With its crisply crafted songwriting – reminiscent of Leonard Cohen and The Lilac Time – sophisticatedly interspersed with lush orchestration, and lashings of distortion, Excerpts impresses immediately. The resulting (and desired) effect of such interplay is of an album amorphously going in and out of focus. The title, Excerpts, and track 2’s name, ‘Things I Forgot’, set the tone of memory, its distortions, and the difficulties of recalling... Read More
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Album Review: Tunng - Turbines
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- 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 -
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LIVE: AMONG BROTHERS - 13/6/2013
- NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER -
“This is the first time I've played the Night [more]
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Album Review: Dinosaur Pile-Up - Nature Nurture
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Silent Radio are pleased to introduce Radkey.
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- 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]
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- THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER -
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NEWS: BIG DEAL – WIN TICKETS FOR SOUP KITCHEN SHOW + HEAR ‘DREAM MACHINES’
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- SOUND CONTROL, MANCHESTER -
About 10 years ago as a younger, thinner gig goer I [more]
Album Review: Tribes - Wish To Scream
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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
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