TICKET GIVEAWAY: FRANZ FERDINAND AND SPARKS SUPERGROUP ANNOUNCE MANCHESTER GIG

New supergroup FFS, comprised of members of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks, will play in Manchester on August 25. The two bands’ new side project will play at the Albert Hall (25th August), following gigs in Glasgow and London in June. Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, and Alex Kapranos, Nick McCarthy, Bob Hardy and Paul Thomson […]
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. There are many other sites out here on the internet that have a gig guide, but how many […]

GIG GUIDE – MAY 2014

NEWS: RHODES – UK HEADLINE TOUR + ‘RAISE YOUR LOVE” LIVE RECORDING

After two sold out London headline shows – at The Waiting Room and The Servants Jazz Quarters – Rhodes heads out on his own headline tour this spring, for 9 dates across the UK. Tour dates: 28th Mar – Sheffield, The Harley 29th Mar – Glasgow, The Roxy 30th Mar – Manchester, Castle 1st Apr – Liverpool, Leaf 2nd Apr – Liverpool, Red […]
Dublin band Spies have today shared a new video from their ‘Distant Shorelines’ EP. The video serves as a great introduction to the band who are already preparing their debut album for next year and is certainly the most compelling visual accompaniment to their rousing, anthemic guitar sound. Dublin band Spies’ searing indie-rock has an assured […]

NEWS: SPIES – ‘DISTANT SHORELINES’ EP + VIDEO

NEWS: LOVER LOVER – NEW VIDEO FOR ‘YOUNG FREE’

Silent Radio readers, have a watch of Lover Lovers new video for ‘Young Free’ which is inspired by Eleanor Bodenhams love of French cinema. It was in Montmartre that Eleanor Bodenham began Lover Lover – a band whose gossamer Eurythmics pop harks back to better days, in much the same way as the faded glamour […]
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. There are many other sites out here on the internet that have a gig guide, but how many […]

SEPTEMBER 2013

NEWS: MAZES – ‘BODIES’ VIDEO + LP

Blurring the line between static and moving imagery, Mazes’ new video for ‘Bodies’ is a disconcerting watch. The single was released digitally this week via FatCat Records, and the video, directed by Austin of Vision Fortune, reflects the band’s recent shift from fast, thrashy pop into the considered body of work that is their new record, Ores […]
Legendary multimedia artist David Lynch returns this summer with the follow-up to ‘Crazy Clown Time’, his acclaimed 2011 solo debut. ‘The Big Dream’ will be released July 15 in Europe on Sunday Best Recordings. The new album sees Lynch returning to primary songwriting and performance duties, writing 11 out of the album’s 12 tracks. Also […]

NEWS: DAVID LYNCH – ‘BIG DREAM’ LP + BONUS TRACK

NEWS: GOLDEN SUITS – ‘DIDN’T I WARN YOU’ + S/T LP

Golden Suits is a new project from Department of Eagles Fred Nicolaus. This is Nicolaus’ first album recorded on his own – although he wrote or co-wrote many of Department Of Eagles’ best-known songs (including ‘No One Does It Like You’) – and is a mix of meticulously crafted, ever-so-slightly left of center pop songs. […]
9 albums and 25 years later, Mudhoney provide an album of psychedelic alternative rock that keeps them at the pinnacle of “that sound”! Usually lumped in with grunge, Mudhoney were always a little bit more and this album shows why. From the opening scatter drums, bass driven, riff monster that is ‘Slipping Away’ the gentlemen […]

Album Review: Mudhoney – Vanishing Point