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The Eels : Manchester Academy : live review
The Eels Manchester Academy March 2013 live review the Eels photo Grimshaw GlassjawEels first three albums rarely left my walkman as I ran the gauntlet to school, dodging fists and anything else that...
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Throwing Stuff: TSFU – album review
Throwing Stuff – TSFU DLThrowing Stuff set out to be a sort of boozey spoof of great 80s hardcore, think dischord meets Dischord. Louder Than War’s Adrian Bloxham has been listening to their new album...
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Ruts DC: Reading Rooms, Dundee – live review
Ruts DC The Reading Rooms, Dundee March 17th 2013 Words: Windsor Punk Photos: Dod MorrisonThe night starts by strolling into The Reading Rooms, to be met by Leigh Haggerty manning the merch table for...
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The Strokes: Comedown Machine – album review
The Strokes: Comedown Machine (RCA Records)CD/DL26th March 2013Managing to release a near perfect debut album, The Strokes exploded onto the music scene with ‘Is This It’ in 2001 and with it came great...
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Savages annouce release date and details of debut album
LTW favourites Savages have announced details of their debut album. It’s joint released by Pop Noire and Matador and is called ‘Silence Yourself’ and is out on on May 6th.Listen to album track, She...
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Stornoway: Tales from Terra Firma – album review
Stornoway-Tales from Terra Firma (4AD) LP/CD/DL Out NowNyika Suttie takes a listen to the new Stornoway album that came out earlier this month on 4AD records. She likes what the Oxford band has on...
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New artist of the day: Rubberbear
Rubberbear are a cool mystery, a sort of electro pop tinged affair from Manchester who create pure pop with an intangible twist. They have that northern ice cool and a ghost like presence and an...
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An open letter to George Osbourne
Dear George, or may I call you Gideon as I don’t often get the chance to use that name? I see you have a twitter account.Welcome to 2010!And your first tweet was ‘Today I’ll present a Budget...
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The Varukers ’1984-2000′ – Album review
The Varukers: 1984-2000 (Anti-Society Records) CD Out nowThe latest in the Anti-Society series of re-releases, this Varukers double CD gives you 4 LPs and 2 EPs – 63 tracks in all – spanning from 1984...
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Bon Jovi prevents David Bowie from having his first American number one album
Nicely shampoo-ed rockers Bon Jovi have stormed to the top of the American charts preventing David Bowie’s back from the dead comeback from having a fairy tale conclusion.The Thin white duke...
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Klaus Dinger & Japandorf: Japandorf – album review
Japandorf ‘Japandorf’ (Groneland Records) Vinyl/CD/DL Released 25th March 2013Considering the media frenzy regarding Kraftwerk’s recent series of gigs at the Tate Modern, this release from ex-member...
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Exclusive European Streaming of New Tracks By The Street Dogs
Yesterday we ran an interview with The Street Dogs Mike McColgan in which he talked, amongst other things, about the band’s new 7″, “Crooked Drunken Sons”.Alongside the interview we suggested you check...
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New Artist Of The Day: The Wind-Up Birds
Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates has been listening to The Wind-Up Birds. Leeds lads preparing to break through.The City of Leeds has got it good. It’s home to the Wind-Up Birds for a start who are...
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Depeche Mode: Delta Machine – album review
Depeche Mode – Delta Machine (Columbia) CD/DL/LP 25 March 2013Depeche Mode return for their thirteenth studio album to a waiting fan base. Louder Than War sourced for itself a pre-release copy of...
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Tim Booth of James releases new live solo video
James frontman Tim Booth has released a live video of Monkey God from one of his solo shows on the 2011 Love Life tour.As well as recent writing recording sessions with James for a new album, which...
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Lene Lovich: Winchester – Live review
Lene Lovich The Railway, Winchester8/3/2013JJ Burnel used to assault journalists in the late 70’s but who would have thought that in 2013 Lene Lovichs bassist would be dishing it out to LTWs Ged...
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Peter Murphy from Bauhaus arrested
Peter Murphy enters not guilty plea in LAEx-Bauhaus front man Peter Murphy has entered a plea of not guilty following an alleged hit and run incident in Glendale, near Los Angeles, California, on...
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British Sea Power – Machineries Of Joy album review
British Sea Power Machineries Of Joy (Rough Trade)Fifth album: it’s regrouping and consolidating time for Britain’s most functionally-dressed mentalists.It might be assumed, now that we’ve all shuffled...
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The Wagoneers: Austin, Texas – live review
The Wagoneers The Continental Club, Austin, TX March 10th, 2013A long drive was punctuated by a live music experience of a lifetime with Texas legends, the Wagoneers, for LTW’s wandering reviewer Chris...
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Stone Roses/ Shane Meadows film announces Manchester premier- band to attend
Shane Meadows’ highly anticipated documentary THE STONE ROSES: MADE OF STONE, about the legendary Manchester band, will open on 5 June across the UK and Ireland through Picturehouse...
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