LIVE: JEFFREY LEWIS AND LOS BOLTS – 09/12/2015

 – THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Cult hero Jeffrey Lewis returns to Manchester on a bitterly cold and wet night. The disposition he brings with him from across the pond is a warm and welcoming one, just what is needed for what is a restless, majorly male orientated crowd in attendance at The Deaf this […]
 – THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – This is the most fun I’ve had at a gig in a long time. Titus Andronicus, the world’s greatest punk rock bar band have brought their show supporting their 92-min, 3 LP/2 CD rock opera about mental illness (yes, really) The Most Lamentable Tragedy, to Manchester’s Deaf Institute, and […]

LIVE: TITUS ANDRONICUS – 11/11/2015

TICKET GIVEAWAY TO SEE THE COMPUTERS NEXT MONTH

Devon band The Computers’ new EP, Want The News, Here’s The Blues will be released on 27th November.  To coincide with this, Silent Radio is giving you the chance to win two tickets to see them play The Deaf Institute on 8th December. All you have to do is let us know your favourite lyric […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – A blue mist stands in the air as Lower Dens make for the stage. Tonight, they’re cut down to just a three piece, as their electric guitarist had to remain at home due to a family illness. Such things could stop a number of bands in their tracks; not […]

LIVE: LOWER DENS – 25/10/2015

LIVE: MONARCHY – 15/10/2015

– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – So Monarchy, so mysterious. The English “synthpop” duo have courted the enigmatic since they formed in 2009: initially concealing their identities à la Daft Punk, their first live show was projected into space. In 2011 after playing Coachella they spent Christmas with Dita von Teese, who is such a huge […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Blanck Mass is in a good mood tonight. He takes to the Deaf Institute stage to the sound of the hulking main sample of ‘Loam’, the opening track of this year’s stunning album Dumb Flesh. It’s stretched out to hypnotic length, a powerful, throbbing sound that fills the room […]

LIVE: BLANCK MASS – 24/09/2015

TROF & THE SKINNY PRESENT: MENACE BEACH,WEIRDS,FALSE ADVERTISING & FRUIT BOMB

All of this for just £3 (with no booking fee at Dice.fm), and you’ll be able to pick up a copy of The Skinny Student Handbook. Then you get to see Leeds’ grunge band MENACE BEACH on the same day new EP ‘Super Transporterreum’ is launched. Then there’s fellow Leeds outfit Weirds, a band whose […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Well summer’s over, the tent is packed away and the sun cream remains unused. Don’t shed a tear though, because dark nights drawing near ushers in months of fantastic gigs. Two days into September and we’re already under way, another stellar line up from prolific promoters Now Wave. Headliners […]

LIVE: OUGHT – 02/09/2015

LIVE: KAWEHI – 28/07/2015

– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – “Holy shit, I’m in Manchester!” exclaims Kawehi as she takes to the stage in front of an initially quiet crowd at The Deaf Institute. The tiny American, who hails from Hawaii but is now based in Kansas, already seems quite comfortable addressing the room and gets a rowdy cheer […]
– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – When he started in music, Leon Bridges admitted that he had not been listening to Sam Cooke ‘too hard’ and only began really digging into soul music, once his first single hit the cult blog ‘Gorilla Vs Bear’. It seems quite ironic then, when the widely-hyped OkayKaya covers Mr […]
Leon Bridges

LIVE: LEON BRIDGES 09/07/2015