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2 weeks ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
When a friend and talented songwriter sadly passed away before his time, his friends channeled their grief into the medium they know best – music. Sam Lambeth spoke to We Were Kings about recording their late comrade’s songs and raising money for charity. Most supergroups form in happy, rather bougie circumstances. The Travelling Wilburys joined forces one sunkissed afternoon in a recording studio after a luxurious lunch in California.
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1 month ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
Dinosaur Jr.London TroxyThursday 22nd May 2025The three wise men of alternative rock roll back into London to dust off songs from their underappreciated 1994 album Without a Sound. Sam Lambeth feels the pain, then he feels nothing. The album tour medium has become a curious thing, hasn’t it. It arguably began when Brian Wilson played Pet Sounds in toto just before the new millennium and was accelerated with the Don’t Look Back festival series in the noughties.
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1 month ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
The WaterboysSymphony Hall, BirminghamFriday 16th May 2025Mercurial Scottish legends are still bringing the Big Music…as well as a digestible journey through the life and times of Dennis Hopper. Sam Lambeth doesn’t know how he made it, but he made it. Stars of bygone and current days weave their way through The Waterboys’ music as seamlessly as they pivot between a myriad of genres and often both can be gloriously unexpected.
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2 months ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
Blossoms | Nieve EllaWolverhampton Civic HallFriday 18th April 2025Louche, funk-pop singalongs aplenty – as well as a special simian guest – as Stockport’s finest beat their chests at a sold-out Wolverhampton. Sam Lambeth knows he probably should be sleeping. Anyone thinking that support act Nieve Ella is wearing a Wolverhampton Wanderers football jersey to curry favour with the Midlands faithful is in for a quick surprise.
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2 months ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
Coventry shoegaze survivors Senses are back with a timely collection of stunning songs. Sam Lambeth spoke to the band to find out more. Senses are proof that you can have a happy ending. Or, rather, a happy existence. The four-piece are now a diaspora of Coventry-born musicians, scattered in different parts of the world. But after regrouping digitally – and, eventually, physically – during the interminable ennui of lockdown, the band are back with a new album, a rejigged sound and new tour dates.
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Mar 30, 2025 | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
Ocean Colour Scene | Kula Shaker Birmingham Utilita ArenaSaturday 29th March 2025Birmingham’s trad rock survivors celebrate a stunning homecoming at one of the Second City’s biggest arenas, with fellow Britpop revellers Kula Shaker in tow. Sam Lambeth sipped another rum and coke and told a dirty joke. Swirling, psychedelic shapes engulf a large screen behind the Utilita Arena stage, the kind that Super Hans and Jez would put on as a visual backdrop while getting toasted in Mark’s living room.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
Birmingham-based singer-songwriter Naomi Dawes is causing a stir with her unabashed tales of lust, love and everything in between. She spoke to Sam Lambeth about her new single, BABE, and plans for the future. Across the country, people young and old rush to the bedroom, engulfed by lust. Priests passionately rip their dog collars from their necks, throw them on to the pontiff’s desk and leave the clergy for a night of unbridled debauchery.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
Bob Mould: Here We Go Crazy(BMG / Granary Music)LP | CD | DLAvailable 7 March at Sister Ray4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0Alt rock forefather continues his purple patch with another electrifying, epigrammatic collection of scuffed anthems. Sam Lambeth reviews. Bob Mould may hate the word ‘catharsis’, or at least he did when he published his acclaimed memoir over a decade ago, but it’s a practice that his fans have readily adopted.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
The Brian Jonestown Massacre | Les Big Byrd O2 Institute, BirminghamTuesday 18th February 2025Celluloid anti-hero and psychedelic vessel Anton Newcombe brings his menagerie back to Birmingham as part of their biggest UK tour yet. Crutches, kung fu fighting and a bad case of the sniffles abound. Sam Lambeth reviews. Sweden has a strong and unique pedigree when it comes to rock music, with bands from that region having the distinctly Nordic blend of fervent garage and powerful melancholy.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
louderthanwar.com | Sam Lambeth
Brian Lightning | Ollie Cook | Lobby Hare & Hounds, BirminghamSunday 29th December 2024 Tis the season to be quirky – introducing a Lightning, Cook and Lobby Christmas, in which three of Birmingham’s most unique and compelling acts join forces for a sensational, seasonal gig in the Second City. Moustaches preferred, but not essential. Sam Lambeth reviews. You’d be forgiven for thinking you’ve entered a time warp when setting foot in Kings Heath tonight.
