TAME IMPALA RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘LET IT HAPPEN’

Teaming up with English director David Wilson for a second time, this video is a surrealist take on the transient, overworked existence of a modern day businessman. Tame Impala and Wilson previously collaborated on the music video for ‘Lonerism’’s ‘Mind Mischief’ and more recently Wilson was nominated for a Grammy for his stunning statement for […]
U.S. Girls is Illinois-born, Toronto-based artist Meghan Remy, who releases her new album Half Free on September 25th. Half Free is Remy’s first album for 4AD and is her most realised yet. Focusing on characters in everyday struggles, with narratives inspired by the work of director John Cassavetes and Bruce Springsteen, Meg also explores themes […]

U.S. GIRLS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND UK TOUR

RADKEY ANNOUNCE ‘DARK BLACK MAKEUP’ UK TOUR AND SHARE NEW SINGLE

Radkey have announced that they will return to the UK for a full tour in October and November this year to play tracks from their debut album ‘Dark Black Makeup’, scheduled for release on Littleman Records on August 21st. The band have also shared their brand new single ‘Love Spills’: “a song about an evil […]
Last Saturday we welcomed into the studio Steve Ignorant former lead singer of Crass one of the most influential punk bands, well ever. Steve was joined by Carol and Pete from his new acoustic project ‘Steve Ignorant’s Slice of Life’. Interviewed by a very excited Simon Poole Steve took us back to the Crass days, […]

WATCH: STEVE IGNORANT (CRASS) INTERVIEW ON THE SILENT RADIO SHOW

LOW ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM AND UK TOUR

Low will release their 11th album Ones and Sixes on Sub Pop on September 11. The US three piece, who originally formed in 1993, have also announced a European tour including a date at Manchester Cathedral in October. The album was co-produced by the band and engineer BJ Burton at Justin Vernon’s April Base Studios in […]
Towards the end of Amy, her idol Tony Bennett comments that she has one of the true voices and should be remembered in the same vain as Billie Holiday. This struck a sore point in me, clearly highlighting the difference in the way musicians were treated then to now. A review of Amy said that […]

AMY HIGHLIGHTS HOW WE NEED TO TREAT OUR MUSICIANS BETTER

SILENT VERSIONS: #2 – ELEANOR RIGBY

From undisputed classics through interesting reinventions to downright abominations, Silent Versions looks at half a dozen different imaginings of the same song. Ask 10 people for their favourite Beatles song, and you’ll get 10 different answers. Bang any one of them into YouTube and you’ll be inundated with recordings, the majority of which are barely […]
Directed, shot and edited by Gary Mcquiggin of Welywyn Garden City, known for his work previously with The Pheromoans,The Bomber Jackets and Deerhoof, the film recalls James Broughton’s surrealist miniature The Pleasure Garden (1957). Using a number of the same locations, the band appear, disappear and re-appear amongst and against the modern day remains of […]

SAUNA YOUTH RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR ‘TRANSMITTERS’

EX HEX ANNOUNCE NEW UK TOUR FOR NOVEMBER

US punk rock trio Ex Hex will play Manchester on their November UK tour. The band, comprised of  Mary Timony, Laura Harris and Betsy Wright, released their debut album Rips last year on Merge Records. They have toured the US and Europe non-stop since then, and will return to these shores in November after a […]
Singer Jason Williamson had this to say about the new video – “Tarantula Deadly Cargo is a bit of a departure from the main formula and it reeks of a tour weary band in-between gigs, snatching their free time in a wink but quickly having to give it up to record new stuff. It’s inspired […]

SLEAFORD MODS RELEASE VIDEO FOR ‘TARANTULA DEADLY CARGO’