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Protag- bass player from the great Zounds/Blyth Power and ATV : RIP
One of the great anarcho punk bands Zounds lost their recent bass player Protag. A populariser face on the British punk scene Protag’s death has shocked the scene. Zounds left the following statement...
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Iron Witch/Ten Foot Wizard/Baba Naga: The Lug’ole, Sheffield – live review
Iron Witch/Ten Foot Wizard/Baba Naga The Lug’ole, Sheffield 14th February 201 Sheffield’s Lug ‘Ole plays host to the sludgy and sleazy as Iron Witch and Ten Foot Wizard continue their tour. Louder...
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Brit Awards – Ultimate Music Prize Or Corporate Bun Fight?
There is one rule in life and that is that any awards ceremony where you have to wear a bow tie should be given a wide bearth- add to this any awards ceremony where they tell the press to mention the...
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Major Exhibition Celebrates Aylesbury Friars With Ripped Ziggy Shirt And...
A major new exhibition of music memorabilia, featuring David Bowie’s ripped Ziggy Stardust shirt, will take place in honour of the historic British music venue Aylesbury Friars from Monday March 1st....
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Bo Ningen Reveal First Track From Forthcoming New Album. Plus Tour News!
A cursory search for “Bo Ningen” on Louder Than War reveals live reviews galore – in Manchester, London, Southampton and Bristol to name just four of them. So you can, I’m sure, imagine how excited we...
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Manchester Night and Day noise row- case goes to court and could get heavy
The ongoing noise row concerning Manchester’s iconic Night and Day venue looks set to get messy with the owners facing fines of tens of thousands of pounds or even time behind bars as part of an...
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Watch This! Great New Video by Dead Fader – First Sampler Off New Album Due...
Back in 2012 we ran a review of the astonishing “Work It No” EP by noisy post-industrial artist Dead Fader. Our man at the time described it as “…an essential acquisition and one of the most exciting...
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Win tickets to see Dreadzone, Ferocious Dog, Goldblade, 3 Daft Monkeys and more…
Win tickets to see Dreadzone, Ferocious Dog, Goldblade, 3 Daft Monkeys and more… There are 100′s of gigs every week, bands playing in arena’s, venues, and the back room of their local pub – how many...
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Newsflash : Prince to play Academy One in Manchester
Newsflash : Prince to play Academy One in Manchester The post Newsflash : Prince to play Academy One in Manchester appeared first on Louder Than War.
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new issue of Vive le Rock magazine – Stranglers front cover
There is a new issue of our favourite magazine.- Vive le Rock. It features a huge in depth feature on the Stranglers and features on Adam Ant, Sid Vicious and loads of punk and...
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Blixa Bargeld and Teho Teardo to play London on March 18th
This is a gig worth getting excited about… Einsturzende Neubaten singer Blixa Bargeld and Italian composer Teho Teardo will be bringing their brilliant ‘A Quiet Life’ album for a one of...
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The Woodentops: Granular Tales – album review
The Woodentops – Granular Tales (Cherry Red Records) CD/DL 24 February 2014 9.5/10 Original Indie rockers, The Woodentops, release their first album for twenty-five years. Louder Than War’s Paul...
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The Alex Turner acceptance speech in full
It’s not often at something as tightly controlled as the Master Bates Brit Awards that anyone is allowed to cut loose and say what they feel. After all feel is the last thing this rampaging white...
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At £77 a ticket is Manchester footing the bill for Prince’s PR jaunt?
A couple of weeks ago Prince turned up in London playing a series of secret shows and grabbing the headlines. The idea was pretty neat – Prince is famous for his after hours club shows and most often...
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Nordic Giants: Ruby Lounge, Manchester – live review
Photo of Nordic Giants by Melanie Smith Nordic Giants Ruby Lounge, Manchester Feb 18th 2014 Louder Than War duo Nicky Crewe (words) and Melanie Smith (photos) went to see Brighton based post-rock duo...
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Is it time to revamp the Brits – viewing figures slump to all time low
The Brits has been roundly pasted on the internet and in our circles and that’s to be exopected. As people who listen to music with a passion the site of a aircraft hanger full...
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Frack Off! why fracking is a stupid idea
Fracking is a stupid idea Extracting gas from shale a couple of miles beneath us, using atomic pressure, a cocktail of chemicals and vast amounts of water that will then become toxic...
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New Artist of the Day: White Suns – check out new video by bludgeoning...
White Suns have been on our radar for a little while now so this isn’t exactly a case of a brand new artist, but we’re guessing some of you won’t have heard of them yet. If you fit into that category,...
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Northern Punk Scene Mourns Martin “protag” Neish
The DIY punk scene reacted with shock a few days ago as the news filtered through that bassist, producer and all round hero of the DIY punk scene, Martin “protag” Neish, has passed away after a short...
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Tim Burgess: interview – we talk to the O Genesis record label boss
With a roster of artists from the Membranes and Minny Pops to Slowgun and Hatcham Social, Tim Burgess’s O Genesis Recordings has emerged as an independent label triumph. As a compilation of the...
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