THE WAVE – Silent Radio’s feature where we speak to the city’s venue owners, promoters and new music advocates. The guys (and girls) behind the magic and probably the very people responsible for one of your favourite music experiences… Ben Ward (Sways Records): Meeting Ben Ward, one of three leaders of Manchester/Salford record label Sways […]
– THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER – As I enter the musical cave that is The Ruby Lounge I can say that I haven’t seen it this busy in a long time. The atmosphere is great, people queuing for the bar, waiting for the band to start and the loud noise of chatter. Once Kult Country […]
Kult Country front man Yousif Al-Karaghouli is someone who makes things happen. Within a week of arriving back to Manchester from a spell in France he’d become part of burgeoning cult label Sways Records, within two he’d formed Kult Country with a disparate bunch of souls whose number and identity still isn’t quite clear, and […]
GIG GUIDE
Between September 2011 and March 2020 we provided a handpicked gig guide every month without fail. It's painful for us that there are currently no gigs to recommend. We hope gigs will return soon to bring you new recommendations, but if you want to reminisce you can still see nine years worth of old gig guides.
NEW SINGLE FROM RED RIBBON 'WAY'
LISTEN TO LACHLAN'S LATEST SINGLE 'RELAY'
'HEART OF GARBAGE' SHARED BY ME REX
EMILY C. BROWNING RELEASES NEW SINGLE 'I WASN'T INTO YOU ANYWAY'
NEW RELEASE 'SHADE' BROUGHT TO LISTENERS' EARS BY JAMIE MYERS
ALBUM REVIEW: ROYAL BLOOD - TYPHOONS
ALBUM REVIEW: TEENAGE FANCLUB - ENDLESS ARCADE
MR BEN & THE BENS BRING NEWS OF A NEW SIX-TRACK EP ALONGSIDE ITS FIRST TRACK TITLED 'HOW DO I GET TO YOU?'
REMEMBER SPORTS ARE MAKING IT LAST BY SAYING IT 'OUT LOUD'
