LIVE: STEALING SHEEP – 05/08/2015
Stealing Sheep – THE OAST HOUSE, MANCHESTER – You’d be forgiven for not realising that Stealing Sheep were playing at The Oast House in Spinningfields tonight. Yes, there’s a stage set up but that’s been there for a few weeks now without any obvious action. There are no posters, there’s been no promotion. Google is coming up with nothing. But according to the Silent Radio Gig Guide, it’s going to happen. Apparently we’re in the midst of Spinfest, and apparently... Read More
Sweet Baboo announces Rough Trade East in-store performance
Sweet Baboo To celebrate the release of his fifth album, The Boombox Ballads on August 14th through Moshi Moshi, Sweet Baboo (aka. Stephen Black) has announced a special solo performance at Rough Trade East on release day (full info is here). Sweet Baboo has also unveiled the new video for ‘You Got Me Time Keeping’. The song is Black’s attempt to write a song like Scott Walker’s The Electrician, although Walker’s mordant personality and Black’s... Read More
Krill debut ‘Torturer’ music video
Krill Boston’s Krill are excited to share the music video for ‘Torturer‘ from their new record, A Distant Fist Unclenching. Directed by Kathleen Hancock, the video made it’s debut on NPR Music, ahead of the band’s upcoming US tour dates. Speaking about the band, NPR shared, “Seething anxiety runs through the lyrics of bassist and singer Jonah Furman, who deploys drawn-out, sentence-like phrases that tease out pent-up emotions, self-doubt and... Read More
Single Review: Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin
Misissippi psych stomper ‘Pretty Pimpin’ is the lead track from the b’lieve I’m going down… album, Vile’s hotly anticipated fifth. It catches him in fine form but also in contemplative mood, and in the midst of an identity crisis. The whole ensemble reads like the rueful dregs of a drunken weekend, swilling at the bottom of a bottle. Cluttered fingerpicking overlaps the stomp and walking bass in ordered chaos, like the strobing and pulsing of thoughts... Read More
HIDDEN CHARMS RELEASE AA SIDE SINGLE
London four-piece HIDDEN CHARMS release their AA debut single “Dreaming of Another Girl” / “Long Way Down” via B3SCI Records / Deltasonic Records.The new LP is available on iTunes, Spotify , Apple Music and Limited edition 7″ vinyl. Following their sold out debut headline London show, Hidden Charms start their Club NME Koko Residency in September (11, 18, 25 and Oct 2) following a European tour including a date at The Eagle Inn, Salford. Tour... Read More
LOW SHARE NEW SONG ‘WHAT PART OF ME’
You can now hear ‘What Part Of Me’, the second song to be released from Low’s new album Ones and Sixes.Sub Pop will release Ones and Sixes, the group’s latest studio effort, on CD / LP / DL worldwide 11th September 2015. Low has booked an extensive North American and European tour in support of Ones and Sixes including a date at Manchester Cathedral in October. LOW LIVE 07 October – Cathedral, Manchester 08 October – Art School, Glasgow 10 October –... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: THE MACCABEES ‘MARKS TO PROVE IT’
The Maccabees Marks To Prove It The Maccabees in my opinion have always been an underrated outfit. When you’ve got groups like Kasabian and Kaiser Chiefs pissing around the industry like headless chickens desperately trying to reinvent themselves, it’s nice to see a band come along with a positive correlation rather than a disjointed ‘progression’ in accordance with fashion trends in the popular music field. And with their latest record ‘Marks to Prove It’... Read More
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE
Everything Everything will release ‘Spring / Sun / Winter/ Dread‘, on 4th September through RCA Records. It’s the third track to be taken from acclaimed third album “Get To Heaven” – Produced by Stuart Price, the album hit the UK Top 10 on release.The video is another Jonathan Higgs production, he explains “The song talks about seasons passing and getting older, so we wanted to concentrate on the Sun and make it into a kind of oppressive force –... Read More
LIVE: THE DANDY WARHOLS – 31/07/2015
The Dandy Warhols – THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – For some reason, now seems the right time to catch The Dandy Warhols live. Since being a fan of theirs when they were arguably at their peak, around the turn of the century, they have always remained in my thoughts largely due to the The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Ironically, The Dandy’s commercial success was responsible for my discovery of The BJM – a band who refuse in principle to sign a record deal. The documentary... Read More
The Silent Radio Show 01/08/2015 with The Franklys
We were joined in the studio this week by all four of The Franklys while they were in town for their show at the Castle Hotel. We talked ‘girl bands’ and even gave them a quiz about Yorkshire (only one is from the UK so she was at no advantage as she’s from the south). You’ll have to listen to see which of them walked off with the prize of Uncle Joe’s Mint Balls, a completely un-Yorkshire prize. In addition to all that we still found the time to cram... Read More
