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1 week ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
Photo Credit: Dean ChalkleyFollowing hot on the heels of her quirky infectious debut album I Play My Bass Loud, Gina is back with the namechecking song of all namechecking songs with the fast and furious Causing Trouble Again, a rallying cry for great women. Read on…Legendary artist, Raincoats co-founder, songwriter, filmmaker, and feminist icon Gina Birch has announced her eagerly awaited second solo album, Trouble, arriving via Third Man Records on Friday, July 11. Pre-orders are available now.
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1 week ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
Cracked Ankles Weekend Day 2: Live ReviewThe Ferret, PrestonSaturday 3rd MayCracked Ankles Records are actually ‘cracking’ it at the moment with an eclectic roster of groups that many labels would kill for. Take their earlier groups like Hotwax who are flying, plus (almost) newbies Yaang and TV Face who are creating a buzz on the scene as I speak. Sadly I have to miss the Friday night which I’ve been well informed was on fire.
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1 week ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
Photo credit: Tom BeardThe king of cool and suave spoken word Baxter Dury returns with album number nine Allbarone, introducing us to the excellent new lead track of the same name. It’s business as usual for Dury who’s in his purple patch at the moment. Read on…Baxter Dury is pleased to announce his ninth studio album Allbarone which will be released on Heavenly Recordings on September 12th 2025.
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2 weeks ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
TV Face are back with a bang and firing on all cylinders with their incendiary new tune Boots Pocket Coffin. A rip roaring piece of raucous rock that sets you on fire. The Lancaster DIY trio are in cruise control, already scoring an album of the week with their debut album reviewed by our Ryan here, they look set to do the double from what I’ve heard so far.
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2 weeks ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
Sugarstone: In Tatters(Cracked Ankles)Vinyl | CD | DL available hereReleased 2 May4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0Salford group Sugarstone release their debut album via Crackedankles, following in the footsteps of fellow Northern label mates Yaang.
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3 weeks ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
Evan Williams: The View From Halfway Down(Strap Originals)Vinyl | DL available here. 4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0Evan Williams arrives on the scene under the wings of Peter Doherty’s label Strap Originals and it’s a brave debut of well written songs from the perspective of a knowing 23 year old mind. Wayne AF Carey reviews…East Kent newcomer Evan Williams has risen from the ashes of his teenage band Vendettas and has been working his way through the ranks ever since.
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3 weeks ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
Achilles, the new single from The Divine Comedy, now has a video every bit as beautiful and moving as the song it accompanies. One of many highlights from the band’s forthcoming album, Rainy Sunday Afternoon, Achilles is yet another example of Neil Hannon’s peerless songwriting. Hannon explains the origins of the song: “‘I saw a man this morning who did not wish to die’. So begins the opening lines of Patrick Shaw-Stewart’s 1915 poem, ‘Achilles in the Trench’.
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3 weeks ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
Hot on the heels of their well deserved LTW Album Of The Week, Miki Berenyi Trio team up with legend Lol Tolhurst and son Gray for a shimmering psychedelic beauty with layers of guitars that sound huge. Read on…Good times for Miki Berenyi Trio… Following excellent reviews for their debut album Tripla, released earlier this month via Bella Union, the album entered the UK Album Charts at Number 86 and the Independent Album Chart at Number 5.
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1 month ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
Sevendials: A Crash Course In Catastrophe(Cadiz Music/ CreationYouth)Vinyl | CD | DLReleased 11 April4.5 out of 5.0 stars4.5What do you get if you cross a Cock, a Joke and a couple of blokes on a Mission to the Ministry? A supergroup named Sevendials who bring you a crash course in huge Gothic stadium sound that rocks like fuck. Wayne AF Carey checks it out..
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1 month ago | 
louderthanwar.com | Wayne Carey
Photo credit: Chris BethellManchester’s latest upstarts Aerial Salad quickly follow last album R.O.I. (reviewed here) with a five song blast that lives up to the sound they graced us with last year, now including a very rare love song from the boisterous manc funk punk brothers.
