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Dance To The Radio
Parent companyFuturesound Group
Founded2004
GenreIndie rock
Alternative rock
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLeeds
Official websitewww.dancetotheradio.com

Dance To The Radio is a British independent record label, based in Leeds, England.

History

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It was named after the refrain of the Joy Division song "Transmission". The label launched with the release of a compilation album 'Dance To The Radio: Leeds' at an eponymous launch event in Leeds in March 2005.[1]

The label subsequently released some 7" singles by the likes of iLiKETRAiNS, The Pigeon Detectives, Yes Boss, Napoleon IIIrd, This Et Al and ¡Forward, Russia!. They have been featured a number of times in NME,[2] Drowned in Sound[3] and in Artrocker for being a notable success of the DIY ethic in the indie music scene at the moment.

Their first full scale single release was Twelve by ¡Forward, Russia! which reached number 36 in the UK Singles Chart. Their second release, again by ¡Forward, Russia!, was a re-release of limited edition debut single "Nine" which also became a top 40 hit. Since these, three more ¡Forward, Russia! singles have been released; "Eighteen", "Nineteen" and "Don't Be A Doctor" the latter of which was a limited White Label Release. The label went on to achieve great success with The Pigeon Detectives. Other early releases include singles from Yes Boss, Sky Larkin, Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames, Bobby Cook and Grammatics.

The label have released EPs for bands like iLiKETRAiNS and Napoleon IIIrd, a number of compilations, and numerous albums.

In 2009 the label launched a new series of compilation 12" records entitled 4x12".[4] Amongst the bands appearing on this series of records included Pulled Apart by Horses, Das Racist, Paul Thomas Saunders, Holy State, Bear Hands & Suckers. The 3rd in the series received critical acclaim from NME, Drowned in Sound[5] and Artrocker. This was followed by releases in 2010 for Elinor Rose Dougall and Leeds post-punk-noise band Holy State.

2011 saw the release of The Pigeon Detectives third album 'Up Guards and At 'Em!'. The fourth Pigeon Detectives record 'We Met at Sea' was licensed by Dance to the Radio to Cooking Vinyl in 2013, and became the band's last charting album to date in the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 41.[6]

After 2013, Dance to the Radio carried on running a stage at Leeds Festival, but no new records were released until the label was relaunched in 2016[7] in association with The Orchard and Sony Label Services. Dance to the Radio also set up a publishing entity in partnership with Sentric Music Publishing and was also the artist management arm of The Futuresound Group in Leeds,[8] until being rebranded as fam. (Futuresound Artist Management).[9][10]

In 2017, the label released new music from The Pigeon Detectives,[11] and signed new UK acts FLING, Dead Naked Hippies, Far Caspian, Tallsaint, Leo Cosmos, Low Hummer and Jake Whiskin.[12]

In 2020, Futuresound (the artist management and festivals company, known for the Last Time Out and Get Together Festivals in Yorkshire)[13][14] relaunched sister label Slam Dunk Records, originally the label You Me at Six were signed to and a record company which shares its name with their indie rock and alternative festival Slam Dunk.[15][16]

As of 2022, Dance to the Radio has 20 year old indie-pop girl Ellur signed to their label[17] alongside Sfven[18] and Scottish singer-songwriter Tommy Ashby.[19][20][21]

Dance To The Radio Stage at Leeds Festival

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Since 2007 Dance To The Radio have hosted a stage at Leeds Festival. Held on the BBC Introducing Stage band who have played the stage include Wild Beasts, Blood Red Shoes, Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Pigeon Detectives, Bear In Heaven, Chickenhawk (now Hawk Eyes), Spectrals, Young Knives, Dog Is Dead, Dutch Uncles, Hookworms, ¡Forward, Russia!, Sky Larkin and more. The stage is hosted on the Thursday evening and is the only stage with live music on this day.

2007 Line Up

¡Forward, Russia!, Shut Your Eyes and You'll Burst Into Flames, Sky Larkin, The Wallbirds, Grammatics

2008 Line Up

Grammatics, Broken Records, The Pigeon Detectives (Secret Set), The Wallbirds, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Wintermute

2009 Line Up

Blood Red Shoes, Wild Beasts, Bear Hands, Airship, Holy State

2010 Line Up

Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly, Bear In Heaven, Chickenhawk, Spectrals, The Neat

2011 Line Up

Young Knives, Dog Is Dead, We Are Losers, Runaround Kids, Blacklisters

2012 Line Up

Little Comets, Various Cruelties, Scars On 45, China Rats, Likely Lads

2013 Line Up

Dutch Uncles, Hookworms, The Crookes, Black Moth, Menace Beach

2014 Line Up

TOY, Superfood, Honeyblood, Fryars, Post War Glamour Girls

2015 Line Up

Pulled Apart By Horses, The Bohicas, VITAMIN, Carnabells, Redfaces

2016 Line Up

Blood Red Shoes, The Wytches, Freak, Blackwaters, Forever Cult

2017 Line Up

The Pigeon Detectives, High Tyde, FLING, Marsicans, Dead Naked Hippies

2018 Line Up

The Blinders, Anteros, Boy Azooga, Tallsaint, Far Caspian

2019 Line Up

Easy Life, Whenyoung, Indoor Pets, BILK, DJ Jacky P

Discography

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Catalogue No. Release Type Release Date Artist Title
DTTR001 Split Single 28-Mar-05 Forward Russia / This Et Al Nine / He Shoots Presidents
DTTR002 Compilation 03-Nov-05 Various Dancetotheradio: Leeds
DTTR003 Single 23-May-05 The Lodger Many thanks for your honest opinion
DTTR004 Single 27-Jun-05 Napoleon IIIrd Napoleon IIIrd
DTTR005 Single 04-Jul-05 I Like Trains Before the Curtains Close
DTTR006 Single 12-Jan-06 Forward Russia Twelve
DTTR007 Compilation 27-Feb-06 Various What we all want
DTTR008 Single 20-Mar-06 The Pigeon Detectives I'm not Sorry
DTTR009 Single 09-Apr-06 Yes Boss Get Dropped Quick
DTTR010 Single 10-Apr-06 Shut your eyes & you'll burst into flames Signal Noise
DTTR011 Single 30-Apr-06 Forward Russia Nine
DTTR012 Album 14-May-16 Forward Russia Give me a Wall
DTTR014 Single 11-Jun-06 Yes Boss More or Less
DTTR015 Single 17-Jul-06 The Pigeon Detectives You know I love you
DTTR016 Single 23-Jul-06 Forward Russia Eighteen
DTTR017 Single 15-Oct-06 Shut your eyes & you'll burst into flames Drop the Decade
DTTR019 Single 22-Oct-06 Yes Boss Tongues in Knots
DTTR018 Single 06-Nov-06 The Pigeon Detectives I Found Out
DTTR021 Single 12-Nov-06 Forward Russia Nineteen
DTTR022 Single 14-Jan-07 Voltage Union On your marks
DTTR023 Single 22-Jan-07 Sky Larkin One of Two
DTTR024 Single 28-Jan-07 Yes Boss See it Through
DTTR020 Album 04-Feb-07 Yes Boss Look Busy
DTTR025 White Label 12-Feb-07 Forward Russia Don't be a Doctor
DTTR026 EP 25-Feb-07 The Pigeon Detectives Romantic Type
DTTR027 Single 07-Mar-07 Sometree Hands and arrows
DTTR028 Compilation 01-Apr-07 Various Something I learned Today
DTTR031 Single 08-May-07 The Scare Bats! Bats! Bats!
DTTR029 EP 20-May-07 The Pigeon Detectives I'm not Sorry
DTTR030 Album 27-May-07 The Pigeon Detectives Wait for Me
DTTR033 Single 30-Jul-07 Bobby Cook Deja Vu
DTTR034 EP 12-Aug-07 The Pigeon Detectives Take her Back
DTTR035 Compilation 01-Oct-07 Various Out of the Woods and Trees
DTTR037 Single 15-Oct-07 Sky Larkin Molten / Keepsakes
DTTR038 Single 22-Oct-07 Grammatics Shadow Committee
DTTR040 EP 12-Nov-07 The Pigeon Detectives I Found Out
DTTR039 Single 02-Dec-07 The Wallbirds The Avenue
DTTR041 Single 07-Apr-08 Grammatics D.I.L.E.M.M.A
DTTR043 Single 11-May-08 The Pigeon Detectives This is an Emergency
DTTR044 Album 25-May-08 The Pigeon Detectives Emergency
DTTR045 Single 27-Jul-08 The Pigeon Detectives Everybody wants me
DTTR042 Free Download 01-Aug-08 Grammatics A New Franchise
DTTR047 Single 19-Oct-08 The Pigeon Detectives Say it like you mean it
DTTR048 Single 16-Nov-08 Grammatics The Vague Archive
DTTR049 Single 15-Mar-09 Grammatics The Shadow Committee
DTTR050 Album 22-Mar-09 Grammatics Grammatics
DTTR051 EP 04-May-09 Various 4 x 12" Volume 1
EP 26-Jul-09 Grammatics The Murderer EP
DTTR052 EP 26-Jul-09 Various 4 x 12" Volume 2
DTTR055 Single 27-Sep-09 Grammatics Double Negative
DTTR050 Album 26-Oct-09 Grammatics Grammatics (Extended version)
DTTR054 EP 26-Oct-09 Various 4 x 12" Volume 3
DTTR056 EP 08-Feb-10 Various 4 x 12" Volume 4
DTTR057 Single 04-Apr-10 Rose Elinor Dougall Find Me Out
DTTR058 Compilation 17-Apr-10 Various Still Occupied though you forget
DTTR061 EP 11-Jul-10 Holy State Holy State - EP
Single 21-Nov-10 Holy State Medicine Hat / Sultan of Sentiment
DTTR064 Single 04-Apr-11 The Pigeon Detectives Done in Secret
DTTR065 Album 01-Apr-11 The Pigeon Detectives Up guards and at 'em
DTTR066 EP 16-Apr-11 Various (Brew Records) Split 10"
DTTR069 Single 17-Jul-11 We Are Losers Sunset Song / Cheerleader
DTTR070 Single 12-Aug-11 The Pigeon Detectives Lost
Label Re-Launch
DTTR075 Album 24-Feb-17 The Pigeon Detectives Broken Glances
DTTR076 Compilation 22-Apr-17 Various 4 x 12" Volume 5
DTTR078 Album 26-May-17 The Pigeon Detectives Wait For Me (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
DTTR079 Single 07-Jul-17 FLING Just A Dog
DTTR080 Single 28-Jul-17 Dead Naked Hippies I Can't Wait
DTTR081 Single 18-Aug-17 FLING Annie
DTTR082 EP 22-Sep-17 Dead Naked Hippies Dead Naked Hippies EP
DTTR083 Single 06-Oct-17 FLING That's Nice
DTTR084 Single 19-Jan-18 FLING Bad Day
DTTR085 Single 13-Feb-18 GRDNS Night Dance
DTTR086 Single 02-Mar-18 FLING Banjo Billy
DTTR087 EP 13-Apr-18 FLING The Legend of Banjo Billy EP
DTTR088 Single 20-Mar-18 GRDNS Juniper
DTTR089 Single 23-Apr-18 Tallsaint I'm a Woman (After All)
DTTR090 Single 03-May-18 GRDNS Roulette Love Gun
DTTR091 Single 19-Jun-18 Far Caspian Holding On
DDTR092 Single 13-Jun-18 FLING Extra Special
DTTR093 Single 26-Jun-18 Far Caspian Let's Go Outside
DTTR094 Single 04-Jul-18 Tallsaint Touch
DTTR095 Single 21-Aug-18 Far Caspian The Place
DTTR096 Single 04-Oct-18 GRDNS Venus
DTTR097 Single 27-Sep-18 FLING Je T'aime
DTTR098 Single 10-Oct-18 Far Caspian Blue
DTTR099 Single 06-Nov-18 GRDNS Hydraulic Lover
DTTR100 EP 19-Nov-18 Far Caspian Between Days EP
DTTR101 Album 22-Feb-19 FLING Fling or Die
DTTR103 Single 05-Feb-19 Far Caspian Conversations
DTTR104 Single 19-Feb-19 Tallsaint Warm Skin
DTTR106 Single 26-Mar-19 Far Caspian A Dream Of You
DTTR107 Single 26-Apr-19 Tallsaint Hard Love
DTTR108 Single 02-May-19 Far Caspian Astoria
DTTR110 Single 13-Jun-19 Tallsaint Skin Deep
DTTR111 EP 18-Jun-19 Far Caspian The Heights EP
DTTR112 EP 15-Jul-19 Tallsaint Hard Love EP
DTTR113 Single 12-Sep-19 Leo Cosmos Alibis
DTTR114 Single 06-Aug-19 Leo Cosmos Take My Chances
DTTR115 Single 17-Sep-19 Low Hummer Don't You Ever Sleep
DTTR116 Single 01-Oct-19 Big City Beach King Of The French Kiss
DTTR117 Single 24-Oct-19 Low Hummer I Choose Live News
DTTR118 Single 02-Oct-19 Far Caspian Conversations (Alternative Version)
DTTR119 Single 06-Nov-19 Tallsaint Model Effect
DTTR120 Single 07-Nov-19 FLING One Day
DTTR121 Single 19-Nov-19 Jake Whiskin Dark Days
DTTR123 Single 28-Nov-19 FLING Flingle Bells
DTTR124 Single 10-Dec-19 Far Caspian July
DTTR125 EP 02-Dec-19 GRDNS Love EP
DTTR126 Single 26-Nov-19 Big City Beach Dirty Northern Rain
DTTR127 Single 20-Feb-20 Jake Whiskin Electric
DTTR128 Single 06-Feb-20 Low Hummer The Real Thing
DTTR130 Single 11-Feb-20 Leo Cosmos Infinite
DTTR131 Single 03-Mar-20 FLING Windmill
DTTR132 Single 26-Feb-20 Tallsaint Feel Like Myself
DTTR133 Single 10-03-20 Far Caspian Today
DTTR134 Single 23-Apr-20 FLING Let's Stay In
DTTR135 Single 19-May-20 Low Hummer Picture Bliss
DTTR136 Single 2-June-20 Big City Beach Let Go Of The Line
DTTR137 Single 19-May-20 Leo Cosmos Mr Pink
DTTR138 Single 23-June-20 Jake Whiskin All Of The Damage Done
DTTR139 Single 19-August-20 Jake Whiskin Breakneck Speed
DTTR140 Single 08-September-20 Low Hummer Sometimes I Wish (I Was A Different Person)
DTTR143 Single 03-November-20 Low Hummer Take Arms
DTTR144 EP 25-September-20 Jake Whiskin All of the Damage Done EP
DTTR145 Single 12-November-20 Far Caspian Warning Sign
DTTR141 Single 26-January-21 Jake Whiskin Slow Motion
DTTR146 Single 4-February-21 Low Hummer Never Enough
DTTR148 Single 22-April-21 Jake Whiskin Heavy
DTTR153 Single 20-May-21 Low Hummer The People, This Place
DTTR149 Single 10-June-21 Jake Whiskin Running On Fumes
DTTR151 EP 22-July-21 Jake Whiskin Slow Motion EP
DTTR153 Single 29-July-21 Low Hummer Human Behaviour
DTTR156 Single 18-Aug-21 Ellur Moments
DTTR146 Album 17-Sept-21 Low Hummer Modern Tricks For Living LP
DTTR157 Single 29-Sept-21 Ellur Burn It All Down
DTTR158 Single 10-Nov-21 Ellur Migraine
DTTR159 Single 15-Dec-21 Ellur Innocent (Dreaming)
DTTR160 EP 15-Dec-21 Ellur Moments EP
DTTR161 Single 08-Dec-21 Jake Whiskin Cold Morning
DTTR162 Single 26-Jan-22 Jake Whiskin Satanic Panic Love Song
DTTR163 Single 02-Mar-22 Jake Whiskin Absence
DTTR169 Single 10-Mar-22 Low Hummer Talk Shows
DTTR164 Single 11-May-22 Jake Whiskin Heatwave
DTTR170 Single 30-June-22 Tommy Ashby Closer
DTTR165 Single 01-July-22 Jake Whiskin Headfirst Dive
DTTR180 Single 06-July-22 Ellur Close To You
DTTR183 Single 21-July-22 Sfven don't jump the gun
DTTR171 Single 10-Aug-22 Tommy Ashby Moonflowers (Best Friend)
DTTR166 Single 17-Aug-22 Jake Whiskin Drive You Home feat. Lizzie Reid
DTTR184 Single 31-Aug-22 Sfven love you
DTTR194 Single 01-Sept-22 Clean Cut Kid Heavy As (US Only)
DTTR195 Single 01-Sept-22 Clean Cut Kid Lewis Be Brave (US Only)
DTTR196 Single 01-Sept-22 Clean Cut Kid Little Black Space (US Only)
DTTR197 Single 14-Sept-22 Clean Cut Kid Inside My Head (US Only)
DTTR167 Single 16-Sept-22 Jake Whiskin Long Way Home
DTTR172 Single 22-Sept-22 Tommy Ashby A Beautiful Day
DTTR181 Single 28-Sept-22 Ellur Best Face On
DTTR207 Single 30-Sept-22 Low Hummer Panic Calls
DTTR185 Single 06-Oct-22 Sfven little things
DTTR208 Single 11-Oct-22 Pet Snake Jacket
DTTR213 Single 18-Oct-22 Youth Sector The Ball
DTTR198 Single 19-Oct-22 Clean Cut Kid She Takes a Pill (US Only)
DTTR173 Single 25-Oct-22 Tommy Ashby Not That Far To Go
DTTR168 Album 04-Nov-22 Jake Whiskin Jake Whiskin
DTTR182 Single 09-Nov-22 Ellur Now I'm Alone
DTTR186 Single 16-Nov-22 Sfven reload
DTTR174 Single 23-Nov-22 Tommy Ashby Lifeline
DTTR209 Single 01-Dec-22 Pet Snake Lotus
DTTR175 Single 15-Dec-22 Tommy Ashby Floorboards
DTTR200 Single 11-Jan-23 Sfven bones
DTTR176 Single 18-Jan-23 Tommy Ashby When Love Goes Dark
DTTR224 Single 03-Feb-23 The Pigeon Detectives I Found Out (Stephen Street Single Version)
DTTR216 Single 16-Feb-23 Jake Whiskin Satanic Panic Love Song (home demo)
DTTR223 Album 17-Feb-23 The Pigeon Detectives Emergency (15 Year Anniversary Version)
DTTR219 Single 21-Feb-23 Youth Sector A Definitive Guide to Easy Living
DTTR210 Single 22-Feb-23 Pet Snake Coffee
DTTR201 Single 02-Mar-23 Sfven fingers through my hair
DTTR177 Album 03-Mar-23 Tommy Ashby Lamplighter
DTTR218 Single 09-Mar-23 The Pigeon Detectives Lovers Come and Lovers Go
DTTR217 Album 10-Mar-23 Jake Whiskin Jake Whiskin (Deluxe)
DTTR226 Single 29-Mar-23 Low Hummer Connected
DTTR220 Single 05-Apr-23 Youth Sector Benign Fire in a Small Room
DTTR202 Single 12-Apr-23 Sfven like that
DTTR178 Single 20-Apr-23 Tommy Ashby My Old Man
DTTR228 Single 21-Apr-23 The Pigeon Detectives Falling To Pieces
DTTR230 Single 09-May-23 Ellur Anywhere
DTTR211 EP 12-May-23 Pet Snake Bathwater EP
DTTR221 Single 17-May-23 Youth Sector Free Parking
DTTR203 Single 25-May-23 Sfven come over
DTTR179 Album 02-June-23 Tommy Ashby Lamplighter (Deluxe)
DTTR229 Single 09-June-23 The Pigeon Detectives Summer Girl
DTTR222 EP 16-June-23 Youth Sector Quarrels
DTTR204 Single 05-July-23 Sfven no captain
DTTR227 Album 07-July-23 The Pigeon Detectives TV Show
DTTR232 Single 02-Aug-23 Tommy Ashby Moonflowers (Binaural Acoustic Version)
DTTR206 EP 10-Aug-23 Sfven you, green
DTTR233 Single 06-Sept-23 Tommy Ashby Comeback Kid (Binaural Acoustic Version) [feat. Lydia Clowes]
DTTR234 Single 07-Sept-23 Ellur Free
DTTR236 Single 04-Oct-23 Tommy Ashby Not That Far To Go (Binaural Acoustic Version)
DTTR237 Album 01-Nov-23 Tommy Ashby Binaural Head Acoustic Recordings
DTTR235 Single 08-Nov-23 Ellur The Woman

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Leeds Music Scene". Leedsmusicscene.net.
  2. ^ NME.COM (12 September 2005). "Dance To The Radio : Leeds Woodhouse Liberal Club | NME.COM". NME.COM. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Label Focus #4: Dance To The Radio". Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Various - Dance To The Radio: 4x12" Volume 3". Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Ep Review: Various - Dance To The Radio: 4x12" Volume 3". Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. ^ "PIGEON DETECTIVES | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  7. ^ "Record Labels and Artist Management in Yorkshire".
  8. ^ "Dance To The Radio: We'll back new British talent | Labels | Music Week". Musicweek.com. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Futuresound Artist Management". Futuresound Artist Management. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  10. ^ "About".
  11. ^ "Dance To The Radio Is Back". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  12. ^ "Dance to the Radio gears up for Record Store Day relaunch". Yorkshirepost.co.uk. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Festivals in Yorkshire".
  14. ^ "Futuresound Brands".
  15. ^ "About".
  16. ^ "Slam Dunk Records". Slam Dunk Records. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Single Review: Ellur | Moments". 26 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Sfven".
  19. ^ "Dance to the Radio". Dance to the Radio. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  20. ^ ""Hopeful, Atmospheric, Escapism": Inside Tommy Ashby's Stirring & Serene 'Lay Low' EP". 14 May 2021.
  21. ^ "Listen to This! Tommy Ashby Premieres New Single Passing Through". 11 August 2017.
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