Features : Silent Radio

SILENT RADIO’S 2018 HIGHLIGHTS AND 2019 EXCITEMENTS

It’s strange to think that, amongst the ten highest-selling vinyl records of 2018, six of them were by artists that are either disbanded or deceased. The likes of Nevermind and Dark Side of the Moon will probably still be raking in the cash for years to come, but Silent Radio writers and contributors tell us […]

The Idles boys were back in town, so we (Max & Simon) though it best to have a quick catch up with them, our last meeting was the December of 2016 ahead of their Night and Day Cafe show. Almost 18 months later we’re back stage at Gorilla before they entertain Manchester on a much […]

INTERVIEW – IDLES (Joe & Bowen)

INTERVIEW (IN A CHIPPY): THE CHARLATANS

Four minutes in a chippy with The Charlatans? Well, two of them anyway. We sat down for a “speed-interviewing” session with bassist Martin Blunt (MB) and keyboardist Tony Rogers (TR) to discuss (very quickly!) the great North by Northwich Exhibition they’ve curated and the new EP. What’s been the highlight of curating your own festival […]

The Pirates have spoken! From over 2,000 submissions, 30 acts from across the UK have been chosen to compete for the prize of a lifetime. Just three of these musical outfits will be awarded with a talent development package that includes everything they need to break into the musical stratosphere in 2018, including unlimited rehearsal, […]

PIRATE PRODIGIES WHO ARE YA TAKE OVER – JAMES HOLT

PIRATE PRODIGIES WHO ARE YA TAKE OVER – RED RUM CLUB

The Pirates have spoken! From over 2,000 submissions, 30 acts from across the UK have been chosen to compete for the prize of a lifetime. Just three of these musical outfits will be awarded with a talent development package that includes everything they need to break into the musical stratosphere in 2018, including unlimited rehearsal, […]

PIRATE PRODIGIES WHO ARE YA TAKE OVER – RIVAL BONES

WHO ARE YA? HEY BULLDOG

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 […]

We chat to the studio’s co-founder to find out more. The clever swashbucklers over at Pirate Studios have recently launched a new talent competition Pirate Prodigies Programme, designed to kick-start the careers of three lucky acts. On top of the incredible prize of promising to ‘break’ each winner (in a purely music industry way of […]

PIRATE STUDIOS LAUNCH INCREDIBLE NEW TALENT COMPETITION

TUNE-YARDS – MANCHESTER SHOW TICKETS GIVEAWAY

Tune-Yards started 2018 with a bang, that bang being the new album I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life. Thematically, the twelve new songs tackle race, politics, intersectional feminism and environmental prophecies head on but is probably Tune-Yards’ most immediate and upbeat record yet – this is music to dance to! Bandleader Merrill […]

Some questions are easy to answer, some not so, but some are so easy to answer they are referred to as a no brainer, and this was the case when I was asked if I’d be interested in talking to Russell Mael, one half the sibling duo Sparks ahead of their first album in eight […]