ALBUM REVIEW – SACRED PAWS: JUMP INTO LIFE

Sacred Paws have a signature sound, a blend of Afrobeats and highlife with a post-punk spikiness and pop melodicism. While this can be blessing, it also has its drawbacks. Any of their songs are instantly identifiable as their own work but it does mean that new releases do not contain a huge element of surprise. […]
Silent Radio’s guide to the week’s new releases. Circuit des Yeux         Halo on the Inside     The latest from Haley Fohr is a rhapsodic, hedonistic, dance floor-adjacent, pagan-friendly, horns-adorning wall of sound and emotion. The Loft             Dr Clarke         Latest from first Creation band on TV, first to hit the top of the indie singles chart, first […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 14 MARCH 2025

ALBUM REVIEW – JEFFREY LEWIS: THE EVEN MORE FREEWHEELIN’ JEFFREY LEWIS

A songwriter with the ability to mine his autobiographical persona, fears and self-loathing to emotional yet comedic effect, Jeffrey Lewis has a catalogue of songs with a unique quality. Dating back to 2001’s ‘The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song’ and 2006’s ‘Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror’, he could weave his heroes and influences into songs riddled […]
The indie rock scene is in a promising position as of late with the meteoric rise of artists like Fontaines D.C, Wunderhorse and Sam Fender releasing refreshing music and playing massive headline shows. Somebody’s Child is one of those artists that could join them in the future striking gold with the release of his second […]

ALBUM REVIEW – SOMEBODY’S CHILD: WHEN YOUTH FADES AWAY

ALBUM REVIEW – BAMBARA: BIRTHMARKS

Sex, death and religion. Karaoke bar violence and holy relic theft. ‘Wild At Heart’ meets ‘Seven’. Those familiar with Bambara will by now have come to expect that an album means not merely a collection of darkly alluring songs, but a narratively driven, complex and atmospherically potent cinematic trip in which each song plays out […]
She’s the star who’s stretched the boundaries of fashion and entertainment beyond the realms of possibility, a staple of 21st century pop culture, mastering the art of reinvention and successfully transcending multiple genres in her own right; Lady Gaga has released her sixth studio album, Mayhem. The record is a stellar blend of experimental rock […]

ALBUM REVIEW – LADY GAGA: MAYHEM

ALBUM REVIEW: The Real Sickies: Under a Plastic Bag

Thrashing, glimmering and an overarching theme of cool are just three ways to describe this new release from Canadian band Real Sickies. Dubbed as Billie Joe Armstong’s favourite Canadian bands, Under a Paper Bag crawls into the album with ominous digging and interesting ambience such as chanting which fades you into the first song which […]
Courting is back and better than ever with their third album Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’, an album all about contradictions and dualities whilst being fully coherent and deliberate. Every piece of this album has been perfectly constructed, from the album […]

Album review: Courting – Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story’

ALBUM REVIEW – DESTRUCTION: BIRTH OF MALICE

Germany has a ton of classic bands that still continue today. From hard rock legends such as Scorpions to thrash metal behemoths Kreator, and Destruction, the band which with their brand-new album Birth Of Malice, will celebrate their insane 40 year anniversary. Time and time again, Destruction have proven themselves to be amongst the best […]
An astounding week for new releases. Some unmissable ones are included in this list. Clara Mann    Rift        Influenced by artists like Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Judee Sill, and Tom Waits, her debut album navigates the fractured environment of the in-between—those liminal spaces exposed between light and dark, growth and remorse, loss and reclamation. For a […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 7 MARCH 2025