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Manchester grime pioneer Manchester Hypes is bringing his personal journey to the stage with The Treatment, an innovative new production blending grime, live theatre and striking visuals to explore the relationship between ADHD, mental health and creativity.Part gig, part theatrical experience, The Treatment traces Hypes’ journey from childhood hyperactivity and rap battles in Manchester youth clubs to his father’s Moss Side barbershop, navigating the music industry and receiving an ADHD diagnosis as an adult. Driven by hard-hitting beats and immersive projections, the show offers an unfiltered insight into his experiences.A founding figure of northern grime and creator of Burst Gang,…
Blondie will release a new album, High Noon, next year.The group’s 12th studio album, High Noon is their first collection of new music in nine years, following on from 2017’s Pollinator. The group’s final album with late drummer Clem Burke, High Noon was recorded in New York with The Paper Chase frontman/producer John Congleton [St. Vincent, The Killers], who also produced Pollinator, and will be released on February 26 via BMG.”This album is classic Blondie,” says vocalist Debbie Harry, “an amalgamation of all our different influences and eras into something new. This music feels grounded in the present, shaped by…
The Night and the Dirty are based out of Seattle, Washington, and the new single from the outfit is their sixth since they started releasing music back in 2025, but it sounds to me like they’ve been keeping the best close to their chest. This is quite a charismatic new single with slices of indie rock and Americana….The Night and the Dirty deliver a dark, charismatic blend of indie rock and Americana that hooks you instantly!Vocally, this is incredibly strong, with Kelly McShane’s commanding male vocals working perfectly amongst those strong guitars and atmospheric synth elements.It is a bit dark…
Subscribe to Louder Than War(and help keep independent writing alive) Independent music journalism, interviews, reviews and more. Support LTW and Subscribe Louder Than War Fest Manchester • Saturday 13 March 2027The Wedding Present + more across Manchester Academy. See the line and Get Tickets Patagonian trio The Otherness have released Broken Latitudes, a twelve-track album exploring empathy, alienation and the search for human connection in an increasingly fragmented world.Released on September 25, the record finds the Argentine band asking a question that cuts through the noise of contemporary life: can music reconnect people when everything around them seems to be…
Getting ready to start 2027 with a bang, Winona Fighter have announced that they’ll be kicking off next year by releasing their eagerly-awaited second album Brutal & Extremely Underrated on January 22. Having spent much of the past two years on the road, the Nashville alt.rockers say they’ve grown into themselves this time around. “I fucking love this record and I love that I got to make it, once again, DIY in a garage with my two favourite people,” says singer Coco Kinnon. “I especially love that we get to give our fans and new listeners something real in a…
Sophomore album from alt-country act is an affectionate but irreverent take on 90s radio country to great effect and real emotional depth.Let’s deal with the elephant in the room first: there are many “humorous” records out there that maybe hit their mark once, eliciting a wry chuckle but not achieving the target of repeat plays. It is a significant challenge to produce songs that accurately skewer a given genre and also stand as songs in their own right. This album markets itself on being a love letter to the “hat” acts of the 90s, Garth, George, and Alan, through an…
Photo by Nathanael VassOur latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites, we can’t mention every album or EP we get sent, but we reckon the picks below deserve a nod. Click on the links to hear a song.With autumn firmly holding us in its coolish grip, there’s no better time to slow down and curl up with some wonderful new music. Here are some new releases that we hope won’t fall off…
Texas psych-punk weirdos Butthole Surfers will continue their reissue programme with remasters of 1991’s Piouhgd and 2002 compilation Humpty Dumpty LSD coming to vinyl via Matador Records on December 11. Released in ‘the year punk broke’, the Buttholes’ fifth album Piouhgd contains their crazed cover of Donovans’ “The Hurdy Gurdy Man”. Humpty Dumpty LSD meanwhile rounds-up outtakes and curios from the decade before that. Pre-order Piouhgd here and Humpty Dumpty LSD here. You can read much more about Butthole Surfers’ gonzo adventures in the latest issue of Uncut – more details on that here. View Original Article Here
Director: Chris Schwab Co-Writers: Chris Schwab, Bram Stoker Starring: Eric Toms, Marlene Mc’Cohen, Spencer Weitzel, Raelan Mackiewicz, Brenton Jones Synopsis: In this modern reimagining, Dr. John Seward regains his hope for humanity through a bond with Mina and her young daughter Lucy. However, his regained faith is systemically destroyed by an ancient evil. In a new exclusive interview for Blazing Minds, ahead of this year’s Dead and Sudburied Horror Festival, I had the opportunity to ask Director/Co-Writer Chris Schwab about his latest film, Dracula: The Night Around Us, which will screen at the festival on Friday 23 October at 12:50pm.…
Director: Malcolm Roding Writer: Malcolm Roding Starring: Josée Bekker Synopsis: Empress Mary, in the far future, rules a realm of many star systems. But she’s losing the planet she cares for most, her husband is missing in the war to defend it, and the son she believes she’s carrying isn’t kicking. Come see the thrilling one-woman show, premiering this December. In a new Exclusive interview on Blazing Minds, I got a chance to ask Writer-Director Malcolm Roding a few questions about his new one-woman show Empress Bloody Mary, which will premiere at The Water Rats on 6th December. Q. Your…
New York City-born and Milan-based electronic artist WhereIsFenix draws upon House, Minimal, Electronica and Jazz influences across his debut album ‘Curiosity’, shaped by years spent between New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Berlin, Detroit and Milan, with the release seeing him present 18 tracks across three chapters on his own label,Legacy System, on digital and forthcoming on vinyl. Held together by movement rather than genre, ‘Curiosity’ is rooted in House, drawing on percussion, found sound and raw club music. It marks the label’s first album-length release and the beginning of an open-ended sequence, structured in chapters, with more to follow. WhereIsFenix…
Director: James Owen Writer: James Owen Starring: Annabelle Lanyon, David Sterne, Daisy Jelley, Terry Bamberger, Paul Casar Synopsis: Medical student Melissa Knowles and her reluctant colleague Eric are making routine house calls to administer flu vaccines. When they step into Fred Hunt’s decaying, junk-crammed home, something immediately feels wrong. Fred seems like a harmless old recluse, but when Eric vanishes, Melissa’s search pulls her deeper into the house’s chaotic mess, revealing a labyrinth of tunnels carved through the piles of junk, twisting into suffocating darkness. And beneath it all, below the creaking floorboards, something stirs. Watching. Waiting. In a new…