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LTW Newsletter 71

Welcome warriors! Running around the city centre of Manchester these days is a great experience. In my four decades of living in Manc I can’t remember a time so vibrant… Welcome warriors! Running around the city centre of Manchester these days is a great experience. In my four decades of living in Manc I can’t remember a time so vibrant…

24.02.2024 24.02.2024

LTW Newsletter 70

Welcome warriors! I apologise for the slight delay, but I have been on manoeuvres… Last weekend, I was in Guernsey doing a talk about my ‘The Art Of Darkness - the… Welcome warriors! I apologise for the slight delay, but I have been on manoeuvres… Last weekend, I was in Guernsey doing a talk about my ‘The Art Of Darkness - the…

12.02.2024 12.02.2024

LTW newsletter 69

A lot of talk of the death of ‘music journalism’ seems to be bouncing around the, er, music media this week. Sparked by Tony Fletcher’s blog a couple of weeks on the… A lot of talk of the death of ‘music journalism’ seems to be bouncing around the, er, music media this week. Sparked by Tony Fletcher’s blog a couple of weeks on the…

30.01.2024 30.01.2024

LISTEN! LTW playlist #2 Jan 2024

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4zD3lKFRha24fSj8PDGcK5?si=0ca0cb45076e40fb https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4zD3lKFRha24fSj8PDGcK5?si=0ca0cb45076e40fb

26.01.2024 26.01.2024

Damn, those January blues!

Those cruel, dark, and cold mystery cloaks of velvet darkness cloaking the deepest of deep winters. This is a time when sensible furry creatures hanker down in their… Those cruel, dark, and cold mystery cloaks of velvet darkness cloaking the deepest of deep winters. This is a time when sensible furry creatures hanker down in their…

20.01.2024 20.01.2024

Grab a Louder Than War 2024 Calendar for £7.49!

We've just a few of these amazing calendars left so please GRAB ONE WHILE YOU CAN! 13 incredible, collectable prints from the photographers at Louder Than War for the… We've just a few of these amazing calendars left so please GRAB ONE WHILE YOU CAN! 13 incredible, collectable prints from the photographers at Louder Than War for the…

16.01.2024 16.01.2024

LTW newsletter 68

Hark the turning of the year! The days are inching longer, and the more adventurous trees and flowers are pushing out their earliest buds. The beavers are frantically… Hark the turning of the year! The days are inching longer, and the more adventurous trees and flowers are pushing out their earliest buds. The beavers are frantically…

13.01.2024 13.01.2024

LTW Newsletter 67

Warriors! Wham! Zam! Khapow! Happy New Year! Cordite air! Skies lit up with soggy fireworks and grumpy medieval storms! A bloke on TV all night playing his boogie woogie… Warriors! Wham! Zam! Khapow! Happy New Year! Cordite air! Skies lit up with soggy fireworks and grumpy medieval storms! A bloke on TV all night playing his boogie woogie…

03.01.2024 03.01.2024

Book giveaway…free books!

First come first served…please message us with which book you want and we will send out to you… Might taken a bit of time to get to you because of xmas but rest assured… First come first served…please message us with which book you want and we will send out to you… Might taken a bit of time to get to you because of xmas but rest assured…

21.12.2023 21.12.2023

LTW Newsletter 66

Welcome Xmas warriors! Hope you all ready for the invasion of elves, reindeer, evergreen trees, bearded jolly looking fellows in red tunics stuck in chimneys, the ever… Welcome Xmas warriors! Hope you all ready for the invasion of elves, reindeer, evergreen trees, bearded jolly looking fellows in red tunics stuck in chimneys, the ever…

21.12.2023 21.12.2023

LTW exclusive playlist for subscribers…1 DEC 2023

Hello folks…here is the first of our new LTW playlist exclusive for subscribers…a mix of new bands and older tracks we have been listening to in the office…longer list… Hello folks…here is the first of our new LTW playlist exclusive for subscribers…a mix of new bands and older tracks we have been listening to in the office…longer list…

16.12.2023 16.12.2023

LTW newsletter 65

Like our long lost pagan brethren and their distinct ancestors, probably stretching back into generations of cold and damp humans and near humans huddled around… Like our long lost pagan brethren and their distinct ancestors, probably stretching back into generations of cold and damp humans and near humans huddled around…

16.12.2023 16.12.2023

LTW newsletter 64

Welcome warriors! Wow its cold. Proper cold… Deep freeze. Deep Freeze Mice. The Freeze. Evil Blizzard. The Chills. Arctic Monkeys, Celtic Frost and a million other icey… Welcome warriors! Wow its cold. Proper cold… Deep freeze. Deep Freeze Mice. The Freeze. Evil Blizzard. The Chills. Arctic Monkeys, Celtic Frost and a million other icey…

02.12.2023 02.12.2023

LTW newsletter 63

Warriors! We are in the helter skelter of autumnal gig frenzy which reaches its high water mark in October/November before xmas applies the schmaltz and steals away our… Warriors! We are in the helter skelter of autumnal gig frenzy which reaches its high water mark in October/November before xmas applies the schmaltz and steals away our…

24.11.2023 24.11.2023

LTW newsletter 62

Welcome Warriors, Now that we have navigated the Halloween and Bonfire night conundrum, we enter the winter zone. Technically autumn but it feels like the barren cloak… Welcome Warriors, Now that we have navigated the Halloween and Bonfire night conundrum, we enter the winter zone. Technically autumn but it feels like the barren cloak…

14.11.2023 14.11.2023

LTW newsletter 60

Howdy folks! I’m back from the USA! Stetsoned up and living the life of an Englishman abroad. I spent two weeks touring my ‘The Art Of Darkness - the History Of Goth’… Howdy folks! I’m back from the USA! Stetsoned up and living the life of an Englishman abroad. I spent two weeks touring my ‘The Art Of Darkness - the History Of Goth’…

26.10.2023 26.10.2023

Warriors newsletter 59

I’ve been on the road again this week - visiting the mighty medieval city of Lincoln and wandering up its misty cobbled lanes towards the gothic cathedral to speak… I’ve been on the road again this week - visiting the mighty medieval city of Lincoln and wandering up its misty cobbled lanes towards the gothic cathedral to speak…

07.10.2023 07.10.2023

LTW newsletter 60

Welcome Warriors! It’s been a noisy week here at LTW, and that’s the kind of week we like. A noisy week of travel and music. I’ve been over in Ireland on my never ending… Welcome Warriors! It’s been a noisy week here at LTW, and that’s the kind of week we like. A noisy week of travel and music. I’ve been over in Ireland on my never ending…

28.09.2023 28.09.2023

Warriors 59!

Welcome warriors to the foothills of autumn! That shift in time that arrives quickly after the final sticky wasp weekend of sunshine and its attendant angry stinging… Welcome warriors to the foothills of autumn! That shift in time that arrives quickly after the final sticky wasp weekend of sunshine and its attendant angry stinging…

12.09.2023 12.09.2023

Warriors 58!

Hello Warriors, Back from perhaps the last festival of the season, we spent a few hours on the train returning from the Lakes after a wonderful weekend at Krankenhaus… Hello Warriors, Back from perhaps the last festival of the season, we spent a few hours on the train returning from the Lakes after a wonderful weekend at Krankenhaus…

01.09.2023 01.09.2023

Warriors newsletter 57!

It’s grimly fiendish the way summer ends not with a bang but a whimper. In the perma- drizzle of the soiled shores of Blighty those couple of hazy, lazy days of summer… It’s grimly fiendish the way summer ends not with a bang but a whimper. In the perma- drizzle of the soiled shores of Blighty those couple of hazy, lazy days of summer…

24.08.2023 24.08.2023

Free books!

Free offer to our subscribers as an appreciation of you looking after us and keeping the site going! First come! first served... Just select the book you want email us… Free offer to our subscribers as an appreciation of you looking after us and keeping the site going! First come! first served... Just select the book you want email us…

13.08.2023 13.08.2023

LTW newsletter 56

Hello Warriors, As autumn begins to tease us with its crisper narratives and yellowing nuances and we desperately grip on to our rain shod summer there are still a last… Hello Warriors, As autumn begins to tease us with its crisper narratives and yellowing nuances and we desperately grip on to our rain shod summer there are still a last…

13.08.2023 13.08.2023

LTW Newsletter 55

Welcome warriors! As we await summer’s nervous return and navigate the thunderous great clouds of the apocalypse that hover endlessly over this green and flooded land as… Welcome warriors! As we await summer’s nervous return and navigate the thunderous great clouds of the apocalypse that hover endlessly over this green and flooded land as…

03.08.2023 03.08.2023

LTW NEWSLETTER 54

Welcome Warriors! It feels strange saying this but we are living in strange and microwaved times! Yet in the perfect climate of Manchester, I am sat in the sun without… Welcome Warriors! It feels strange saying this but we are living in strange and microwaved times! Yet in the perfect climate of Manchester, I am sat in the sun without…

19.07.2023 19.07.2023

LTW Newsletter 53

Welcome warriors, It’s been the summer of spectacle. In 2023 everything is B.I.G. big. Big gigs in big stadiums with full frazzle tech amping up the culture into… Welcome warriors, It’s been the summer of spectacle. In 2023 everything is B.I.G. big. Big gigs in big stadiums with full frazzle tech amping up the culture into…

12.07.2023 12.07.2023

LTW Newsletter 52

Hello warriors, It's been quite a week here…not the one I planned either…  I ripped all the tendons in my left arm and was misdiagnosed in the hospital just before… Hello warriors, It's been quite a week here…not the one I planned either…  I ripped all the tendons in my left arm and was misdiagnosed in the hospital just before…

02.07.2023 02.07.2023

LTW newsletter 51

Welcome warriors, Here comes the sun! Not the shit stirring tabloid of the same name but the nearly perfect ball of confusion and hot plasma heated to incandescence by… Welcome warriors, Here comes the sun! Not the shit stirring tabloid of the same name but the nearly perfect ball of confusion and hot plasma heated to incandescence by…

18.06.2023 18.06.2023

LTW book giveaway!

Thanks for subscribing to LTW...really appreciated! As part of our thanks we will be giving away books to our subscribers... First come - first served - please email… Thanks for subscribing to LTW...really appreciated! As part of our thanks we will be giving away books to our subscribers... First come - first served - please email…

30.05.2023 30.05.2023

LTW newsletter 50

Welcome warriors to another adventure on the music trail that stakes its way through the lonesome pines of modern culture. As we wait in our log cabin for the intrepid… Welcome warriors to another adventure on the music trail that stakes its way through the lonesome pines of modern culture. As we wait in our log cabin for the intrepid…

29.05.2023 29.05.2023