MANCHESTER FOUR-PIECE HOT SHORTS REMINISCE ON ‘SUMMER OF 2012’

Manchester four-piece Hot Shorts want you to cast your minds back to a distant time, a more hopeful time: the London Olympics were in full swing; Frank Ocean had just released Channel Orange; you donated to take down Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. That’s right, it’s the ‘Summer of 2012’, and Hot Shorts are taking you […]

-RITZ, MANCHESTER- Having first seen Drenge back home at Hull’s Welly Club supporting Temples, with ironically just underneath them on the bill that night the Black Delta Movement, the band I last reviewed for Silent Radio earlier last month, this was a much-anticipated gig for myself and the many others, I’m sure, who have watched […]

LIVE: DRENGE – 29/03/2019

LIVE: DRENGE – 02/05/2018

-GORILLA, MANCHESTER- My only live experience of Sheffield-based Drenge prior to tonight was in a television studio in Kent, the band performing a couple of songs to promote its self-titled début album in 2013. At the time, Drenge was very much just youthful brothers Rory (drums) and Eoin (vocals and guitar). Watching them perform, one […]

The NME Awards Tour 2016 with Austin, Texas is gearing up to hit the road with a line-up headlined by Bloc Party. Joining the bill are Drenge, Rat Boy and Bugzy Malone who will tour the UK to take in 11 cities, kicking off on 29 January at Cardiff Great Hall and coming to a […]

BLOC PARTY TO HEADLINE NME AWARDS TOUR 2016

RADKEY SHARE NEW TRACK AHEAD OF DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE

Radkey have shared a new track ahead of the release of their debut album later this year. The Missouri based three piece have released the track Parade It, which is available to listen to now below. The band, comprised of three brothers, recently recorded their debut album in Sheffield with producer Ross Orton, who has […]

Drenge have announced the details of their forthcoming second album as well as a new UK tour. The two-piece, comprised of brothers Eoin and Rory Loveless, will release Undertow on Infectious Music on April 6. The first single taken from the record, We Can Do What We Want, has been shared ahead of the album’s […]

DRENGE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND UK TOUR

Drenge have announced three new dates, including a show at The Deaf Institute in January. The two piece, comprised of brothers Eoin and Rory Loveless, will play gigs in Leeds, Manchester and London. They released their debut album Bloodsports to critical acclaim in August last year, on Infectious Music. The band also came to prominence […]

DRENGE ANNOUNCE THREE NEW UK DATES

NEWS: BAD GRAMMAR – FIRST HEADLINE SHOW ANNOUNCED

Manchester two-piece Bad Grammar will be playing their first, highly anticipated, headline show as they bring their scuzzy pop songs to the intimate surroundings of suburban bar, Dulcimer in Chorlton (567, Wilbraham Road – two minutes from the Chorlton tram stop) on Thursday 31st October with support from garage duo, The Hyena Kill. The 90 […]

– THE ROADHOUSE, MANCHESTER – Let’s not ‘fuckabout’…Drenge totally, completely, 100 percent rule tonight. The Loveless brothers (amazing name) from Castleton tear through their debut album, imaginatively titled Drenge, with all the exuberance that youth brings at The Roadhouse, a fitting venue for their down and dirty music. The room is packed to the rafters, […]