HANNAHBELLA: Skin Single – Out Now  Digital Irish experimental-synth-pop artist HANNAHBELLA returns with the intense, evocative and colourful new single Skin. Recorded and mixed alongside acclaimed producer Jessica Richardson (WhenTheBeatIsBad), the single brings a vibrant colliderscope of glitching electronics, intricate, creative ideas with a driving sense of purpose and energy. The result is an accessible […] The post HANNAHBELLA: Skin – Single Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

With their debut album and now a biopic film about the band (in UK cinemas from 23rd August) garnering rave reviews, Belfast rappers Kneecap are riding high. Tony O’Neill spoke to the often-controversial trio during their whirlwind visit to New York City. It’s fair to say that Kneecap are no strangers to controversy.  As soon […] The post Kneecap (2024) – Biopic Preview and Interview appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Avril Lavigne: Greatest Hit (Sony Music Entertainment) CD | LP | DL Out Now Here with her Greatest Hits album in 2024, nobody can be under the illusion they don’t know what Avril Lavigne is about. The pop-punk princess will drag you through a 2000s portal to a cooler world swarmed with flip phones, iPods, […] The post Avril Lavigne: Greatest Hits- Album Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

A.S. Fanning, Louis Brennan and The Travelling Circus of Misery Silent Green, Berlin 28th February 2024 Nick O’Leary braved an evening at an old crematorium to see A.S. Fanning and Louis Brennan and The Travelling Circus of Misery kick off their German tour as part of the Zeitgeist Irland 24 festival. Walking through the gated […] The post A.S. Fanning, Louis Brennan and The Travelling Circus of Misery: Silent Green, Berlin – Live Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

The Otherness: These Many Mistakes (Self Released) Streaming/Download Out Now Argentinian rock band The Otherness return with single from planned new album.    Louder Than War have championed the South American 4 piece, The Otherness, since John Robb wrote about them back in 2012 here. What held true about the Patagonian band back then still […] The post The Otherness: These Many Mistakes – Single Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

The Long Road Festival Stanford Hall, Leicestershire 25th-27th August 2023 Welcome home old friend. The Long Road Festival returned this bank holiday weekend to celebrate three days of country, Americana and roots, bringing with it over 80 artists across the weekend, both international and some home grown talent to boot. I started my festival catching […] The post The Long Road Festival 2023 – Photo Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

All Together Now Curraghmore Estate, County Waterford, Ireland 4th-6th August 2023 Things got deliciously weird at times, as the people of Ireland descended upon Curraghmore Estate for the fourth All Together Now festival. It became clear things were going to be strange when an armchair, seemingly of its own accord, glided over in my direction, […] The post All Together Now 2023 – Festival Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

WOMAD Festival Malmesbury, Wiltshire 27th – 30th July 2023 There is no festival like WOMAD for the sheer breadth in the line-up. The infectious exuberance of so many acts from around the world turns this unique gathering in Wiltshire into a joyful celebration of music in which the unexpected always triumphs. When I looked through […] The post WOMAD 2023 – Festival Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

All Together Now 4th-6th August 2023 Curraghmore Estate, Co. Waterford, Ireland All Together Now returns to the pretty, hilly landscape of Curraghmore Estate for its fourth chapter From late adolescence through the earliest years of adulthood, each of my calendar years was punctuated, in the main, by my attendance at Ireland’s premium festival, Electric Picnic. […] The post All Together Now 2023 – Festival Preview appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Random Killing: Bring Out Your Dead (Cursed Blessings) LP/DL Out Now The latest album from veteran Toronto punks Random Killing shows they have no intention of slowing down with age. This record ranges between powerful speedy punk, chunky hardcore and crossover with a little extra variety thrown in. All served up on green and black […] The post Random Killing: Bring Out Your Dead – Album Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more