Ahead of the release of his debut solo album and forthcoming EU headline dates and tour with The Melvins, Jon Spencer, the NYC underground-rock legend of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, returns with a video for new single ‘I Got The Hits’ that delves into the darkest corners of America. The film finds Spencer immobilised and horizontal, helpless to move […]
The Louder Than Words Festival of music and writing returns this year for its sixth edition from November 9th to 11th 2018 . It remains the only festival that interrogates that enduring love affair between music and the written word. This year, the festival will open on the Friday with Radio 1’s Gemma Cairney, followed by the current bass player with […]
Courtney Barnett fans have been treated to a surprise new song. ‘Small Talk’ is an unheard and unreleased track from the sessions which gave birth to her critically acclaimed second album, “Tell Me How You Really Feel”. The song itself shows Courtney’s stylistic versatility as she winsomely sings over a walking bass-line before launching into a joyful […]
Chester based indie-pop band Peaness have announced newly-confirmed festival appearances at Off The Record, Ritual Union and Beat Connection, with several further headline dates announced throughout 2018/19. Alongside the news, the band are delighted to announce they will also support We Are Scientists on their forthcoming October 2018 UK tour dates. After a rapturous reception from ‘introducing’ gurus over the past year, the trio are now […]
London trio Wovoka Gentle returns with new single ‘1,000 Opera Singers Working in Starbucks’, out now on Nude. The new single perfectly showcases the band’s composite sound, on which solid songwriting nods in different directions to experimental pop, electronics and a touch of psychedelia. Of the song, the band said, “We wanted to make a […]
Keeping on top of the mountains of new bands is a full-time job, and even here at Silent Radio we need a hand every now and then to find the diamonds in the rough. Thankfully, the good folks at the Deaf Institute are as committed to new music as we are, and on 29 September, […]
In the middle of a busy street in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, The Breeders took a brief break from touring to shoot a homemade video for ‘Nervous Mary’, taken from their 2018 album All Nerve. Puppet versions of Kim and Kelley Deal – dressed in custom outfits made by Finnish fan and professional puppet-maker Milla Risku – go wild performing the song […]
APHEX TWIN COLLAPSE EP 14TH SEPTEMBER 2018
Sleaford Mods have announce their self-titled new EP ‘Sleaford Mods’ which is released via Rough Trade Records on September 14th 2018. The EP will be available on 12”, CD & DL. This is the band’s first new music since last year’s top 15 album “English Tapas” The EP was recorded in Spring 2018 in Nottingham, […]
The annual retro-fest event Cassette Store Day returns on October 13th and we spoke to CSD UK manager Brit Williams about what she has in store for the event’s sixth year. “Yes, we’re back and some say it couldn’t be done. Cassette Store Day 2017 was brilliant and we had an impressive amount of releases […]
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