LIVE: HOLIDAY GHOSTS / FRUIT TONES – 23/03/2019

-YES (THE BASEMENT), MANCHESTER- I was slightly disparaging about aspects of YES on account of my visit to it on its opening weekend but it’s clear that the rest of Manchester stand in firm disagreement. Walking in to the sound of Joy Division this Saturday night it’s clear that it has managed to sustain the […]

ALBUM REVIEW: SLEEPER – MODERN AGE

Listening to the new album it is clear Pixes are one of their main influences. The opening track Paradise Waiting has a very much late 80’s/early 90’s sound to it, with a youthful almost cliché’ chorus. It opens the album like a band starting in late teens would trying to break onto the scene. Yet […]

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ALBUM REVIEW: OOZING WOUND – HIGH ANXIETY

Here at Silent Radio, we don’t set store by stars or marks out of ten, but I would be surprised if Oozing Wound’s High Anxiety doesn’t turn out to be my “album of 2019”. I even love the front cover artwork and that hasn’t happened since 10,000 Days. I am going through some difficult times […]

LIVE: SHARON VAN ETTEN – 22/03/2019

-ALBERT HALL, MANCHESTER- There’s a chance I’ve seen Sharon Van Etten play live once before. It’s 2014 and I’m in idyllic Wales. It’s the second day of Green Man and I’m riding high on that festival wave of ‘I haven’t showered in longer than is socially acceptable but my hair still looks quite good so […]

LIVE: DESPERATE JOURNALIST – 15/03/2019

-DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER- The Empty Page A late start (I hear an act pulled out?) affords me enough time to eat a quantity of waffles (potato) before venturing into the vaguely kitsch dwelling we all know as the Deaf Institute. Up first comes a 3-piece heavily rooted in 1990s ‘alternative’ rock, though sadly it doesn’t […]

TRIBUTE TO KEITH FLINT – THE PIONEER OF AN ERA

SILENT RADIO’S 2018 HIGHLIGHTS AND 2019 EXCITEMENTS

LIVE: RUTH THEODORE – 16/03/2019

-THE CASTLE HOTEL, MANCHESTER- Supporting act Cupids Arrow deliver quite an eclectic mix for a cello duo. From the upbeat heights of the Tetris theme tune to haunting ravines of Hungarian folk. They are strong and interesting to watch. The set finishes with a great cover of Elbow’s ‘Grounds For Divorce’, one they say they […]

LIVE: THE BLACK DELTA MOVEMENT – 15/03/2019

-NIGHT AND DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER- I first met Matt Burr, the lead singer of The Black Delta Movement, nine years ago, just before he started the band. His original group, The 303’s, I had played with back in Hull, and from that day I always got a good vibe from Matt; he was always happy […]

WHO ARE YA? HONEY2HONEY

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN NEW VIDEO: ‘THE TRUCE OF TWILIGHT’ DIRECTED BY PAUL SIMONON

MAC DEMARCO RELEASES LEAD TRACK FROM UPCOMING NEW ALBUM

FONTAINES D.C. UNVEIL NEW VIDEO FOR ‘ROY’S TUNE’

VILE ASSEMBLY UNVEIL ‘LAST CENTURY MAN’ VIDEO AND ANNOUNCE GIGS

LIVE: SLEAFORD MODS – 15/03/2019

all photos courtesy of Ric Harris (aka @landwomble) -ACADEMY, MANCHESTER- What can we say about Sleaford Mods that hasn’t been said already? I think we’re all on the same page really. There’s no one quite like them and we bloody love them for it. The tenacious twosome from Nottingham haven’t really stopped since their formation […]

JONNY KOSMO SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR ‘CIRCUS OF DREAMS’

INCOMING TRANSMISSION FROM HENGE….

SELF ESTEEM UNVEILS NEW SINGLE ‘GIRL CRUSH’

MONEY FOR ROPE SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘ACTUALLY’

LIVE: IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE / AADAE – 15/03/2019

-YES, MANCHESTER- London’s own afro-funk party known as Ibibio Sound Machine have gained a passionate following from all walks of life, young and old. A likely reasoning is the way they sew West-African dance and funk music with the hyper-animated electro-punk heard over at labels like DFA Records. Tonight, they play at Yes in Manchester […]

LIVE: SELF ESTEEM – 14/03/2019

-YES, MANCHESTER- Self Esteem is the new solo project of former Slow Club member Rebecca Taylor, a band which I know very little about so that’s all the info you’re getting about them from me. Having never been a fan of said band, I came to Self Esteem on the back of hearing the wonderful […]

WHY THE LIVE STREAMING OF GIGS IS A PRO, NOT A CON

FAKE LAUGH ANNOUNCES NEW AA-SINGLE

JACKIE MENDOZA SHARES NEW VIDEO & SINGLE ‘DE LEJOS’

RAYLAND BAXTER SHARES ‘HEY LAROCCO’ VIDEO

TALL SHAVES – TWO FOR TUESDAYS EP

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