Monthly Archives: September 2025

Octavia Freud and The Weird Sisters Mancbeth Remixed Out Now/DL   Revamped, re-energised, and punchier than ever, Mancbeth Remixed from Octavia Freud and The Weird Sisters revives that blistering, pumping 90s nightclub vibe, providing a gritty, modern take on Shakespeare’s bloodiest play. This is the soundtrack to the intriguing, and exhilarating multi-media project from David Lemberg’s Whittaker Lemberg Productions Ltd, involving an eclectic mix of talent from the Oxford indie music scene. The opening track, Manc Chat (Volcanic…

The BethsXOYO, Birmingham25th September 2025 Auckland indie rockers return to British shores to showcase the razor sharp hooks of recent album Straight Line Was A Lie. Sam Lambeth reviews. Is Elizabeth Stokes the best thing to come out of New Zealand since Flight Of The Conchords? Hell, yes. In fact, she’s probably the best songwriter from those shores since the almighty melody machine Neil Finn. And there are more similarities to Crowded House than just geography – like…

M_Dokumente: Mania D., Malaria!, Matador Written by Beate Bartel, Gudrun Gut and Bettina Koster Order the book from here  Or here   Post War post punk Berlin is the stuff of legend, and sometimes the legend itself can almost exclude the true story. The catalytic band that combined New York No Wave with a Berlin sensibility were Mania D, formed by Beate Bartel, Gudrun Gut and Bettina Koster, and this book tells their own story and of the…

The debut Louder Than War Live event will take place in Manchester on March 14th 2026. Headlined by Sea Power, the one-day event will be the first Louder Than War festival, which we aim to make an annual event. Wehave just announced the first raft of bands with many more to be be announced. Joining Sea Power will be benefits, Evil Blizzard, Benefits, Heavy Lungs, The DSM IV, The Sick Man Of Europe and White Magic For Lovers,…

Gutterblood: Good Dogs Will Never Die (Gutterblood Records) LP | DL | Streaming Out Now A new album from Edinburgh’s Gutterblood delivers an indictment of a brutal inhumane system using a varied range of musical styles incorporating elements of post-punk, dance, stoner rock, reggae and punk. Gets the thumbs up from Nathan Brown. I was emphatic that Gutterblood’s hilarious take down of the new monarch, Gardyloo, was single of the year for 2023. Their Hard Gandhi 10″ was…