# Dance to the Radio

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

## History

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.
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, Drowned in Sound 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". 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 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.
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 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, until being rebranded as fam. (Futuresound Artist Management).
In 2017, the label released new music from The Pigeon Detectives, and signed new UK acts FLING, Dead Naked Hippies, Far Caspian, Tallsaint, Leo Cosmos, Low Hummer and Jake Whiskin.
In 2020, Futuresound (the artist management and festivals company, known for the Last Time Out and Get Together Festivals in Yorkshire) 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.
As of 2022, Dance to the Radio has 20 year old indie-pop girl Ellur signed to their label alongside Sfven and Scottish singer-songwriter Tommy Ashby.

## Dance To The Radio Stage at Leeds Festival

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

| 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 |