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 […]
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MARTHA ROSE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM 'UNDRESS & DIVE AFTER'
FUTURE ISLANDS RETURN WITH THEIR FIRST NEW SONG IN THREE YEARS
NEW ASYLUMS ALBUM 'GENETIC CABARET' TO BE RELEASED JULY 17TH
CARDIFF'S KEYS UNVEIL NEW SINGLE WRITTEN AND RECORDED WHILE STUCK AT HOME
RIDE FRONTMAN ANDY BELL RELEASES HIS FIRST SOLO SONGS
WYE OAK ANNOUNCE NEW EP TO BE RELEASED JULY 31ST
LONDON DUO DOLLS ARE BREAKING 'EGGSHELLS'
SIR WAS + CASPER CLAUSEN SHARE NEW COLLABORATION 'FLYDER'
EMMY THE GREAT RETURNS WITH NEW SONG 'DANDELIONS / LIMINAL' + ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT
LONDON TRIO BAXTR WANT TO SEE YOU 'BLOOM'
SAN DIEGO'S THE VERIGOLDS UNVEIL THEIR LATEST SINGLE 'JULIA'
NEW SINGLE 'KELPIUS' FROM SYLVETTE IS OUT NOW
THE OBGMS RELEASE THEIR SECOND SINGLE OF THE SUMMER 'NOT AGAIN'
I LIKE TRAINS UNVEIL NEW SINGLE 'DIG IN' AHEAD OF NEW ALBUM RELEASE NEXT MONTH
ALBUM REVIEW: HAIM - WOMEN IN MUSIC PART III
NEW SINGLE FROM SNOW COATS AHEAD OF SEPTEMBER EP RELEASE
DREAM WIFE NEW SINGLE 'TEMPORARY' SET TO RAISE MONEY FOR BLACK MINDS MATTER + GENDERED INTELLIGENCE
ALBUM REVIEW: HINDS - THE PRETTIEST CURSE
INTERVIEW: BADLY DRAWN BOY
SINGLE REVIEW: DEATH VALLEY GIRLS - BREAKTHROUGH
MARTHA ROSE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM 'UNDRESS & DIVE AFTER'
