The Hercury Award 2023 Shortlist
It's July once more and that means we are buzzing with excitement here at LOUD WOMEN HQ. The annual LOUD…
She’s Got The Power! Female Power Pop, Punk & Garage – comp review
'She's Got The Power!..' is the latest in an excellent series from Ace Records’ sister label, Big Beat, reappraising and…
Guerrilla Girls! She-Punks & Beyond 1975-2016 – review
Typical: you wait ages for a compilation hip enough to include 70s postpunks pragVec and three come along in the…
Girls With Guitars Gonna Shake: compilation review
Straight outta garageland: here comes Girls With Guitars Gonna Shake, the long awaited fourth instalment of this Ace Records CD…
Chroma: interview
The following interview was initiated last week and completed on the very cusp of Chroma’s high-energy performance at last weekend's…
The Hercury Music Prize 2022 – shortlist announcement
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: the dawning of the Hercury Music Award.
Shooting Daggers: Athames – EP review
Shooting Daggers are a pretty irresistible prospect on paper, an impressive first listen on record, and your new favourite band…
Dusty Sings Soul: compilation review
If you treat yourself to a copy of this brand-new Ace Records compilation - and you should - you will…
The Empty Page: interview
Last time we had Manchester's The Empty Page on a LOUD WOMEN stage it was 2016, which is pretty much…
Hagar the Womb: interview
We are delighted to welcome punk legends Hagar the Womb to LOUD WOMEN Fest this year. Buoyed (or perhaps grrrled)…