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Mt Judge: Time Machines – album review
Mt Judge – Time Machines (Adult Teeth Recording Company) DL Available now A deep, but gorgeous, album of ambient soundscapes. 8/10 Timothy Leary once stated about LSD that it was important to think...
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New Artist of the day: CuT
London band CuT sound like a lot of your favourite bands if a lot of your favourite bands sound like (and I’m quoting selectively from the text below here) “The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Ramones,...
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No Joy: Wait to Pleasure – album review
No Joy – Wait to Pleasure (Mexican Summer) DL / LP Available now 9/10 Plenty of ’90s shoegaze influences surface on the sophomore release from No Joy, but they prove only that the genre still has...
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Ginger Baker’s Jazz Confusion; the Railway, Winchester
Ginger Baker’s Jazz Confusion The Railway, Winchester Oliver Gray is from Winchester, an author, reviewer and promoter of Americana shows at the Railway pub venue under the SXSC banner and all round...
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Beady Eye new album playback- the verdict on Liam’s new one
Gallagher younger cops a lot of flack from people which has always puzzled us. We know he has an abrasive, cardboard cut out, tabloid version of himself out there in the public eye but that’s not the...
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LTW boss John Robb in special spoken word event at Harrogate arts festival on...
Tickets for the event are from here Harrogate has a month long arts festival from June 4th to 27th and has asked LouderThanWar to get involved. Next year we will be curating a whole tent but this...
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New Artist of the Day: Cold Shoulder
We’re currently in the midst of a whole ‘new wave’ of underground indie, which – if I speak for myself – I’m getting a bit bored of. Luckily, we’re here to introduce you to new bands that rekindle...
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Keith Top of the Pops – live review!
Keith Top of the Pops and his Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band Munich Atomic Cafe 8 May 2013 Awesome. Word: Andy Barding The post Keith Top of the Pops – live review!...
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Sounds Of Swami ‘Sounds Of Swami’ – album review
Sounds Of Swami ‘Sounds Of Swami’ (TNS Records) CD/DL Available now Sounds of Swami formed in late 2005 in Keighley, West Yorkshire, despite this it’s taken until now for the release of this their...
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Little Sparrow: Chorlton Nook And Cranny – live review
Little Sparrow Chorlton Nook And Cranny May 25th 2013 Little Sparrow’s headline set as part of the Chorlton Arts Festival was scheduled for the Nook And Cranny, a tiny little bar / restaurant bar by...
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Undercover Festival announces inaugural line-up… inc Dreadzone & The Cockney...
Louder Than War has previously reported the demise of any number of music festivals, one such being Guilfest which went under following poor ticket sales in 2012 – with a Main Stage line-up that...
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The return of The Fits – interview with classic punk band
I grew up in Blackpool with Mick Crudge of The Fits. We shared rehearsal rooms when I was in The Membranes and the he was in The Fits. They started as rudimentary punk and were the kings of the local...
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The Lo-Fi Poet Band: Police Car – EP review and the rise of the ‘Southampton...
The Lo-Fi Poet Band: Police car EP (Onion records) CD Out 31st May 2013 Debut EP by sleazy groove merchants in a Mondays’ stylee from Sarf-amp-tun. “Hey Muuuussssh! If you need to score and there...
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TV Smith – interview and gig review with The Adverts’ man
TV Smith Foremans Bar, Nottingham 23 MAY 2013 Louder Than War’s Amy Britton headed to Nottingham to catch an intimate TV Smith gig and catch up with the man himself. Sometimes you want to go were...
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The Orb Featuring Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: Ball Of Fire – single review
The Orb Featuring Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Ball Of Fire (Cooking Vinyl) Vinyl/DL Out Now The new single from the unlikely combination of The Orb and Lee ’Scratch’ Perry is given the once over by Louder...
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Ferocious Dog: Ferocious Dog – interview and album review
Ferocious Dog – Ferocious Dog CD Out Now 9/10 Hailing from Nottinghamshire, Ferocious Dog are a folk-punk band who’s following is only going to get bigger. Louder Than War’s Nyika Suttie speaks to...
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The Gramotones: Manchester Pretty Green – live review
The Gramotones Manchester Pretty Green 26th May There’s a growing buzz about The Gramotones, built upon a growing reputation as a live band with a fantastic knack for harmonies and great...
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Phildel: The Disappearance Of The Girl – album review and interview
Phildel – The Disappearance Of The Girl (Decca) CD/DL 3 June 2013 9.5/10 Everyone is talking about her, but, what is all the fuss about? Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates tells us about the new...
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Neils Children: Dimly Lit – album review
Album Review Neils Children: Dimly Lit (Boudoir Moderne) DL / Vinyl Out Now Back from the dead, the UK’s most under-rated experimental psych-pop band release contender for album of the year, or so says...
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Peter Hook & The Light announce October / November 2013 UK & Ireland Tour
Peter Hook & The Light Announce October / November 2013 UK & Ireland Tour performing New Order’s “Movement” and “Power, Corruption & Lies” Tickets for all dates go on sales Friday 31st May...
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