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Music website based in Manchester. Gig guide, interviews, reviews & plenty more. Est. 2009
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"A lot of the lyrics follow this vibe of being ready for something, and at the end of everything you still never quite get what you were wanting this whole time."
Freya Hoare reviews Heckler's Choice by
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ALBUM REVIEW – PAVEMENT: HECKLER’S CHOICE
Usually, I call people pretentious when they say that they were born in the wrong generation, however I make an exception when it comes to that being how I feel about the band Pavement. I should’ve be...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Silent Radio's guide to the week's new releases:
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ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 14 NOVEMBER 2025
Sister Ray Davies         Holy Island       The duo might be based in “the hit recording capital of the world”, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but they have made a concept album about the ancient religious o...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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"Its best moments, of which there are plenty, are utterly intoxicating."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Nusantara Beat's debut album:
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ALBUM REVIEW – NUSANTARA BEAT: NUSANTARA BEAT
While group names can often be random, Nusantara Beat has chosen one that encapsulates its ethos. Nusantara means all the islands that make up Indonesia and dates back to when kings wanted to unite th...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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"Jane Remover is an absolute marvel of a musician, performer and artist."
Han Lake reviews Jane Remover at Manchester Ritz
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LIVE REVIEW – JANE REMOVER: MANCHESTER RITZ – 10/11/2025
When tickets for Jane Remover’s show went on sale a few months ago – the designated venue given as Band on the Wall – I jumped at the opportunity. This is, after all, one of the most exciting musician...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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"The band is great at creating landscape through psychogeography making each song an entity on its own."
Bryn Evans reviews Hotel Lux's The Bitter Cup
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ALBUM REVIEW – HOTEL LUX: THE BITTER CUP
A Post punk revival is in full swing and hits the coasts of Portsmouth with a new release by Hotel Lux.  Previously attacking with a garage rock sound (which was championed by the likes of NME, Clash ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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"With a debut album looking set for 2026, I’d put money on The Orchestra (For Now) making it a hat-trick of great projects."
Lucas Allburn reviews the EP from @theorchestrafornow.bsky.social
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EP REVIEW – THE ORCHESTRA (FOR NOW): PLAN 76
To anyone unfamiliar with London’s Windmill scene, The Orchestra (For Now) offers the perfect introduction. Named after The Windmill pub in Brixton, the scene offers a brand of art rock characterised ...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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NEWS – FIRST BANDS ANNOUNCED FOR MANCHESTER PSYCH FEST 2026
Even though it is not yet Christmas, it is already time to start thinking about next year’s Manchester Psych Fest which will take place on 5 September 2026. The first tranche of acts has been announce...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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"From start to finish, Slater sustained an upbeat atmosphere, both through his buoyant tunes and passionate performance of them."
Han Lake reviews Slater at Manchester Soup:
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LIVE REVIEW – SLATER + SUNNBRELLA: SOUP – 08/11/2025
Despite having released music for over a decade, as well as being a long-time collaborator of Wyatt and Fletcher Shears (of The Garden, Enjoy and Puzzle), Slater is still quite underrated. Those who h...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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"they magically capture the energy and exuberance of the 1960s... absolutely splendid."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Thee Headcoats & Thee Headcoatees
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ALBUM REVIEWS – THEE HEADCOATS: THE SHERLOCK HOLMES RHYTHM’N’BEAT VERNACULAR & THEE HEADCOATEES: MAN-TRAP
“One chord is good, a second is alright, three is a crowd, four will end in a fight.” These words from ‘The Friends of the Buff Medway Fanciers Association’ perfectly summarise Thee Headcoats’ music. ...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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"there’s beauty to be found in the comeback if, even just for one night, things can seem ‘easy’ again."
Maisie Brogden reviews Hard Life at Manchester Academy:
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LIVE REVIEW – HARD LIFE: MANCHESTER ACADEMY – 06/11/2025
Is there anything as beautiful as a comeback? From this summer’s swaggeringly assured Oasis reunion, also known as Armistice Day for Adidas-wearers, to the slightly more unsteady reappearance of Catfi...
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November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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"there is time for poetry – always. This album has it in spades."
Attila Peter reviews The Saxophones' No Time For Poetry:
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE SAXOPHONES: NO TIME FOR POETRY
“There’s a mighty judgment coming / But I may be wrong”, Leonard Cohen croons on “Tower of Song”, a career highlight from 1988’s dark, moody I’m Your Man. Whichever it is, he doesn’t sound overly conc...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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"It is the sound of Florence Welch, and all of us, stepping into a field at dusk, ready to scream the world back into shape."
Eves Roebuck reviews Florence + The Machine's Everybody Scream:
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ALBUM REVIEW – FLORENCE + THE MACHINE: EVERYBODY SCREAM
“It’s your troubled hero / Back for season six,” Florence Welch sings on ‘The Old Religion,’ irony curling through that unmistakably captivating voice. But rather than another chapter in her story, Fl...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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A roundup of a spectacular week of new releases - www.silentradio.co.uk/11/06/album-...
ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 7 NOVEMBER 2025
It is a ludicrously busy week for new releases. The albums at the top of this list deserve to be getting full reviews. We desperately need more time. Could someone kindly arrange to extend the week be...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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A preview of the fantastic Louder Than Words Festival
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PREVIEW – LOUDER THAN WORDS FESTIVAL 2025
The UK’s biggest music literature festival will be back at The Innside, Manchester from 14-16 November. The 2025 weekend will include author and artist conversations, panel discussions, book signings,...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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"John Darnielle confirms his place at the pinnacle alongside Willy Vlautin of The Delines and Colin Meloy of The Decemberists as longform writers who bring their novelistic prowess and detail to song form."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews the Mountain Goats:
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE MOUNTAIN GOATS: THROUGH THIS FIRE ACROSS FROM PETER BALKAN
Conceptually the most elaborate of their 23 albums, ‘Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan’ sees The Mountain Goats embark on a full-blown musical. It tells of a small crew consisting of Captain ...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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"this band should be considered as royalty in the extreme metal world."
Itay Gilad reviews Omnium Gatherum's new album:
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ALBUM REVIEW – OMNIUM GATHERUM: MAY THE BRIDGES WE BURN LIGHT THE WAY
Melodic death metal is a subgenre within death metal that tends to explore the uniqueness of what a musician is able to produce, whether it is melodies or guitar solos. Omnium Gatherum pull this off t...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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"a highly focused and impressive blast of desert psych."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Yenbatt by Noura Mint Seymali:
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ALBUM REVIEW – NOURA MINT SEYMALI: YENBATT
Noura Mint Seymali’s third album and her first in nine years is a highly focused and impressive blast of desert psych. ‘Yenbett’ is a successful blending of tradition with innovation. A Mauritanian gr...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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A Manchester and Salford gig guide for November -
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GIG GUIDE – NOVEMBER 2025
With Winter in full swing, November is looking to be an incredibly exciting month in Manchester, with iconic acts such as Mac DeMarco and Lorde, to the sheer brilliance in more intimate venues such as...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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"perhaps the perfect debut... a musical dissection has occurred, pulling apart genres and intertwining findings to inform a sound which stands out amongst its contemporaries."
Leah Simons reviews Luvcat's Vicious Delicious:
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ALBUM REVIEW – LUVCAT: VICIOUS DELICIOUS
For some reason, I can’t pinpoint how I first discovered Luvcat, the persona conjured by Liverpudlian musician Sophie Morgan. Somehow, “Dinner @ Brasserie Zédel” made its way to my headphones with thi...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Confirmation of the line-up for this year's FaT OuT Fest:
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LINE-UP FOR FAT OUT FEST UNVEILED
FaT OuT Festival returns to Salford this November. They self-describe as a passionate champion of the underground, dedicated to discovering new music to produce captivating live shows for both artists...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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A guide to this week's new releases.
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ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 31 OCTOBER 2025
Anna Von Hausswolff                 Iconoclasts      Artist taking the pipe organ as her instrument of choice. On Iconoclasts, her sound evolves again, bringing a poppier and more vibrant element to h...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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"It is an album whose sounds are almost possible to feel and touch, half an hour that is quietly overwhelming."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Hilary Woods' Night CRIU via @sacredbones.bsky.social @stereosanctitypr.bsky.social
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ALBUM REVIEW – HILARY WOODS: NIGHT CRIU
Following two densely atmospheric instrumental albums, her latest record sees Hilary Woods making a welcome return to a song-based structure and giving primacy to her voice. ‘Night CRIÚ’ takes as its ...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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"Witch Fever are a young band the world needs to keep their eyes and ears on."
Itay Gilad reviews Witch Fever's Fevereaten:
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ALBUM REVIEW – WITCH FEVER: FEVEREATEN
Combining music genres in alternative music is very rare and, when it is done correctly, the results can be mind-blowing. Witch Fever, in their short career thus far, have always been aiming to push t...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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"this self-titled album is absolute proof of their insane talent and makes them a band that you should keep an eye on in the future."
Izzy Hurcum reviews the HighSchool album:
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ALBUM REVIEW – HIGHSCHOOL: HIGHSCHOOL
The self-titled debut album by HighSchool, is not one to be ignored. Since releasing their debut EP in 2021, the pop-punk duo from Melbourne has put out hit after hit, snappy songs with an electrifyin...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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A Live in Pictures review of Ghostwoman at Leeds Brudenell Social Club by Mat Coffey @nathbrudenell.bsky.social

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LIVE IN PICTURES – GHOSTWOMAN: LEEDS BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB – 25/10/2025
Ghostwoman is a Canada and Belgium based duo who produce a potent brew of garage psych, country, Krautrock, blues and Americana. Following the September release of their seriously impressive ‘Welcome ...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM