LIVE: TITUS ANDRONICUS – 03/09/2018
Patrick Stickles – Soup Kitchen, Manchester – This is, hands down, one of the odder shows I’ve been to in recent times. Billed as ‘Titus Andronicus Acoustic’, ‘the band’ are playing much smaller venues than they have done on previous tours in support of their new album A Productive Cough, and the reason is immediately clear: this isn’t a TA gig, it’s not really even a TA acoustic gig. This is An Evening with Patrick Stickles (the enigmatic TA front man),... Read More
Silent Radio Gig Guide Mixtape 03/09/2018 – 09/09/2018
We are back from our Summer hols! Which also means the bands are back in town after that there festival period. All of the bands featured on this mixtape are playing in Manchester THIS WEEK (and are most likely on tour too!) and are the ones we reckon you should get a ticket for. The gigs, covering the week of the 3rd to the 9th of September are lifted from our guide over at www.silentradio.co.uk – where you can see the venues and dates – plus some more top gigs happening... Read More
LIVE: CAMP COPE – 31/08/2018
Camp Cope -SOUP KITCHEN, MANCHESTER- Last night I went to see Spike Lee’s new film Blackkklansman, and it’s pretty brilliant. It’s very funny, and, as you might expect, it packs a hell of a social conscious punch in it. I also felt extremely uncomfortable as a white man, in a cinema full of middle class white people, during one scene in particular where the story of a black man being lynched is juxtaposed with a KKK initiation ceremony where the new members holla and whoop... Read More
Silent Radio – 30th September 2017 – with Brix Smith-Start – MCR Live Resident
Busy week on the gig front coming up so plenty of great music to fill this week’s radio show, with just a couple of new releases that stood out and deserved a spin. Plus, and it’s a big plus, we had a chat with the delightful Brix Smith-Start about her new band Brix & The Extricated. Her passion for playing, writing and recording is what comes through above all else in this interview, something that a lot of younger acts around should take note of. It was a pleasure... Read More
THE GO! TEAM ANNOUNCE FIRST SHOWS SINCE 2015
The Go! Team have announced a UK headline tour for February 2018. The Brighton-based band have also released a thirty second video featuring new music, hinting at more to come. THE GO! TEAM FEBRUARY 2018 UK TOUR DATES Fri 09 – Glasgow, Oran Mor Sat 10 – Leeds, Wardrobe Sun 11 – Brighton, Haunt Thur 15 – London, Electric Ballroom Fri 16 – Newcastle, Riverside Sat 17 – Manchester, Gorilla Tickets are on sale now exclusively from thegoteam.co.uk. The Go!... Read More
ACID BABY JESUS RETURN WITH THIRD LP ‘LILAC DAYS’ – OUT NOW
Acid Baby Jesus It’s easy to guess Acid Baby Jesus’ shtick just going on their name but to those who aren’t already in the know: don’t be fooled into thinking these are just another quasi-religious, LSD-loving psych-rock band – these Greek garage-rockers are big news on the international psych/rock’n’roll scene. Acid Baby Jesus are more concerned with pure, unadulterated garage-rock hedonism. Formed in Athens in 2009 the four-piece have two LPs behind them... Read More
LIVE – LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PSYCHEDELIA 2017
Photo’s by Peter Rea There’s still time to fit in another festival this year, isn’t there? This ‘summer’ has been like an extended autumn anyhow, so it doesn’t really make a difference. Spending the weekend in an industrial estate not far from Liverpool city centre and the docks has become an annual ritual for me, and a must – an event that showcases experimental, trippy, dark, weird and wonderful sounds that have been developed from all... Read More
SOUND CITY IS ZIPPING UP ITS BOOTS AND GOING BACK TO ITS ROOTS IN THE CITY CENTRE FOR 2018
Sound City, the latest edition of the award-winning metropolitan festival of live music and arts, takes place on the Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May 2018 to kick-start the UK season in style. Early bird tickets go on sale at 9am today. The festival has earned a reputation for its inventive use of a wide variety of spaces over the years – from cavernous warehouses, through to setting up a stage on the banks of the Mersey, and this is set to continue in the spring. Though... Read More
OCTOBER 2017
FREE GIG GUIDE ANDROID APP HEREWe have trawled through the forthcoming gigs in and around Manchester so you don’t have to. We believe that if we are going to recommend a gig to you, then it should be exactly that, a recommendation. Our gig guide is handpicked and every act has been listened to before making it onto the list. It has been compiled by the ears of our editors and not by any promoters, band’s management or PR’s. If we’ve missed anything please feel free... Read More
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN REVEAL VIDEO FOR ‘WE WERE BEAUTIFUL’ PLUS 2018 UK TOUR DATES
Belle and Sebastian have revealed the video for their recently released single, ‘We Were Beautiful’. Directed by Blair Young from The Forest of Black and filmed throughout the band’s native Glasgow (where they also recorded and produced the track), the video presents a cinematic slice of life — and all of the pain, joy, confusion, and love that comes with it — as the city wakes up over a Saturday morning. Having recently wrapped up a North American tour, and... Read More
