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Louder Than War Live - Manchester Festival - March 2026 Louder Than War is Hosting Its First Festival In Manchester called LOUDER THAN WAR LIVE in March 2026 - Signed Up Form

House Of All the brilliant band of former Fall members play an exclusive Manchester show for our Sea Power headlined Louder Than War fest with Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, Evil Blizzard, Immersion and the fast rising Mouth Ulcers and others Sat March 14 details here.
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ha ha forgotten five minutes later!

YouTube video by JOHN ROBB Goldblade 'Hairstyle' on TV

Great to find this footage of Goldblade on Ant and Dec's Saturday day morning pop show 'CD:UK' playing our hit that never was 'Hairstyle' in 1998. We had loads of radio play as well and then the record label went bust! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlD0...

Louder Than War Live - Manchester Festival - March 2026 Louder Than War is Hosting Its First Festival In Manchester called LOUDER THAN WAR LIVE in March 2026 - Signed Up Form

House Of All the brilliant band of former Fall members play an exclusive Manchester show for our Sea Power headlined Louder Than War fest with Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, Evil Blizzard, Immersion and the fast rising Mouth Ulcers and others Sat March 14 details here.
louderthanwar.com/louder-than-...

Louder Than War Live - Manchester Festival - March 2026 Louder Than War is Hosting Its First Festival In Manchester called LOUDER THAN WAR LIVE in March 2026 - Signed Up Form

Not long to go!
Sea Power headline the first Louder Than War Live festival with Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, House of All, Evil Blizzard, Immersion and the fast rising new band Mouth Ulcers and many others on Sat March 14 in Manchester … all tickets and details here.
louderthanwar.com/louder-than-...

Dune app At last there is hope on the horizon for musicians struggling to survive in the streaming age. Dune app At last there is hope on the horizon for musicians struggling to survive in the streaming age.

Groundbreaking new platform Dune launches to monetise streaming in an equitable Way for artists and fans. John Robb interviews the founders and sees hope on the horizon... louderthanwar.com/dune-app/ via @louderthanwar

Radio pays a royalty

Louder Than War Live - Manchester Festival - March 2026 Louder Than War is Hosting Its First Festival In Manchester called LOUDER THAN WAR LIVE in March 2026 - Signed Up Form

Mouth Ulcers at a fast rising dark post punk band and have just been added to our LouderThan War Live festival bill headlined by Sea Power, Pale Blue Eyes, House of All, Evil Blizzard and Immersion louderthanwar.com/louder-than-...

Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

I think we will all survive this somehow

Louder Than War Live - Manchester Festival - March 2026 Louder Than War is Hosting Its First Festival In Manchester called LOUDER THAN WAR LIVE in March 2026 - Signed Up Form

Not long to go!
Sea Power headline the first Louder Than War Live festival with Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, House of All, Evil Blizzard, Immersion and the fast rising new band Mouth Ulcers and many others on Sat March 14 in Manchester … all tickets and details here.
louderthanwar.com/louder-than-...

Napalm Death: Arena, Torquay – Live Review Napalm Death lead a four-band bill that ensures all bases are loaded with doom, hardcore punk and metal......

Napalm Death: Arena, Torquay – Live Review #napalmdeath @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social

“Napalm Death remain furiously engaged and politically uncaged.“

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The Stereolab story in twenty songs - Book Review Pete Harvey reviews an in-depth new Stereolab book, with a great playlist, that will appeal to fans and newcomers alike.

Space Age Bachelor Pad Music: The Story of Stereolab in 20 songs – Book Review @stereolab.bsky.social @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social

“Its strengths lie in its meticulous detail and the inclusion of the informative and thoughtfully assembled playlist.“

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Qobuz could be the answer to all streaming problems. Qobuz could be the answer to all streaming problems.

Is Qobuz on the way to replacing Spotify? : far better sound quality and royalty rates for bands louderthanwar.com/qobuz-could-... via @louderthanwar

thanks Joe

He was an amazing character and brave soul

YouTube video by JOHN ROBB Paul Conroy: The John Robb interview

Really sad to hear of the passing of Paul Conroy the war photographer who was also the studio engineer on the LA’s ‘There She Goes’ - one of the good guys as this interview I did with him underlines youtu.be/TKdTX8s_6JY?...

Louder Than War Live - Manchester Festival - March 2026 Louder Than War is Hosting Its First Festival In Manchester called LOUDER THAN WAR LIVE in March 2026 - Signed Up Form

Mouth Ulcers at a fast rising dark post punk band and have just been added to our LouderThan War Live festival bill headlined by Sea Power, Pale Blue Eyes, House of All, Evil Blizzard and Immersion louderthanwar.com/louder-than-...

In a sense it’s the same as having your album released and sales are low and you lose money. The story was about trying to find a better alternative. Also pointing out the labels and publishers have helped create this situation and also that some people have made money.

Spotify typically pays artists between $0.003 and $0.005 per stream on average - has to be over 1000 listens - which is like not making money from a record that seeks less than 100 copies in a way. Also saying Qobuz pays more.

Big Special , London Roundhouse - Live Review Black Country duo Big Special play their biggest show so far inside North London's 3000 capacity Roundhouse..

Big Special: Roundhouse, London – Live Review @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social #bigspecial

“Tonight was beautiful, tonight was a big night out for everyone involved.”

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Dead Pioneers, Rebellion, Manchester: Live Review Landing in Manchester for the second date of their UK / EU tour, Dead Pioneers are here to demonstrate the power of their political punk

Dead Pioneers, Rebellion, Manchester: Live Review louderthanwar.com/dead-pioneer... @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social @nigelcarruk.bsky.social @wayneafcarey.bsky.social @deadpioneers.bsky.social @hasslerecords.bsky.social

Ishango Bones - new Manchester band deliver a quirky and Ishango Bones - new Manchester band deliver a quirky and captivating nu indie

New Band Of The Day : Ishango Bone : new Manchester band get their quirk on with tune laden off kilter trips louderthanwar.com/ishango-bones/ via @louderthanwar

Qobuz could be the answer to all streaming problems. Qobuz could be the answer to all streaming problems.

Is Qobuz on the way to replacing Spotify? : far better sound quality and royalty rates for bands louderthanwar.com/qobuz-could-... via @louderthanwar

ha yes - I think frontiong the Brits is a bit of a thankless task!

Checking on how the other half lives at the Brits…

True - it’s not quite as holy as people hope

Might not be out yet?

Band amp don’t pay anything for streams

Checking on how the other half lives at the Brits…