Each week, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves to be brought to your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or bands management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions have been designed so that they can’t waffle on and on about themselves and to just give you the reader/listener the basics. So... Read More
The Montreal quartet Half Moon Run will release their debut album ‘Dark Eyes’ through Glassnote/Communion/Island [more]
NEWS: BLACK PUS UK TOUR + VIDEO
Brian Chippendale, one half of noise-rock gods Lightning Bolt, will be taking his hard-hitting solo [more]
NEWS: MAZES – ‘BODIES’ VIDEO + LP
Blurring the line between static and moving imagery, Mazes' new video for 'Bodies' is a disconcerting [more]
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]
