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Andrew Weatherall discusses his new project The Asphodells : in depth interview
the great Edwardian eccentric leaves the potting shed The world of DJing is full of chancers and blaggers but right inside its inner core are some of the most innovative musical minds out there. Andrew...
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Is it right to use charity to sell a pop record?
Stuck for an angle? Need to look a little bit more charitable? Then slap the charity sticker on your single… It’s hard to believe that anyone could be that cynical and it does smack of the lowest...
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Mike Scaccia of Ministry, Revolting Cocks dies of heart attack – RIP
Sad news has reached us from the USA. Last night, Saturday 22nd Dec 2012 whilst Rigor Mortis were on stage in Fort Worth, Texas, founder Mike Scaccia collapsed due to an apparent heart attack. He was...
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General: Where Are Your Gods Now? – album review
General: Where Are Your Gods Now? (Catacomb records) CD/DL/LP Out Now. West Midlands band General are a hard rocking proposition, something their new album, Where Are Your Gods Now?, leaves you (and...
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The Loaded: Taylor Johns House Coventry – live review
The Loaded Taylor Johns House, Coventry December 2012 We recently covered The Loaded as a new band of the day. Since they’ve gone from strength to strenght. Adrian Bloxham recently caught a live show...
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New Model Army: Vengeance, The Whole Story 1980-1984 – album review
New Model Army Vengeance The Whole Story 1980-1984 CD/LP/DL Out Now A huge release from NMA showcasing all their best & some of their rarest ever releases leaves Adrian Bloxham very nostalgic. I...
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Sonance: Like Ghosts – album review
Sonance: Like Ghosts (Self Released) DL Out Now A few weeks back Sonance released an absolute beast of an album which has had the kind of blogs that specialise in bands that can loosely be gathered...
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The Damned & The Dickies: Birmingham Academy – live review
The Damned & The Dickies Birmingham Academy 13th December 2013 Louder Than War’s Macthehack recently attended a gig by both The Damned & The Dickies at Birmingham’s Academy. And here he is...
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Were the Mayans wrong? Are you sure there wasn’t an Apocolypse?
With all the Twitter and Facebook hysteria surrounding the numerical coincidence of the date (which shouldn’t have been that much of a surprise, we’ve seen it coming since, oooo, the beginning of...
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Robbie Williams to appear on £10 note? poll opens for which celeb to appear...
There is something quite cheesy about stuffy old institutions trying to appear pop- it’s bad enough thinking of David Cameron finger clicking and dancing like an accountant to the Smiths whilst singing...
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Robbie Williams to appear on £10 note? Poll opens for which celeb to appear...
There is something quite cheesy about stuffy old institutions trying to appear pop – it’s bad enough thinking of David Cameron finger clicking and dancing like an accountant to The Smiths whilst...
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Merry Christmas from Louder Than War…
Merry Christmas from Louder Than War May we just take the opportunity to wish all our readers, our contributors, the bands we feature, the labels we support, the film makers, the authors etc a very...
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Rancid’s Tim Armstrong announces new side project
Tim Timebomb And Friends is the latest side project of Rancid’s Tim Armstrong. They have been uploading covers onto the Internet, the latest of which is a cover of “Do You Wanna Dance.” Tim writes:...
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Wanted! New bands for Louder Than War new bands of 2013 list…
We are just compiling the famous Louder Than War new bands list for 2013. We already have some great stuff on there but we are always looking for more. Please get in touch if you are in a band or...
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My Bloody Valentine finish mastering new album. Ready for release for 2013
Friends of Louder Than War My Bloody Valentine (their first proper press interview was conducted by LTW boss John Robb – read it here) have announced on their Facebook page that they have finished...
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Fox hunting ban to be repealed? ‘Still The unspeakable in pursuit of the...
‘The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable’ once claimed Oscar Wilde and a ‘sport’ where one animal is chased by several others sat on horseback armed with packs of hounds, fox hunting is hardly fair...
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New Johnny Thunders film needs your help…
Johnny Thunders is one of the greats. Forget the drug legend he was the coolest looking guitar hero on the planet. When he was in the anew York Dolls his appearence on the Old Grey Whistle Test in...
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Gerry Anderson creator of Thunderbirds RIP
Gerry Anderson the creator of Thunderbirds and Joe 90 and may other classic sixties TV series has died at 90….more details to follow The post Gerry Anderson creator of Thunderbirds RIP appeared first...
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Pussy Riot fundraiser in Toyko
We’ve been sent footage by our friends at Shatterjapan from a fund-raising event for Pussy Riot that took place in Tokyo on November 4th. This is the weird and wonderful headlining act, Group A....
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Retro Britpop heroes Pulp release new track (sort of)
The unlikely heroes of the Britpop era Pulp have had a positive response to their greatest hits set since they reformed a couple of years back. Much loved in the UK the band have been a huge success...
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