ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 28 JUNE 2024

While all the attention is focussed on Glastonbury, there are a healthy number of releases in danger of slipping out unnoticed. Here is Silent Radio’s roundup to rectify that situation. My Best Unbeaten Brother      Pessimism Pizza           Seven songs by three men from Croydon. Inspired by getting older, getting sadder, getting angrier with a post-Brexit world […]
In my experience, Ambient is a genre of music that people tend to shy away from. It oftentimes seems too pretentious or difficult to understand, or simply people do not see the point in it. There’s no lyrical content or obvious tune, why should I listen? Although voiceless Lamentations by Sachi Kobayashi airs out grievances […]

ALBUM REVIEW – SACHI KOBAYASHI: LAMENTATIONS

ALBUM REVIEW: MAX BLANSJAAR – FALSE COMFORTS

In a strange world, where pots and pans perform synchronised swimming routines, exists Max Blansjaar. Blansjaar has been to many places absorbing a myriad of  influences, all of which have fed into ‘False Comforts’. Born in Amsterdam and raised in Oxford, he recorded ‘False Comforts’ in Brooklyn, giving the album a genre melding, free-flowing feel. The boundless […]
Rebellion Festival has been an annual feature on the festival calendar since 1996 (then known as The Holidays In The Sun Festival), now the family run, all ages festival returns to Blackpool’s Winter Gardens 1st-4th August with another outstanding line-up of punk and new wave heavyweights including The Stranglers, Stiff Little Fingers, The Alarm, Toyah, […]

FEATURE – REBELLION FESTIVAL – LOUD WOMEN BRING THE NOISE TO BLACKPOOL 1ST-4TH AUGUST 2024

ALBUM REVIEW – DAPHNE GUINNESS: SLEEP

Picture this. I present to you a blank CD, I split it in two and begin adding ingredients to it while mystically waving my hands around the disc like it’s a crystal ball. I tell you we’re going to add ingredients to this disc and you look at me like I’m crazy! The first ingredient […]
For those of us who live in small towns with often inconsequential music scenes, the arrival of a band whose ambitions and talents stretched beyond playing the local pub rock venues was always a cause for celebration. The Dandelion Adventure emerged from Preston and its surrounds, initially in 1986 as a delightfully sprawling improvised mess, […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DANDELION ADVENTURE: JOHN PEEL SESSION

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 JUNE 2024

As summer finally emerges, here is Silent Radio’s guide to the week’s aural sunshine. Sumac                 The Healer        Over the course of 4 tracks in 76 minutes, SUMAC presents a sequence of shifting movements which undergo a constant process of expansion, contraction, corruption and regrowth. O            WeirdOs Duo consisting of baritone sax and drums with […]
Goat Girl are an indie rock trio that consists of Lottie Pendlebury, Rosy Jones, and Holly Mullineaux. The group have had a couple of member changes since their first LP in 2018, which introduced the world to their ambitiously bluesy post-punk sound. However, there were quite a lot of underwhelming moments on this album, particularly […]

ALBUM REVIEW – GOAT GIRL: BELOW THE WASTE

ALBUM REVIEW – LINDA THOMPSON: PROXY MUSIC

Proxy Music would be the best name imaginable for a tribute act to the Bryan Ferry-led ensemble. However, on this occasion, it is a stylish nod to the rare vocal condition called spasmodic dysphonia that has affected Linda Thompson since the early 1980s which has limited her ability to speak and sing, meaning that all […]
Two years after their debut album Deep in View, Canadian art-punk trio are back with their second album, The Gloss. Across 10 tracks, the album explores themes of regaining balance and happiness in the search for deeper meaning. Opening track ‘Tracing Hallmarks’ sets the scene, a bright tune with thudding drums and a steady bassline […]

ALBUM REVIEW – COLA: THE GLOSS