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Zombina & The Skeletones launch their Single-A-Month project Liverpool horror punks Zombina & The Skeletones have announced the launch of their Single-A-Month project for 2026; the undertaking will see the band release a new track every month throughout the year, each track will be accompanied by a video short, under the title Horror Shorts. The band who released the album In Sinistereo late last year (LTW review) began the Horror Shorts project with the January release of #1…

Dealing With Damage: The London Particular (Serial Bowl) LP | CD | DL Out 27 Feb 2026 Dealing With Damage have grown their sound beyond the post-hardcore for which they are known for their daring rather than difficult third album says Nathan Brown. Described as “Proto Next Wave exponents” (no, I don’t know either), Dealing With Damage have unleashed their third album recorded through 2023 and 2024. Across the first two albums, DWD established themselves as purveyors of…

Gorillaz: The Mountain (Kong) Out now All formats   Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett return with their 9th Gorillaz album, one that turns inwards in reflection, paused and plaintive, while still retaining moments of energy. BUY HERE This is not an album that hits hard from the first listen, and nor would you suspect that to be its intention. The mountain to climb is one that sets out in front of us a journey, one through which self-reflection…

Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets Live at the BBC (IN.2 Records) 10′ Vinyl Aviailable 18th April 2024 American guitarist and composer Lenny Kaye, best known for his work with Patti Smith and Her Band, has announced details of his first release for Johnny Depp’s new record label, IN.2 Records. The four-track EP, Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets Live At the BBC will be released on Record Store Day and available as a special 10” vinyl only, limited to 1000 copies, 500 of…

Airbourne Airbourne | Asomvel | AvalancheManchester Academy25th November 2026 Airbourne deliver a life-affirming set of raw unfiltered rock ‘n’ roll to a packed Manchester Academy. It’s a night imbued with the spirit of beer and partying as headliners and rising stars and fellow Aussies Avalanche deliver their brand of in your face, no frills rock. AC/DC’s power as a live act may be slowly fading, yet their spirit lives on tonight. Roaring out of the bars of Sydney,…

The Wave Pictures | Turner CodyBrudenell Social Club, LeedsFebruary 25th 2026 The Wave Pictures triumphant return to the Brudenell Social Club. Louder Than War’s Andy Brown is there to soak up the bands timeless indie rock ‘n’ roll. With the slightest hints that we might finally be edging towards the brighter days of Spring, it feels like an apt time for the reliably fresh sounds of The Wave Pictures to drift back into my life. The last time…

Dead Pioneer / YakkieRebellion, Manchester 27 February Landing in Manchester for the second date of their UK / EU tour, Dead Pioneers are here to demonstrate the power of their political punk for a night us at Louder Than War have been waiting for after two explosive albums and an exclusive documentary. Wayne AF Carey is there to witness a piece of history… It’s a big weekend in town with the little known band Foo Fighters playing up…

Ishango Bone Instragram Getting their quirk on Manchester-based Ishango Bone have come up with a sound that is somehow gloriously original and highly addictive. Arriving in a blur of wild hair and moustaches and looking like three George Harrisons from his mid-seventies follicle overload, but sounding very much of the now, their polythymic shuffles combine a shape-shifting rhythm section with great soaring melodies that switch and twitch from indie attitude to a melting falsetto. In an overcrowded space,…

The Delines: The Set Up (Decor Records) LP | CD | DL Released: 6th March 2026 The Delines release an album of companion pieces to last year’s Mr Luck & Ms Doom, that further chronicles life on the edges in America today. The Delines follow up last year’s exceptional Mr Luck & Ms Doom, which […] The post The Delines: The Set Up – Album Review appeared first on Louder Than War. Source link

  Streaming is not going away and despite the endlessly recycled story about vinyl being really popular, streaming is the number one way people listen to music. Famously, Spotify has continued to shoot itself in the foot with its poor pay rates to bands and artists and only by default have grudgingly become the number one streamer. There have not been enough convincing rivals to knock them off their perch and no streamers that seem to have been…