INTERVIEW: AUTOGRAMM – MEET THE NEW WAVE, POWER POP BAND INSPIRED BY PUNK AS WELL AS 80’S SYNTH SOUNDS. FEATURING MEMBERS OF DESTROYER, AND BLACK MOUNTAIN

Scattered across Vancouver, Seattle, and Chicago, Autogramm are purveyors of a new wave electronica sound which manages to meld the best bits of 80s power pop with a harder punked up edge. They may have drawn inspiration from the likes of Gary Numan, The Cars, Bowie and Prince yet Autogramm’s third album ‘Music That Humans Can Play’ is brimming with a fierce DIY punk attitude too. The band are all skateboarders, who have been actively involved in various art,... Read More

ALBUM REVIEW – KATIE VON SCHLEICHER: A LITTLE TOUCH OF SCHLEICHER IN THE NIGHT

A Little Touch of Schleicher in the Night’ is packed with songs that instantly grab the attention and never let go. Often it will be via memorable, if not downright odd, opening lines as exemplified by the record’s first track, ‘Montagnard People’ which begins with Katie von Schleicher singing “when you’re mourning the past, you’ll try to remember your ass / when I was twenty five / Amy said do your naked portraits now”. Simultaneously, it will be though classically... Read More

LIVE REVIEW: SQUID – NEW CENTURY HALL 18/10/23

Is there anything more delightful than a singing drummer (or is it a drummer who sings? One to debate)? There’s something magnificent about them, sitting there behind their kit, boshing away whilst also finding the wherewithal to bash out a tune too. How do they do it? How are they not completely breathless all the time? How are they not slumped, knackered and hoarse behind their tom toms? It’s a minor miracle that singing drummers exist at all, and it’s a minor miracle... Read More

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 20 OCTOBER 2023

Our roundup of another busy week of new releases including several outstanding albums. Pip Blom              Bobbie With her third album, the ever-impressive Blom moves in a synth-led direction inspired by Micachu and the Shapes. The album includes duets with Alex Kapranos and Personal Trainer’s Willem Smit that work especially well. Emma Anderson              Pearlies Co-founder of Lush with a debut solo album that combines effervescent electronic... Read More

PREVIEWS:GIG HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS WEEK – SQUID, UNDERTONES, THE BREATH AND MORE

18  Paris, Texas – Yes Pink Room This LA duo bring their hop hop influenced rock sounds to Yes hot on the heels of recent debut album ‘Mid Air’. A fusion of bouncing beats, angsty guitars, and flowing melodic rhymes have seen them tipped as one of the most exciting new musical prospects around. Squid – New Century Hall Indie guitars mixed with post rock melodies and funked up rhythms, have seen Squid go from strength to strength since 2019’s single... Read More

NEWS: NADINE SHAH ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM

Nadine Shan has made a welcome return with her first new music since 2020’s ‘Kitchen Sink’. ‘Topless Mother’ is the initial track to be released from her forthcoming album, ‘Filthy Underneath’, which will be out on 23 February 2024 via EMI North. Shah describes the song as being “about a counsellor I worked with that I couldn’t get along with. I’m pretty certain the feeling was mutual. And I’m also pretty certain she’d find this funny. Some people just... Read More

ALBUM REVIEW – LEON KEITA: LEON KEITA

The best music can banish even the weariest mood. That has certainly been true for this album from Leon Keita, the latest release from Analog Africa, a German-based label that over the past 16 years has been devoted to excavating some of the finest music from the African continent made during the period from the 1960s through to the start of the 1990s. For the sixteenth version of its dance edition, the label devotes itself to Guinea born Leon Keita who became a fixture of the... Read More

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 13 OCTOBER 2023

As 14 October marks National Album Day, it would be rude not to listen to a new album this weekend. Here Silent Radio issues its guide to this week’s releases. The Drums          Jonny    Heartbreaking, playful, raucous, and serene all in turn, it confronts the deep-rooted childhood trauma founding member Jonny Pierce experienced growing up in a cult-like religious community in upstate New York, and triumphs over the long shadow it cast on his life and relationships... Read More

ALBUM REVIEW – HOLLY HUMBERSTONE: PAINT MY BEDROOM BLACK

Critically acclaimed superstar Holly Humberstone is back with her delightful debut album entitled Paint My Bedroom Black. Feeding us with 13 tracks worth of memories, heartbreak and the inner workings of her life you can’t help but find yourself hooked from the very beginning. If I was to have an album soundtrack a film about my life, I would want it to be this one! It beautifully captures the ups and downs of love, friendship and family. Blessing us across the years with tracks... Read More

ALBUM REVIEW – THE STREETS: THE DARKER THE SHADOW THE BRIGHTER THE LIGHT

Mike Skinner, a musician and producer, legend (responsible for my parents’ marriage) established the British music project The Streets. The group is noted for its peculiar blend of UK garage, hip-hop, and electronic music, with lyrics that frequently explore everyday hidden truths like drug life, romance, and honesty. Rather than talking about limos and fancy carpets, Mike would write about Vauxhalls and fancy ‘Yayo’. The Streets rose to prominence in the early 2000s, and... Read More