Chris Oliver
Website: http://soundcloud.com/electromotiveband/sets/underground
Profile: I've been playing bass guitar and acoustic guitar for over half my life. I'm currently in a band called Electromotive, and I also spent some time as a singer-songwriter, and wrote a song about cheese. I started out listening to 60s/70s/80s rock as a kid, and was in to grunge and U.S. pop-punk in the 90s. Since then, I've broadened my tastes and I'd say I like the best of all styles of music, even country. That said, I find it hard to listen to dance music at home - dance music is for dancing!
Posts by Chris Oliver:
- LIVE: NOMEANSNO – 22/05/2013
- YES, NO MEANS NO ARE BACK
- Album Review: Vondelpark – Seabed
- Single Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jubilee Street
- LIVE: DINOSAUR JR – 01/02/2013
- LIVE: HEY ROSETTA! / RICH AUCOIN – 08/11/2012
- LIVE: THE WALKMEN / WILD NOTHING – 30/10/2012
- Single Reviews: Fruits de Mer Records – October Releases
- LIVE: GRIMES – 30/08/2012
- Album Review: Easy Star All-Stars – Thrillah
- Single Review: The Lucid Dream – Hits Me Like I’m Stoned
- Album Review: Fruits de Mer Records – Sorrow’s Children
- LIVE: BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA – 24/03/2012
- COMPUTER GAME MUSIC
- Single Review: Inspiral Carpets – You’re So Good For Me
- Fruits de Mer/Regal Crabomophone – Annual 2012 (free download)
- REVIEW OF LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND (22/11/2011)
- LIVE: TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT – 06/09/2011
- Album Review: Cranium Pie – Mechanisms Part 1
- LIVE: AIRSHIP – 26/08/2011
- LIVE: JOHN BUTLER TRIO – 07/07/2011
- SINGLE: WU LYF – DIRT/LYF
- ALBUM REVIEW: Bad For Lazarus – 25 EP
- ALBUM REVIEW: Soundgarden – Live on I-5
- LIVE: BEN FOLDS – 24/02/2011
- ALBUM: Dustin O’Halloran – Lumiere
- LIVE: TEETH OF THE SEA (SUPPORTING BRITISH SEA POWER) – 15/02/2011
- ALBUM: Treefight For Sunlight – Treefight For Sunlight
- SINGLE REVIEW: The Megaphonic Thrift – Talks Like a Weed King/Fill Your Cup Tokyo
- SINGLE: Bombay Bicycle Club – Rinse Me Down
- ALBUM: Seal Cub Clubbing Club – Royal Variety
- ALBUM: Cradle of Filth – Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa
- LIVE: BIZARRE BALL – 22/10/2010
- LIVE: SUBLIME WITH ROME – 07/10/2010
- ALBUM: Denis Jones – Red + Yellow =
- SINGLE: Roots Manuva meets Wrongtom – Jah Warriors
- LIVE: BAND OF HORSES – 08/06/2010
- Fast-Forward – The World Cup Goes Indie – Final Knock-out Stages
- LIVE: DENIS JONES/TO SOPHIA – 21/05/2010
- Fast Forward – The World Cup Goes Indie [Round of 16]
- Fast Forward: The World Cup Goes Indie
- ALBUM: The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster – Blood and Fire
- ALBUM: Airship – Algebra EP
- ALBUM: Monkey Poet – Welcome to the UK
- LIVE: ROLO TOMASSI – 12/04/2010
- EP: We were Promised Jetpacks – The Last Place You’ll Look
- Ricky Martin – A Reaction
- LIVE: THE ALBUM LEAF – 22/03/2010
- The Seven Deadly Sins Of Music Performance
- LIVE: KONG – 28/02/2010
- ALBUM: Motion Picture Soundtrack – The Shapes We Fear Are Of Our Own
- LIVE: YEASAYER/JAVELIN – 21/02/2010
- LIVE: GABRIEL MINNIKIN/BLIND ATLAS/JO ROSE – 16/02/2010
- SINGLE: Creed – Rain
- ALBUM: The Who – Greatest Hits and More
- LIVE: OCEANSIZE/VESSELS/AS I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR – 02/02/2010
- SINGLE: Placebo – Bright Lights
- LIVE: REEL BIG FISH/SONIC BOOM SIX – 22/01/2010
- LIVE: ZICO CHAIN/TO THE BONES – 24/01/2010
- SINGLE: Ash – Space Shot
- LIVE: DAYWALKERS – 15/12/2009
- LIVE: NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION – 10/12/2009
- Rage Against The ‘Money Making’ Machine
- LIVE: ALICE IN CHAINS – 14/11/2009
- ALBUM: Hey Rosetta! – Into Your Lungs (and around in your heart and on through your blood)
Album Review: Tunng - Turbines
This is a band that is producing music of a genre that is gaining a [more]
LIVE: THE FRESH & ONLYS - 12/6/2013
- SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER -
Maybe it’s the three day recovery from Parklife Weekender, but inside [more]
THE WAVE: JAY TAYLOR (CLASSIC SLUM PROMOTIONS / GIG BOOKER AT THE RUBY LOUNGE)
THE WAVE – a brand-new Silent Radio feature. We speak to the city’s venue owners, [more]
LIVE: PARKLIFE WEEKENDER - 08/6/13 - 09/6/13
- HEATON PARK, MANCHESTER -
With over 40,000 tickets sold, Parklife’s fourth year is off to [more]
LIVE: AMONG BROTHERS - 13/6/2013
- NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER -
“This is the first time I've played the Night [more]
From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves [more]
Album Review: Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nurture
Leeds rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up are back with newbie Nature Nurture, which aims to rock your [more]
NEWS:TEENAGE MOTHERS - LISTEN TO 'DEBUT' EP
Teenage Mothers are one of the most fucked up bands around at the moment. They [more]
NEWS: RADKEY – CAT & MOUSE VIDEO
Silent Radio are pleased to introduce Radkey.
These Kansas City punks have turned up with a [more]
NEWS: MONEY - DEBUT LP + FESTIVALS & UK TOUR
MONEY will be releasing their debut album 'The Shadow of Heaven' on 26th August via Bella Union Records and are about [more]
NEWS: VICTORIES AT SEA - DEBUT EP / HOMETOWN LAUNCH SHOW
Victories at seas debut EP will be released on Static Caravan Recordings on 3rd July 2013 and [more]
- NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER -
In the last couple of the years, the music [more]
LIVE: MUDHONEY / MEAT PUPPETS - 07/06/2013
- ACADEMY 2, MANCHESTER -
“I’ve been waiting 20 years for this,” says a guy at [more]
LIVE: JACCO GARDNER - 8/6/2013
- SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER -
On a summers day such as this, psychedelic 60's baroque pop [more]
Natalie Findlay is just like your average twenty two year old. She likes going to [more]
- THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER -
It's always a wonderful feeling when you finish work on [more]
NEWS: BIG DEAL – WIN TICKETS FOR SOUP KITCHEN SHOW + HEAR ‘DREAM MACHINES’
Big Deal release a new single, ‘Dream Machines’, on 22 July and hit the road [more]
NEWS: DAVID LYNCH - ‘BIG DREAM’ LP + BONUS TRACK
Legendary multimedia artist David Lynch returns this summer with the follow-up to 'Crazy Clown Time', [more]
NEWS: UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA - VIDEO FOR "FROM THE SUN"
Between the close of their recent European tour and the launch of their imminent US [more]
NEWS: PINS - NEW SINGLE: 'STAY TRUE' / 'GET WITH ME'
Manchester girl-group PINS have announced a new double a-side single, set for issue on Bella [more]
NEWS: KURT VILE - UK TOUR / LP + VIDEO
Kurt Vile and his band The Violators have announced UK tour dates for the end of [more]
- SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER -
About 10 years ago as a younger, thinner gig goer I [more]
Album Review: Tribes - Wish To Scream
Tribes are a relatively new band, forming only in 2010 in Camden, London. They released [more]
NEWS: KING KHAN & THE SHRINES LP 'IDLE NO MORE' + VIDEO
Six years since the release of King King & The Shrines last album, 'What Is!?' [more]
LIVE: IRON & WINE – 30/05/2013
- THE OPERA HOUSE, MANCHESTER -
Everything about this gig was luxurious, from the opulent setting [more]
NEWS: BARBAROSSA COVERS JUNIP'S 'LINE OF FIRE' + LP
Barbarossa is James Mathé, freshly-signed to Memphis Industries and about to go on tour across [more]
NEWS: GHOST OUTFIT STREAM 'KILLUHS' + DEBUT LP
For those who prefer their music to ooze from the cracks of murkier depths, say [more]
NEWS: SANKOFA – ‘SIREN SONG’ VIDEO
It was a slow burn to begin with. The Liverpool foursome have spent two years [more]
- GORILLA, MANCHESTER -
Things are really moving fast for Obaro Ejimiwe, a.k.a Ghostpoet. His bedroom produced [more]