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Today,Weezerannounces new international tour dates for their upcomingWeezer: The Gatheringtour, celebrating their new albumWeezer–outAugust 21, 2026viaReprise/Warner Records.Rolling Stone called the forthcoming project, “one of the best Weezer albums of this century.” Kicking off in February 2027, these new dates include stops in Japan, Europe, and the UK, withTaking Back Sundayas an opening act. This announcement comes as the band is preparing to embark on their massive 32-date North American arena tour this fall, where they will be joined byThe ShinsandSilversun Pickupsas support. For full tour routing, preorder info, and details on upcoming dates, see below or visit Weezer’s websiteHERE. Fans…
Atmospheric strings build a soundscape from folk and psych to support excellent songs.Singer-Songwriter Bird, otherwise known as Janie Price, has released a new full-length album. Held Here Together is made up of her two recent EPs, 2025’s Heads Or Talesand Strange As Folk from earlier this year. This can be a risky strategy as reusing material again quickly can put off existing fans. On this occasion it may well be a marketing masterstroke as she has a tour supporting Ward Thomas to expose her to a whole new audience, and 3 new songs to keep her current crowd happy.Bird’s trademark…
As the last surviving member of ’60s legends Small Faces, Kenney Jones has become the custodian of their far-reaching legacy. And he’s been doing a bang-up job, with his own newly formed Nice Records putting out high-quality reissues of Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake and The Autumn Stone. Next up is an 8×7″ boxset of the band’s Immediate Singles 1967-69, limited to 500 copies. There’s also a limited edition reissue of the band’s eponymous 1967 debut LP – cut from the original masters – as part of Fontana’s The Thousand Club series. You can pre-order both here. Jones wasn’t just a…
I had the opportunity to see the legendary Mica Paris perform for the first time, and she did not disappoint. Often referred to as the Queen of Soul, it was incredible to experience exactly why she has earned that title.Something that I think is amazing about Mica is that even though her recordings showcase how incredible her voice is, hearing her live was something else entirely. There is a richness, power and emotion in her vocals that you can only truly appreciate when you experience live.What I love most about Mica is that she is not just soulful in the…
You can trust Louder Our experienced team has worked for some of the biggest brands in music. From testing headphones to reviewing albums, our experts aim to create reviews you can trust. Find out more about how we review. (Image credit: Future)Electric Callboy’s rise remains one of metal’s most fascinating transformations. Over the last few years, the Germans have gone from metalcore oddballs with a love of early 00s club anthems to Download main stage arrivals, collecting viral hits and collaborations with Babymetal along the way.The catalyst was 2022’s Tekkno, an album that turned a novelty act into one of…
Danielle Ponder will release her second album, Everything Has Changed, on October 9 via Dead Oceans. Produced by Mike Elizondo and Barney Lister, lead single Sun And Moon pairs an upbeat soul-pop groove with the exhaustion of a relationship built on pursuit rather than connection.“You ain’t no catcher, you just want to chase me,” Ponder sings, recognising the difference between being wanted and being valued. she explains:I love that this song is upbeat but the lyrics are quite sad. The sun and moon provide a beautiful symbol of two lovers who spend a life chasing each other but never quite…
There is something inherently cinematic about the River Thames. Flowing through the heart of London and stretching out toward the vast expanse of the estuary, its waters have borne witness to centuries of history, commerce, and human drama. For indie filmmakers, water has always provided a rich backdrop for storytelling, offering mood, movement, and a sense of timeless grandeur (Jaws, Life of Pi etc). That is why I am genuinely thrilled to highlight a wonderful initiative taking place this year: the Tidal Thames Film Competition 2026.Organised by the Port of London Authority, this fantastic initiative is designed to empower, enable,…
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four.Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios in Bexhill-on-Sea. For this album, Trevor Moss took over the production duties and provided bass, mandolin, banjo, and harmonica, as well as fellow musicians Thure Johansen on electric guitar and resonator guitar, violinist Henry Bristow, and Moss’s wife, Hannah-Lou, on vocals. McClure himself says, “we wanted to capture a moment, prioritising feel over perfection, and the record came together pretty quickly over a few sessions”.We…
Photo: James Minchin IIIThe musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car, while his genre-diverse accompaniment has gatecrashed its way from folk to rock, jazz, delta blues, opera, vaudeville, cabaret, funk, to even flirting with experimental techniques that verge on industrial music. So, with that in mind, does he really qualify for a…
Further explaining the film, Joe reveals that the title is based on the idea that “Something can be broken, rebuilt, and still carry its scars. “To me, resilience isn’t about pretending something never happened. It’s about accepting what happened, honouring it, and finding a way to keep moving forward. That felt like the best way to describe both the film and our journey. This is really a story about loss, friendship, creativity, and reinvention. “This wasn’t supposed to be a documentary. It started with an opportunity to film our 2024 show in São Paulo, just wanting to capture that moment.…
The records that lit her eternal flame: “I always think of music as my drug”… DIONNE WARWICKDionne Warwick’s Golden Hits Part 2SCEPTER, 1969 When I was growing up, my mother played Dionne Warwick singing Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs on repeat. So for the little girl who loved to sing, the roadmaps of these songs are so important. The melodies are truly extraordinary, the lyrics are so clever and specific, and the delivery is so imbued with heartache, joy, sadness, every possible emotion. It’s a rare synergy between Bert and Hal and Dionne Warwick. Obviously their songs were covered…
Scene Within A Scene: Scottish Independent Music 1992-2001 by Grant McPheeOmnibus PressOut 6th AugustBuy HereScene Within A Scene follows the authors excellent Postcards From Scotland, this time with labels such as Chemikal Underground and acts such as Belle and Sebastian, Bis, and Franz Ferdinand joining the party.In the aforementioned compelling and dynamic oral history, McPhee chronicles the radical transformation of Scotland’s independent music scene from 1983-1995. With a slight bit of crossover, Scene Within A Scene takes hold of the baton and runs with the story, again including archival photos and drawing from over 100 interviews with the key players…