ALBUM REVIEW: A CERTAIN RATIO – LOCO
Which band can claim to have had The Beastie Boys at their debut NYC gig, Madonna supporting them in the early 80s, and also labelled ‘that jazz band from Wythenshawe’? Welcome back, A Certain Ratio. I used to listen to ACR on the long bus journey from Wythenshawe to Altrincham on my Walkman (yes I am that old!), in my school days, and knowing a band from my then much maligned 80s suburb had managed to create such other worldly sounds was a revelation to me. ACR have been... Read More
SONG PREMIERE: JACK CHESHIRE ‘WIDESCREEN’ + Q&A WITH JACK
Silent Radio is pleased to present for the first time Jack Cheshire’s new song ‘Widescreen’. The song is taken from the upcoming album ‘Fractal Future Plays’ due to be released on 27th November via Loose Tongue Records.Jack.Cheshire · WIDESCREEN ‘Widescreen’ is the third single taken from the upcoming album and features multi-tracked backing vocals from Fini Bearman and drums/percussion from producer Jon Scott. Originally one of the... Read More
Silent Radio – 06/10/2020 – Freebie Jeebies
October has arrived and the music keeps on coming. Ian Burke presents another show made up entirely of songs available on a name-your-price basis. TRACK LISTING Claw The Thin Ice – Hang / Shitney Beers – Nourie Hadig / Tetsuo – Sputnik II / Gladie – Thank You Card / Mush – Part Furnished / Wyner Welt – The Victorian Age / Meimuna – Golgotha / 99 Cent Dreams – Trinidad / Mesita – I’m Considering Quitting... Read More
Rig Stars: Kynsy
We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Kynsy what her favourite piece of music making equipment is. This is what she told us: What is it? A bit commander, a guitar pedal by EarthQuaker devices which gives a synth fuzz sound.How long have you had it? About 4 years, 3 days and 21 seconds. How does it help shape your sound? It’s a sort of heavy dark sound which I use for solos and defined... Read More
Rig Stars: Death Valley Girls
We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Death Valley Girls guitarist Larry Schemel what his favourite piece of music making equipment is. This is what he told us: What is it? It’s the BOSS FZ-5 Fuzz PedalHow long have you had it? About 7 years, when Death Valley Girls first started I was using a boutique fuzz pedal, I previously had a BOSS FZ-3 Fuzz Pedal and I really missed the Fuzztone... Read More
ALBUM REVIEW: DESERT SESSIONS VOL 11 & 12
The Queens Of The Stoneage frontman has once again put together a fine band of musicians for his Desert Sessions project – from ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, to Matt Berry, Stella Mogzawa from Warpaint to Jake Shears from the Scissor Sisters. What started off as Josh Homme having a few days away at the Rancho De La Luna studios in the Joshua Tree, California with some mates to see what would happen, has turned into a mind meltingly good series of albums, with previous desert dignitaries... Read More
LIVE: SUNN O))) – 27/10/2019
Sunn O))) – Albert Hall, Manchester – Upon entry, I walk upstairs through a building that could pass as a mental idealisation of a natural history museum; the high ceilings and dated decorum compliment the main hall which itself could easily house a selection of skeletal theropods; reinforcing my abstract visualisation. The seated area has a vague resemblance to an unfinished, budgeted reconstruction of an amphitheatre, which actually plays into the hands of the Seattle-orientated... Read More
LIVE: EVERYONE YOU KNOW – 28/10/2019
Everyone You Know – Soup Kitchen, Manchester – It’s Monday night and after touring for nearly a week, Everyone You Know have arrived in Manchester. The band, consisting of two half-brothers, has recently released their second EP ‘Look After Your Pennies’ and started their first proper headline tour on 22nd October. I haven’t seen a gig at Soup Kitchen in quite a while and thanks to some discrepancies at the door, I almost hadn’t seen this one either. Luckily,... Read More
NOVEMBER 2019
We 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 to plug any gigs in the comments... Read More
LIVE: MELT-BANANA / BINGE – 21/10/2019
Melt-Banana -GORILLA, MANCHESTER- Binge With the headline act billed as one of Japan’s most interesting ‘noise’ bands, it’s not a particular surprise that this opening act is also a two-piece, with a technical heaviness that places the 4/4 convention into a dustbin and promptly kicked down an escalator, never to return. With but a guitar and drum-set, they convince me to put on earplugs, although since they repeatedly keep falling out I gave up and put them back in my... Read More