NEWS – FIRST BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST 2026

Even though it is not yet Christmas, it is already time to start thinking about next year’s Manchester Psych Fest which will take place on 5 September 2026. The first tranche of acts has been announced and will feature a headline set from the legendary Beta Band together with Northern heroes Working Men’s Club, the […]
Celebrating thirty years of musical existence, Doves have announced a huge hometown gig on 20th December 2025 at The O2 Apollo, Manchester. Ahead of the gig, the band have also announced the release of a compilation entitled ‘So Here We Are: Best Of Doves’ out Friday 14th November 2025 on EMI North, containing the much […]

DOVES – ANNOUNCE NEW MANCHESTER GIG SAT 20TH DEC 2025 PLUS NEW BEST OF ALBUM OUT 14TH NOV 2025

NEWS – TWO NORTH-WEST FESTIVALS : PRESTON POP FEST & REBELLION

  While Silent Radio is a predominantly Manchester-based website, we are always delighted to champion events happening in the wider north-west of England. The weekend of 8-10 August sees the focus shifting to central and north Lancashire with two contrasting festivals taking place: one newish, one long established. The new contender is Preston Pop Fest […]
Dana Gavanski will be releasing her third album, ‘Late Slap’, on 5 April 2024 via Full Time Hobby. The follow-up to 2022’s, ‘When It Comes’, a big favourite at Silent Radio, is produced by Mike Lindsay (Tuung, LUMP). The album utilises a Yamaha DX7 synth with the aim of conjuring an atmosphere of digital warmth […]

NEWS: DANA GAVANSKI TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM IN APRIL

NEWS – LOUDER THAN WORDS FESTIVAL STARTS TODAY

The premier festival for books about music, Louder Than Words, kicks off today at the Innside Hotel in Manchester. Over the course of the weekend, there will be appearances from Will Sergeant, Trevor Horn, Ian Broudie, Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet), Don Powell (Slade), Nick Banks (Pulp) and Pauline Murray talking about their new books. Other […]
Nadine Shan has made a welcome return with her first new music since 2020’s ‘Kitchen Sink’. ‘Topless Mother’ is the initial track to be released from her forthcoming album, ‘Filthy Underneath’, which will be out on 23 February 2024 via EMI North. Shah describes the song as being “about a counsellor I worked with that […]

NEWS: NADINE SHAH ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM

NEWS: THE BUG CLUB ANNOUNCE FORTHCOMING ALBUM

The continually prolific Bug Club have announced their new album, ‘Rare Birds: An Hour of Song’. A double album weighing in at 64 minutes, it contains (count them) a colossal 47 songs and is touted as the Faust Cycle for people with shorter attention spans. The songs were written at home in their garden which […]
Asthmatic Kitty Records will be hurling a new Sufjan Stevens album, ‘Javelin’, into the world on 6th October 2023. It will be his first solo release since 2020’s ‘The Ascension’ and the first in full singer-songwriter mode since 2015’s ‘Carrie & Lowell’. The ten songs are promised to encapsulate the entire experience of Stevens’ 25-year […]

NEWS: SUFJAN STEVENS ANNOUNCES OCTOBER RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM

NEWS: OSEES RELEASE NEW SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM

Today, the ever-industrious John Dwyer releases the latest video, ‘Stunner’ from OSEES forthcoming album, ‘Intercepted Message’. Dwyer describes the album as “A pop record for hard times” and “Early grade garage pop meets proto-synth punk suicide-repellent”. Judging from the singles released so far, it is guaranteed to be a blast. ‘Intercepted Message’ will be released […]
Animal Collective will release their new studio album ‘Isn’t It Now?’ on September 29th via Domino. Their structure has long been that of a playground, an open space for exercising and indulging new notions and influences, for saying “Why not?” from way up on the high beams. Maybe that means allowing Panda Bear to focus on his drumming more or […]

NEWS: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM