ALBUM REVIEW – TESS PARKS: POMEGRANATE

What is immediately apparent listening to ‘Pomegranate’ is that while it oozes optimistic sentiments, the album comes from a place of fragility and trauma. It sees Tess Parks working with long-term band member and close collaborator, Ruari Meehan, on a record with a substantially expanded musical palette in comparison to her previous album, ‘And Those […]
What you are about to hear, should you feel inclined to put Guy Blakeslee’s album ‘Extravision’ on after reading this review, is a cohesive and comforting project: every composition contained within is captivating, each evoking a different feeling through the myriad instruments and sounds the musician uses besides the acoustic guitar, which he used to […]

ALBUM REVIEW – GUY BLAKESLEE: EXTRAVISION

LIVE REVIEW: WUNDERHORSE – LIVERPOOL ACADEMY 14/10/2024

When I first saw the tour poster for Wunderhorse all over the UK some part of me melted a little inside, in my time going to music gigs, I haven’t seen a band burst out of nowhere and leave such an impression on people as them. Ever since their debut album Cub in 2022, there […]
Amyl and the Sniffers first came to my attention through seeing the single ‘Chewing Gum’ as a ten second clip and being entranced by the loud guitars, consistent beat and vocals coming from this woman who looked like butter wouldn’t melt.  But, after watching the full video I knew butter definitely would melt and she’d […]

ALBUM REVIEW – AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS: CARTOON DARKNESS

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 11 OCTOBER 2024

Another week jam-packed with interesting new releases jostling for attention. Here Silent Radio offers its pick. Stick in the Wheel    A Thousand Pokes    As far from pastoral folk as you can get.  Named after the 14th Century story of Tittivilus, the recording demon, who collects scribes’ mistakes (pokes) and the idle chatter of the “liars […]
Swedish masked psych warriors, Goat, have managed to create their own distinct niche. No other band has quite their image or sound, even though their music manages to combine many elements: psychedelia, wild guitar soloing, tribal percussion and chants. It feels appropriate that their latest album, eponymously titled, coincides with them releasing their own set […]

ALBUM REVIEW – GOAT: GOAT

ALBUM REVIEW – CEMETERY SKYLINE: NORDIC GOTHIC

When a new supergroup is formed, it is often expected for the band to play the same genres the members are used to playing in their other bands. Not Cemetery Skyline. The five piece, which consists of members from iconic bands such as Dark Tranquillity and Dimmu Borgir, is not a melodic death metal or […]
Chris Acker is best known for his husky tone and absurd lyricism, often intertwined with raw passion and thought-provoking realism. The first glimpse of Acker’s new record came in the form of ‘Shit Surprise’, a playful track that dances between the lines of self-deprecation and a longing for an evasive love. Unlike the title of […]

ALBUM REVIEW – CHRIS ACKER: FAMOUS LUNCH

ALBUM REVIEW – GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR: NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024, 28,340 DEAD

Godspeed You! Black Emperor, heralds of the ever-looming geopolitical apocalypse, have returned. Their latest (and eighth full-length) effort, NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024, 28,340 DEAD, sees them as envoys, detailing the simmering horror and outrage of the anarchist underground in reaction to current events. In 2002, GY!BE released their third LP Yanqui U.X.O., […]
Maggot Mass is the first new piece of music by Pharmakon to burrow its way out into the world in five years. 2019’s Devour was 36 minutes of unrelenting power electronics and noise, but on this new record she produces songs that have been consumed and reconstituted by caustic noise, their structure only partly eaten […]

ALBUM REVIEW – PHARMAKON: MAGGOT MASS