ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 16 JANUARY 2026

Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore    Tragic Magic     Barwick and Lattimore were given access to the extraordinary instrument collection of the Philharmonie de Paris’ Musée de la Musique in partnership with French label InFiné. The two artists embraced a divine setting, overwhelmed by the beauty and history at their fingertips. Lattimore selected three harps tracing the […]
A gentle introduction to 2026 with a handful of new releases this week. Dry Cleaning    Secret Love      They take their place in rock’s avant garde, catalysing the Reaganite paranoia of early 80s US punk and hardcore with the dry strut of Keith Richards, stoner rock, dystopian degradation, playful no wave and pastoral fingerpicking, while Florence […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 9 JANUARY 2026

ALBUM REVIEW – GREYWIND: SEVERED HEART CITY

If you have been on Instagram Reels or TikTok recently you may have stumbled across Greywind, the emo duo from Ireland. On January 16th, Steph and Paul O’Sullivan are set to release their second album, ‘Severed Heart City,’ nine years after the release of their debut album. Throughout 2025, they did a handful of shows, […]
Getting the new year off with a bang, Clémentine March’s ‘Powder Keg’ offers exactly what I want from music in 2026. It is a giant mixing pot of sounds which whilst it could be termed chamber pop takes influence from jazz, folk, Brazilian music, 90s alt-rock, krautrock and disco. Its multilingual songs are tingling with […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CLEMENTINE MARCH: POWDER KEG

ECUADORIAN MUSIC FEATURE – PART THREE

Track review: Libre Y Tonto – La Madre Tirana + Ivenno Turu Turu Turu Turu I am back to this article -and to Cuenca as my article on Le Telefono- after having some time away from these words but not from the song. Included in my Wrapped of this year, I took its presence in […]
“The following recording is made up entirely of seven sounds” – a spoken word declaration emerges. Following suit to statement, Clean Cut Kid strings together full-bodied instrumentals and harmonies that take you from zero to enlightenment. The bittersweetness of divinity. Before static has time to consume the silence, it’s snagged by ‘Anxiety Dreams’. Sporadically, thoughts […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CLEAN CUT KID: SEVEN SOUNDS, FOREVER

SILENT RADIO’S TOP FIFTY ALBUMS OF THE YEAR – 2025

There are certain traditions associated with this time of year: presents, lights and decorations, turkey (or nut roast), mince pies, mulled wine and messy office parties. Add to that list the Silent Radio Album of the Year chart. And, as is starting to become traditional, for the second time in three years, BC Camplight stands […]
I’ve been a fan of NYC trio Sunflower Bean for a while now – since the release of their third album, ‘Headful of Sugar,’ in 2022, to be precise – but it’s their most recent material that has kept my eyes (and ears) fixed upon them. For one, there was last year’s ‘Shake’ EP, a […]

LIVE REVIEW – SUNFLOWER BEAN: YES PINK ROOM – 11/12/2025

LIVE REVIEW – ERYKAH BADU: MANCHESTER APOLLO – 26/10/2025

When Erykah Badu announced she was touring her ‘Mama’s Gun’ album, it was challenging to have any sort of self-control. After an unfortunate experience of her dropping out of the ‘X The tracks’ festival with no explanation, I was particularly thrilled about seeing her. I’ve only been to a select few venues in Manchester, and […]
Describing themselves as “outernational” rather than international to capture the idea of a sound that is inclusive and beyond borders, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek bring together their varied backgrounds to create an intoxicating sound. Yıldırım is German born to Turkish parents whose language she sings in as it best reflects her emotions. Drummer Helen […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DERYA YILDIRIM & GRUP SIMSEK: YARIN YOKSA