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MXLX: At Time Temple – album review
MXLX – At Time Temple (Kindarad) LP | DL Available Now 8/10 At Time Temple is the latest release by Matt Loveridge under the MXLX banner and once again we are placed squarely in the center of a world...
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Prurient: Frozen Niagara Falls – album review
Prurient – Frozen Niagara Falls (Profound Lore) CD/DL Available now Dominick Fernow is on typically bleak and uncompromising form in his latest Prurient offering, says Louder Than War’s Paul Margree....
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Forever Cult: Antonio Banderas – listen to brand new track by Leeds based...
Forever Cult – Antonio Banderas (Clue Records) Limited CD | DL Due Out July 6th 2015 8 / 10 Leeds-based proprietors of scuzz Forever Cult follow on from the weight of their previous single Winter’s...
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Temples Festival: Motion Skatepark, Bristol – day three review
Photo above: Dylan Carlson from Earth at Temples Festival by Emily Power. Temples Festival 2015, Motion Skatepark, Bristol 29th May 2015 Louder Than War’s team of reporters belatedly conclude their...
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Sam Andreae: Solo – album review
Sam Andreae: Solo (Tombed Visions) Cassette/ DL Out now Sam Andreae plots a new course for the saxophone in this album of solo improvisations, says Louder Than War’s Paul Margree. I first came across...
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Petrels: Flailing Tomb – album review
Petrels – Flailing Tomb (Denovali) LP | CD | DL Available now The fourth Petrels album is an inspired marriage of ecstatic drone, krautrock and synthpop, says Louder Than War’s Paul Margree. Petrels...
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Table Scraps: More Time For Strangers – album review
Table Scraps – More Time for Strangers (Hells Teeth / Wiener) DL | CD | LP Out Now 8/10 Birmingham duo Table Scraps make good on the promise of their debut single with an LP of top notch, cacophonous...
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Supersonic Festival 2015: Birmingham, Saturday – live review
Photo: Dylan Carson | The Bug © Martin Ward Supersonic Festival 2015 Digbeth, Birmingham 13th June 2015 The second full day of this year’s Supersonic Festival looked to be an excellent selection of...
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Dean McPhee: Fatima’s Hand – album review
Dean McPhee: Fatima’s Hand (Hood Faire) CD | LP Available now Dean McPhee gives us a taste of the desert in his new album of guitar instrumentals. Louder Than War’s Paul Margree digs the hypnotic...
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The Jesus and Mary Chain: The Roundhouse, London – live review
The Jesus and Mary Chain (performing Psychocandy) The Roundhouse, London 5th July 2015 Thirty years on, the Reid brothers demonstrate the enduring power of debut LP. The Mary Chain have lined up two...
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Mick Harvey: Cluny, Newcastle – live review
Mick Harvey Cluny, Newcastle August 3rd 2015 A true legend whose command of the stage is masterful holding this audience in the palm of his hand as he effortlessly navigates a multitude of genres....
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Blown Out|Rainbow Grave|Mothwasp: Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham – live review
Blown Out|Rainbow Grave|Mothwasp Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge August 6th 2015 Newcastle’s Blown Out features members of BONG, Drunk In Hell, Haikai No Ku, 11Paranoias, Khunnt. Birmingham’s Rainbow...
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MXLX: I Aim To Understand Nothing – album review
MXLX: I Aim To Understand Nothing (Kindarad) CD | DL Released 31st August, 2015 9/10 MXLX, aka Matt Loveridge, has produced his most beautiful piece of music to date. Simon Tucker is happily absorbed...
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Deaf Wish: Pain – album review
Deaf Wish – Pain (Sub Pop Records) CD | DL | LP Out Now Aussie quartet Deaf Wish formed 8 years ago now and have just released this, their first long player for Sub Pop Records. Sophie Sparham’s...
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The Telescopes: Hidden Fields – album review
Telescopes – Hidden Fields (Tapete Records) CD | LP | DL Out Now 8/10 With their eighth studio album, The Telescopes endeavour to explore the subtle relationships that exist between silence, noise and...
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New Artist of the Day: [retreat] – A Public Witness Program EP review
Made up of members of Barnsley’s musical elite, [retreat] are a local supergroup of sorts that are making waves in South Yorkshire and beyond. Louder Than War’s Jason White gives us more. Over here in...
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My Morning Jacket: Manchester Ritz – live review
My Morning Jacket The Ritz, Manchester 6th September 2015 We see Kentucky rockers deliver an onslaught of a performance in Manchester. My Morning Jacket’s appearance at The Ritz was part of an all too...
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CUZ: Cluny, Newcastle – live review
CUZ Cluny, Newcastle 9th Sept 2015 CUZ take tonight’s audience on a tour through an incredible musical landscape, from straightforward rock ‘n’ roll to blasts of cacophonous noise! As soon as you see...
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Dan Friel: Life – album review
Dan Friel – Life (Thrill Jockey) CD | DL | LP Out 16th Oct 2015 8/10 Returning with a third release on Thrill Jockey, Dan Friel (ex-Parts & Labour) presents Life, an album chock-full of heavy...
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TUSK 2015: Gateshead – festival review
TUSK Festival 2015 Old Town Hall, Gateshead 9-11 October 2015 The dizzingly eclectic TUSK festival continues to blow minds with its dispatches from the the outer reaches of music. Louder Than War’s...
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