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‘Kickers Flickers and DiPPers’ – the psychedelic tale of late 70s/early 80s...
‘Kickers Flickers and DiPPers’ – the psychedelic tale of late 70s/early 80s north Manchester Perry Boy culture Colin McGill Book review available from Amazon Far too often the history of...
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Zombina & The Skeletones ‘Charnel House Rock’ – album review
Zombina & The Skeletones ‘Charnel House Rock’ (Ectoplastic Records) CD/DL Released 3rd March 2014 Long awaited follow up to the 2008 released ‘Out Of The Crypt and Into Your Heart’ album, though...
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Exclusive: first view of new Merry Hell video ‘Loving the Skin You’re In’
Merry Hell have released a new video and download single to tie in with their forthcoming spring tour – and it’s a Louder Than War exclusive. Loving The Skin You’re In is taken from the folk-rock...
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Detestival announce first wave of acts for 2014, including Sleepy Sun,...
Detestival announce first wave of acts for 2014, including Sleepy Sun, Turbowolf, Pins, Slaves, Lola Colt & God Damn After an amazing first year that saw two-sold days featuring the likes of Toy,...
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New Band Of The Day: Puppet Rebellion
There’s a huge buzz in Manchester around Puppet Rebellion. On the eve of the release of their second EP No Means Yes, David Brown met with frontman Simon Monaghan and guitarist Craig Gibson to talk...
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Rebellion Festival 2014 – Day splits announced
Rebellion Festival 2014 – Day splits announced Rebellion Festival 7th-10th August, The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, UK Rebellion Festival has now announced the day splits for 2014 – No doubt people are...
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The Horrors announce new album details – watch youtube for new single
LTW faves and the influential band that were the harbingers on the new tripped out Acid Reign music of the past few years The Horrors have announced a new album called ‘Luminous’ The band’s fourth...
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Neneh Cherry: Blank Project – album review
Neneh Cherry: Blank Project (Smalltown Supersound) LP/CD/DL Out Now 7/10 After an 18 year wait Neneh Cherry returns with a new album – and produced by Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) nonetheless. Was it...
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Eagulls: Eagulls – album review
Eagulls: Eagulls (Partisan Records) CD / DL / LP Due out March 3rd 2014 At the end of last year Eagulls announced the release of their debut album, a 10-track effort recorded in Leeds between touring...
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Plantagenet 3 & A Little Orchestra: The Dark Ages – ep review
Plantagent 3 & A Little Orchestra – The Dark Ages EP (Jitter) Jitter 7″ Out Now According to the press release Plantagenet 3 are an instrumental guitar duo who describe themselves as “post-surf”,...
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Lucero Announce Three UK Dates in April
Memphis, Tennessee based country-punk rock band Lucero, who regularly play between 150 and 200 shows a year, are headed over to the UK in April. Details below. “Drinking is an emotional thing. It...
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Peg / Hand Habits: Split EP – ep review
Peg / Hand Habits – Split EP (Eschatone Records) 10-inch vinyl / download Out now Score: 9/10 Sheridan Riley debuts Peg, her brand new psych-rock solo project, via a split with Hand Habits, who feature...
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Louder Than War Interview: CJ Wildheart (from The Wildhearts)
If you’re a regular visitor to these pages you’ll know that Louder Than War is home to quite a few battle hardened fans of The Wildhearts, a band who, despite top 10s and a worldwide fanbase have...
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Cadaver Club: A Fate Worse Than Life – album review
Cadaver Club ’A Fate Worse Than Life’ Label: Pirate Heart Records Out Now: CD/Download Infectious macabre pop punk from Ireland’s first bona fide funeral band. Louder Than War’s Ray Burke reviews. “The...
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Oasis to release remastered Definitely Maybe with extra tracks
Oasis to release remastered Definately Maybe with extra tracks . The big youtube announcent on the Oasis site was about the 20th anniversary rerelease of their classic debut Definatley Maybe album...
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Morrissey: Your Arsenal – album review
Morrissey – Your Arsenal CD (comes with bonus DVD of previously unreleased live concert from 1991) / LP / DL Out Now Your Arsenal, the album that broke Morrissey in the US, has just been reissued by...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: St Johns-at-Hackney Church, London – live photo review
Ryuichi Sakamoto St Johns-at-Hackney Church, London 20th February, 2014 Ryuichi Sakamoto is a Japanese musician, activist, composer, record producer, writer, singer, pianist, and actor, based in Tokyo...
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The Unsemble ‘The Unsemble’ – album review
The Unsemble ‘The Unsemble’ (Ipecac Recordings) CD/DL/LP Released: 3rd March 2014 4/10 The Unsemble are what many may term a “supergroup” comprising as it does of members of Tomahawk, Einsturzende...
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Gifted Kings: Lose What Makes You – album review
Gifted Kings – Lose What Makes You LP/CD/DL Out Now 7/10 Glaswegian rockers Gifted Kings release their debut album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. From the outset, the signs are good for...
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Louder Than War Interview: Marissa Nadler
Marissa Nadler is now 10 years into her career with six albums under her belt – or seven if you include the 2012 mini album, The Sister. The stunning new LP, July, is her debut on the wonderful Bella...
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