DIY street punk Rum Lad hits us with another album full of his trademark sarcasm and no nonsense digs at the establishment. This time ...

INNSiDE Hotel, Manchester, from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 November 2026. View the complete programme and ticket options on the Louder Th ...

Scott Lavene Water Rats, London Wednesday 16 Scott Lavene’s slow-burning kitchen-sink tales, delivered with a storyteller’s ...

Louder Than War is run by a small but dedicated independent team, and we rely on the small amount of money we generate to keep the site running smoothly. Any money we do get is not lining the pockets ...

Glenn Richards and the Venus Lakes announce the release of new single 1990Never on September 18th on Johnny Depp’s IN.2 ...

Betweens’ subtle, haunting indie-rock reached its peak on these albums, now reissued. Robert Plummer dives for their memory.

It's been a rapid climb from selling out Alexandra Palace to five arena dates under their own name, but Spiritbox wear it well.

At the centre of it is singing drummer Levon Gill, son of the late Inspiral Carpets drummer Craig Gill, although The Sly sound nothing like the Inspirals. That connection may be part of the Manchester ...

XTC founding member Colin Moulding releases his new EP Want It Bad (The Pep Talks and Playing Fields of Old England) on 18 ...

LiVES new single Burn is another visceral blast of swaggering and incendiary rock’n’roll which demands your attention ...

Cheetah Chrome the legendary guitarist with US punks the Dead Boys and proto-punk Cleveland band Rocket From The Tombs has ...

Yaang new single is a huge, tense slice of modern melodrama bricolage of punk, art-rock, and heavy electronic beats ...