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Charli XCX covers I Want Candy’ in Bow Wow Wow style
Charli XCX has been doing rather well recently. The young British pop star who was first reviewed in Louder Than War has been to number one in America with her MIA flavoured take on modern pop music....
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Roni Size announces new solo material & the return of mercury award winning...
Groundbreaking British drum ’n’ bass pioneer (and Mercury prize winner), Roni Size, has announced a new album and EP due for release later this summer. Both projects will be released on his new label,...
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Indie supergroup ahoy! Thurston Moore has formed a new band with My Bloody...
Indie supergroup ahoy! Thurston Moore has formed a new band with My Bloody Valentine bass player Debbie Googe. Just to keep the heavyweight status the band also includes Sonic Youth drummer Steve...
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…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead announce UK tour in support of...
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead announce UK tour in support of forthcoming new album. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead have announced a run of European tour dates to coincide with...
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Audio Premiere: Inspiral Carpets – Spitfire. New Single From The Madchester...
The Inspiral Carpets are due back with their first studio album in twenty years on 29 September 2014, the cover art for which can be seen above. Entitled simply Inspiral Carpets it’ll be released...
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Split Festival: Mowbray Park, Sunderland – preview
Split Festival – Sunderland Mowbray Park 9th and 10th of August Having taken a year off the North Easts biggest festival is back with an astonishing lineup, featuring some brilliant national bands and...
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Self Abuse: Screenage – CD review
Self Abuse: Screenage The EPs Recordings 2004-2014 (Abused Records) CD Out now Louder Than War’s Nathan Brown listens to Self Abuse’s collected output of melodic protest punk since 2004. Self Abuse...
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Arcade Fire cover Dead Kennedys ‘California Uber Alles’
Arcade Fire may be one of the world’s biggest indie bands with their polished take on alternative being a radio staple but they have a wacky edge and deeper roots than their music hints at. At a recent...
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Grey Lantern announces autumn series of gigs celebrating innovative music in...
Grey Lantern have been promoting a monthly series of gigs in Manchester at Kraak Gallery promoting the interesting and the left field, proving that the independent spirit is still very much alive in...
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Pariso / Svalbard: Collaborative Split LP – album review
Pariso / Svalbard – Collaborative Split LP (Tangled Talk Records) LP / DL Out Now 8 / 10 We recently ran an interview with members of UKHC / UKPHC (that’ll be “UK post hardcore” if you were wondering)...
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Tokolosh: Stay Strong – album review
Tokolosh - Stay Strong (Jack to Phono) CD / DL Out Now Featuring Liam Frost and various personnel from The Whip and The Earlies, Tokolosh have taken their time to produce Stay Strong, a landmark album...
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Merchandise Announce UK Tour This November And Drop New Track From Album
Ahead of the August 25th release of After The End, the new album from Merchandise (who we covered as a new band of the day a couple of years ago) and their 4AD debut (review of their actual debut),...
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Deathwish Inc. Release Free, 20 Track Summer Sampler Feat Converge And Many More
Deathwish Inc, undoubtedly one of our favourite labels and a must follow for all fans of hardcore and it’s many offshoots, have released a free sampler called A Summer Of Blood. Twenty tracks to while...
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Deadcuts: Dark Is The Night – album review
Deadcuts - Dark Is The Night (Speedowax) LP / CD Out now 9/10 Born in the dark alleys of East London some two years ago, Deadcuts have released their moody, yet triumphant sounding debut album. Louder...
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New Video by Bristol Shoegazers Fauns – the third single off their critically...
Last month Bristol’s Invada label re-released Fauns self-titled debut album after the follow-up to it, released back in December, garnered some great reviews – including our own – and lots of radio...
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999 | Night of Treason | The Flying Alexanders: Talking Heads, Southampton –...
999 | Night of Treason | The Flying Alexanders Talking Heads, Southampton 3rd August 2014 A Sunday night warm up gig for this weekends Rebellion Festival saw old -timers 999 playing an absolute...
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Pulled Apart By Horses Brew Their Own Ale And Release Acoustic Video
Pulled Apart By Horses (whose new album comes out on 1st September) have reveal their first ever acoustic video & show, plus they take a leaf out the books of such bands as Elbow, Iron Maiden and...
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Fela Kuti News – Six Individual Vinyl LPs To Be Released Alongside Finding...
Timed to coincide with the release of Finding Fela – the definitive documentary about Fela Kuti – Knitting Factory Records are releasing six of Fela’s most important albums on vinyl for the first time...
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Black Star Riders / Tax The Heat / Monster Jaw: Preston 53 Degrees – live and...
Photo above of Black Star Riders © Mike Ainscoe Black Star Riders | Tax The Heat | Monster Jaw Preston 53 Degrees 5th August 2014 Arising from the ashes of Thin Lizzy under the direction and...
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The Moods Release Debut Album Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Louder Than War favourites The Moods deliver their long awaited debut album – Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Released on August 1st, the new album includes some of the tracks which have put The Moods...
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