Features : Silent Radio

REVIEWERS END OF YEAR LISTS

Some of Silent Radio’s contributors have kindly put together a review of their 2014, best albums, best songs and best gigs. Joe Curran John Platt Jonathan Roby Paul ‘Robbo’ Robinson Peter Rea Richard Walker

Joe Curran’s 2014 Albums 1. Ought – More Than Any Other Day Ought’s debut album is a modern masterpiece. It sounds like an unholy jam between Television, Talking Heads and At The Drive In. Combining moments of frantic energy with captivating intricacy, the progression between the two is masterful. Gritty riffs lead into choruses you […]

JOE CURRANS’ END OF YEAR LIST

WHO ARE YA? Treasureseason

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 […]

WHO ARE YA? THE COLOURS

Q&A QUICKIE: MEANWHILE

It is difficult not to be excited by Meanwhile. Sounding somewhere between Prince and the Pet Shop Boys, the former Home Counties dweller (born Tom Andrews), creates dance-able songs with great hooks. On tour with La Roux and signed to Fiction Records, the future for Meanwhile looks as bright as their glorious Technicolor pop. First […]

Aussie singer-songwriter JOSH PYKE is back in the UK, with four albums and a string of tours under his belt. The ‘Middle of the Hill’ singer tells Silent Radio’s NATASHA JOHANSSON why he feels his latest work is the end of a chapter in his life, why he’s branching out into psychedelic rock, and exclusively […]

INTERVIEW: JOSH PYKE

INTERVIEW: LOCH LOMOND’S RITCHIE YOUNG

His music is featured heavily on the Boxtrolls soundtrack, and he fronts the Decemberists’ favourite group – “dream pop” act Loch Lomond. Hailing from Portland, Ritchie Young is used to being surrounded by a dazzling array of instruments onstage. But the 39-year-old has opted to strip that away for a more laid back UK solo […]

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 […]

WHO ARE YA? SNIPPET

INTERVIEW/REVIEW: PHANTOGRAM – 10/05/2014

Saturday turned out to be a typical day for Mancunians; grey and wet and one in which you’re much happier being indoors. But I was off to meet incredibly hip two piece Phantogram, so I braved the weather. Manchester did its best at welcoming the duo from Upstate New York by ensuring it was raining […]

– THE DEAF INSTITUTE, MANCHESTER – Backstage at The Deaf Institute, The Twilight Sad frontman James Graham leads me to a tiny room containing three bunk beds and room for nothing else. “It is like when you were wee and your pal came to play PlayStation” he says with a smile. Hailing from Glasgow, The […]