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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…
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 -…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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 ,…
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'…
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…
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…
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…
LTW Newsletter 43 Welcome warriors, Sorry about the delay in the… LTW Newsletter 43 Welcome warriors, Sorry about the delay in the weekly missive but have been in travelling madness as my band Membranes have been on the road with the… LTW Newsletter 43 Welcome warriors, Sorry about the delay in the weekly missive but have been in travelling madness as my band Membranes have been on the road with the…
LTW Newsletter 43 It’s been a curious week in dear old Blighty as we… LTW Newsletter 43 It’s been a curious week in dear old Blighty as we find ourselves with a new king to rule over us scrabbling minions in the queendom. Of course we… LTW Newsletter 43 It’s been a curious week in dear old Blighty as we find ourselves with a new king to rule over us scrabbling minions in the queendom. Of course we…
LTW Newsletter 43 Welcome warriors As autumn sneaks in and cruelly… LTW Newsletter 43 Welcome warriors As autumn sneaks in and cruelly wrestles summer’s warm hands from the tills and rudders of the day and night and we stagger like a… LTW Newsletter 43 Welcome warriors As autumn sneaks in and cruelly wrestles summer’s warm hands from the tills and rudders of the day and night and we stagger like a…
LTW Newsletter 42 Welcome Warriors! Another week of national chaos… LTW Newsletter 42 Welcome Warriors! Another week of national chaos surrounds us with the UK blundering around which was put into a sharp contrast by hanging around at… LTW Newsletter 42 Welcome Warriors! Another week of national chaos surrounds us with the UK blundering around which was put into a sharp contrast by hanging around at…
LTW Newsletter 42 Welcome Warriors! It’s that time of year when we… LTW Newsletter 42 Welcome Warriors! It’s that time of year when we peer up at the skies and hold our fingers to the wind whilst consulting the endless array of weather… LTW Newsletter 42 Welcome Warriors! It’s that time of year when we peer up at the skies and hold our fingers to the wind whilst consulting the endless array of weather…
LTW Newsletter 42 Morning Warriors! We have been waiting for the… LTW Newsletter 42 Morning Warriors! We have been waiting for the heatwave as the song once sang so hopefully. Living in Manchester is about waiting for the sun and it’s… LTW Newsletter 42 Morning Warriors! We have been waiting for the heatwave as the song once sang so hopefully. Living in Manchester is about waiting for the sun and it’s…
LTW newsletter 40 Welcome warriors! I’ve just crawled back from… LTW newsletter 40 Welcome warriors! I’ve just crawled back from Glastonbury and back to the real world. It’s a strange experience to stay up for three days straight with… LTW newsletter 40 Welcome warriors! I’ve just crawled back from Glastonbury and back to the real world. It’s a strange experience to stay up for three days straight with…
LTW newsletter 39 Welcome Warriors! Well the champaign bottle corks… LTW newsletter 39 Welcome Warriors! Well the champaign bottle corks were popping this week at LTW towers or the tea bags were getting piled into the chipped Moomin cups… LTW newsletter 39 Welcome Warriors! Well the champaign bottle corks were popping this week at LTW towers or the tea bags were getting piled into the chipped Moomin cups…