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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…

September 28, 2023 September 28, 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…

September 12, 2023 September 12, 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…

September 1, 2023 September 1, 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…

August 24, 2023 August 24, 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…

August 13, 2023 August 13, 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…

August 13, 2023 August 13, 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…

August 3, 2023 August 3, 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…

July 19, 2023 July 19, 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…

July 12, 2023 July 12, 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…

July 2, 2023 July 2, 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…

June 18, 2023 June 18, 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…

May 30, 2023 May 30, 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…

May 29, 2023 May 29, 2023

LTW Warriors 45

Hello Warriors, We have sunshine! And music! And song! Finally, February has retreated after its 12-week stint and let in the spring and everyone has breathed a sigh of… Hello Warriors, We have sunshine! And music! And song! Finally, February has retreated after its 12-week stint and let in the spring and everyone has breathed a sigh of…

May 21, 2023 May 21, 2023

LTW newsletter 45

Hail warriors May the 4th be with you… Today is my birthday. It only comes around once a year and it’s the perfect time. Spring has sprung and it’s the first proper… Hail warriors May the 4th be with you… Today is my birthday. It only comes around once a year and it’s the perfect time. Spring has sprung and it’s the first proper…

May 4, 2023 May 4, 2023

LTW newsletter 46

Welcome warriors! Normal service has been resumed on the weekly LTW column as my book The Art Of Darkness - The History Of Goth’ has now been printed and is in the best… Welcome warriors! Normal service has been resumed on the weekly LTW column as my book The Art Of Darkness - The History Of Goth’ has now been printed and is in the best…

April 11, 2023 April 11, 2023

LTW newsletter 45

Welcome warriors and fans of the eternal good stuff and the discerners of decibels! Its been quite a helter skelter few days here hence the column being slightly late.… Welcome warriors and fans of the eternal good stuff and the discerners of decibels! Its been quite a helter skelter few days here hence the column being slightly late.…

March 21, 2023 March 21, 2023

LTW Newsletter 45

Welcome Warriors! Can you dance the tango or strut the polka or fling your partner around to the Tarantella or just dive into the mosh put eyes blazing and screaming… Welcome Warriors! Can you dance the tango or strut the polka or fling your partner around to the Tarantella or just dive into the mosh put eyes blazing and screaming…

March 5, 2023 March 5, 2023

LTW Newsletter 44

Welcome Warriors! I’m back! It’s been a hectic couple of months because I had to finish of writing my upcoming book ‘The Art Of Darkness - The History of Goth’. It was… Welcome Warriors! I’m back! It’s been a hectic couple of months because I had to finish of writing my upcoming book ‘The Art Of Darkness - The History of Goth’. It was…

February 25, 2023 February 25, 2023

The Tracks Of My Year

Morning all. Just a reminder that if you are keen to vote in Louder Than War's Top 100 Tracks Of The Year poll, you still have time. Voting closes at midnight tomorrow.… Morning all. Just a reminder that if you are keen to vote in Louder Than War's Top 100 Tracks Of The Year poll, you still have time. Voting closes at midnight tomorrow.…

December 8, 2022 December 8, 2022

The Tracks Of My Year

Good morning subscribers! Firstly, thank you to all who voted in our recent Album of the Year poll. Hopefully by now you have seen Louder Than War's top 100 for 2022 -… Good morning subscribers! Firstly, thank you to all who voted in our recent Album of the Year poll. Hopefully by now you have seen Louder Than War's top 100 for 2022 -…

December 3, 2022 December 3, 2022

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: FINAL CALL

Morning all.  Happy Friday. Look, we know you are all music lovers. And we know that all music lovers love lists. The good news is that there is still time for you to… Morning all.  Happy Friday. Look, we know you are all music lovers. And we know that all music lovers love lists. The good news is that there is still time for you to…

November 18, 2022 November 18, 2022

LTW newsletter 47

Welcome warriors, As we stagger out of our Louder Than Words festival weekend that we have promoted for ten years we have the usual attendant colds and hacking… Welcome warriors, As we stagger out of our Louder Than Words festival weekend that we have promoted for ten years we have the usual attendant colds and hacking…

November 16, 2022 November 16, 2022

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: THE READERS' POLL

Good afternoon all, Well, the early votes are flowing in nicely for our Louder Than War Album of the Year: Readers' Poll. Thanks to those who have voted already. For… Good afternoon all, Well, the early votes are flowing in nicely for our Louder Than War Album of the Year: Readers' Poll. Thanks to those who have voted already. For…

November 11, 2022 November 11, 2022

Album of the Year 2022

CORRECTION! Actually...when you vote, reply to subscriptions@louderthanwar.com.  Apologies! And thanks!! Gordon. CORRECTION! Actually...when you vote, reply to subscriptions@louderthanwar.com.  Apologies! And thanks!! Gordon.

November 7, 2022 November 7, 2022

mates rates tickets available for Louder Than Words Festival

The UK's music and books event takes place in Manchester this weekend on Nov 11/13 at the Innside Hotel. We have loads of great guests from Miki Berenyi, David Gedge ,… The UK's music and books event takes place in Manchester this weekend on Nov 11/13 at the Innside Hotel. We have loads of great guests from Miki Berenyi, David Gedge ,…

November 7, 2022 November 7, 2022

Tell Us Your Album of the Year - 2022

Nothing beats a great end-of-year list, right? Throughout the year, music lovers are mentally calculating which albums will be featuring in their year-end 'best of'… Nothing beats a great end-of-year list, right? Throughout the year, music lovers are mentally calculating which albums will be featuring in their year-end 'best of'…

November 7, 2022 November 7, 2022

LTW Newsletter 46

Dear Warriors! Maybe we are drowning in autumn’s sweet sorrows or shivering in the annual damp and inclement quilt of grey that has spread over our lives. On the other… Dear Warriors! Maybe we are drowning in autumn’s sweet sorrows or shivering in the annual damp and inclement quilt of grey that has spread over our lives. On the other…

November 6, 2022 November 6, 2022

LTW Newsletter 45 Autumn has overcome us with its thrilling rush of…

LTW Newsletter 45 Autumn has overcome us with its thrilling rush of golden yellow and indeed golden browns which is apt as I have to apologise for my absence for a… LTW Newsletter 45 Autumn has overcome us with its thrilling rush of golden yellow and indeed golden browns which is apt as I have to apologise for my absence for a…

October 18, 2022 October 18, 2022

EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER OFFER: DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR LOUDER THAN WORDS…

EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER OFFER: DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR LOUDER THAN WORDS FESTIVAL Louder Than Words is, quite simply, the best music-focused literary festival in the… EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER OFFER: DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR LOUDER THAN WORDS FESTIVAL Louder Than Words is, quite simply, the best music-focused literary festival in the…

October 2, 2022 October 2, 2022