From time to time, one of our contributors will recommend an artist/band they think deserves your attention. No record labels, PR companies, bands or band’s management will ever have made these recommendations. It is simply one music fan putting their taste on the line in the hope of sharing good music. The questions are intended […]
Here’s how it works, if you’re going to any of the gigs on our monthly Gig Guide, simply tweet a photo of the gig, then at the end of the month we’ll pick our favourite and reward the photo taker with a £20 voucher for Piccadilly Records in Manchester. All you need to do is tag […]
Since Ezra Furman’s fame exploded, delighting audiences in Europe and in the USA, the world is a nicer, kinder place. Ezra Furman is not only a fantastic performer, funny and intense: he is also a very intelligent, unique person who writes incredibly well. So, when he agreed to do a Skype interview with me, I […]
Six of Silent Radio’s contributors have complied a list of their favourite albums, tracks and gigs of 2015. Plus a full month by month break down from Zach Roddis of his year listening to music from the DIY scene. When they came in there were quite a few that have passed me by, so if […]
ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly The album that the modern world has been waiting for. The major records to have captured the public consciousness in recent years have been either self-important ego riots (hello Kanye) or tepid retro-pop (Adele, Taylor Swift). Kendrick is interested in being heard by as many as possible, […]
ALBUMS Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell Hands down the most beautiful album of the year. Sufjan’s first album since the bombast of Age of Adz is a rumination on the death of his mother, and it’s one of the most moving collection of songs I’ve ever heard. I struggled to get through it without […]
ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly These Walls Sufjan Stevens – Carrie and Lowell No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross Beach house – Depression Cherry Space Song Bjork – Vulnicura Lionsong Grimes – Art Angels Realiti Roisin Murphy – Hairless Toys Evil Eyes Hot Chip – Why Make Sense Huarache Lights Courtney Barnett […]
ALBUMS Blanck Mass: Dumb Flesh Alternately transcendental and crushing, Blanck Mass’ second album takes the abrasive ambience of his debut and marries them to stuttering glitch and punishing beats. Powerful, throbbing sound disorientates, blurring into high contrast synths and ravey stabs, walls of droning noise, exotic rhythms and twitchy samples. It’s aggressive, it’s blissed out, […]
ALBUMS Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly It’s topping polls left, right and centre and for good reason. An enormous, sprawling hip hop opus that captures the grim reality of black America, wealth and fame. It’s far from the easiest listen, but the rewards are there for the giving TPAB the attention it thoroughly […]







