Treefight For Sunlight : Silent Radio

LIVE: TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT – 06/09/2011

Posted by Chris Oliver on September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

- THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER - Support band ‘New Hips’ are a tech-rock four-piece based around young music graduates with all sorts of equipment – two guitars, bass, two keyboards, trumpet, one-and-a-half drumkits, and effects boards all over the place. It’s quite a surprise that they manage to use it all. It’s quite challenging, very technical music, written in Sibelius as much as in the rehearsal room. There’s no... Read More

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ALBUM: Treefight For Sunlight – Treefight For Sunlight

Posted by Chris Oliver on February 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Ironically, when I got the review list for this month, I asked if I could do Fleet Foxes and instead, I got Treefight for Sunlight – who want to be Fleet Foxes. That’s mean of me, I suppose – the truth is that both of them want to be the Beach Boys. What really sparked the second comparison is that Treefight for Sunlight’s eponymous album is a collection of the most summery music I have heard for a long time, rarely venturing in to minor keys... Read More

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COMPETITION: HALF MOON RUN - GRAB A PAIR OF TICKETS FOR DEAF INSTITUTE SHOW + A COPY OF NEW ALBUM ‘DARK EYES’

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]

WHO ARE YA? THE WATCHMAKERS

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]

LIVE: TROPHY WIFE - 10/6/2013

- 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]

INTERVIEW: FINDLAY

Natalie Findlay is just like your average twenty two year old. She likes going to [more]

LIVE: FAIR OHS - 04/6/2013

- 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'

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NEWS: KURT VILE - UK TOUR / LP + VIDEO

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LIVE: ALLISTER – 30/5/2013

- 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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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: MISTER LIES - 'MAGICHOUR' FT KNOWER

KNOWER are Louis Cole and Genevieve Artad from Los Angles. They've collaborated with Mister Lies [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]

LIVE: TREEFIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT – 06/09/2011

ALBUM: Treefight For Sunlight – Treefight For Sunlight

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