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Black Pus announce UK & European tour
Black Pus announce UK & European tour Black Pus AKA Brian Chippendale, one half of noise-rock gods Lightning Bolt, will be taking his hard-hitting solo project to UK shores and on into mainland...
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In depth letter from Istanbul about the Turkish revolution
Dear Friends, It has been a while since the riots started in Istanbul and spread out to other cities in Turkey. Finally we have found time and space to write you a summary and our point of view. We...
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Louder Than War Presents IRO IRO (vol.19): Crawfish, Akasaka, Tokyo – live...
Louder Than War presents IRO IRO vol.19 Crawfish, Akasaka – Tokyo 25th May 2013 Committed to bringing the joy and splendour of live music to everyone, Louder Than War’s second night of live music in...
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PINS / Brown Brogues: London The Lexington – live review
PINS / Brown Brogues London The Lexington 6th June 2013 PINS defy the Manchester stereotype of boys with guitars and prove themselves as one of the most vital bands coming out of the city and more than...
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Top 20 ‘Scared To Get Happy’ Indie-Pop Albums Part 2
Part Two of the rundown… the Definitive Top 20 UK Indie-Pop Albums to celebrate the release of the Scared To Get Happy 5 CD Box-set on Cherry Red. As decided by fair-weather indie pop fan Ged Babey...
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Wara: Leave To Remain – Movimientos Records
Wara – Leave To Remain (Movimientos Records) CD/DL Out Now Louder Than War reviews the début album by Wara, UK-based young revolutionaries & stars of a burgeoning latin scene. Just when you were...
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New Band Of The Day: The Screw Ups
The Screw Ups are a six piece band from Connecticut and Massachusetts who describe themselves as a Ska / Reggae / Punk band. If this makes you think you might be in for something along the lines of The...
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Ane Brun: Songs 2003-2013 – album review
Ane Brun – Songs 2003-2013 (Balloon Ranger) CD/DL 10 June 2013 9/10 Norwegian songstress, Ane Brun, releases a ten year, 32 songs retrospective on Monday which contain rare and previously unreleased...
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Dirtmusic: Troubles – album review
Dirtmusic – Troubles (Glitterbeat Records) LP/CD/DL 10 June 2013 10/10 The new album from members of The Walkabouts and Bad Seeds plus several Malian musicians is an “album of quite stunning quality”....
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Wrekmeister Harmonies: You’ve Always Meant So Much To Me – album review
Wrekmeister Harmonies – You’ve Always Meant So Much To Me (Thrill Jockey) LP 10 June 2013 8/10 The new album by Wrekmeister Harmonies is a brilliant, one track affair showcasing drone at its best....
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Recent Ace Records Releases by Ian Johnston – June 2013
Here are a few more vital recent releases from Ace, probably one of the best reissue labels in the world. By Ian Ian Johnston. 1. The Cramps – Look Mom, No Head! Featuring the sterling work of ace...
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The Stone Roses at Finsbury Park, Friday 7th June – EXCLUSIVE FIRST REVIEW
Stone Roses Finbury Park, London Friday 7th June Motown classic ‘Stoned Love’ reverberates around the blazingly sunlit Finsbury Park as the bursting at the seams audience gives an applause as reverent...
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Win a pair of tickets to Solfest 2013 ft. Flogging Molly, Maximo Park, New...
Win a pair of tickets to Solfest 2013 For our latest competition we are delighted to have teamed up with Solfest 2013 to offer a pair of tickets for the entire festival…2013 marks the tenth...
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Camp Stag | Hands Out | Moscow: Bad Edit, Stoke on Trent – live review
Camp Stag | Hands Out | Moscow Stoke on Trent, Bad Edit 26 May 2013 A new confidence is stirring within Stoke’s often undervalued music scene. Glenn Airey watches as three great new bands come of age....
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The Abyssinians – Glasgow: live review
The Abyssinians Glasgow ABC May 16 2013 Legends is an overused word in music journalism but sometimes it’s justified – Joe Whyte reviews The Abyssinians for Louder Than War. ‘Forty five years of sweet...
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Wolf Alice & Best Friends: 60 Million Postcards, Bournemouth – live review
Wolf Alice Bournemouth, 60 Million Postcards 8th June 2013 Wolf Alice have been going from strength to strength of late, playing the likes of The Great Escape Festival and being played on radio 1....
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Manchester Sound: The Massacre :review of great play that links the 1819...
who’se smiling now Ten minutes into this long and fascinating play and I’m feeling the dread nostalgia for acid house- that eruption of anarchy and good times in the late eighties that revolutionised...
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Mikal Cronin: MCII – album review
Mikal Cronin – MCII (Merge Records) CD/LP/DL Out Now Longtime Ty Segall cohort and multi-instrumentalist Mikal Cronin’s ambitious sophomore album has more power-pop polish but loses none of the raw...
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Paul Weller Announces UK tour dates
Having just released one of his best albums for years Paul Weller hits the road this autumn. For full details visit Paul Weller’s website. Supported by Trembling Bells Mon 7 Oct – Glasgow Barrowlands...
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Voodoo Kings: Systems Green – album review
Voodoo Kings – Systems Green (Nervous/21st Century Music) CD Out Now 8/10 The Voodoo Kings say that the original voodoo rock n roll sound is rising up from the swamps. Louder Than War’s Adrian Bloxham...
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