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Mary Wilson founder of the Supremes dies at 76

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Mary Wilson who co-founded one of the most perfect of perfect pop groups, The Supremes, as a 15-year-old in a Detroit housing project and stayed with the fabled, hitmaking Motown Records trio until its dissolution in 1977,  has died on Monday night at her home in Las Vegas. She was 76.
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Pale Waves announce 2022 tour dates – news

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To give their fans something to look forward to, Pale Waves have announced a UK Tour in 2022, kicking off on 11 February in...

Various: Staring At The Rude Boys: The British Ska Revival (1979-1989)- album review

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Various - Staring At The Rude Boys Pressure Drop 3CD/DL Released 19th February 2021 Subtitled The British Ska...
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Interview: Incisions

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Based in Manchester and with pre-orders available for a new album on local label...
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LTW : 21 new bands and acts for 2021 – our emerging artists list for the new year!

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There is trad rock. There is punk rock. There is pop music embracing all the sounds and new cultures of the 21st century cities. There is introspective. There is expressive. Pop culture comes in all shapes and sizes and forms in the new decade and exists despite the pandemic.
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LTW writers tracks of the year 2020: Spotify playlist

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What a strange year we've all had with this Covid business destroying our normal life. No gigs, donning masks, lockdowns, tiers and tears, yet...
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Louder Than War: ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2020 – Top 50

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Louder Than War Albums of The Year 2020 - Top 50 An unforgettable year, and some magnificent music. 30 odd LTW writers agree on these...
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LTW Albums of the Year 2020: Numbers 51 – 250

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LTW Albums of the Year 2020 - Numbers 51- 250 Each chosen by just one of our writers, the Top 50 have multiple nominations. These...
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Various: Staring At The Rude Boys: The British Ska Revival (1979-1989)- album review

Various - Staring At The Rude Boys Pressure Drop 3CD/DL Released 19th...
Bands

Interview: Incisions

Based in Manchester and with pre-orders available for a...
Album Reviews

Def Robot: We Go Up To Eleven – album review + interview

Dan Volohov review the newest full-length album "We Go Up To Eleven" by Def Robot - for Louder Than War
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Mary Wilson founder of the Supremes dies at 76

Mary Wilson who co-founded one of the most perfect of perfect pop groups, The Supremes, as a 15-year-old in a Detroit housing project and stayed with the fabled, hitmaking Motown Records trio until its dissolution in 1977,  has died on Monday night at her home in Las Vegas. She was 76.
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TASH: Crybaby – single review + video premiere

TASH Crybaby DL Out Now! BIG BOYS DON'T CRY-AY-AY (as Sandra Bernhardt once...
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Viktor Timofeev – Exocursion – LP review

A fascinating imaginary excursion courtesy of a bank of pedals and loops from Viktor Timofeev.
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Pale Waves announce 2022 tour dates – news

To give their fans something to look forward to,...
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Joe Strummer: New best-of release – news

Dark Horse Records has announced the upcoming release of...
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O C O S I release 373AHELL: Their first album in almost 20 years – news

Following the words of two members of British electronic duo – Paul M. and Simon S, it took almost 20 years for them to get back together recording their newest "373AHELL".
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Watch this: Folk legend Peggy Seeger releases new album and video recorded with her two sons

Folk legend Peggy Seeger releases The Invisible Woman from her new...

ALBUM REVIEWS

Album Reviews

Various: Staring At The Rude Boys: The British Ska Revival (1979-1989)- album review

Various - Staring At The Rude Boys Pressure Drop 3CD/DL Released 19th February 2021 Subtitled The British Ska...
Album Reviews

Def Robot: We Go Up To Eleven – album review + interview

Dan Volohov review the newest full-length album "We Go Up To Eleven" by Def Robot - for Louder Than War
Album Reviews

Mush: Lines Redacted – album review

MUSH Lines Redacted Memphis Industries LP | CD | DL Out 12 February 2021   Leeds trio Mush return with...
Album Reviews

The Mudd Club: Bottle Blonde – album review – plus ‘Strange Creatures’ comp plug

album review The Mudd Club: Bottle Blonde (Raving Pop Blast!) CD/LP/DL 11/10 Out now Teenage Delinquent Garage Punks from...
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Black Country, New Road: For the First Time – album review

Black Country, New Road For the First Time Ninja Tune LP | CD | DL Out now On their...
Album Reviews

BD1982: Distance Vision – album review.

BD1982 Distance Visio (DSK054) Diskotopia DL | CD. Pre-order now 12th February 2020. The new album from BD1982 (Brian Durr)...
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Sturle Dagsland ‘Sturle Dagsland’ : album review

Veering from mellifluous child-like, elfin-soft vocals to primordial chanting and guttural urges, each track really does take the listener on a journey. There’s strong Sami roots with Japanese elements in here; tantric chanting, hymnal, twisted orchestras on a moving platform of a vast smorgasbord of global instruments such as the cimbalom, kalimba, dilruba, marxophone and quite fittingly for the terrain of this soundscape, the bukkehorn - Billy Goat Horn to those of us not of Norway.
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Black Pistol Fire: Look Alive – album review

Black Pistol Fire Look Alive Black Hill Records CD | LP | DL Out Now The Austin, Texas-based...

FESTIVALS

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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...
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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,...

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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...
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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

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The Scene That Would Not Die by Ian Glasper: Book review

The Scene That Would Not Die: Twenty Years of Post-Millennial Punk In The UK by Ian Glasper (Earth Island) Out Now Ian Glasper delivers up the...
Book Reviews

Thr Velvet Mafia by Darryl W Bullock – book review

The Velvet Mafia - Darryl W. Bullock Omnibus Press Published 4th February 2021 "The gay men who ran the swinging sixties..." Author Darryl W. Bullock who specialises in...

LIVE REVIEWS

Bush Tetras: Live Stream from (Le) Poisson Rouge – live review

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Bush Tetras  Live Stream at LPR.tv  January 23, 2021 Stop what you’re doing and turn on your screen: Bush Tetras are playing again in New York City!...

Peter Hook And The Light: Mexico City – live stream

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Peter Hook & The Light Mexico City January 15, 2021 Sure, it’s strange to be seeing live shows solely from the spaces of our own living rooms,...

Mike Garsons – A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day

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A Bowie Celebration - Just For One Day Jan 10th 2021 (UK) Live Stream It's Five years to the day since the greatest singer/ songwriter of our...

Buck & Evans: Ratio Studios, Merthyr Tydfil – live stream review

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Buck & Evans Ratio Studios, Merthyr Tydfil 12th December 2020 Buck & Evans crank up the amps for the first time in months to join in with...

The Cribs: The Cavern, Liverpool – live stream review

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The Cribs The Cavern Club, Liverpool Saturday 21st November 2020 Andy Brown cracks open a celebratory cider and visits the Cavern Club from the comfort of his...

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

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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...
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INTERVIEWS

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Interview: Incisions

Based in Manchester and with pre-orders available for a new album on local label TNS Records, Incisions have been working their way around the...
Music

Interview: Pete Trewavas (Transatlantic/Marillion)

Dan Volohov interviews Pete Trewavas - a prog-rock veteran, the member of Marillion and Transatlantic for Louder Than War
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Interview: Japan’s Richard Barbieri new album took a very different direction during the pandemic.

Richard Barbieri played keyboards for Japan, a band packed full of virtuosos who were continually pushing the boundaries of synth-pop in the early eighties....
Music Interviews

Freya Beer interview by John Robb about her brilliant new single, her art, style and music and love of the pre Raphaelites..

Freya Beer interview by John Robb about her brilliant new single, her art, style and music and love of the pre Raphaelites..
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NEW ARTISTS

Bands

TASH: Crybaby – single review + video premiere

TASH Crybaby DL Out Now! BIG BOYS DON'T CRY-AY-AY (as Sandra Bernhardt once memorably paraphrased in Hudson Hawk) but that's exactly what TASH expects of their man. Described...
Music

Listen to This! Gracie Martin releases dream-pop bop Dreams Die

Martin continues to ignite her creativity at the border of fantasy and reality. Crafting dream worlds from the comfort of her bed.
Album Reviews

The Mudd Club: Bottle Blonde – album review – plus ‘Strange Creatures’ comp plug

album review The Mudd Club: Bottle Blonde (Raving Pop Blast!) CD/LP/DL 11/10 Out now Teenage Delinquent Garage Punks from Wales via Kansas.  Brother and sister, 13 and 19 effortlessly...
Music

New Artist Of The Day: Vex

Vex puts his 'Guilt' aside for a while to start the dance with a new take on electropop. Louderthanwar’s Christopher Lloyd reports. Meet Tobias Kastberg,...
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Film Reviews

Film

Pulse – film review

Pulse (1988) Director: Paul Golding Cast: Joey Lawrence, Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart Format: Blu-ray Runtime: 91 minutes Release Date: 22nd February 2021 Jamie Havlin takes a look at a...
Film

Blue Sky: film review

Blue Sky (1994) Director: Tony Richardson Cast: Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Powers Boothe Run time: 101 minutes Format: Blu-ray Release date: 25 January 2021 Jamie Havlin offers his opinion...
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SINGLE REVIEWS

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Xufa: The Wild – single review

Xufa The Wild DL Out now on Bandcamp.   Berlin-based Xufa returns with her second single. The Wild is an out and out pop banger with the most infectious...
Music

Lauren Moon: Edge of the Moon – single review

Lauren Moon Edge of the Moon DL Out Now! Edge of the Moon is the new single by London based singer-songwriter Lauren Moon, and it is as nocturnally...
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Nero Kane: Mechthild – single review

Nero Kane Mechthild DL / Vinyl Out now! Mechthild is the new single from Italian folk-noir songwriter Nero Kane in collaboration with Samantha Stella, and the second to...
Bands

Watch this! Shoun Shoun unveil lockdown video for new single Stuck

Shoun Shoun unveil their new single Stuck with a lockdown video for lockdown times, recorded in a garage at home in Bristol.
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