Out on May 10th, Alexander Tucker’s mutant techno alter ego, MICROCORPS has announced details of a collection of new material for cassette-only label,  The Tapeworm that celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. Pre-order here. MICROCORPSE 2021-2024 is a collection of eight tracks that stray into a mutated space where techno-based composition inhabits the same space […] The post Alexander Tucker’s announces collection of new tracks as MICROCORPS for The Tapeworm label. appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Ahead of his album announcement Harmonics (including collaborators such as Jungle’s Tom McFarland, Alabaster DePlume, Ibibio Sound Machine and Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor + Al Doyle) due for release on July 12th, Joe Goddard shares new single Moments Die featuring Barrie. Stream the single here. Pre-order the album here. The electronic pop duet came about […] The post Joe Goddard announces new album Harmonics and shares new single featuring Barrie appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Out 21st June 2024 on Fat Possum Records, Spiritulized will release their critically acclaimed sixth album, Songs in A & E as part of J Spaceman curated reissue series: The Spaceman Reissue Program. Available to preorder here. The latest instalment of The Spaceman Reissue Program: Curated by J Spaceman, Songs in A&E – completed in […] The post Spiritualized announce the latest instalment of The Spaceman Reissue Program: Curated by J Spaceman with Songs in A&E appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Manchester punks Loose Articles reveal their long-awaited debut album, titled Scream If You Wanna Go Faster, which will be released on 7th June 2024 via Alcopop! Records.  A rollercoaster of a debut, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster covers everything from the highs of being pinball champions to the lows of having to deal with […] The post Loose Articles announce debut album Scream If You Wanna Go Faster appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Belle and Sebastian have released a suprise new single, What Happened To You, Son? to coincide with the band’s first North American tour dates in over two years commencing April 23rd in Atlanta which will be followed by European dates. The single is their first ‘new’ material following on from their albums A Bit Of […] The post Belle and Sebastian drop new single What Happened To You, Son? appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Today, The Other Two announce the reissue of their debut album The Other Two & You, available to download, on CD, and for the first time in 30 years, on vinyl for the first time from 31st May. Pre-order now here. Formed by New Order band members Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert in 1990, The […] The post The Other Two Announce Reissue of their Debut Album appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

The Talking Shop return with a moody, melodic, anthemic song that adds an art of darkness to their sharp and angular indie The post The Talking Shop – the band formelry known as Soup return with gret new single appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Sad to hear of the passing of Keith LeBlanc, dubwise drummer extraordinaire. One of the kings of rhythm his pioneering drumming shaped so much music with the classic rhythm section he had with Doug Wimbish & Skip MacDonald on those key Tackhead albums. His career started out at Sugar Hill Records recording with hip hop […] The post Keith LeBlanc RIP appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

John Sinclair legendary MC5 manager, Detroit poet, cannabis activist and counterculture icon dies at 82 The post John Sinclair (legendary manager of the MC5) dies at 82 appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more

Founding member of Ultravox, bassist Chris Cross has died at the age of 71. Chris answered an ad to join Tiger Lily the band that morphed into the electronic music pioneers and his bass was crucial in the bands groundbreaking early releases. After frontman John Foxx left the band he remained in the big hits […] The post Chris Cross (Ultravox) dies at 71 appeared first on Louder Than War ..read more