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Scene Within A Scene follows @grantmcphee.bsky.social excellent Postcards From Scotland, with labels such as Chemikal Underground and acts such as Belle and Sebastian and bis joining the party. @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @omnibuspress.bsky.social louderthanwar.com/scene-within...
Scene Within A Scene: Scottish Independent Music 1992-2001
Scene Within A Scene follows the authors excellent Postcards From Scotland, this time focusing on 1992-2001
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Gary Numan: The Piece Hall, Halifax – Live Review @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @garynumanofficial.bsky.social “Numan literally threw himself into every song, throwing shapes as he lived out every word and note.“ louderthanwar.com/gary-numan-2/
Gary Numan: Piece Hall, Halifax - Live Review
Gary Numan was one of the key pioneers of British synthpop and there was plenty of his darker industrial work for the Numanoids.
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FATALE: Saint Mungo – EP Review louderthanwar.com/fatale-saint... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
FATALE: Saint Mungo - EP Review
FATALE's debut captures the joy, the feeling of powerful communion, and the sound of community, this 'Extended Play' is a rallying cry built for the summer you never want to end.
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Kilbourne & Relaxer/Cry: AD 140 – Album Review & Interview louderthanwar.com/kilbourne-re... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
Kilbourne & Relaxer/Cry: AD 140 - Album Review & Interview
AD 140 is the new album from Cry - a live duo collaboration between Kilbourne and Relaxer. Basement rage laced with fragile beauty.
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The Breedling: A Straunge and Terrible Wunder – Album Review louderthanwar.com/the-breedlin... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @andysmusicreviews.bsky.social
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WEALTHY WOMEN: CHILDREN – Album Review louderthanwar.com/wealthy-wome... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @wealthywomen2025.bsky.social
Wealthy Women: Children - Album Review
Bay Area Noise Rock Trio Wealthy Women, self-release their astonishing debut, Children, on August 7th, 2026.
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Say She She: The Drill Shed, Margate, Kent – Live Review @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social #saysheshe “I defy anyone to experience a Say She She gig and not be transported to a better place than they were before they saw them.“ louderthanwar.com/say-she-she-...
Say She She: The Drill Shed, Margate, Kent - Live Review
Say She She brought their "discodelic soul" and "dreamy harmonies" to the South-East coast for Margate's Soul Weekender
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Watch This! Old Foes: Floods of Shit louderthanwar.com/watch-this-o... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
Watch This! Old Foes: Floods of Shit
The next evolutionary stage of surf music. Beach Boys, Ramones and now Old Foes sing about surfing in shit.
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Ellen Allien: New Life – Album Review & Interview louderthanwar.com/ellen-allien... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
Ellen Allien: New Life - Album Review & Interview
On New Life, the latest album from techno visionary Ellen Allien, the alluring pull of nature dominates as a component vital to community.
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Employed To Serve: A Moment Gone Too Soon – Single Review louderthanwar.com/employed-to-... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
Employed To Serve: A Moment Gone Too Soon – Single Review
.."a concrete heavy slab of beautiful insolent noise. Down-tuned for maximum sludge and clarity, more metalcore than The Terminator T-1000."
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Ceremony: Tell Me Your Dream – Review – ALBUM OF THE WEEK! louderthanwar.com/ceremony-tel... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @ceremonymusic.bsky.social
Ceremony: Tell Me Y our Dream
Ceremony are back on the streets with a ferocious new album Tell Me Your Dream, enlisting the help of Rocket From The Crypt...
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MADELEINE: Earth Cry – EP Review louderthanwar.com/madeleine-ea... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
MADELEINE: Earth Cry – EP Review
.."it’s exquisite in execution and sound. With this music, you’ll get a patchwork quilt of sewn-in wonder, intricate, needle sharp.."
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Playlist for this weekends LTW Editor's Choice Show... Tracks selected by Iain Key, Robert Plummer, Wayne Carey, Ged Babey and Nathan Whittle Tune in tomorrow from 11am
Wire Worms: Beneath The Eildon Tree – Album Review louderthanwar.com/wire-worms-b... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @andysmusicreviews.bsky.social
Wire Worms: Beneath The Eildon Tree - Album Review
Wire Worms unveil an album of doom-folk, madness and millenarianism. Andy Brown finds a seat Beneath The Eildon Tree for Louder Than War.
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@altazumaband.bsky.social featuring members of The Bodines and The Waltones have released their debut EP, The Rosenbergs, via @precrecs.bsky.social @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @iainkey.bsky.social louderthanwar.com/alta-zuma-th...
Alta Zuma: The Rosenbergs - EP Review
Alta Zuma, featuring members of The Bodines and The Waltones have released their debut EP, The Rosenbergs, via Precious Recordings of London
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Sennen to release their first album in ten years, New Quiet louderthanwar.com/sennen-to-re... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
Sennen to release their first album in ten years
London based Sennen give us a warm welcome back with a hazy sound of the on their dreamy new single Here It Comes, a pop nugget...
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Strawhouses: Time in the Light – Album Review louderthanwar.com/strawhouses-... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
Strawhouses: Time in the Light - Album Review
After 15 years between albums, Time in the Light arrives not as an exercise in nostalgia but as the sound of a band returning with renewed purpose. Strawhouses have spent the intervening years reshapi...
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Long Distance Runner: Zero – Single Review louderthanwar.com/long-distanc... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
Long Distance Runner: Zero – Single Review
.."stomped into submission, slowly and with beautiful, controlled aggression. Distorted bliss that bears repeating"
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Cromlech: Expect Poison – Album Review louderthanwar.com/cromlech-exp... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @andysmusicreviews.bsky.social
Cromlech: Expect Poison - Album Review | Louder Than War
Andy Brown reviews Expect Poison from Manchester’s Cromlech; an album rife with heavy filth and goth-inspired atmospherics.
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Flo Crowe And the Dilemmas: Flo Crowe And The Dilemmas – Album Review louderthanwar.com/flo-crowe-an... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social
Flo Crowe And the Dilemmas: Flo Crowe And The Dilemmas - Album Review
Flo Crowe And The Dilemmas release their debut album, and it's been worth the wait, as Robin Boardman discovers for LTW,
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Blue Rose Code In The Studio – Interview louderthanwar.com/blue-rose-co... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @garethallen.bsky.social
Blue Rose Code In The Studio – Interview
Louder Than War join Blue Rose Code in the studio as they record their new album. Blue Rose Code is a musical ensemble, embodying the creative vision of Louder Than War join Blue Rose Code in the stud...
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Robyn Hitchcock: The Confuser – Album Review louderthanwar.com/robyn-hitchc... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @stevemorgan68.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social
Robyn Hitchcock: The Confuser
25 solo albums in, and the sun shows no sign of going down on Robyn Hitchcock’s Sixties smarts. Steve Morgan reviews...
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The Durutti Column: Renascent – Review – ALBUM OF THE WEEK! louderthanwar.com/the-durutti-... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @durutticolumn.bsky.social
The Durutti Column: Renascent – Review - ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
.." an aching piano-led monument to regret and longing, and it stares into the distance and blinks back tears".
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Moody Goods: Southern Lights – Album Review louderthanwar.com/moody-goods-... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social
Moody Goods: Southern Lights - Album Review
Brighton’s Moody Goods are on a boisterous rock’n’roll journey. Garage mixed with hardcore, the sounds of early punk rock and 70s glam.
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All Good Cretins Go To Heaven: The Enduring Spirit of the Ramones by Jenn L Beckwith – Book Review @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social #ramones “Ultimately, this book is one for diehard Ramones fans, but there are plenty of us out there.“ louderthanwar.com/all-good-cre...
The Empty Page: firebrand guitars with deep felt songs of idealism and passion - great post grunge firebrand thrills plus 2026 Tour Dates louderthanwar.com/the-empty-pa...
The Empty Page: the complete LTW Archive plus 2026 Tour Dates
The Empty Page - 2026 Tour Dates and Complete 10 Year LTW Archive of All of their reviews and features by 8 different writers.
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Please share! The Wedding Present headline our second Louder Than War Live festival next March. More bands to be announced soon. Buy tickets now! louderthanwar.com/louder-than-...
Louder Than War Live - 13 March 2027 - Manchester Indoor Festival
Louder Than War Live - Brought to you by Louder Than War - Manchester's Independent Indoor Music Festival - 13March 2027
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Charli XCX ‘ ‘Music, Fashion,Film’ album review ‘bending pop into news shapes whilst putting the art into artifice with ground breaking pop perfection and even a post punk attitude’ louderthanwar.com/charli-xcx-n...
Charlie XCX new album bends pop into new shapes
Charlie XCX album bends pop into new shapes
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The Flaming Lips: The Piece Hall Halifax – Live Review @flaminglips.bsky.social @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social ‘“…a Halifax crowd who arrived expecting a party but left with something far more memorable: a night of joy, grief, chaos and connection.“ louderthanwar.com/flaming-lips...
The Flaming Lips: Piece Hall Halifax - Live Review
The Flaming Lips + The Beta Band tore up Halifax's Piece Hall with confetti, robots and a gutting new song about grief.
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Playlist for this weekends LTW Editor's Choice Show... Tracks selected by Iain Key, Ged Babey, Nathan Whittle, Robert Plummer and Wayne Carey Tune in from 11am via the app, website or via Mixcloud
