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WATCH THIS! New single from Elisabeth Elektra ‘death disco space pop’

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From Glasgow Elisabeth Elektra is a force of nature. Her well received debut album ‘Mercurial’ made a mark and this is her first release since then. ‘Crystalline Elektra’s Dance Mix’ is Glasgow’s very own femme witch’s first single since the album. The track is a space age disco with a whiff of the funkier end of no wave and the kind of perfect celestial groove pop that Charli XVX delivers.

Evil Blizzard announce new collectors label – Mr Lewis – for...

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Mr Lewis Records is the brainchild of Evil Blizzard's singing drummer Mark Whiteside and a very different quirky new label. Set up during the boredom of lockdown, the idea came about after wanting to release a one-off, one-sided coloured vinyl 7” lathe cut single of his own music. Deciding to go further Mark thought it would be good to set his own label up that releases one-off singles but also making it non-profit making. 

WATCH THIS! New single from Elisabeth Elektra ‘death disco space pop’

From Glasgow Elisabeth Elektra is a force of nature. Her well received debut album ‘Mercurial’ made a mark and this is her first release since then. ‘Crystalline Elektra’s Dance Mix’ is Glasgow’s very own femme witch’s first single since the album. The track is a space age disco with a whiff of the funkier end of no wave and the kind of perfect celestial groove pop that Charli XVX delivers.

Video Premiere & Track review: Fat Earthers: Like Like Like

Video Premiere and Track Review Fat Earthers - Like Like Like  (Prison Records) DL only 50p Out...
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WATCH THIS! New single from Elisabeth Elektra ‘death disco space pop’

From Glasgow Elisabeth Elektra is a force of nature. Her well received debut album ‘Mercurial’ made a mark and this is her first release since then. ‘Crystalline Elektra’s Dance Mix’ is Glasgow’s very own femme witch’s first single since the album. The track is a space age disco with a whiff of the funkier end of no wave and the kind of perfect celestial groove pop that Charli XVX delivers.

Video Premiere & Track review: Fat Earthers: Like Like Like

Video Premiere and Track Review Fat Earthers - Like Like...

Evil Blizzard announce new collectors label – Mr Lewis – for collectors lathe cut 7 inch singles

Mr Lewis Records is the brainchild of Evil Blizzard's singing drummer Mark Whiteside and a very different quirky new label. Set up during the boredom of lockdown, the idea came about after wanting to release a one-off, one-sided coloured vinyl 7” lathe cut single of his own music. Deciding to go further Mark thought it would be good to set his own label up that releases one-off singles but also making it non-profit making. 

Ticketmaster plan live events for 2021 : vaccination and testing open the doors

Maybe, just maybe, there is light at the end of the tunnel....vaccine and testing open up doors for return to live music and gigs in 2021.

The Anchoress is joined by James Dean Bradfield on new single

Welsh multi-instrumentalist The Anchoress – aka Catherine Anne Davies...

From the F club to Go4 to proto Goth : Post punk Leeds : and in depth look at how punk impacted on the...

Whilst the post punk history of Manchester, Liverpool and Sheffield are well known the story of Leeds is relatively in the shadows. In this brilliant in depth article, which we at LTW demand should be made into a book, Jane Hector Jones finally tells the story of how punk shook up Leeds and its cast of characters and created its own post punk narrative.

Sophia Zhuravkova: Unseen – album review

Sophia Zhuravkova: Unseen - Dan Volohov reviews the new release for Louder Than War

From Brussels (and Factory) With Love – In Conversation with James Nice

The iconic compilation From Brussels With Love was released...

Watch This! The Fuckin’ Glorious: Another Mess – Single Review.

The Fuckin' Glorious Another Mess Out 20th November DL A composite of previously...

Jimmy Page: The Anthology – Jimmy Page – book review

Jimmy Page: The Anthology Genesis Publications/ Hardback Out Now. From iconic guitars to...

ALBUM REVIEWS

Sophia Zhuravkova: Unseen – album review

Sophia Zhuravkova: Unseen - Dan Volohov reviews the new release for Louder Than War

Keiron Phelan & Peace Signs: Hobby Jingo – album review

Keiron Phelan & Peace Signs Hobby Jingo Gare du Nord Records CD/DL Released 13 November 2020 New 13...

Colin Edwin and Robert Jurjendal: Another World – album review

Colin Edwin and Robert Jurjendal: Another World - Dan Volohov reviews the new release for Louder Than War

Various Artists – Can’t Stop The Dread – album review

Can't Stop The Dread Various Artists Doctor Bird 2CD/DL Released 13 November 2020 2CD collection of Sonia Pottinger's...

The Cribs: Night Network – album review

The Cribs Night Network Sonic Blew CD/ Cassette/ DL/ Vinyl Out November 20th 2020   The Cribs emerge from the...

The Style Council: Long Hot Summers – album review

The Style Council – Long Hot Summers   Polydor All formats Out now Music fans of a certain...

Penny Rimbaud: Arthur Rimbaud In Verdun Album Review

Penny Rimbaud Arthur Rimbaud In Verdun (One Little Independent) CD/DL Released: November 20th, 2020 8/10 Penny channels...

Iggy & The Stooges – You Think You’re Bad, Man? – album review

Iggy & The Stooges You Think You're Bad, Man? Cherry Red 5CD/DL Released 20 November 2020 Boxset of...

FESTIVALS

Six Of The Best Sets At Loftas Fest 2020

From toe-tapping rock n’ roll to darkly ethereal modular synthpop - discover highlights from the vibrant Loftas Fest in Vilnius, Lithuania... It’s predominantly local acts...

11 Band Podcasts You Need to Hear

With the live music scene ground to a frustrating halt, bands and musicians are finding innovative ways to keep in touch with audiences. Like,...

Photo Reviews

Stereophonics: Manchester Arena – live photo review

Stereophonics Manchester Arena March 13th 2019 Louder Than War photographer Michael Bond, captured Stereophonics on the Manchester leg of their European tour, promoting their 11th studio album...

Nasty Cherry: Manchester Academy 3 – live review

Nasty Cherry | Noisy MancesterAcademy 29th February 2020 Cazz Blase and Melanie Smith witness Nasty Cherry’s turbocharged Manchester debut. A far cry from the howling wind and...

Book Reviews

Jimmy Page: The Anthology – Jimmy Page – book review

Jimmy Page: The Anthology Genesis Publications/ Hardback Out Now. From iconic guitars to rare photographs, correspondence to costumes. Everything is here, lovingly shot and meticulously described. Possibly the...

BOWIEODYSSEY70 by Simon Goddard – book review

BowieOdyssey70 by Simon Goddard. Book One of a 10 year biographical series. Bryony Hegarty reviews for Louder Than War.

LIVE REVIEWS

Ezra Furman: Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston – live review (streaming)

Ezra Furman Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston 1st November 2020 Ezra Furman finally takes her first steps back towards the ordinary life we all crave as she...

Six Of The Best Sets At Loftas Fest 2020

From toe-tapping rock n’ roll to darkly ethereal modular synthpop - discover highlights from the vibrant Loftas Fest in Vilnius, Lithuania... It’s predominantly local acts...

OtZvuki Mu- Live in St Petersburg – Review

In a continuing series, Louder than War explores the Russian live scene, which, despite COVID-19, is carrying on pretty much as normal...

Motorama: K-30, St. Petersburg – live review

Despite their Russian origin, Motorama are more likely to be seen live beyond the borders of their motherland. Since their second album, Calendar, was...

The Glen Matlock Band: + The Priscillas – Electric Ballroom, London

The music, good as it is, is almost irrelevant - this is about seeing a gig, trying to see a safe way forward and trying to find a new hope. It’s aspirational.

Hot Chip: Dreamland, Margate – live review

Hot Chip Dreamland, Margate 5th Sept 2020 LTW's Phil Ross ponders the new normal and what the future may hold with Hot Chip. Plague, pestilence, war, famine and...

INTERVIEWS

From Brussels (and Factory) With Love – In Conversation with James Nice

The iconic compilation From Brussels With Love was released by Les Disques du Crepuscule, with close links to Factory Records as a 'cassette journal'...

Rachel Victoria – Interview

Rachel Victoria has channelled depression, despair and garden sunbathing into one sublime debut EP. Sam Lambeth spoke to her to find out more. You could...

Conscious Route Interview: “I Don’t See a Lot of Rappers Saying They Are Afraid…”

Edinburgh-based rapper, Conscious Route releases his collaborative debut album, Lost Routes with producer, True Note. Lost Routes demonstrates the versatility of the duo as they...

Tommy James: “The Soul of the Sixties”

Our New York correspondent Eileen Shapiro delves deep into the mind of Tommy Jones...

NEW ARTISTS

Video Premiere & Track review: Fat Earthers: Like Like Like

Video Premiere and Track Review Fat Earthers - Like Like Like  (Prison Records) DL only 50p Out now Two years ago I first wrote about manic Isle of...

Nancy: 7 Foot Tall Post – Suicidal Blues – single review

One man band NANCY may have ruffled a few feathers with his first two EP's however an album is due in the new year...

New single from Hull’s Low Hummer 

Hull quintet Low Hummer have released their new single Take Arms on Leeds label Dance To The Radio.  The follow up to Sometimes I Wish...

Listen To This! Celestial North unveils new single Distant Life

Her music is a stunning detour into a land of impossibility, terror and beauty, often brewing with tension and drama

Film Reviews

The Bride With White Hair – film review

The Bride With White Hair (1993) Director: Ronny Yu Cast: Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung Format: Blu-ray Language: Cantonese (with optional English audio track & subtitles) Runtime: 89 mins Release Date:...

Mademoiselle – film review

Mademoiselle (1966) Director: Tony Richardson Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Ettore Manni, Keith Skinner Format: (Dual Format Edition) Runtime: 104 minutes Release Date: 21 September 2020 Jamie Havlin offers his thoughts on...

SINGLE REVIEWS

Vulpynes: Us Against Them – EP review

Vulpynes "Us Against Them" (FOAD Musick) 12" EP | CD | DL Available now (DL only) Buy HERE Third EP from the Dublin based duo of Molly and...

Regional Creeps: No Offence – single review

Regional Creeps No Offence Regional Records Stream/ DL Out Now!   Regional Creeps continue to build anticipation for their second album, No One Cares, with a brand new single. Andy...

Watch This! Sleaford Mods new video + new album news

As the UK is split into a multi-tiered cake of confusion, Sleaford Mods re-emerge to lift the mood with a brand new single, Mork...

The Velvet Hands: Back on a Winner – single review

The Velvet Hands Back on a Winner Out now! Who wouldn’t want a new single from the Velvet Hands? If you don’t already know their music, the...