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Fuzzbox: Back With Mike Bennett Produced Box Set – Mike Bennett...

Louder Than War's Nigel Carr sat down with legendary writer, playwright and record producer Mike Bennett who was in Manchester putting the final touches...

UK’s biggest new arena announced for Manchester

The new venue will surpass Manchester Arena as the biggest in Britain - with the long-standing Victoria Station site currently accommodating 21,000 people.

Stephen Malkmus: Traditional Techniques – album review

STEPHEN MALKMUS TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES Domino LP / CD / DL Out 6th March, 2020   Pavement/Jicks main man, Stephen Malkmus,...

Dealing with Damage: Ask The Questions – album review

Dealing with Damage - Ask The Questions (Little Rocket) CD Out Now London's melodic post-hardcore outfit Dealing...

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Sleater Kinney: Manchester Academy – live review

Sleater Kinney Manchester Academy 27th February 2020 Cazz Blase and Melanie...

Fuzzbox: Back With Mike Bennett Produced Box Set – Mike Bennett Interview

Louder Than War's Nigel Carr sat down with legendary...

Various Artists: Independent Venue Week Live 2019 – album review

Paul Clarke reviews the Independent Venue Week live album...

MinaeMinae – Gestrüpp – Album Review

MinaeMinae - Gestrüpp on the Marionette label. Intriguing modern German electronic music.

Greta Thunberg is a generation gap that is like the Sex Pistols times a million.

Greta Thunberg is a generation gap that is like the Sex Pistols times a million. Befuddled oldies are suddenly on the wrong side of history. No-one ever likes that feeling!

Molchat Doma: Night and Day Café, Manchester – live review

Molchat Doma | Private View Night and Day Café, Manchester 26th...

ALBUM REVIEWS

Dealing with Damage: Ask The Questions – album review

Dealing with Damage - Ask The Questions (Little Rocket) CD Out Now London's melodic post-hardcore outfit Dealing...

Various Artists: Independent Venue Week Live 2019 – album review

Paul Clarke reviews the Independent Venue Week live album celebrating the strength and importance...

MinaeMinae – Gestrüpp – Album Review

MinaeMinae - Gestrüpp on the Marionette label. Intriguing modern German electronic music.

Bona Rays: Poser – Single review – unreleased 1978 single finally gets issued

Single Review Bona Rays – Poser / Getaway Blues   (Flashback Records) 7 inch vinyl / download Release...

FESTIVALS

Peel Slowly And See Festival 2020 Review – Featuring Shortparis

Peel Slowly and See festival in Leiden delivers a great edition, with Shortparis and Neighbours Burning Neighbours.

Underneath The Stars Festival – 31 July to 2 August 2020

Underneath the Stars 2020, the seventh iteration of this wonderfully intimate three day festival with a big heart, has three musically excellent headliners in...

Photo Reviews

Starset: O2 Shepherds Bush Empire – photo review

Starset | Sick Joy O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London 13th February 2020 Starset beamed into O2 Shepherds Bush Empire to unleash their special brand of Cinematographic rock,...

A Bowie Celebration: O2 Ritz, Manchester – live review

A Bowie Celebration - The Diamond Dogs + more Tour O2 Ritz, Manchester 23rd January 2020 The magnificent legacy of David Bowie continues unabated...

Book Reviews

Forever Cramped:The 40 Year Ultra Adventures of a Committed Gorehound – book review

Forever Cramped  - The 40 Year Ultra Adventures of a Committed Gorehound. Martin St John Self-Published Following up his earlier insight into being part of the embryonic...

Personality Crisis: A Novel by TJ McGuire- book review

Book Review Personality Crisis - A Novel TJ McGuire (Paperback only - self published) 9/10 Teen-punk memoir-cum-fiction, seventies style from small town Scotland.  Thomas (TJ) McGuire has written...

LIVE REVIEWS

Hatari: Austurbær, Reykjavik – live review

Hatari Austurbær, Reykjavik 23rd February 2020 Since their debut in 2015, Icelandic techno-punk trio Hatari has gone through a series of transformations. The original band members Matthías...

Goo Goo Dolls: O2 Institute, Birmingham – live review

Goo Goo Dolls Birmingham O2 Institute  Tuesday 25th February The weather may be bleak in Birmingham, but the Buffalo rock stalwarts bring a scorching show. Sam Lambeth...

Sleater Kinney: Manchester Academy – live review

Sleater Kinney Manchester Academy 27th February 2020 Cazz Blase and Melanie Smith witness an exceedingly on form Sleater-Kinney on their The Center Won’t Hold Tour, with...

Molchat Doma: Night and Day Café, Manchester – live review

Molchat Doma | Private View Night and Day Café, Manchester 26th February Rhys Delany went to Manchester's Night and Day Café for a night of Belarussian synth-pop...

Lindemann: O2 Forum, London – live review

Lindemann O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London Sunday February 23rd 2020 Sophie Sparham went along to check out Lindemann, a German-Swedish industrial metal super-duo created by Rammstein...

The Murder Capital: Electric Ballroom, London – live review

The Murder Capital's epic music fades away, the audience erupts into cheers, and strangers embrace in grinning confirmation that tonight has indeed been a bit special

INTERVIEWS

Fuzzbox: Back With Mike Bennett Produced Box Set – Mike Bennett Interview

Louder Than War's Nigel Carr sat down with legendary writer, playwright and record producer Mike Bennett who was in Manchester putting the final touches...

Legpuppy : interview with ‘dark Stereolab meets the lost Velvet Underground’

adventures of the Electronic/ Psych/ Punk outfit Legpuppy...............................................

NEW ARTISTS

Listen to this! Wonderful Beasts release debut EP with album news

The results are quite simply wonderful, providing hypnotic, dreamy soundscapes that will whisk the listener away to a lighter, comfortable place.

Bona Rays: Poser – Single review – unreleased 1978 single finally gets issued

Single Review Bona Rays – Poser / Getaway Blues   (Flashback Records) 7 inch vinyl / download Release Date: Friday 28 February 2020 This is one for those obsessive...

Film Reviews

Raining in the Mountain – film review

Raining in the Mountain (1979) Director: King Hu Cast: Feng Hsu, Sun Yueh, Shih Chun Run time: 121 minutes Format: Dual Format (Blu-ray and DVD) Language: Mandarin with optional...

Scandal – film review

Scandal (1989) Director: Michael Caton-Jones Cast: Joanne Whalley, John Hurt, Bridget Fonda, Ian McKellen Run time: 115 mins Format: Dual format (Blu-ray and DVD) Release date: 24 February 2020...

SINGLE REVIEWS

Deja Vega: Who We Are – single review

Deja Vega release a superb taster single, Who We Are, ahead of the release of their second album due for release this October.

Trupa Trupa: End Of The Line – single/video review

Trupa Trupa End Of The Line Released: February 13, 2020 Glitterbeat Records (Europe)  From:  I’ll Find (EP) Release Date: March 6th, 2020 Poland's Trupa Trupa keep up the momentum...

Ist Ist: Wolves – Single & New Album Announcement

Ist Ist releases Wolves from their upcoming album Architecture. Nigel has a listen for Louder Than War.

Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators/The Edible Eyes – Split single

Sissy Space Echo & The Invisible Collaborators / The Edible Eyes The Butterfly (Fill The Frame) / You're Void Next Phase : Normal Records Heavyweight 7” Out now All...