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David Cameron defies Johnny Marr ban on listening to the Smiths
David Cameron has hit back at Johnny Marr’s partly tongue in cheek tweet that ”David Cameron, stop saying that you like The Smiths no you don’t. I forbid you to like it,” after the prime minister...
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Nick Cave number one in midweek album charts
Nick Cave looks set to have his first number one album with Push The Sky Away (reviewed here…)It’s a remarkable achievement for the singer who has had brief brushes with the chart before and gives us...
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The Pop and Politics Supper Club- a new type of talk night; and you are invited
Pop & Politics InviteWe would very much like to invite you to join us at the very first Pop & Politics Supper Club, to be held on Tues 5th March upstairs at The Coach & Horses, Greek St,...
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Louder Than War Launch Club Night With Bands In Tokyo
Louder Than War presents IRO IRO Vol.18 – A Night of Live Music in TokyoThe creative, informative and emotional force of music is never more dynamic and honest than when it’s live. With the power of...
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Conor Oberst: Paris – live review
Conor Oberst Cafe De La Danse, Paris Saturday 2nd February 2013A darling of the indie/folk/singer-songwriter scene for a number of years now, Conor Oberst brings his solo show to a lovely and intimate...
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an open letter to the Brit Awards
Dear Brit Awards,We had great fun last night laughing at your never-ending glossy showbiz extravagnaza.We watched the modern equivalent of the Royal Variety Show whilst clapping in our cheap seats and...
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Worst album cover ever? check the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs sleeve
Look, we love the band. A lot.Got all their records and seen them live loads but what is this cover!Is it deliberately bad? some kind of hipster bad that we just don’t get!The post Worst album cover...
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I Am Kloot: Barbican, London – live review
I Am Kloot, Jesca Hoop Barbican, London 19th Feb 2013On the back of their first top-ten album “Let It All In”, I Am Kloot have embarked on a two-week long sold-out national tour. Long-time fan Dave...
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New Artist of the Day: Elephant Stone
Louder Than War introduce Canadian psych band Elephant Stone who’ve just real eased a new single ‘Setting Sun’A sound that up till now has pretty much been a product of its time and place, psychedelia,...
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Jack White named as 2013 Record Store Day Ambassador & rumoured RSD releases…
Jack White has been named as the 2013 Record Store Day Ambassador.As the founder of Third Man Records, White has played a prominent role in the resurgence of vinyl and the mainstreaming of record...
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The Future is Grey: Thoughts On This Month’s Unemployment Figures
Louder Than War enters the murky realm of serious politics with a partly satirical but mainly serious (and all round very good) blog about this months unemployment figures….According to figures...
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Arbouretum Interview by Willow Colios
Arbouretum are touring the UK and Ireland this week on the back of their new LP ‘Coming out of the Fog’. Louder Than War met up with David, Matthew, Brian and Corey at the tail end of last year and we...
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The Brits: Firing Blanks Again
The Brit Awards 2013 London O2 Arena, SE10 Wednesday 20th February 2013Although your editor is strongly of the opinion that we shouldn’t give The Brits the oxygen of publicity (let alone the oxygen of...
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Savages : Electric Ballroom : London : live review
Savages Electric BallroomLondon live review There is much hyperbole and big talk in rock n roll and often enthusiasm is mistaken for hype but as Savages reach an astonishing peak in their live set I...
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SupaJamma: Holmfirth Picturedrome – live review
SupaJamma Picturedrome 15th Feb 2013SupaJamma are a Manchester band who draw their influences from rock, punk, electro, dub, hip hop to name a few. They recently took themselves over to Yorkshire for...
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Forthcoming Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry film ‘Vision Of Paradise’ launches...
Forthcoming Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry film ‘Vision Of Paradise’ – launches Kickstarter campaign…Starting in the late 60s with The Upsetters, Lee Scratch Perry wrote the book on Jamaican mixing desk trickery,...
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The Silence Of The Fans?
Yesterday saw the ire of the North being directed at Leeds Arena after a suggestion by a prominent Leeds promoter that two of the most important independent music purveyors in the city had been snubbed...
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Inch Time: Myth & Impermanence – album review
Inch-time Myth & Impermanence (Mystery Plays Record) CD/DL Out NowAustralian born-London based producer Stefan Panczak’s new album under the name Inch Time) combines experimental jazz with ambience...
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Lawrence Bray of ScenicLife Interview by Roisin Kelleher
Louder Than War’s Roisin Kelleher interviews Lawrence Bray – lead singer, guitarist and song-writer for ScenicLife, who has a lot to say for himself, and is certainly no shrinking violet! This is a...
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Nick Cave live podcast of new album is on now…
The podcast of Nick Cave playing his brilliant new, Push The Sky Away, album is on youtube till 2pm today (Saturday). It sounds fucking great…The post Nick Cave live podcast of new album is on now…...
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