GIG GUIDE – MAY 2025

With the sun beaming, and festival season right around the corner, there’s some wonderful events happening right on your own doorstep in the wonderful city of Manchester, why not get out there and bask in the sunshine before it turns into miserable rain again. Here is what is happening in Manchester in May!   May […]
Your Silent Radio correspondent for the tenth Manchester Punk Festival didn’t have a press pass and came home with more bruises than notes. My interactions with bands were limited to thanking them for their performances (and occasionally “bumping into them” in the pit or physically supporting them while they crowd-surfed!). I’ll just have to do […]

LIVE REVIEW: MANCHESTER PUNK FESTIVAL 2025: 18-20 APRIL – VARIOUS VENUES

GIG GUIDE – APRIL 2025

Isn’t it wonderful now that the sun is out, and summer is getting into full swing? With the temperature rising, you’re bound to need a break from the sunlight, and getting inside a dark venue in Manchester is the perfect way to do that! Here is what is going on in Manchester this April.   […]
Having just moved from Manchester to London in 1995, excited but terrified at the same time, embarking on an new adventure working in for an independent record label, little did I know then that one band, more than any other would come to define my time in the capital. ‘Pure Phase’ released in March 1995, […]

LIVE REVIEW – SPIRITUALIZED – APOLLO 24/03/2025

FEATURE: WHO ARE YA – DREAMWAVE – BRISTOL BAND TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE LIKES OF OSEES, KING GIZZARD, PINK FLOYD, AND ADDING THEIR OWN MELODIC TWISTS TO CREATE A DAZZLING PSYCH ROCK MINDMELT

Dreamwave create the kind of swirling, garage psych rock which is brimming with melody and guitar fuelled adrenaline blasts in equal measure. With new EP ‘Moon Dogs’ due for release on 25th April 2025, and several sold out shows already under their belts, we caught up with this Bristol bunch to find out more: Who’s […]
Silent Radio’s guide to the week’s new releases. Benefits            Constant Noise          The band take a different approach to the in-your-face polemics of their debut. Recalibrated as a two-piece featuring founding members Kingsley Hall and Robbie Major. The album is still angry, the band is still angry, but rather than regurgitate what they’ve already done, it […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 MARCH 2025

SINGLE REVIEW – LUCY WROE: THE VAULT

It had been a rough winter. Global politics swung with the same volatility as the weather outside—unpredictable, unrelenting, and sometimes disconcerting. Cold, dark days had felt endless, as if the world had settled into a permanent sepia haze, with no sign of spring and the inevitable feeling of hope that it carried. Then, in the […]
Spring is in the air and with it comes a glorious diversity of gigs in Manchester and Salford. Plenty of choice here and your chance to support bands and local venues. 1st         Evil Blizzard                                   Academy 3 1st         Loose Articles                […]

GIG GUIDE – MARCH 2025

GIG GUIDE – FEBRUARY 2025

While it may be the shortest month of the year, February always feels like a slog to get through! Whilst the weather is slowly getting hotter, the night still comes way too early, what’s better than to hide away inside a venue and listen to some amazing live music, here’s what’s coming up in Manchester […]
As the start of a new year looms, there is nothing better than to clear those post-Christmas blues with some amazing live music. Have a look at what’s going on throughout Manchester in January. January 8th 2025 The Jesus Lizard – Academy Formed in Chicago in 1987, The Jesus Lizard has nearly 40 years of […]

GIG GUIDE – JANUARY 2025