Louder Than Words celebrates that essential, magical relationship between music and writing. Whether it’s Guy Garvey talking lyrics; Edwyn Collins performing his own music or Hugh Cornwell talking about life in The Stranglers, the Festival has something for anyone with a love for music, and the way words are used to inform and contribute to […]
Close your eyes, and it could be 1983. It is exactly the kind of nostalgia that Mark E Smith hates, so I did not expect to be joined by him at the Ruby Lounge for the debut performance of Brix and the Extricated. And I wasn’t, despite my dreams of the former husband and wife […]
GIG GUIDE
Our gig guide is handpicked and every act has been listened to before making it onto the list.
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LIVE: THESE NEW PURITANS - 13/07/2019
LIVE: BLOC PARTY - 05/07/2019
ALDO RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO ‘PAPERMAZE’
REVIEW: LOGAN & MANLEY ‘ORPHEUS VIBRATIONS EP’
LIVE: TINFOILS / SPRINGFIELD ELEMENTARY / GIANT BOYS / FURROWED BROW - 29/06/2019
EP REVIEW: HELLO COSMOS - RUN FOR PRESIDENT
LIVE: BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - 03/07/2019
LIVE: MAKING MANCHESTER - 27/06/2019
LIVE: JANELLE MONÁE - 04/07/2019
AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR SOME MUTTS (CAN’T BE MUZZLED)
LIVE: METZ / USA NAILS - 27/06/2019
JULY 2019
EP REVIEW: EGYPTIAN BLUE - COLLATERAL DAMAGE EP
PREVIEW: COMMUNITY FESTIVAL 2019
ALBUM REVIEW: BLACK MIDI - SCHLAGENHEIM
ALBUM REVIEW: BAD BREEDING - EXILED
LIVE: PRIMAVERA SOUND FESTIVAL 2019
LIVE: NICK CAVE - 20/06/2019
ALBUM REVIEW: CHRIS SHIFLETT - HARD LESSONS
ALBUM REVIEWS ROUND UP - THE REST OF THE BEST NEW RELEASES FROM THE LAST MONTH
LIVE: THESE NEW PURITANS - 13/07/2019
