LIVE: CABBAGE / PINS / THE BLINDERS / LADY BIRD / THE RHYTHM METHOD – 19/05/2018

-THE RITZ, MANCHESTER- Glamour at the Ritz is a night that would get any Manchester music fan frothing. Ten bands spread across two excellent live rooms – one massive, one small – over the course of 5 hours… paradise. Well, if your paradise consists of aggressive punk rock, high energy activity both on and off […]

-THE RUBY LOUNGE, MANCHESTER- One hundred days on from the Manchester Arena Attack, which tragically took the lives of many music fans, the Ruby Lounge plays host to a band who epitomise the comeback music in this city has made. Since the bombing, gigs and live music events have continued without issue and show a […]

LIVE: DEAP VALLY / PINS – 30/08/2017

ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL COTTON CLOUDS FESTIVAL – LAST 200 TICKETS REMAINING

Due to overwhelming demand, less than 200 tickets now remain for the inaugural Cotton Clouds Festival – the all new one day festival, set amidst the vales and hills of the stunning Peak District National Park. Conjured up from the blue-sky thinking of organisers and local lads Max & Rick Lees along with fellow entrepreneur Luke Stanley, the Cotton […]

As if warehouse parties featuring Deap Vally, Japandroids and Spring King weren’t enough to nibble on this summer, Fluffer Records have announced a new all dayer pit party featuring Birmingham’s Jaws, and Manchester’s Pins on Saturday 22nd July 2017. All tickets are strictly limited so visit pitparties.com to grab yours today. Go, go, go. Fluffer […]

JAWS & PINS JOIN FLUFFER PIT PARTIES SECOND SERIES ALL-DAYER THIS JULY

COTTON CLOUDS FESTIVAL AT SADDLEWORTH CRICKET CLUB SATURDAY 12TH AUGUST 2017

With a great line-up and set amidst the heavenly vista of the stunning Peak District National Park, Cotton Clouds Festival is a wonderful new addition to the UK festival calendar. Taking place on Saturday 12th of August 2017, and boasting a bill that’s simply bursting with pop pedigree, the one-day extravaganza in Saddleworth (Greater Manchester) […]

Just look at this lot! One lucky Silent Radio reader/PINS fan can have all of it. The day before PINS set off on their latest stint of live dates, that will conclude at Salford’s White Hotel on the 22nd of April, we managed to get a fantastic haul of music and merchandise from the band. Inside […]

COMPETITION: PINS – MUSIC AND MERCH GIVEAWAY

FESTIVAL NO.6 LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDING THE FLAMING LIPS, MOGWAI, AND BLOC PARTY

Multi-award winning Festival No.6 (7th-10th September 2017) has today announced the headliners for this year’s festival – The Flaming Lips, Mogwai, and Bloc Party. Topping the bill is a band that needs no introduction – The Flaming Lips. Following critical acclaim for their 14th studio album, Oczy Mlody, the psychedelic adventurers will be treating the […]

– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – I may be entering the Deaf Institute alone tonight but I’m met by a strong sense of collective energy. The venue has sold out for the Glaswegian duo Honeyblood and there is a fire kindling with excited anticipation for the night ahead. I’m near the back but have a […]

LIVE: HONEYBLOOD – 02/12/2016

PINS SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘I’LL GET MINE’

In the wake of a North American tour supporting The Subways, Manchester five-piece PINS have shared an artful video for track “I’ll Get Mine,” as well as a remix of “Trouble” by electro-pop label mates BERNARD + EDITH. Both premiered were premiered by Under the Radar. The video deploys the minimalist style of the Factory […]

Manchester five-piece PINS have announced details of a brand new track “Trouble,” released on Record Store Day on 16th April through Bella Union Watch the teaser trailer below The limited-edition red 10” vinyl release will also feature “I’ll Get Mine” – another brand new track – along with a remix of “Trouble” by fellow Manchester […]