Mark Vennis & Different Place: Sunrise EP Vinyl | DL Out now As the western world convulses inside the insane outpourings of Trump, and Prime Minister ‘Fear Starage’ postures pathetically about Kneecap’s supposed unsuitability for Glastonbury, the new extended EP from Mark Vennis & Different Place, originally released last November, arrived on…
Claudia Brücken: Night Mirror – Album Review (Demon Music Group) Released 4 July 2025 CD | Vinyl | DL | Streaming 4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0 Former Propaganda vocalist Claudia Brücken has written a new chapter in electro-pop history with her fourth solo album. Night Mirror builds on her impressive track…
Nash the Slash Cut-Throat: How to get started in the music business – and survive! Published by Skill June 2025 New imprint Skill are back in the arena with a handsome reworking/re-presentation of Nash the Slash’s unpublished 1997 book, Cut-Throat: How to get started in the music business and survive!. It’s…
Deftones | High VisThe Piece Hall, Halifax24th July 2025 Seminal California metallers Deftones bring their own brand of shoegaze-flavoured nu-metal to West Yorkshire. Louder Than War’s Dave Beech and Adam Edwards were there. That almost a year has passed since we were last at Halifax’s iconic Piece Hall seems crazy, but…
Randy EdelmanLincoln Center, New York6th June 2025 Veteran composer and performer Randy Edelman took the stage at Lincoln Center with the precision of a seasoned artist and the presence of someone who knows how to command a room without spectacle. Known for scoring iconic films such as Dragonheart, Last Of The…
Gang of FourBrudenell Social Club, Leeds24th June 2025 Louder Than War’s Andy Brown is there to witness Gang of Four’s last ever gig in Leeds at the Brudenell Social Club. “When we wrote a lot of this stuff… it’s so different now… this was a time of authoritarianism, war across the…
Psychic TV: A Soundtrack for Derek Jarman (Cold Spring) CD/DL/Streaming Out Now On a Prayer For Derek Jarman, Psychic TV reinforce the potency of the cut-up thirty years after its initial use. This isn’t music. This is sonic assembly. Love. By Ryan Walker. ”In a sense, I always felt my role…
The barnstorming noise rock four-piece, who have just released their third album on Human Worth, explore recording with their new lineup, the band’s history, and recommended listening from the first half of 2025. Releasing two utterly visceral hardcore punk albums, starting with 2017’s What Big Eyes, the past five years have…
Iron Maiden Iron MaidenCo-op Live, Manchester22nd June 2025 Iron Maiden roll into a sold out Manchester Co-op Live on their 50th Anniversary, Run For Your Lives tour. Playing tracks from across their career, fusing nostalgia, digital tech and superb musicianship, the night proves an audio visual triumph; delivering a truly spectacular…
Death Cult Forever NowMilton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes22nd June 2025 As Forever Now, the UK’s “alternative culture, post punk music, fashion and literature” answer to Cruel World, opened for the first time at Milton Keynes’ National Bowl, the sartorial theme du jour is pretty straightforward… It’s always tricky, Festival Season, isn’t…