NORTH WALES PUNKS CHUPA CABRA RELEASE NEW SINGLE
CHUPA CABRA – remember the name. These three guys from Deeside, North Wales are about to drop their first cassette. Chupa Cabra are a garage outfit bring a dizzying blend of psych punk and 60’s West Coast garage rock worthy of soundtracking Hunter S. Thompson’s journey into the desert. The band released their debut single “My Girl” on Too Pure Singles Club (Pulled Apart By Horses, Hookworms, Allusondrugs) in January 2016. Chupa Cabra quickly gained... Read More
The Silent Radio Show 13/08/2016
Happy Summer listeners. In this week’s show we reveal PT2 of our Festival #6 competition, we give you another festival ticket giveaway and only a selection of some proper good choons. What a radio show. This is our weekly audible version of the North’s best independent music website, SilentRadio.co.uk. The Silent Radio Show – live every Saturday afternoon 3-5 on Fab Radio International. TRACK LISTING Miracle Legion – You’re My Blessing... Read More
NEW SPLIT EP OUT NOW FROM DELICIOUS CLAM RECORDS
THE FENTONVILLE STREET BAND and KATIE PHAM AND THE MOONBATHERS have just released their debut on Sheffield’s Delicious Clam Records. The debut release of both bands marks the culmination of years of friendship, love and partying between their respective band leaders – the enigmatic Jack Athey and the sultry Katie Pham. Jack fronts The Fentonville Street Band, a blissfully soulful, psychedelic delight; the kind of music aliens make babies to. Katie Pham and The Moonbathers... Read More
NOW CLOSED – GLASS BUTTER BEACH FESTIVAL TICKET GIVEAWAY
Glass Butter Beach Yes that’s right, another competition from us, this time a pair of free weekend tickets to Glass Butter Beach Festival in Abersoch, Wales. The festival takes place 19th to the 21st of August and describes itself as ‘A beach based music & action sports festival with a huge emphasis on wake, surf and eclectic music, great friends, good times & addictive beach lifestyle.’ The line-up certainly is eclectic, from Indie to reggae and from pop to dance,... Read More
NOTS NOT MESSING ABOUT
All the way from Memphis, Tennessee, punk band NOTS unveil new track, “Inherently Low”, taken from their upcoming album ‘Cosmetic’. Set for release on 9th September, this album is sure to feature repetitive, fuzzy tunes with a healthy amount of distortion and discord. I mean there’s an awful lot of everything these days and this style is definitely not in short supply, however, it sounds good so no complaints from SR. Written about loss and depression, “Inherently... Read More
NO DRESSING UP REQUIRED FOR NAKED
With their debut album on the horizon, industrial noise band NAKED play Manchester’s Soup Kitchen on 8th September in a show which may induce a few cardiac arrests. Made up of Agnes Gryczkowska and Alexander Johnston, their first album ‘ZONE’ is set to be one of the heaviest and abrasive albums of 2016. Similar to what Death Grips are doing, NAKED take the listener to a higher plain of abrasion and horror with their very hard, dark electronic music. After listening to a... Read More
EXMAGICIAN BEND WITH THE WIND, REFUSING TO FALL LIKE RAIN
*Guest Editor Pick With a video reminiscent in style to Aereogramme’s “Barriers”, Belfast duo exmagician release the video for “Bend with the Wind”, taken from their latest album ‘Scan the Blue’ (2016). The song is quite cheery on the surface which is a massive contrast to the video containing grotesque animations of humans, living in a world of red and stone; looks pretty frightening if you ask me. Band member Daniel Todd explains this juxtaposition in the song:... Read More
UMO CREATE SOME FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS
*Guest Editor Pick Worldly, indie/funk jet setters Unknown Mortal Orchestra release the video for “First World Problem”, acting as a standalone single and follow up to the brilliant ‘Multi-Love’ (2015). Featuring a video of a man and woman dancing across various different landscapes, from a living room to a desert, it’s a great piece of direction and imagery for this very danceable track. UMO have always had a funk quality, significantly more so on their last album.... Read More
The Silent Radio Show 06/08/2016
BIG COMPETITION SHOW: In this weeks show is question one to be in with a chance of getting your hands on a pair of tickets to Festival No. 6 This is our weekly audible version of the North’s best independent music website, SilentRadio.co.uk. We’ve picked out some of the acts playing Manchester in the coming 7 days plus a handful of other acts making the Silent Radio show headlines. As it was co-producer/presenter Simon’s birthday he had some free plays. He chose... Read More
NOW CLOSED – FREEBIES FOR FESTIVAL NO. 6, PROVIDED YOU STAY ALERT!
Set in the scenic Portmeirion, North Wales, 2016’s Festival No. 6 looks to be the best one yet! From 1-4 September expect to see the charms of Noel Gallagher, Hot Chip, Bastille, Echo & The Bunnymen, Blossoms, Super Furry Animals and so many more, whilst slaloming the colourful, cobbled streets of the infamous setting for cult sci-fi ‘The Prisoner’ (1967-68). Festival No. 6 is not like your usual festival. No mammoth fields to conquer, no mounds of mud to slog through... Read More
