Grail Guard – Still No Future (TNS Records) LP | CD | DL Out 6 March 2026 – Pre-orders live The debut album from Grail Guard brings the 1970s punk rock cry of No Future crashing up to date. Whose Street? Right up Nathan Brown’s street. 5 decades on from when the Sex Pistols were proclaiming No Future, things are no better than they were back then. In many respects they are a damn sight worse. Grail Guard…
Album Review European Sun When Britain Was Great (Skep Wax) DL/LP (Available on Red vinyl, with extra 1-track CD. Includes optional MP3 downloads) Released 23 Jan 2026 (5/5) The single When Britain was Great was the flagship for the album of the same name, and the 17 minute epic School Report wouldn’t fit on the vinyl so is a bonus CD, but that song makes it worth the price alone. This is an album like no other and…
Pale Blue Eyes are one of the headline bands along with Sea Power, Benefits, House of All, Evil Blizzard and Immersion at our upcoming Louder Than War Live festival on March 14th in Manchester (tickets and full details here ). We caught up with the band to talk about their history and the DIY life of a modern group, and how to sustain and survive in a much changed musical landscape. Part of this is building your own…
Fun boy three: The Wolfgang Press. L-R: Andrew Gray, Stephen Gray, Mick Allen With a new album in the pipeline – the second in 18 months – slated for spring, The Wolfgang Press – cherished as one of 4AD’s longest-serving acts – are back. Ahead of their sell-out Lexington show, Steve Morgan found them in fine voice off stage as well as on Mick Allen laughs. He’s a big bloke, and he’s standing up. This is good news…
Shapes Like People: Find Me There (Jangleshop Records) DL/Streaming Out Now Shapes Like People release Find Me There, the third single from the forthcoming album, Under the Rainbow, which is now available to pre order. Find Me There, follows Supergirl and the parent album’s title track. Floating in a dreamlike state it caressing the soul […] The post Shapes Like People – New Single and Album Announcment appeared first on Louder Than War. Source link
Peter ten Seldam as seen on stage in documentary film Jimmy Is Punk Punk pioneer Peter ten Seldam, frontman of legendary Dutch band Panic, has died at the age of 82. Bill Wilson, who knew him in his heyday, shares his memories of an outstanding performer. I have just learned of the sad passing away of Peter ten Seldam, following a fall at his Amsterdam apartment in December. Peter was the main songwriter and all-round driving force behind…
Tacoblaster: Digital Fun-Zone! (Howlin’ Banana/Flippin’ Freaks/Les Disques du Paradis) LP | DL Out 30th January 2026 New album by Bordeaux’s Tacoblaster flits sprightly through egg-punk, lo-fi powerpop, dashes of gonzo-garage, and some soft psych. Always spiralling in sweet, twisting melodies, their fifth album, is a great new find for us here at Louder Than War. More music than hours in the day, still so much to discover, and now another “new” band that we have to delve…
The Empty Page: Death On Our Side (Self-released) DL | Stream OUT NOW BUY HERE Manchester’s very own independent champions of post-grunge with real social bite, The Empty Page, kickstart 2026 with their new single Death On Our Side which Louder Than War proudly present here as a Video Premiere. It’s a typically hard-hitting take on yet another important social angle sound-tracked with all the power and fuzzed up energy that demands your attention. The Empty Page are a…
Sugar are back with a second helping of new material post re-release of Copper Blue and it’s a great riff fueled piece of beauty to compliment House Of Dead Memories for the vinyl release in May. The power trio are back and ready for action! Read on… SUGAR – the iconic alternative rock trio led by Bob Mould alongside bassist David Barbe and drummer Malcolm Travis – announce today a second brand new single, following the bombshell news of the band’s return last year, as…
The second Birkenhead Punk Festival this summer is a welcome addition to the punk rock calendar. With a great bill including Ruts DC, Girlschool, GBH and many others. It’s the latest promotion by punk rock legend Hocky. Liverpool punk legend, Richie Rocker, spoke to the man behind the festival and his own band, Bite Back. Tickets for the festival can be found here. Anyone with even a passing interest in the Merseyside punk scene over the last forty…
Photo credit / Conor Beegan Back in October 2023, Dublin band The Scratch impressed LTW with their third album Mind Yourself, twisting the genres of metal, folk and acoustic battering into their own sound. Two and a half years later they’re back at their best with a fourth album that’s destined for heady heights, judging by this latest hitter Pullin’ Teeth. Read on… The Scratch today return with explosive new single Pullin’ Teeth – offering another glimpse into…
Fightmilk: Sounds Like A You Problem (Fika Recordings and INH Records) DL/Streaming Out Now Fightmilk return with an unmissable, crashing tsunami of cathartic anger on their new single Sounds Like A You Problem. As the record company has seen fit to use it on their PR please allow me to quote myself… “I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again, but I fucking love Fightmilk” Sounds Like A You Problem is the first new material…