Line-up for Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall announced by ‘Cureator’ Robert Smith

‘Cureator’ ROBERT SMITH has announced his line up for the 2026 Teenage Cancer Trust series at the Royal Albert Hall. ELBOW plus special guests MRCY ROBERT SMITH’S COMEDY FAVOURITES featuring MAISIE ADAM, BRIDGET CHRISTIE, JACK DEE, ANDY HAMILTON, DOM JOLY, MILES JUPP, ATHENA KUGBLENU, STEWART LEE, DARA Ó BRIAIN   MOGWAI plus special guests CRAVEN FAULTS and ANNIKA KILKENNY MANIC STREET PREACHERS plus special guests THE JOY FORMIDABLE (150th Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall Show) my bloody…

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Mosaics: Sing Me To Sleep

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…

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The Baby Seals: Tamoo Trance

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…

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Bruce Springsteen & Born To Run:50 years by Sean Egan

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…

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Watch This! Swansea Sound: Not My Order

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…

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African Head Charge announce 45th Anniversary Tour

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…

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LOUDER THAN WAR TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2025

Another year (almost) gone and another year of fantastic releases. As always, here at Louder Than War, we have put our hive mind together to come up with a rundown of our top 100 albums of the year. From fantastic debuts to continued resurgences of the old guard, 2025 has given us so many to choose from. There were acts that pushed the musical boundaries, clashed the modern with the traditional, left no socio-political stone unturned, or simply…

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Prostiute announce signing to Mute with two vinyl releases

Dearborn, MI band Prostitute have announced details of the first worldwide release of their acclaimed debut album, Attempted Martyr, alongside news of their signing to Mute, a European tour and a new video for Mr Dada. Attempted Martyr will be released on CD and two vinyl editions – a special limited Arabic edition on Lebanese sunburst vinyl exclusively through Dinked, and a red vinyl edition – on 13th March 2026. Pre-order HERE. After last month’s incendiary tour of…

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David Delinquents Gig Journal: On tour with XGenerationX

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…

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The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right. EP review

  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…

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Bad Sam: Trauma – Album Review

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…

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Gustaffson: Low Four Studio, Manchester

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……

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