SEPTEMBER 2013

We have trawled through the forthcoming gigs in and around Manchester so you don’t have to. We believe that if we are going to recommend a gig to you, then it should be exactly that, a recommendation. There are many other sites out here on the internet that have a gig guide, but how many […]
Blurring the line between static and moving imagery, Mazes’ new video for ‘Bodies’ is a disconcerting watch. The single was released digitally this week via FatCat Records, and the video, directed by Austin of Vision Fortune, reflects the band’s recent shift from fast, thrashy pop into the considered body of work that is their new record, Ores […]

NEWS: MAZES – ‘BODIES’ VIDEO + LP

NEWS: DAVID LYNCH – ‘BIG DREAM’ LP + BONUS TRACK

Legendary multimedia artist David Lynch returns this summer with the follow-up to ‘Crazy Clown Time’, his acclaimed 2011 solo debut. ‘The Big Dream’ will be released July 15 in Europe on Sunday Best Recordings. The new album sees Lynch returning to primary songwriting and performance duties, writing 11 out of the album’s 12 tracks. Also […]
Golden Suits is a new project from Department of Eagles Fred Nicolaus. This is Nicolaus’ first album recorded on his own – although he wrote or co-wrote many of Department Of Eagles’ best-known songs (including ‘No One Does It Like You’) – and is a mix of meticulously crafted, ever-so-slightly left of center pop songs. […]

NEWS: GOLDEN SUITS – ‘DIDN’T I WARN YOU’ + S/T LP

Album Review: Mudhoney – Vanishing Point

9 albums and 25 years later, Mudhoney provide an album of psychedelic alternative rock that keeps them at the pinnacle of “that sound”! Usually lumped in with grunge, Mudhoney were always a little bit more and this album shows why. From the opening scatter drums, bass driven, riff monster that is ‘Slipping Away’ the gentlemen […]
Rarely do you find a band that makes you want to take the singer to the best indie disco in town for a drink and a proper chat and then dance like an idiot for the next ten hours. This is that band. By all accounts Performance have been through the wringer: record label misdemeanours, […]

Album Review: Performance – Red Brick Heart

HINTS & TIPS ON CONSTRUCTING A GIG REVIEW

Please note that these are not ‘the rules of reviewing’, they exist only as a guide to anyone that wishes to try their hand at writing gig reviews for Silent Radio. Prepare: Do some research on the band/act beforehand if needed and try to leave any preconceptions you may have at home. Take lots and […]
German based Michael Fakesch is one half of the now defunct duo Funkstörung (translated to Radio Interference) with ex-partner, Chris De Luca. Back in 1992 the pair invested in a Roland TR808 & Roland TB303 and set out to make some noise. Eighteen years on they’ve had a fruitful career with numerous releases on a […]

ALBUM: Michael Fakesch – Exchange

Venue Review – The Roadhouse

Whenever I venture through the Roadhouse’s doors I always seem to get a twinge of excitement, similar to that feeling you get before meeting a first date. A bit over the top some might say, but there’s something about the place that just works perfectly with me. As soon as you step through its enclosed […]