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The Men They Couldn’t Hang – 30th Anniversary Album Campaign
Photo of The Men They Couldn’t Hang © photo credit Max Ellis Great news for fans of Peel favourites The Men They Couldn’t Hang – they’re celebrating their 30th anniversary next year in style, with a...
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The Fontanelles: Horns Of Freedom – album review
The Fontanelles – Horns Of Freedom (First Word) LP/ CD/ DL Out Now 8.5/10 Afrobeat fusion band, The Fontanelles, unleash their debut album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates has a listen. Ever...
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Robyn Hitchcock: Bristol – live review
Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Hitchcock The Lantern, Colston Hall, Bristol 8th Nov 2013 Robyn Hitchcock, the man who calls his music ““paintings you can listen to”, has recently been on tour and Louder Than...
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Louder Than War Interview: BITCHES
Louder Than War catch up with “London based, fuzzed up noise-pop, boy-girl, bass-drum duo BITCHES,” whose music “makes for dancing and fighting and good times” (© their Last.fm profile), a few days...
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Television: The Roundhouse, London – live review
Television The Roundhouse, London 19th Oct 2013 Protopunk originals Television play The Roundhouse and Willow Colios revisits songs from his favourite album. “Give me Love, give me Can, give me Meat...
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Blogger Launches CD For Mental Illness Charity
Louder Than War brings you news about a new charity CD featuring many well-known and less well know stars of the music world. All proceeds from the sale of the CD will go to a mental illness charity,...
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top 10 alternative songs about the death of President Kennedy
Here is a list of alternative songs about the death of president Kennedy- the moment where the sixties started and the ripples of which affected the next generation who most of these bands come...
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Future of the Left: Thekla, Bristol – live review
Future of the Left Thekla, Bristol 15th November 213 Welsh post-hardcore rock band Future of the Left have been touring their latest album, ‘How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident’ (our review) in...
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Out next week, the worlds first (probably) compilation released on CD and bike!!
Here at Louder Than War we like interesting releases, be it coloured vinyl, USB releases, cassettes and beyond – we featured the O Genesis label released Nik Void single with the playable sleeve, we...
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Temples: Electric Ballroom, Camden – live review
Temples Electric Ballroom, Camden 15th November at Having just spent a very busy summer and autumn touring, Temples have just announced that their debut album, ‘Sun Structures’, is to be released...
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Paul Weller to take part in Christmas fundraiser for Save the Children
Save the Children is thrilled to announce a stellar line-up for its annual Christmas Tree Sessions. Brit pop band Supergrass’s Gaz Coombes, indie rock bands Lanterns on the Lake and The Moons, jazz and...
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Kevin Coyne: Blame It On The Night – album review
Kevin Coyne - Blame It On The Night (Turpentine Records) CD/ DL Out Now Great lost 1974 Kevin Coyne LP finally surfaces on CD – Frank Bangay rejoices at the deluxe treatment and bonus tracks. In the...
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Thurston Moore and Lily Allen in twitter spat
Lily Allen seems to be able to start a war in a paper bag or at least get into twitter rows with the ease of an old school pop star from back in the days when everyone cared/gave a fuck/ or liked to...
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Gary Barlow: Since I Saw You Last – album review
Gary Barlow – Since I Saw You Last (Polydor Records) CD / DL Released 25 November 2013 5/10 For better or worse Gary Barlow is setting the stage for his legacy to be thought of as one of the great...
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UK Subs: Grimsby – live review
UK Subs Yardbirds, Grimsby November 15th 2013 I like a bit of chaos. The UK Subs come to Grimsby and idp goes to see a punk icon in action. In an era when TV talent shows can turn a no hoper into a...
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Louder Than War Interview: The View
With a new album slated for 2014 The View are seeing out this year with a UK tour. And, as we found when Moscow correspondent Alexandra Rose Shebeko chatted to them, they’re backing independence for...
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More Recent Ace Records Releases by Ian Johnston – November 2013
Ian Johnston brings us his latest round-up of recent vital releases from Ace Records, probably the best re-issue label in the world. Etta James – Good Rockin’ Mama On sumptuous pink vinyl, here is the...
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Happy 10th Birthday to TNS Records…
Happy 10th Birthday to TNS Records… TNS Records is a Manchester based independent record label. TNS (That’s Not Skanking) was founded in 2003 as a fanzine and to put on local gigs. In 2008 TNS evolved...
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The Selecter announce ‘Too Much Pressure’ 35th Anniversary tour
The Selecter have announced details of their ‘Too Much Pressure’ 35th Anniversary Tour They will perform their iconic 2-Tone released ‘Too Much Pressure’ album in full for the first time ever… Iconic...
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Live at KCRW – album review
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Live at KCRW (Mute) CD / LP / DL Due Out 2nd December 2013 9/10 2013 has been a remarkable year for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The question is; how do you top a year...
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