Clear Vinyl

A QUICK CATCH UP WITH CLEAR VINYL

Music is often talked about as a great form of therapy, whether that be listening to it or creating it, there is a lot to be taken from a song that can hit you lyrically where you live. Clear Vinyl, an up and coming Sheffield band have this quality in spades, and their new single […]
Cathal Coughlan has with a new album, the brilliant ‘Song of Co-Aklan’, his first in ten years. Seamlessly blending his lyrical prowess with fine indie melodies, the former Fatima Mansions and Microdisney man has returned with possibly his greatest work yet. We caught up with him to find out what’s behind the making of one […]

INTERVIEW: CATHAL COUGHLAN

Cucamaras

INTERVIEW: CUCAMARAS

It was an overcast Thursday afternoon when I met Cucamaras over a Zoom call, the four lads dripped in one by one and assembled for the interview. Having done my research, I was excited to interview them about their massive step forward for the band sonically and lyrically. What do you think of when you […]
We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Art d’Ecco what his favourite piece of music making equipment is. This is what he told us:   What is it? An EVENTIDE HARMONIZER H910 How long have you had it? About 2 years […]
Art d'Ecco

Rig Stars: Art d’Ecco

R.O.C

VIDEO PREMIERE: R.O.C ‘COME BACK JONEE’ + Q&A WITH THE BAND

We’re delighted to present the video premiere of ‘Come Back Jonee’ by R.O.C. The video is for their cover of the Devo song that featured on last year’s ‘Bile & Celestial Beauty’ album. In addition to the video, on December 10th R.O.C will also release a free remix of the song and a film of […]
Bradford make their return in 2021, with their first album in over 30 years. Their new album, ‘Bright Hours’, will feature the acclaimed producer Stephen Street and two other original members of the band (Ian H and Ewan Butler). They have so far released two singles from the upcoming album. The debut single, ‘Like Water’, […]
Bradford

Q&A WITH BRADFORD AS THEY PREPARE TO RELEASE A NEW ALBUM

Titles of Quality Psychedelic

“Psychedelic” Titles That Happen To Be Of Quality

The supposed sound of paisley; hijacked more than any poorly guarded airliner, ubiquitous in how many optical migraine inducing outfits it indirectly spawned and with the quasi-surrealist art style associated being metaphorically copped so many times… it would probably cajole the late Salvador Dali into being a subscriber of Falangism if it were to offer […]
Over the last ten years or so, I’ve written over 100 reviews for Silent Radio (woohoo!), but I feel increasingly out of touch with modern music (and reality) as I listen to a passable Frank Sinatra impersonation with full backing band singing “On Christmas day / a true unholy beast / went down to hell […]
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Open AI – Music by Machines

Suuns

Rig Stars: Suuns

We’re a curious bunch here at Silent Radio and decided it was time to start scratching that itch, so we asked Suuns guitarist and singer Ben Shemie what his favourite piece of music making equipment is. This is what he told us:   What is it? Digitech vocalist 2. How long have you had it? […]
One’s rightward vision is left temporarily enfeebled by misconstrued tomato (chilli), the situational table is laden with culinary utensils both clean and not, while boiled (9 minutes?) poultry-offerings linger within tarnished cardboard bespoke for their form and a sleeve bearing the late John Denver’s image gazes upwards at lighting courtesy of the accessible switch helping […]
Sick Ducks

INTERVIEW: SICK DUCKS