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Silent Radio
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Music website based in Manchester. Gig guide, interviews, reviews & plenty more. Est. 2009
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"A show that felt less like a gig and more like a fever dream you’re glad you remembered."
Eves Roebuck reviews @thelastdinnerparty.bsky.social at Aviva Studios.
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LIVE REVIEW – THE LAST DINNER PARTY: AVIVA STUDIOS – 26/11/2025
There’s something almost poetic about seeing The Last Dinner Party inside Aviva Studios, the cavernous, concrete warehouse that Factory International has turned into a kind of blank canvas for big, th...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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"‘Begging The Night To Take Hold’ ultimately has so much to offer through its luxurious technicolour melodicism, heightened atmosphere and Pollock’s exquisite voice."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews the latest album from
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ALBUM REVIEW – EMMA POLLOCK: BEGGING THE NIGHT TO TAKE HOLD
As album releases diminish to a trickle, December is a good time for Silent Radio to catch up on some of the seriously great albums we were unable to cover at the time. First up is Emma Pollock’s ‘Beg...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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"Until I can live that summer’s day again, Royel Otis will be there to give me that serotonin boost."
Mia Webber reviews Royel Otis at Victoria Warehouse -
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LIVE REVIEW – ROYEL OTIS: VICTORIA WAREHOUSE – 28/11/2025
Getting into the O2 Victoria Warehouse was business as usual, bag search, body scan, ticket check then to find the nearest bar; only this time I wish I hadn’t. For a single drink it set me back nearly...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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"The most intoxicating and invigorating tracks, such as ‘angels in camo’ and ‘Experimental Skin,’ feel like getting curb stomped by a demon clad in all-black leather, whilst it covers you in gasoline and lights you on fire"
Toby Wilkins reviews Jane Remover
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ALBUM REVIEW – JANE REMOVER: REVENGESEEKERZ
‘Dreamflasher,’ the sixth track on 22-year-old rapper/singer/producer Jane Remover’s third studio album, Revengeseekerz, begins with the satisfying whistle that plays when you cross the finish line in...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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TTSSFU at the White Hotel. A night in pictures by Mat Coffey.
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LIVE IN PICTURES – TTSSFU: THE WHITE HOTEL – 27/11/2025
As TTSSFU hit Salford’s White Hotel with their scuzzed up dream pop and dark basslines, Mat Coffey was down the front capturing the action. Here is the night in pictures, the last two shots being of s...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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"More Time, More Speed is the kind of unassuming album that will blindside you with its nuance."
@lucasfromdeepcut.bsky.social reviews
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ALBUM REVIEW – PAVEY ARK: MORE TIME, MORE SPEED
There’s no shortage of bands making music that circles around the theme of time’s passage, so why should you care about Pavey Ark? Because when Pavey Ark talk about time, they don’t talk about hours, ...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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"‘You Made me Realise’ is already one of the heavier songs the band has done, but with the mixture of intense strobe and smoke machines, it’s a surprise that the power didn’t fail again."
Sam Frazer reviews My Bloody Valentine at Aviva Studios.
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LIVE REVIEW – MY BLOODY VALENTINE: AVIVA STUDIOS – 24/11/2025
There are many ways people get excited for a gig, for some it may be that first step into the venue and seeing the stage, for others maybe waking up on the day knowing there is a gig that night, for m...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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This week's new releases:
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ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 28 NOVEMBER 2025
Red Ivory           Please Leave, I Need To Wake Up Now            Five track EP is claustrophobic and at points almost static, before freeway-falling into a frenzy of interlocking, distorted guitar, ...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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"a prime example of how sparse musical backing can highlight the intimacy, fragility and unique qualities of the human voice, even more so when the voice is as special as Arnalds’."
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews Ólöf Arnalds: Spíra
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ALBUM REVIEW – OLOF ARNALDS: SPIRA
Björk once described Ólöf Arnalds as “somewhere between a child and an old woman.” Clearly, this was not intended as an insult and it neatly encapsulates the charms that she brings to her fifth album,...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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"A perfect set that shows Loyle Carner is made to entertain and has the intellect of a Greek philosopher."
Bryn Evans reviews Loyle Carner at Victoria Warehouse:
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LIVE REVIEW – LOYLE CARNER: VICTORIA WAREHOUSE – 23/11/2025
Tackling the blistering cold and puddles that coat the cuffs of your jeans, we make our way to Victoria Warehouse. The queue is set up like Takeshi’s castle and a great feeling of accomplishment overc...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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"Selenites, Selenites! expertly mixes a variety of styles but what unifies the record is its mood. While the groove can switch between chilled and boisterous, its disposition is always optimistic.
@andrewneal66.bsky.social reviews @jimitenor.bsky.social
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ALBUM REVIEW – THE JIMI TENOR BAND: SELENITES, SELENITES!
News flash! In case anyone has failed to notice, it is horrible out in the wider world. Despots in charge, anger, poverty, wars, pending environmental catastrophe and the dystopic possibilities of AI....
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November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 NOVEMBER 2025
Lisa O’Neill       The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right              Cavan songwriter whose six-track EP tackles a variety of social injustices in her distinctive folk style. Donna Thompson         Wh...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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"The Royston Club’s confessions have leaked from the studio and bled straight to the street."
Madison Marsh reviews The Royston Club at Chester Live Rooms:
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LIVE REVIEW – THE ROYSTON CLUB: CHESTER LIVE ROOMS – 13/11/2025
With an undercutting tenderness, The Royston Club’s discography continues to have an ever-tightening lasso around our necks – a rosary of the Royston religion. Their sophomore record, Songs For The Sp...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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"I really like the direction that 5SOS are taking with this new album"
Freya Hoare reviews 5 Seconds of Summer's Everyone's a Star!
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ALBUM REVIEW – 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER: EVERYONE’S A STAR!
After taking some time out to focus on their respective solo careers, 5 Seconds of Summer, commonly shortened to 5SOS, are back with their first studio album in three years titled Everyone’s a Star! T...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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"an album that isn’t afraid to confront those emotions, no matter how strong they may be."
Lewis Hannah reviews runo plum's Patching:
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ALBUM REVIEW – RUNO PLUM: PATCHING
“You seem to be everywhere, everywhere but in front of me” Heartbreak. It’s a concept sprawling with layers. To some, heartbreak is equated to relevance, freedom from a torn apart fabric that stopped ...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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"Woman of Faces is a record forged through heartbreak, proof that Celeste’s quiet fire still burns fiercely beneath the masks."
Eves Roebuck reviews Celeste's Woman of Face:
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ALBUM REVIEW – CELESTE: WOMAN OF FACES
Making an album seems pretty plain sailing.  In most cases, yes, but not at all for Celeste. When British soul and jazz singer Celeste released her debut album in 2021, it topped the charts in the UK,...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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"The mixing on the tracks is incredible; you probably won’t hear better sounding versions of the songs anywhere else."
Alex McFerren reviews Happy Mondays - The Factory Singles:
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ALBUM REVIEW – HAPPY MONDAYS: THE FACTORY SINGLES
When you think of Happy Mondays, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Shaun Ryder’s Outrages swagger? Bez throwing shapes? Lots and lots of ecstasy? All of the above are appropriate responses to...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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"In just ten minutes, Dress & Tie have managed to capture everything that love is."
Maisie Brogden reviews Dress & Tie:
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EP REVIEW – DRESS & TIE: LOVE SUNG BY… DRESS & TIE
In just ten minutes, Dress & Tie have managed to capture everything that love is. In its more dramatic moments, it’s the backstreets of Paris, amoristic accordions pulled together by a crescent moon. ...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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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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Date and first acts announced for Manchester Psych Fest 2026 - www.silentradio.co.uk/11/10/news-f...
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