Indie veterans Lovejoy, AKA Dick Preece, has announced the first new album in …And It’s Love! since 2005’s Everybody Hates Lovejoy. Limited to 500 copies, on solid white vinyl, with a printed inner sleeve, the album will be jointly released by Spinout Nuggets and Shelflife Records on 28th June. It’s available to preorder HERE for UK/Europe/ROTW and for North and South America HERE  Lovejoy gained a reputation for providing sophisticated […] The post Lovejoy return with …And It’s Love! and release new single appeare ..read more

Nubiyan Twist: Find Your Flame (Strut) LP|CD|DL Out on 3rd May 2024 Pre-order from Bandcamp   Nubiyan Twist’s vibrant fourth album, Find Your Flame, is the one that they have always promised to make. It perfectly showcases the nine-piece band’s versatility as they skip effortlessly from jazz and soul through R&B to Afrobeat. Gordon Rutherford […] The post Nubiyan Twist: Find Your Flame – Album Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Somehow, The Moody Blues were cleverly able push the sentimental envelope To paraphrase Nigel Tufnel, the great Nigel Tufnel, there is a fine line between corny and clever. Their biggest hit, “Nights in White Satin” is a masterclass in this. Packed with dewy-eyed poetry, and bodice-ripping orchestral crescendos, it’s so close to being melodramatic, and […] The post RIP Mike Pinder – Founding Member of The Moody Blues and Mellotron Pioneer appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

An Electro-Noise three-piece from Manchester, The Cutter’s impact on contemporary, electronic music that equates to dark magic, urban noir and the addictive thrill of unsettling romance will be a deep slice into the veins of the industrial landscape they are both sutured to and scattered across. Their new single, Pulling Me In reveals how and […] The post Manchester’s The Cutter Release Debut Single Pulling Me In appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Yr Life               Chrysalis Vinyl | CD | DL Out Now Adopting and adapting the old American Hardcore maxim, Our Band Could Be Your Life into an altogether more up-to-date marketing exercise in presumed sarcasm, it is a great title either way, looking good […] The post Bodega: Our Brand Could Be Yr Life – Album Review appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Scheduled for release on September 6th, Fat Dog announce their debut album, Woof, and share new single Running, a slice of unhinged, hook-heavy twisted trance. Listen here. The video, directed by Stephen Agnew, hints to Ken Russell, Ingmar Bergman and MANDY whilst revealing the true origins of the cult of Fat Dog and their real […] The post Fat Dog announce debut album WOOF for September release appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Out on May 10th, Alexander Tucker’s mutant techno alter ego, MICROCORPS has announced details of a collection of new material for cassette-only label,  The Tapeworm that celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Pre-order here. MICROCORPSE 2021-2024 is a collection of eight tracks that stray into a mutated space where techno-based composition inhabits the same space […] The post Alexander Tucker’s announces collection of new tracks as MICROCORPS for The Tapeworm label. appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Ahead of his album announcement Harmonics (including collaborators such as Jungle’s Tom McFarland, Alabaster DePlume, Ibibio Sound Machine and Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor + Al Doyle) due for release on July 12th, Joe Goddard shares new single Moments Die featuring Barrie. Stream the single here. Pre-order the album here. The electronic pop duet came about […] The post Joe Goddard announces new album Harmonics and shares new single featuring Barrie appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Out 21st June 2024 on Fat Possum Records, Spiritulized will release their critically acclaimed sixth album, Songs in A & E as part of J Spaceman curated reissue series: The Spaceman Reissue Program. Available to preorder here. The latest instalment of The Spaceman Reissue Program: Curated by J Spaceman, Songs in A&E – completed in […] The post Spiritualized announce the latest instalment of The Spaceman Reissue Program: Curated by J Spaceman with Songs in A&E appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Manchester punks Loose Articles reveal their long-awaited debut album, titled Scream If You Wanna Go Faster, which will be released on 7th June 2024 via Alcopop! Records.  A rollercoaster of a debut, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster covers everything from the highs of being pinball champions to the lows of having to deal with […] The post Loose Articles announce debut album Scream If You Wanna Go Faster appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more