Bo Ningen Release Brilliant Video For Track Off Their New Album – psychedelic...
The brilliant Bo Ningen announced last week that their latest album, III, will be released on May 12th. We at Louder Than War got hold of a copy a couple of weeks ago and frankly it’s not going to...
View ArticleFranz Ferdinand: Manchester Academy – live review
Franz Ferdinand Manchester Academy 22nd March 2014 Fresh from releasing their much acclaimed fourth album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, and with a new single, due out next week Franz...
View ArticleRobert Smith releases statement on Cure website about his comments about...
Robert Smith has taken to the The Cure website to defined/explain comments in a recent XFM interview where he claimed that ”I was worn down by the fucking idiots around me at the time, I should have...
View ArticleWu-Tang Clan: Keep Watch (Single Review)
Wu-Tang Clan: Keep Watch (Single Review) Out Now There have been all sorts of delays and even talk that the forthcoming Wu-Tang’s sixth studio album A Better Tomorrow won’t be coming out at all....
View ArticleCourtney Love to reunite Hole and also plans a Kurt Cobain musical – thoughts?
Courtney Love to reunite Hole and also plans a Kurt Cobain musical. The ever controversial singer and wife of the late Nirvana frontman confirmed that she is reuniting the mid 90′s Hole line up in a...
View ArticleTom Waits to tour?
Mr. Waits awaits his driver….as the wide open roads of ‘heart break USA’ await… There is no official announcement, no rack of tour dates, no secret announcement but there is a glimmer of hope that the...
View ArticleLouder Than War Video Premiere: Led Bib – New Teles. Stunning new video from...
Mercury nominated jazz-rock 5 piece Led Bib are set to release their latest album on the 21st April. Titled The People in Your Neighbourhood it’s coming out, like a lot of current releases, thanks to...
View ArticleWhite Hills share new video for Mist (Winter), Confirmed as Playing Liverpool...
The brilliant White Hills, fresh from a cameo in Jim Jarmusch’s latest film Only Lovers Left Alive, have just released a new video of their trademark psychedelic interstellar rock to accompany the...
View ArticleManic Street Preachers: Manchester Apollo – live review
Photo of Manic Street Preachers © Melanie Smith Manic Street Preachers Manchester Apollo 1st April 2014 I sneak into a darkened Apollo as support band Wolf Alice release their final howl. Shame I...
View ArticleCricket/football lookalike XI
Meet manager Roberto Mancini (aka Haseeb Amjad, Hong Kong)! To mark the World T20 final (April 6) in Bangladesh this weekend here is the less than definitive selection of cricketers from the very same...
View ArticleNapalm Death release special Roadburn Festival EP and charity Cardiacs...
Napalm Death release special Roadburn Festival EP and charity Cardiacs cover-download! After a successful run of dates all across Europe including shows with Hatebreed and The Exploited, Grindcore...
View ArticleGoodtime Boys stream taster off their soon to be released Bridge Nine album Rain
We’ve been following the progress of melodic hardcore / screamo outfit Goodtime Boys for some time now and were stoked when they were invited to join the roster of influential Boston hardcore label...
View Article‘steal from the poor to give to the rich…’ Virgin trains excessive fares and...
As Robin Hood never said but is definitely the modern mantra for buck toothed scoundrels and grinning uber rich cash bullies… ‘steal from the poor to give to the rich…’ There are several different...
View ArticleListen To This: Brilliant New Track From Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
Canadian experimental rockers Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (who formed ostensibly as a side project to the thunderous and apocalyptic Montreal collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor) are...
View ArticleWatch This: New Video From Ringo Deathstarr
Austin, Texas shoegazing noise popsters Ringo Deathstarr have received a fair bit of attention from Louder Than War over the years – interviews, album reviews, and a top 10 favourite albums for...
View ArticleTop 50 worst band names ever or most outrageous, or just plain stupid
Prior to the recent Rebellion Festival I was wandering the streets of Amsterdam and found a rather fine second hand record store near to The Royal Opera House, amongst the racks I saw and bought a CD...
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Pete Wylie, Mersey Wylie, Tom Carroll Liverpool Zanzibar 28th March 2014 Live Review My first thoughts on entering the venue was if the fire brigade turned up now, the gig would be off. I've never...
View ArticlePete Wylie : Liverpool : Live Review
Pete Wylie, Mersey Wylie, Tom Carroll Liverpool Zanzibar 28th March 2014 Live Review My first thoughts on entering the venue was if the fire brigade turned up now, the gig would be off....
View ArticlePerfect Pussy: Say Yes To Love – album review
Perfect Pussy: Say Yes To Love (Captured Tracks) CD/LP/DL Out now Look past the dissonance to uncover a feminist punk-pop missile aimed at the heart of the alt-rock mainstream says Louder Than War’s...
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