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The Fall – Dublin – live review
The Fall Button Factory, Dublin 18 July 2012 The Fall play to a big but slow-to-get-going crowd in Dublin on the first of three Ireland tour dates. Stefan Murphy is part of a long tradition of great...
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My City Of Ruins – The Riots & The Olympics
With The Olympics about to kick off Ross Keen reflects on what was happening in the streets of London a year ago – The Riots. London 2012 is finally upon us. After nearly a decade of planning and...
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Meet The Creators Of Some Unique Stone Roses Art Work
Three very talented Stone Roses fans have each used their know-how and skills in creating their own very unique and beautiful pieces of ‘Roses’ inspired art. From mosaics and stone carvings to pin...
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Can a pop superstar wear a Black Flag T shirt?
in another case of a pop superstar borrowing the symbols of the underground scene, Fergie, the vocalist from Black Eyed Peas was photographed in a Black Flag t shirt. There was much controversy on...
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Plan B wears Skrewdriver on T shirt in photo session
Continuing the debate about wearing random old school band T shirts without getting the connotations of the logo we spotted pop star Plan B wearing a Skrewdriver T shirt in a photo session for men’s...
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Maximum RnR, The Dementias and Vincent And The OnePotts – live review
Maximum RnR, The Dementias and Vincent And The OnePotts VoodooGoo 20th July 2012 Adrian Bloxham managed to catch the first night of the Maximum RnR tour the other day – and quite a night it turned out...
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Hollie Cook, Dub Pistols, Jimmy Cliff, Black Roots, Neneh Cherry – album reviews
Various album releases: Hollie Cook, Dub Pistols, Jimmy Cliff, Black Roots, Neneh Cherry CD/LP/DL Various Release Dates. Giving him a rest from punk rock electric guitar, LTW gave Ged Babey some...
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Cock Sparrer, Krawallbrueder : live review
Cock Sparrer Krawallbrueder Sound Of The Streets festival July 19th 2012 Live review The Sound of the Streets festival is a big German street punk festival held near Frankfurt in Germany every year....
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The Louder Than War Playlist: 22nd July 2012
The Louder Than War Playlist Each week we present the Louder Than War Playlist’ – Each of the staff contributors select three tracks that are getting their feet tapping… They can be brand new; they...
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Plan B statement on Skrewdriver shirt
Plan B has made a statement about the Skrewdriver T shirt that he was wearing in the recent Shortlist photo session. As we suspected the singer, one of the most articulate voices of his generation,...
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Bob Dylan new song, Early Roman Kings…listen here
new Bob Dylan songNew Bob Dylan track ‘Early Roman Kings’ sounds great. Dylan does a fantastic gruff vocal over a blues workout that is flavoured with Tex Mex making a highly effective track. It’s...
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Fuji Rock Festival 2012 – live review
Fuji Rock Festival 2012 Naeba, Niigata, Japan Friday 27 – Sunday 29 July Our correspondent in Japan fills us in on the highs of Stone Roses, Jack White, The Specials and Refused at Fuji Rock Festival...
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On the buses with Morrissey
Moz Smith and Elspeth Moore hop on board The Smiths express to check out the sights of the band and Morrissey’s Manchester and Salford. We now have proof that ‘The Rain Falls Hard On A Humdrum Town’...
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Y Not Festival – live preview
Y Not Festival 2012 Near Matlock, Derbyshire 3 – 5 August 2012 We take a look at the line-up for this weekend’s Y Not Festival happening in Derbyshire. Y Not, now in its eighth year, may be a small...
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Madchester- the poster : featuring all the faces (and missing a few!)
Madchester- the poster… A club up in Scotland did a spoof of the peter Blake classic Sgt Pepper sleeve for their Britpop night. It was mainly Manchester faces and a few from London. Identity in...
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Paranoid Visions, Loaded 44, Liz is Evil and the Dubtones – Dublin – live review
Paranoid Visions, Loaded 44, Liz is Evil, Dubtones Fibber Magees, Dublin 20 July 2012 There are plenty of Irish bands on the line-up for Rebellion in Blackpool this weekend – we take a look at the...
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Win weekend tickets to Rhythm Festivals 2012…
Win weekend tickets to Rhythm Festivals 2012… Many of you will have seen last week’s post from LTW boss John Robb confirming that the site is the fastest growing music and culture site in the country…...
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Rebellion Festival – live update…
Blackpool is thronged with punks from across Europe, the sun is shining – it must be Rebellion!! Its only the second day of The Rebellion Festival and already some of the bands have made their mark to...
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New Artist of the Day: Filthy Boy
James Endeacott is to raw talent what a divining rod is to water. I reckon he vibrates when he spots a hot new band. He has brought us The Strokes, The Libertines, The View and his latest discovery is...
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First Song From Frank Turner’s New Hardcore Band Hits The Net.
Who remembers the piece we ran almost exactly a year ago titled “Frank Turner to form hardcore band again?” It was based on an inteview with NME where Frank said: “I have a concrete plan when I get...
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