ALBUM REVIEW – FRANK TURNER: UNDEFEATED

Never before has an album title felt more fitting. Frank Turner’s ninth album, 2023’s FTHC, was a record about reconciliation – battling through the chaos to recover what’s been lost amid trying times. An intensely cathartic and frequently unflattering listen, Frank Turner’s blunt observations about the pandemic along with his ravishingly personal songwriting made the […]
Ahead of releasing two new albums on the same day next month, Beans on Toast has unveiled a new video for one of the songs on one of the albums ‘The Album of the Day’. Written about days spent with his daughter, the lyrics include: “We put a classic album on and we listened to […]
Beans on Toast

BEANS ON TOAST UNVEILS NEW VIDEO FOR ‘THE ALBUM OF THE DAY’

LIVE: FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS – 25/01/2019

-VICTORIA WAREHOUSE, MANCHESTER- “This is a punk rock show, which means that there are no rules. Except for don’t be an arsehole and if you know the words to a song, you’ve got to fucking sing along!” The somewhat heartfelt speech from the matured punk rocker Frank Turner gives a taste of what to expect […]
-THE HAT WORKS, STOCKPORT- It’s Friday dinner time in Stockport and I’m stood in Hat Works, the UK’s only museum dedicated to the hatting industry. I have a can of diet coke in my hand and a massive grin on my face. I look around and there are about sixty other people here, mostly clutching […]

LIVE: FRANK TURNER – 25/01/2019

ALBUM: FRANK TURNER – BE MORE KIND

Frank Turner has now been releasing solo albums for over ten years, yet it only seems like yesterday since he launched his first sonic blast of social commentary and personal poetry into an unsuspecting musical scene. He’s had his fair share of criticism though, mostly stemming from the fact that he went to Eton, and […]
-ACADEMY, MANCHESTER- Frank will always be one of my favourites so heading down to Manchester Academy on Friday night it feels like I’m coming home, and I bounce in to the delightful sounds of The Homeless Gospel Choir, much to my ear’s delight. The ironic satire of Derek Zanetti is reminiscent of early Tenacious D, […]

LIVE: FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS / ARKELLS / THE HOMELESS GOSPEL CHOIR – 13/04/2018

LIVE: FRANK TURNER / FELIX HAGAN & THE FAMILY / OUR FOLD – 24/08/2017

-THE RITZ, MANCHESTER- Scrolling through tweets when I get home from the bang that was the Big Issue North Street Noise, I find a post that sums it up perfectly. The body of the tweet said something like “Yeah a quiet acoustic Frank Turner gig, that’ll be nice and chill.” Embedded in the post, a […]
Night &  Day Café, Manchester – 10/08/2015 Before playing to an excited Night and Day audience Frank Turner took time out from his busy schedule to speak to Silent Radio’s Paul Clark about his new album Positive Songs for Negative People. It had already been a busy day for Frank Turner by the time I […]

INTERVIEW: FRANK TURNER

PJ BOND

NIGHT AND DAY CAFÉ – 10/08/2015 Back in Manchester for a second gig in as many months, American singer/songwriter PJ Bond was playing the Night and Day Café in support of Frank Turner’s on his warm up tour.  Silent Radio’s Paul Clark caught up with him before his gig to chat about his new album […]
– NIGHT & DAY CAFE, MANCHESTER – These kinds of nights are usually a rarity from artists that have reached the stellar heights of Frank Turner. Not for him, this was a welcome return to the Night and Day Café, following his previous gig in January. There is no going through the motions and familiarity […]

LIVE: FRANK TURNER / PJ BOND – 10/08/2015