Tag: folk
The Astronauts: In Defence Of Compassion re-released – Album review
Album Review The Astronauts – In Defence Of Compassion (retro active) CD/DL Out Now A re-release of the 1990 album In Defence Of Compassion for the first time...
Stephen Malkmus: Traditional Techniques – album review
STEPHEN MALKMUS TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES Domino LP / CD / DL Out 6th March, 2020 Pavement/Jicks main man, Stephen Malkmus, returns with a new solo album and goes back to...
Gwenifer Raymond: Shacklewell Arms, London – live review
Welsh fingerpicker Gwenifer Raymond showcases her talents for a packed pub crowd stunned into silence by her supreme skills. Tim Cooper picks his jaw off the floor.
Exclusive Video Premiere – The Fire – Kirsty Almeida
Produced by Rich Williams, the intimate music video accompanying Kirsty Almeida's track 'The Fire', taken from her sixth studio album Moonbird, is debuted on Louder Than War.
Kirsty Almeida: Moonbird – album review
On the brink of her latest UK tour, world-renowned folk singer-songwriter Kirsty Almeida’s latest album Moonbird is an ethereal capsule into a sphere of bliss, beauty and vulnerable emotion.
LIVE
40 years ago R.E.M. played their first ever gig : our man was there and here is his review
In the early hours of the evening, several hundred people gathered around a collapsing episcopal church, only a short walk away from the university's main entrance.
INTERVIEWS
Perception Is The New Reality – Catching Up With IST IST Ahead of The Release of Their Debut Album
Manchester's most haunting and idiosyncratic band are gearing up to release their debut album Architecture. Louder Than War's Dave Beech caught up with them ahead of its release.
NEWS
Listen To This! Lauren Moon: It’s Easy To Stay Home
Listen To This.
Lauren Moon: It's Easy To Stay Home
Beautiful country-rock tune from keyboard-player in the Peter Perrett...
MEDIA
Kwaidan – film review
Kwaidan (1964)
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Rentarō Mikuni, Keiko Kishi, Kazuo Nakamura
Run time: 183 mins
Format: Blu-ray
Language: Japanese (with optional...
FESTIVALS
Dark Music Days (Myrkir Músíkdagar), Iceland – festival review
Dark Music Days (Myrkir Músíkdagar)
Reykjavik, Iceland
26 January to 4 February 2020 Reykjavík's Dark Music Days midwinter festival has...
