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Slowgun – interview
We’re really digging Slowgun recently – we premiered a couple of their videos a few weeks back and now we’ve been lucky enough to snag the first interview with the dream-pop band. And it’s a great time...
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Billy Bragg, Geoff Travis amongst winners of the AIM independent music awards
Last night’s AIM awards in London was a celebration of a new kind of indie culture. Long gone are the days of Crass records and gluing your own record sleeves all night in seedy bedsits, this new...
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Ghost Of The Avalanche: Hide The Truth – album review
Ghost Of The Avalanche – Hide The Truth (Casseblank Records) Limited edition ‘blood-red’ cassette / DL Out 13th of September 2013. Bath based self proclaimed “two-piece noise punks” Ghost Of The...
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Cassette Store Day
Our man gets all nostalgic about a format that some us could’ve sworn had died out – then tries to flog you his own (rather good) latest release, one strictly being released on cassette only of course....
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Front Line Assembly ‘Echogenetic’ – album review
Front Line Assembly ‘Echogenetic’ (Dependent Records) CD/DL Released 7th September 2013 The whole formulaic nature of Electronic/Industrial music has spawned some truly dreadful, bargain-binned items...
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Half Man Half Biscuit Announce Gig In Weird Location – A Barn In Somerset
The great Half Man Half Biscuit have announced a one of gig in Somerset in a barn that seems to be almost impossible to get to. It sorts of sums up their career! The brilliant band who operate beyond...
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Don’t Look Now: Music From Films – A Fundraiser For Bristol’s The Cube...
Tomorrow night (5th Sept) a fundraiser with a difference is taking over Bristol’s pioneering twenty-first century theatre, The Old Vic, a fundraiser in the form of a night of “music from films”. All...
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Rob Castle marries Corey Parks : Former Black Bullets frontman weds...
May Louder Than War be the first to congratulate Corey Parks and Rob Castle on their wedding today, September 5th 2013. Corey is a true Rock Legend. Six foot three, tattoo-ed, wild-woman bassist with...
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Jeffrey Lewis: WWPRD – ep review
Jeffrey Lewis And The Rain - WWPRD EP (Rough Trade) DL/Vinyl Out Now Score: 9/10 Jeffrey Lewis’ new release WWPRD celebrates Pussy Riot and calls on all artists to take a moral stand. Pussy Riot became...
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Roky Erickson: The Evil One – album review
Roky Erickson – The Evil One (Light In The Attic) CD/LP/DL Out Now 8/10 Light In The Attic are currently reissuing the Roky Erickson solo records of the 1980s: including arguably one of his best works...
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Franz Ferdinand: New Slang, London – live review
Photo © Nick Kersey. Franz Ferdinand Kingston, London, New Slang 29th August 2013 Right band, right songs, right show from the sprightly Scottish art-rockers. “Right thoughts, right words, right...
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Louder Than War Interview: Sudanese Child Soldier Emmanuel Jal
South Sudan is in a state of absolute chaos at the moment, I think we’re all agreed about that. The Sudanese Government and army have failed its people. The Government security forces have engaged...
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Matthew Healy of The 1975′s Top Ten Albums
Photo of The 1975′s Matthew Healy © Katie Louise Clare. The 1975 released their debut album earlier this week – an album they promised us would be “A big, romantic 16 track album”. (Check out our...
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Austin Lucas: Stay Reckless – album review
Austin Lucas – Stay Reckless (New West Records) Vinyl, CD, Digital Download Out Now Rumour has it that Austin Lucas was taught how to sing by his musician father Robert Lucas before he could even...
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BL’AST!: Blood – album review
BL’AST!: Blood (Southern Lord) CD / DL / LP Out Now Bl’ast! From The Past…..Seminal US dardcore band’s demo gets unearthed, remastered, mixed by Dave Grohl (when asked if he wanted to be involved with...
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Factory Floor: Factory Floor – album review
Factory Floor – Factory Floor (DFA) CD / DL / LP Released 9 September 2013 9/10 The debut from Factory Floor has been much anticipated and it delivers experimental electronica beyond expectation to be...
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Circle Traps: Obelisk – EP review
Circle Traps – Obelisk EP (Five Easy Pieces) Vinyl/DL Out Now 6/10 London trio, Circle Traps, release their new EP and Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates is on hand to review. Obelisk is one of those...
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Transmission 13: The Great American Disaster – album review
Transmission 13 – The Great American Disaster (self release) DL Out Now 8.5/10 Manchester act Transmission 13 release their third album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. ‘Kaleidoscopio‘,...
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Arctic Monkeys: AM – album review
Arctic Monkeys - AM (Domino) CD / LP / DL Due out 9th Sept 10/10 Is this the first post indie album? Indie has become a redundant concept- an IKEA music- a snap together set of shelves of easily...
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Win Tickets To See Badly Drawn Boy, The Minx and The Suns at Cavfest
The second Cavfest takes place on Saturday 21st September and Louder Than War have a ticket for a family (up to two adults and two children) to give away. The festival which takes place at Cavendish...
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