Music

The Hidden Pumpkins Record: Billy Corgan on Zodeon at Crystal Hall tracked down by Marc Burrows author of Nirvana: A Detailed Guide To The Band That Changed Everything (Signed book) Did you know that Smashing Pumpkins put a new album out at the end of 2025? It’s a good one too. Zodeon at Crystal Hall is a collection of loose, sixties-influenced neo-psychedelic pop recorded during the pandemic and left in the vault while Billy Corgan and co concentrated on grander…

Modern Woman: Dashboard Mary (One Little Independent Records) DL | Stream OUT NOW STREAM HERE London art-rock outfit, Modern Woman, have announced the release of their debut album Johnny’s Dreamworld on 1st May 2026 in advance of their forthcoming UK tour and also given us a first taster via new single Dashboard Mary. The single is a true testament to their unique approach to sound and rhythm which explores how noise can collide with melody with spectacularly vibrant results,…

Win a PAIR of tickets to the Scotland Calling Festival 2026 Louder Than War is back with another fantastic ticket competition; this time the prize is a PAIR of tickets for the forthcoming Scotland Calling Festival which takes place on the 25th April at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange, the total prize is valued at £75. The Exploited are the confirmed headliners, appearing alongside The Rezillos, U.K Subs, Ant-Nowhere League, Subhumans, Ferocious Dog, Bar Stool Preachers, The Meffs, Dirt…

  Screenshot Siouxsie and the Banshees have always had great drummers and in this tribute sent to LTW by the band’s second great full time drummer Budgie he pays his respects to the late and great Kenny Morris.      Kenny Morris 1957 – 2026 A creative, innovative musician with impeccable style. Kenny and I were born in the same year, we both grew up with The Beatles, both went to art college and both dreamed of playing…

The Song Is Nearly Over: Music Stories 1985-2025 by Stuart Bailie Out now (Published by Dig With It) £15.99 – 360pp The Song Is Nearly Over brings together Stuart Bailie’s music writing from across four decades, capturing the people, moments and chaos that shaped modern music culture. It’s a personal, sharp-eyed record of life spent close to the noise. Stuart Bailie has been in the front line of music journalism from the high times of the mid 90’s,…

Photo credit: Moni Haworth Kim Gordon returns early this year with a Krautrock motoronic offering that only she can produce with her warped visionary sound. First single out today is an instant earworm as you’ll find out below. Read on… Kim Gordon’s vision of art and noise has come sharper into focus just as readily as it has changed—a paradigm of possibility that, four decades on, still feels like a dare. The adventure continues on the artist’s third…

The Wolfgang PressThe Lexington, London11th January 2026 Missing in action for three decades, The Wolfgang Press are back, with fresh material and dark sonic tales to tell. Steve Morgan leans in. “Another stress-free beginning”, says Mick Allen as The Wolfgang Press eventually arrive on stage, bang on 10pm. Having weathered a chilly Sunday evening of shitty mizzle to be here, an expectant, sold-out Lexington crowd has patiently endured a 40-minute delay due to technical difficulties. It’s looked touch-and-go…