Tom Collins: Halfway Boys (Self Released) DL/Streaming Out Now Emerging from North Wales, Tom Collins is an artist performing honest and heartfelt songs whilst displaying a youthful pop flavour combined with big indie rock singalongs. Tom Collins, influenced by the likes of Jamie Webster and Sam Fender, has just released his latest single, Halfway Boys. This […] The post Tom Collins: Halfway Boys – Single Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Oh Doom! I Fear This Is The End (When Humans Are Sad) Released 26th July Available on Bandcamp Every now and again a band / group hit me in the face with some exemplary music like this. Oh Doom! are in that bracket. The best debut EP I’ve heard for a while, taking in early […] The post Oh Doom! : I Fear This Is The End – EP Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

New band : Sanam ‘ Perhaps in the same way as Lankum reach into the past to creat a new future Sanam have soaked up the Trad Arabic songs of their Beirut home town’ The post Listen! Beirut’s Sanam deliver an industrial take on Trad Egyptian songs appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Telebox: When Night Turns Into Day EP Out Now Digital Ireland-based quartet Telebox has released a vibrant new five-track EP, When Night Turns Into Day, showcasing their post-punk-come-alt-rock tendencies. From moments that straddle swirling psychedelic-indie-rock to others that bring an atmospheric shoegaze emotion, the EP highlights the depth of the quartet’s songcraft. Opening with the […] The post Telebox: When Night Turns Into Day – EP Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

The best new artists in my inbox Discovering great new artists is one of the most exciting things about music for me. If you don’t champion the stuff you love, you can’t complain when you only hear the shit you hate on the radio. There is an endless and thrilling sea of music out there, […] The post The New Smu: July 2024 appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Back in late 2022 The Battery Farm released their debut album FLIES which hit number 12 in our Albums Of The Year and since then they’ve been on a rollercoaster ride, playing Rebellion, supporting the mighty Evil Blizzard, incredibly being missed out of the Manchester Punk Festival for some unknown reason, touring Europe and generally […] The post Watch This! The Battery Farm: Oh God – Video Premiere appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Imagine what the lovechild of 80’s/90’s popular combo’s Ned’s Atomic Dustbin and Power Of Dreams would sound like? Imagine no more… Spoon Speaker Man are comprised of Craig Walker, singer, songwriter and guitarist of the iconic Dublin band and drummer of Stourbridge’s finest Dan Worton. The pair first crossed paths in 1991 during extensive tours […] The post Watch This! Spoon Speaker Man – The Age Of No Opinion appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Built off British mindsets, begrudging bosses and too much telly, Salford’s hip-hop, post-punk poet, poor effort, has released new single HMRC. Imagine John Cooper Clarke writing whilst working zero hours shifts in an Amazon warehouse. poor effort’s secong single coming in hot on the heels of other poets, such as Kae Tempest, Yard Act and […] The post poor effort releases new single HMRC appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Art Brut: A Record Collection, Reduced To A Mixtape (Vinyl) / And Yes, This Is My Singing Voice! : New Cross and Beyond 2003 – 2008 (CD Box) (Demon/Alcopop! Records) Buy Vinyl Here / Buy CD Box Here   Available 26th July Art Brut turn 20 and to celebrate are releasing a double career-spanning vinyl […] The post Art Brut: Best of / CD Box Compilations – Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

SPIRIT:level Orgreave / F.U.C.K.E.R.Y Paper Piano Records Available now from Norman Records Mark Hoyle (Dub Sex) returns on tremendous form with his new(ish) project SPIRIT:level joined by visual collaborator WARK, a dark double act of bass laden moody mania that thrills. Wayne AF Carey reviews… Mark Hoyle has been a busy man over the last […] The post Single Of The Week! SPIRIT:level – Orgreave / F.U.C.K.E.R.Y appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more