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Evil Blizzard announce London gig – 29th May 2014
Evil Blizzard announce London gig… Louder Than War Records signings Evil Blizzard have just confirmed a rare London gig: Thursday, 29th May 2014 The Lexington, 96-98 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JB...
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Golden Retriever: Seer – album review
Golden Retriever – Seer (Thrill Jockey) CD/DL 24 March 2014 8/10 Electronic/Acoustic duo, Golden Retriever release their new album. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates reviews. Golden Retriever have an...
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The Zips Release Title Track From Their Album 19 Forevva
Glasgow band The Zips release title track from their great album. Glasgow based punks The Zips will be familiar to many from their appearances at Rebellion Festival and support slots to the likes of UK...
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Aziz Ibrahim’s 50th Birthday Party Celebrations: The Roadhouse, Manchester –...
Photo of Aziz Ibrahim © Melanie Smith Aziz Ibrahim’s 50th Birthday Party Celebrations The Roadhouse, Manchester 19th March 2014 On the eve of guitar wizard Aziz Ibrahim’s 50th birthday event we ran...
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Bird to Beast: Gullivers, Manchester – live review
Photo of Hannah Hird © Shay Rowan. Bird to Beast Gullivers, Manchester 13th March 2014 Louder Than War’s Nicky Crewe checked out hotly tipped “psych-folk” band Bird to Beast last week. Her review’s...
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We Are Scientists: Rock City, Nottingham – photo review
Photo of We Are Scientists above © Kristen Goodall We Are Scientists Nottingham Rock City 13th March 2014 On 3rd March and after 13 years together New York-based indie rock band We Are Scientists...
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Adam Ant Recruits Two Original Members of Adam and the Ants to Perform a Six...
You better snap up the last few tickets for Adam Ant’s upcoming UK Dirk shows… PRESS RELEASE: ADAM ANT STOP PRESS. 21st March 2014 Adam Ant Has Recruited Original Drummer, Dave Barbarossa And Bass...
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Swans preview artwork for new ‘To Be Kind’ album
The Swans new To Be Kind album- the follow up to their epic ‘The Seer’ opus is due out in May and they have started to float hints of its greatness with this, the cover art, and a new track leaked to...
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Blixa Bargeld and Teho Teardo: London Union Chapel – live review
Blixa Bargeld and Teho Teardo London Union Chapel 18th March 2014 There he is, the master collaborator Blixa Bargeld – the heartbeat of the genius Einsturzende Neubaten and the musical documenter of...
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Robert King (former singer from the Scars and now solo) favourite top 10 albums
4. T.Rex – The Slider Marc Bolan bossed the early 70s-ok David Bowie was the key cultural force but there is something about Marc’s deceptively brilliant pop rush’s that is more genius-that knack of...
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Robert King (former singer from the Scars and now solo) favourite top 10 albums
5. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs If you want to know about the sixties learn the Beatles back catalogue. If you want to do the same with the seventies then do the same with David Bowie. On this album he...
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Robert King (former singer from the Scars and now solo) favourite top 10 albums
6. Roxy Music – Roxy Music Roxy Music pretty well patented the classic British art school cool when they appeared in the early seventies. their music was stylised and presented like art and the sweaty...
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7. Cockney Rebel – Psychomodo For a brief flicker of time Steve Harley was cool- really cool. Judy Teen even knocked Bowie off his perch for a week or two and it seemed like there was going to a...
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9. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks Now encased in the rock canon it’s almost become impossible to remember just how terrifyingly revolutionary and thrilling both punk rock and the Sex Pistols...
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Robert King (former singer from the Scars and now solo) favourite top 10...
8. Serge Gainsbourg – Histoire de Melodie Nelson The polar opposite of the modern PC scrubbed celebrity, Serge Gainsbourg looked like he had just crawled out of bed and stank of sex and stale booze. I...
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Robert King (former singer from the Scars and now solo) favourite top 10 albums
10. Fire Engines – Lubricate Your Living-room - the greatest pop band ever who were never popular… - With their manic combination of Richard Hell, Beefheart Trex mashed through the sulphate rush of...
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Robert King (former singer from the Scars and now solo) favourite top 10...
The top 1o favourite albums from the rest of Robert King’s current band… William Baird Sorry, took my time… I hate lists, fucking stupid… THE ROLLING STONES – Exile on Main St. The last Stones album...
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Svengali – Film Review Of Special Screening
The film Svengali received its much anticipated cinema release yesterday and the film’s creator and star Jonny Owen chose to view it at a screening Manchester last night. Jacky Carroll and Elspeth...
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Simone Felice: Strangers – album review
Simone Felice – Strangers (Team Love Records) CD / LP / DL Released 24 March 2014 9/10 A beautiful album of raw honesty, intimate, poetic storytelling. Sarah Lay tells us why Simone Felice’s solo...
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Louder Than War Interview: Colin Gibbins and Colin White, Organisers of A...
Louder Than War talk to the organisers of an upcoming special live Factory Records event which will be featuring sets by Section 24, Crispy Ambulance & Minny Pops. Vinyl Revival’s A Factory Night...
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