LIVE: REAL ESTATE – 28/06/2017

– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – Well… it was certainly a set! Hello, I’m Connor Ryan and today I’m going to talk about how one band so chilled and sunny on record, can in the flesh become a different beast entirely. I’ve had mixed feelings on Real Estate ever since I was notified of their existence […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – Did I mention it’s hot? I seem to spend half the day moaning about how nice the weather is at the moment, but at least I’m not off to spend an evening in a sweaty mosh pit, as Mark Lanegan’s newer material is more measured than his work with Screaming […]

LIVE: MARK LANEGAN BAND / DUKE GARWOOD – 21/06/2017

LIVE: KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD – 14/06/2017

– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – I only found out I was coming to see King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard an hour before they come on stage tonight. No time for a shower – throw on an unwashed tee and out to the Albert Hall in a matter of moments. To say i’m frenzied is […]
This coming winter Beans on Toast and Skinny Lister will head out on a co-headline tour of the UK. Label mates, touring buddies and drinking companions they make a perfect match. Together they are given the opportunity to play on bigger stages and bring their shows to larger audiences. Both bands will be playing full […]

SKINNY LISTER AND BEANS ON TOAST ANNOUNCE DOUBLE TROUBLE UK TOUR

LIVE: SOULWAX – 09/04/2017

– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – Soulwax’s 2004 album Any Minute Now was a bit of a seminal album for a 20 year old me. My previous excursions into electronic music had started at Radiohead’s Kid A and finished at Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works – they were literally the only two electronic type albums I […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – It is fair to say that 2016 hasn’t been a vintage year. Without getting too morose its one that’s best forgotten. That said, there have been some shining lights in amongst the gloom. Anything involving The Wonder Stuff, for one, has been cause to forget all else that’s going on. […]

LIVE: THE WONDER STUFF – 21/12/2016

LIVE: ARAB STRAP – 14/10/2016

– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – It may be the faint stirrings of Christmas commercialism or the sour aftermath of Brexit Britain but there seems no better time to welcome back our favourite Scottish curmudgeons Arab Strap.  The band have returned to celebrate their 20th anniversary with a handful of special live shows on the back […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – It seems like barely a day goes by without us at Silent Radio extolling the virtues of the Psych revival. This is not by design; Manchester and seemingly everywhere else is aboard a kaleidoscopic juggernaut unable and unwilling to stop it. Both floors of The Ritz are in use for […]

LIVE: STRANGE WAVES PRESENTS KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD – 09/09/2016

LIVE: TY SEGALL & THE MUGGERS – 23/06/2016

– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – Ty Segall is a name that I’d heard a lot over the years but never investigated until recently. The incredibly prolific multi-instrumentalist released his eighth album in eight years at the start of the year and was the first time I had embraced the genius of this man. Emotional Mugger […]
– THE RITZ, MANCHESTER – Before I mumble about The Fall for a short while, I want to firstly give the support acts a mention: The 99 Degree and Cabbage. The 99 Degree kick off the night to a, let’s say “still” crowd. Having a big secret game of stuck in the mud, the punters […]

LIVE: THE FALL – 19/04/2016