Louder Than War

Mosaics: Sing Me To Sleep Single, Digital  Out Now MOSAICS return with their heartfelt new single Sing Me To Sleep, marking the first glimpse of their anticipated debut EP A Guiding Lie, set for release in 2026. The London outfit have steadily built a reputation for fusing 90s rock revivalism with the shimmer of contemporary indie, observational lyricism and biting guitar work, an approach that has already landed them TV syncs on shows such as Killing Eve, This…

single review & video premiere The Baby Seals Tamoo Trance Trapped Animal Records double A-side 7” vinyl / DL Out now Their debut album Chaos, made LTW’s Albums of 2024 list and following recent tour dates with Bow Wow Wow, Cambridgeshire’s finest, fun-seeking, feminist garage-punks The Baby Seals are sharing a fierce new single. It’s about getting stuck in a trance-like state whilst online shopping at a phonetically misspelled, I mean, completely fictional outlet, says Ged Babey.   Have…

Bruce Springsteen & Born To Run: 50 Years by Sean Egan Out now by Motorbooks Celebrate the half-century legacy of a rock ’n’ roll milestone with this beautifully crafted, richly researched and visually striking commemorative edition. When Born to Run arrived in August 1975, it didn’t just elevate Bruce Springsteen to stardom; it reshaped the direction of American rock. The album became a lightning bolt of hope, romanticism, and rebellion at a moment when popular music was searching for…

It’s that time of year again when everyone’s favourite ‘Corporate Indie Band’ remind us that Christmas isn’t just about consumerism… well kind of…  For the last three years, Swansea Sound, made up of Indie Legends – Fletcher, Williams, Button, Collins and Pursey – have released a Yuletide single, and they’ve done it again this year, with two new songs. BUT! Unlike previous seasonal offerings, which have manifested as CDs inside greetings cards, this year, the new tracks are…

African Head Charge announce 45th Anniversary Tour Psychedelic dub experimentalists African Head Charge have announced a series of dates to celebrate the bands 45th anniversary. The group was formed by percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah in 1981 and included a rotating ensemble of musicians including the original members of Creation Rebel, Style Scott of Roots Radics, and Dub Syndicate, alongside Adrian Sherwood (under various guises), other members have included Bruce Smith of Public Image Limited, Skip McDonald and Jah…

Gig Journal: Aberdeen & Dundee Weekend with XGenerationX by David Deliquent Plus XGenX news from Mark Laff at the end… One of the most talked-about tours of the autumn, in punk circles, was the one by the band billed as XGenerationX. Original Generation X drummer Mark Laff – and friends, Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet)  Elizabeth Westwood (Westworld) Michael Giaquinto (Vice Squad) and James Stevenson (Chelsea). David Delinquent & The I.O.U’s, one of the best retro-punk rock’n’roll bands around…

  LISA O’NEILL 11-12-2024 © Jill Furmanovsky EP review Lisa O’Neill The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right (Rough Trade Records) 6 track DL EP  out now 12 inch vinyl edition out 20 Feb 2026 Our Score As LTW compiles it’s ‘Albums Of The Year’ this fails to qualify as it’s an EP – 6 songs lasting 32 minutes – but it is the most striking, sobering and brilliant collection of songs released this year. ‘I’m rich in…

Bad Sam – Trauma (Property Of The Lost Records) LP | DL available here Out now  The third album from Newport’s Bad Sam sees them leaning heavily into the sonic blueprint of Lard. Humour and indignation underpin their energetic hybrid punk attack on the absurd says Nathan Brown. Bad Sam appeared some time around 2012 with a great debut album Working Class Holocaust in 2013 (re-released by Urinal Vinyl a few years later). I saw them in 2014…

GustaffsonLow Four Studio, Manchester21st November 2025 Gustaffson play the first of two intimate gigs (the other in London) following the release of their acclaimed new single, Dance To The Algorithm… The nights have well and truly drawn in, and you can tell the festive season is quickly approaching by the volume of traffic heading into Manchester city centre. Whether it’s people travelling/attending early office dos, the Christmas Markets or one of the many gigs that’s happening, it’s busy……