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UB40: Leeds – live and picture review
Photo of UB40 above by idp UB40 O2 Academy, Leeds 3rd April 2014 My previous encounters with UB40 having been at arenas where, although a few brave souls did stand up to boogy gingerly on the...
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Breaking news: Peaches Geldof dead at 25
We are sorry to report the death of Peaches Geldof at the age of 25. The daughter of Bob Geldof was found dead at headdress in Kent – details are not yet forthcoming. Kent Constabulary report they...
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Speedy: News from Nowhere – album review
Speedy – News from Nowhere (The Lost Music Club) CD / DL Available now Originally due to be released in 1997 Sheffield Britpop band Speedy’s debut has suffered quite the delay. It’s now been rescued...
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Comeback Kid: Die Knowing – album review
Comeback Kid – Die Knowing (Victory Records) CD / DL / LP Out Now Since releasing their debut full-length in 2003 Canadian band Comeback Kid has been an undeniable staple of the hardcore community....
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The Jesus and Mary Chain reform! announced for Off festival and other...
The legendary mid 80s noiseniks The Jesus And Mary Chain have reformed for a round of festivals and maybe even a potential new album. The Reid brothers are back working together again for a timely...
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OFF!: Wasted Years – album review (also check out tour dates in October)
OFF! – Wasted Years (Vice Records) CD / LP / DL Out Now LA hardcore punk band OFF!, the guys with the punk rock pedigree as long as long can be, release their eagerly awaited third album today. For...
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Chicken Diamond: My Name Is Charles ‘Chicken’ Diamond – album review
Chicken Diamond – My Name is Charles ‘Chicken’ Diamond (Beast Records) CD Out 14th of April French one man blues band described as ‘Blunk’, ‘Raw Blues’ or ‘Alternative Blues’ steps up once more with...
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Gerard Malanga: The Poetry Club, Glasgow – live review by BMX Bandit Duglas...
“Gerard Malanga Signed My Banana” – Duglas T. Stewart. Photo by Laura Lui. Gerard Malanga The Poetry Club, Glasgow April 4th 2014 Gerard Joseph Malanga is an American poet, photographer, filmmaker,...
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Polar Bear: London XOYO – Live review
Polar Bear London, XOYO 2nd April 2014 Polar Bear’s cosmic jazz beats open up new worlds for Louder Than War’s Paul Margree. Seb Rochford’s cheeky glitch jazz critters have sashayed into London as part...
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The Skull Defekts: Dances In Dreams Of The Known Unknown – album review
The Skull Defekts – Dances In Dreams Of The Known Unknown (Thrill Jockey) LP/CD/DL 7 April 2014 10/10 Swedish experimental rockers The Skull Defekts release their new album. Louder Than War’s Paul...
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Comedy preview: The Z List Dead List – London, 13.4.14
Comedy Preview The Z List Dead List The Camden Head Sunday April 13th @ 4pm Comedian Iszi Lawrence who we loved at Edinburgh Fringe in 2012, hosts The Z List Dead List this Sunday in Camden Town, the...
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Nivek Ogre fr Skinny Puppy and Hellraisers ‘Pinhead’ star in retro slasher...
Nivek Ogre fr Skinny Puppy and Hellraisers ‘Pinhead’ star in retro slasher ‘Scream Park’ ‘Scream Park’ is a retro slasher horror flick in the Hatchet vein starring Hellraiser’s Doug Bradley and...
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Slothrust: Of Course You Do – album review
Slothrust – Of Course You Do (Badabing Records) CD/LP/DL Out now 8.5 / 10 Slothrust tick all the boxes with their latest album. The Brooklyn three-piece stun Nat Lyon with their honesty, rawness and...
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new band of the day : Second Hand Wings
LTW premieres the Official debut video for ‘Tears (From My Heart)’ from Bolton-based indie folk group Second Hand Wings. Second Hand Wings Facebook page It’s the joy of the unexpected that can deliver...
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Louder Than War Video Premiere: Thomas Truax – plus news of new album and...
Photograph of Thomas Truax above courtesy of Paul Maps @ joyzine.org. Fans of quirky one man bands and experimental music made with loop pedals, homemade instruments (esp ones with names such as Mother...
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Boris: New Song By Japanese Noise Rock Trio And Details Of New Album
Japanese trio BORIS have just announced details about the imminent release of their first official album in three years, titled Noise. The band have also shared the first track, Quicksilver, off it –...
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Watch the great new video from Chain And The Gang
Chain and and The Gang are the current vehicle for highly influential former frontman of Nation Of Ulysses frontman Ian Svenonius who has the smarts, the sass and the ideas to be the spokesperson for a...
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Southern / Outer Himalayan Reissue Rudimentary Peni’s Debut LP, Death Church
Southern / Outer Himalayan are reissuing Rudimentary Peni’s debut LP, Death Church, on 12th May. After bumper reissues of Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric, Cacophony and Archaic, it is now time for...
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Simone Felice – top 10 songs
The new album from Simone Felice, Strangers, is a glorious realisation of raw emotion and crafted songwriting. As he heads off on a UK tour we catch up with him and chat about the songs that mean the...
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Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong: Clwyd Theatre, Cymru – theatre review
Photo above © Jack Ladenburg Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong Clwyd Theatre, Cymru April 7, 2014 Dave Jennings reviews a brilliant and moving stage production of the classic Great War novel as it hits North...
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