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An Open Letter To The NHS
Dear NHS, You are a national institution like Bruce Forsyth, getting knocked out of the world cup, rainy days and fish and chips – only better. You have just become a pensioner of sorts and had your...
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Feral Five: Skin – EP review
Feral Five – Skin EP (Primitive Light Recordings) CD/DL/Cassette Out Now 9/10 The new EP by indie electro duo Feral Five is currently making waves. Louder Than War’s Paul Scott-Bates finds out why....
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AAAK: Buildingscape Beat XXXV – album review
AAAK – Buildingscape Beat XXV (Eromeda Records) 2 X CD Out now Late 80s industrial electronics reworked for the 21st century alongside six brand new tracks – just don’t stick it on late at night if...
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The XX: The Ritz, Manchester – photo review
Louder Than War present a photo review of The XX at The Ritz in Manchester from the 9th July 2013. All photos by Alex Staszko. Reproduction strictly prohibited. Alex said of the evening: “It was like...
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Pearl Handled Revolver: This Mountain Waits – album review
Pearl Handled Revolver: This Mountain Waits (King Mojo Records) CD/DL Available now Since their 2011 debut long-player, ‘Colossus’, things have continued to take an upward spiral for Pearl Handled...
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Swans name their upcoming live album and upcoming UK dates
LTW faves Swans are about to release a life cd/dvd which will be called NOT HERE/NOT NOW. Michael Gira posted on his facebook page, ‘I will be sifting through (seemingly) hundreds of live recordings...
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Dr. Robert from the Blow Monkeys : my 10 favourite albums
The Blow Monkeys have continued staging their fine comeback this year. Their spring released album, Feels Like A New Morning, got some great reviews and showed they had lost none...
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Various Artists ‘Stop The G8 – Mae’n Fucking Afiach!’ – album review
Various Artists ‘Stop The G8 – Mae’n Fucking Afiach!’ (Afiach Collective) CD / DL Available now I love compilation albums – there are not enough of them these days, so it’s good to see the Afiach...
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interesting and powerful new British film seeks Kickstarter help from you!
If you think it’s tough in the music industy, try making a film! Thank god for Kickstarter! A new feature film called Gift Of LIGHT is close to getting all its funding that it needs from Kickstarter...
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Bad Language! John Doran heads great night of spoken word in Manchester on...
Bad Language returns to The Castle Hotel for another night of the best spoken word in the North West- all details are on the event facebook page. The headliner for July is Quietus editor John Doran....
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exhibition of vintage adidas and rarities launches in London
Adidas has become so much more than a pair of trainers- it’s even gone beyond being a brand and into a vintage collectors thing with a great looking exhibition opening in London with classic trainers,...
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Spotify pay shit money row- Guardian article makes bizarre claims about...
Tom Waits, Adele and Coldplay pull their music off Spotify Thom Yorke and Nigel Goodrich started it by pulling the Atoms For Peace album off Spotify because of the shitty royalty rates paid to smaller...
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Alan McGee launches new monthly club night in Liverpool to celebrate his new...
Alan Mcgee is launching his new monthly 359 record label on Friday Sept 6th with a monthly night in Liverpool at the District club. The former creation Records boss...
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Deep Down With Dennis Brown: Penny Reel – book review
Deep Down With Dennis Brown: Penny Reel Drake Bros Books Penny Reel’s writings in the NME (New Musical Express) during the 1970s turned a spotlight on many artists who were little known outside the...
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New Model Army announce details of new album
NEW MODEL ARMY ‘Between Dog and Wolf’ New Album Details New Model Army are excited to announce the release of their much heralded new album “Between Dog and Wolf” on September 23rd on Attack Attack...
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Nitin Sawhney: OneZero – album review
Nitin Sawhney – One Zero (Metropolis Recordings/Cherry Red) CD/Vinyl Box Set Out Now 7.5/10 The tenth album from renowned performer Nitin Sawhney is an all acoustic affair. Louder Than War’s Paul...
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Louder Than War Interview: Ginger Wildheart
Louder Than War’s Andy Santiago recently caught up with the “force of nature” that is Ginger Wildheart to chat about what motivates him, how he can possible be so productive, the PledgeMusic formula...
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Radioactive Bones: Eye In The Sky – album review
Radioactive Bones: Eye In The Sky (Radioactive Bones) CD Out now Radioactive Bones take us on a space flight in their UFO to punk town via Mexico in 9 songs that span 43 minutes on this self released...
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The New Mendicants: Mono Cafe Bar, Glasgow – live review
The New Mendicants Mono Cafe Bar, Glasgow 15th July 2013 Finding themselves as neighbours in Canada, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Joe Pernice of Pernice Brothers / Scud Mountain Boys fame have...
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Hevy Fest cancel 2013 event
Organisers have announced Hevy Fest 2013 won’t go ahead. The event had been held at Port Lympne in previous years but was forced into a change of venue for 2013. This included losing the camping...
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