Blow Up) Released 1st July 2016 180g Vinyl/CD/Digital 9/10 Fifth album from the Bongolian, taking us through the fractures of time like HG Wells, landing in ancient...
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Radio Birdman: Warehouse, Falkirk- live review
Radio Birdman Warehouse, Falkirk June 25th 2016 Supported by The Fuckin’ Godoys No, you haven’t stumbled onto The Daily Mash satire site. You read that headline correctly- legendary Sydney proto-punk...
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Love Revisited: The Jazz Cafe, London – live review
Love Revisited The Jazz Cafe, London 29th June 2016. Members of the last incarnation of Love reunite to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the passing of Arthur Lee. Louder Than War’s Craig...
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The Crash Mats ‘Now That’s What I Call Crash Mats 69’– album review
The Crash Mats ‘Now That’s What I Call Crash Mats 69’ (Horn & Hoof Records) CD | DL Rel Date: Available now Debut release from The Crash Mats; the Oldham based three piece who are mature enough to...
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Happy Accidents: You Might Be Right – album review
Happy Accidents – You Might Be Right (Alcopop) CD / LP / DL Available now 7/10 “Oh why can’t I just enjoy anything?” asks Neil Mandell on Happy Accidents’ debut album. He obviously hasn’t listened...
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The Indigo Palms: Live It Up – single review
The Indigo Palms – Live It Up DL 15 July 2016 Welsh singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist The Indigo Palms (Johnny Boon, previously known as The Lost Embers) is soon to release his...
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Calan Mai: Cup – single review
Calan Mai – Cup (Self Released) DL Out now Calan Mai is the moniker of Jordan Lawrence who, early last year, relocated from Gold Coast, Australia to Manchester. Cup is the new single from his upcoming...
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Mass Production: In A City Groove/’83 – Album Review
Mass Production – In A City Groove / ’83 (Soulmusic Records) 2CD/DL Released 8 July 2016 Last two Cotillion albums of the Norfolk, Virginia-based 10 piece Funk band Mass Production from 1982 and 1983...
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Tough Tits: Hairless – EP review
Tough Tits – Hairless DL / Cassette Available now LTW editor Sarah Lay gets her ears around the debut EP from noisy, Newcastle garage punks Tough Tits. Formed last December Newcastle three-piece Tough...
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Bolshy, Bonzai Massacre, Sleep Beggar, Maines @ Conwy – live review
Bolshy, Bonzai Massacre, Sleep Beggar, Maines Saturday 2nd July 2016 Comrades Club, Conwy Review courtesy of Link2Wales Wow! What a great gig… The second of such at The Comrades Club, tucked within...
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Beck: Brixton Academy – live review
‘Ultimate Loser’ Beck brings his Wow tour to Brixton Academy for a set of greatest hits and fan favourites. Scarlett Pares Landells reviews. Images by Naomi Dryden-Smith. This is not a review; this...
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Mick Harvey: Delirium Tremens (Vol 3 of Serge Gainsbourg interpretations /...
Mick Harvey Delirium Tremens (Mute) CD / DL Out now 9/10 It has taken 20 years for Mick Harvey (former member of the Birthday Party and the Bad Seeds) to resume his project of translating Serge...
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