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THE GOLDEN LION – A CULTURAL HUB IN AN UNLIKELY PLACE

Everyone knows how brilliant Manchester is for music, culture and arts, but take a train half-an-hour out of the city and there’s something bubbling under in an unlikely place. Todmorden is a town on the border between Lancashire and Yorkshire and in the last few years, a magical thing has been happening there. It’s an […]

I meet Tom Hickox in Ye Olde Cock Inn, an old, country-style pub whose exterior belies its location just a short walk from Didsbury village. This part of town was of the singer’s choosing, returning to his student base where he spent three and a half years studying English Literature. “I haven’t been in here […]

INTERVIEW: TOM HICKOX

WHO ARE YA? THE GNARWHALS

From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]

When we looked through the top played acts and some of our previous guests on our weekly live radio show we couldn’t resist putting a mixtape together for International Women’s Day. Without women in music, our show would be severely lacking in quality and with this mixtape we salute them all. Just look at the […]

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MIXTAPE

WHO ARE YA? JAMES HOLT

From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]

WHO ARE YA? BIRDS OF HELL

BEST GIGS, ALBUMS AND TRACKS OF 2016 FROM SOME OF OUR WRITERS

It seems necessary for all websites and publications to do these lists, and as the editor of Silent Radio I’ve always thought they were a bit lame, but when we started doing them I realised I could discover new music I may have missed throughout the year, so now I’m quite a fan of these […]

Despite wide critical acclaim and praise from friends, I was definitely a ‘johnny-come-lately’ to Marissa Nadler and found myself stunned by the quality of her most recent record ‘Strangers’. The album, for me, confirmed Marissa’s position as a classic story teller as I became obsessed with finding the answers to each question prompted by her […]

INTERVIEW: MARISSA NADLER

INTERVIEW: JOFRIÐUR AKADOTTIR (PASCAL PINON / SAMARIS / JFDR / GANGLY)

Björk recently named Jofriður Akadottir as one of her favourite new artists in a piece for The Guardian. In that article, Björk admitted her obsession for Jofriður’s innovative techno band Samaris and praised her other work. For someone who has just entered her 20’s, Jofriður has released a hell of a lot of music. She […]

With a unique band like The Lovely Eggs it can be hard to pin down exactly what it is that they could possibly enjoy listening to, so with their biggest headline date almost upon them Holly and David have kindly put together 10 tracks of acts they love and why. Tickets for their Manchester show […]