PAUL ROBINSON’S END OF YEAR LIST

Top Five Albums Hookworms –The Hum The second album from Leeds’ Hookworms moves on from the more ambient debut of Pearl Mystic with a more direct and heavier Krautrock groove. Album opener The Impasse pummels and bludgeons the senses, but the instrumental tracks, titled with a number as with the first album, have a greater […]
Albums Mazes – Wooden Aquarium An album brimming with fine post-punk tunes and their finest album to date Liz Green – Haul Away The piano led second album from Manchester’s very own darkly Brechtian infused folk chanteuse is a fine follow up to her debut O Devotion Jane Weaver – The Silver Globe This her […]

JONATHAN ROBY’S END OF YEAR LIST

JOHN PLATT’S END OF YEAR LIST

Albums Foxygen – …And Star Power A sprawling, acid fuelled vision of the 60’s. Foxygen’s double concept album rattles through every rock star trope, yet somehow still manages to subvert expectations. They easily inhabit the bodies of Lindsey Buckingham, Smokey Robinson and Mick Jagger, yet are avant-garde enough to still sound fresh. Songwriting as brilliant […]
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

REVIEWERS END OF YEAR LISTS

JOE CURRANS’ END OF YEAR LIST

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 […]
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 […]

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WHO ARE YA? THE COLOURS

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 […]
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 […]

Q&A QUICKIE: MEANWHILE

INTERVIEW: JOSH PYKE

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 […]
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 […]

INTERVIEW: LOCH LOMOND’S RITCHIE YOUNG