ALBUM REVIEW – DERYA YILDIRIM & GRUP SIMSEK: YARIN YOKSA

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 […]
As the temperature drops and Winter descends, I find myself returning to the genre that I’ve always loved: Darkwave. The synth-centric child of new-wave and post-punk, darkwave combines everything I love about goth music. Monotonous vocals, synths upon synths and most importantly, the underlying sense of dread. Releasing on the 12th of December, David Galas’ The […]

ALBUM REVIEW – DAVID GALAS: THE NIHILIST

ALBUM ROUNDUP DECEMBER 2025

As this is the only week of the month with a significant number of releases, the latest episode of our releases guide encompasses the entirety of December. 1 December Singer.Mattress.Cat     Subtropical Personality            Written over the last two years on NYC’s Lower East Side on an old acoustic guitar and recorded in Melbourne, the forthcoming lo-fi […]
‘Dreamflasher,’ the sixth track on 22-year-old rapper/singer/producer Jane Remover’s third studio album, Revengeseekerz, begins with the satisfying whistle that plays when you cross the finish line in Mariokart DS. The listener is then bombarded with an onslaught of noise, including a sample of their own 2024 track ‘Flash in the Pan,’ that sounds like Remover […]

ALBUM REVIEW – JANE REMOVER: REVENGESEEKERZ

ALBUM REVIEW – EMMA POLLOCK: BEGGING THE NIGHT TO TAKE HOLD

As album releases diminish to a trickle, December is a good time for Silent Radio to catch up on some of the seriously great albums we were unable to cover at the time. First up is Emma Pollock’s ‘Begging The Night To Take Hold’ which was submerged by the end of September rush, pretty much […]
Red Ivory           Please Leave, I Need To Wake Up Now            Five track EP is claustrophobic and at points almost static, before freeway-falling into a frenzy of interlocking, distorted guitar, howling vocals, and thrashing cymbals. Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter               Forever I’ve Been Being Born  A suite of emotive songs from an open heart, dwelling […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 28 NOVEMBER 2025

ALBUM REVIEW – PAVEY ARK: MORE TIME, MORE SPEED

There’s no shortage of bands making music that circles around the theme of time’s passage, so why should you care about Pavey Ark? Because when Pavey Ark talk about time, they don’t talk about hours, days and years: they talk about epochs. More Time, More Speed sees the band pushing their psychedelic-tinged folk sound further than […]
Björk once described Ólöf Arnalds as “somewhere between a child and an old woman.” Clearly, this was not intended as an insult and it neatly encapsulates the charms that she brings to her fifth album, ‘Spíra’, which translates as Sprouts. Sometimes those polar opposites in age have similarities. The honesty and openness of childhood can […]

ALBUM REVIEW – OLOF ARNALDS: SPIRA

ALBUM REVIEW – THE JIMI TENOR BAND: SELENITES, SELENITES!

News flash! In case anyone has failed to notice, it is horrible out in the wider world. Despots in charge, anger, poverty, wars, pending environmental catastrophe and the dystopic possibilities of AI. Musicians are faced with a broad variety of choices: their songs could be a howl of rage, self-pitying whinges, thoughtful analysis of contemporary […]
Lisa O’Neill       The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right              Cavan songwriter whose six-track EP tackles a variety of social injustices in her distinctive folk style. Donna Thompson         What In The World?!?  Six track EP takes a deep dive into some of the relationships and situations faced whilst navigating new territories in life such as romance […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 21 NOVEMBER 2025