Dance To The Radio is an independent record label founded by Whiskas of ¡Forward, Russia! and Andy Roberts in 2004. Named after the refrain of the Joy Division song "Transmission" which had provided the name of the pair's music promotions company, 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.

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  • Dance To The Radio is an independent record label founded by Whiskas of ¡Forward, Russia! and Andy Roberts in 2004. Named after the refrain of the Joy Division song "Transmission" which had provided the name of the pair's music promotions company, 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 highly sought after 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 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 has also gone onto achieve great success with The Pigeon Detectives whose debut album Wait for Me entered the UK charts at number 3 and has since gone platinum, selling well in excess of 300,000 copies. On top of this the band have had 3 consecutive top 20 singles since March 2007. In 2008 the label released the band's second album Emergency taking the band to further success. Other releases include singles from Yes Boss, Sky Larkin, Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames, Bobby Cook and Grammatics They have released EPs for bands like iLiKETRAiNS and Napoleon IIIrd, six compilations compilations as of 2009, and numerous albums, including Give Me a Wall by ¡Forward, Russia!, "Wait For Me" & "Emergency" by The Pigeon Detectives, Look Busy by Yes Boss & the self titled debut album by Grammatics In 2009 the label launched a new series of compilation 12" records entitled 4x12". Amongst the bands appearing on this series of records include Pulled Apart by Horses, Das Racist, Holy State, Bear Hands & Suckers.
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  • Dance To The Radio is an independent record label founded by Whiskas of ¡Forward, Russia! and Andy Roberts in 2004. Named after the refrain of the Joy Division song "Transmission" which had provided the name of the pair's music promotions company, 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.
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