Clara Engel – Sanguinaria: Album Review
New album Sanguinaria is another creative landmark on Clara Engel’s always fascinating and immersive musical journey.
Gareth Allen
Gareth is a contributor for Louder than War, and has previously contributed to Sonic Bandwagon, Room Thirteen and Mudkiss.
Brian Auger and Julie Tippetts – Encore: Album Review
Newly reissued, Encore is the 1978 album that reunited Brian Auger and Julie Tippetts, and is an exhilarating tribute to two amazing musical talents.
Chris Squire – Fish Out Of Water: Album Review
Chris Squire’s Fish Out Of Water album, is a complete classic of progressive rock, in its most creative and ambitious form.
The Zombies – Oran Mor, Glasgow: Live Review
The Zombies cast their blissful musical spell over a smitten Glasgow audience with a magnificent set of songs old and new.
Be-Bop Deluxe – Sunburst Finish: Album Review
Be-Bop Deluxe on Sunburst Finish provide a near perfect amalgam of engagingly catchy song writing and progressive and rock influences.
Blue Rose Code – Thirteen Years: Single Review
Blue Rose Code have released a powerful new single, calling out injustice and inequality, and providing some great live music performances.
Various Artists – Cherry Stars Collide (Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995): Album Review
Cherry Stars Collide is an excellent retrospective of the artists who inhabited and developed the musical landscape of dream pop and shoegaze.
Void of Light – Enshroud: EP Review
Void of Light return with an exhilarating musical statement, that creatively weaves together several genres of metal.
Snows of Yesteryear – Something Shatters: Single Review
Snows of Yesteryear release a splendid new single that magnificently integrates folk with a dazzling pop sensibility.
Hamish Hawk – Saint Luke’s, Glasgow: Live Review
The Glasgow audience raise the roof. Hamish Hawk both live and on record is a phenomenon, with a serious lyrical and musical talent.
James Grant & The Hallelujah Strings at Celtic Connections – Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow: Live Review
Glasgow’s James Grant is a singer songwriter and musician, who represents all that is most inspiring about contemporary music.
Renaissance – Azure d’Or: Album Review
Renaissance’s Azure d’Or is reissued in a very fine box set, that does full justice to an excellent album.
Ross Little – Corrimony: EP Review
Ross Little delights with a new EP that brilliantly brings together jazz and folk, underpinned by some magnificent musicianship.
Rebecca Nash – Redefining Element 78: Album Review
Rebecca Nash delivers a compelling musical vision on new album Redefining Element 78, supported by a fine ensemble of musicians.
Various Artists – Pillows And Prayers (Cherry Red Records 1981-1984): Album Review
Pillows and Prayers thrillingly documents a time when bands and artists were set free by the punk and post punk revolution.