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The National performing at Leeds’ First Direct Arena (Gary Mather)

The National and The War On Drugs detail their Zen Diagram Tour.

The National and The War On Drugs will head out on a co-headline tour of North America later this year. With the former coming off the back of…

The War On Drugs by Shawn Brackbill

The War On Drugs’ new dates go on sale from February 16th.

The War On Drugs will return to the UK and Europe for a short run of shows this summer. After appearances at the One Big Holiday and Just Like Heaven events,…

slowthai performing live in Manchester during his March 2022 UK and Ireland tour (Gary Mather for Live4ever)

Our round-up of the main stories we featured during the past seven days includes new music from slowthai and a return to the UK for The War On Drugs.

slowthai is back…

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The War On Drugs have hand-picked the venues for their UK return.

The War On Drugs will be back in the UK and Europe next June for more live shows after the 2021 release of I Don’t Live Here Anymore. Gigs in…

The War On Drugs by Shawn Brackbill

The War On Drugs will give the album a physical release on September 30th.

The War On Drugs have added two brand new songs to the deluxe edition of their 2021 album I Don’t Live Here Anymore. One of those, Oceans Of…

The War On Drugs by Shawn Brackbill

The War On Drugs have set it for release on September 30th.

The War On Drugs have unveiled a new, deluxe box-set of their 2021 album I Don’t Live Here Anymore, adding two previously unheard tracks entitled Oceans Of Darkness and Slow Ghost.…

The Rolling Stones by J. Bouquet

The Rolling Stones are playing two weekends at Hyde Park on June 25th and July 3rd.

The Rolling Stones have added some stellar names to their headline appearances in London this spring for BST Hyde Park. Sam Fender and Courtney Barnett are the…

The War On Drugs by Shawn Brackbill

A compelling night from The War On Drugs in Leeds.

There’s a wonderful charm to 80’s sci-fi movies. Despite a usually dystopian view of the future, it was an era when the technological march had begun to move fast; Donkey Kong, Motorola DynaTACs…

There was never much chance that the year which followed the strangest one in modern history was going to be anything more than overhung by it; the extended space just gave us a little more mental license in which to consider whether a stray comet might just be the best…

Wet Leg by Hollie Fernando The last 12 months have been, if nothing else, a year of extremes. Although the first three felt like a year – the usual January blues maximised and extended to an intolerable degree with lockdown for a whole season – as the spring arrived, society…

The War On Drugs by Shawn Brackbill

The War On Drugs released their fifth studio album last week.

The War On Drugs have recorded a Tiny Desk (Home) concert session for NPR – have a watch below. I Don’t Wanna Wait, Old Skin, Change and the title-track were all performed…

Our pick of the albums reviewed on these pages during the past week is the brand new one from The War On Drugs, I Don’t Live Here Anymore.

“Maybe the idea of ‘old-fashioned’ needs a bit of a rebrand.” “Both phrase and state of mind were hijacked by politicians and…

Maybe the idea of ‘old-fashioned’ needs a bit of a rebrand. Both phrase and state of mind were hijacked by politicians and grifting cultural commentators over the last decade, manipulating its truth into an image of a regressive state that denies progress and inclusivity. Yet in the real word it’s…

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It’s the final preview before The War On Drugs release their new album on Friday.

The War On Drugs are streaming Change online, the third track to be taken from I Don’t Live Here Anymore. Adam Granduciel and co. are set to…

Bobby Gillespie performing with Primal Scream @ Webster Hall, NYC (Photo: Paul Bachmann for Live4ever) Our recap of the stories we featured during the past seven days includes big gig announcements by Primal Scream and The War on Drugs’ new title track off their forthcoming album. They’ll be Primal Scream’s…

The War On Drugs by Shawn Brackbill The War On Drugs release their new album in October. There’s plenty of lyrical nods to Bob Dylan on the title-track of The War On Drugs’ forthcoming I Don’t Live Here Anymore LP. Guest vocalists Lucius lend a different flavour to the band…