ALBUM REVIEW: STONE – FEAR LIFE FOR A LIFETIME

Standing on a cliff’s edge, possibility perfumes the air. Pressing play we take the leap of faith into the unknown, plummeting fifty feet into the wild ocean of emotion. No sense of direction, the surface of the world we once knew without this debut is nothing but a distant memory. Now we are forever drowning […]
Here is Silent Radio’s guide to the week’s new releases. Kokoko!             Batu     Congolese act that replicates the frenetic feel of that dynamic nightlife – equipment being pushed to its limit, via saturated and distorted speakers, or the sonic push and pull of sounds after dark. Tendertwin     Ship Argo EP  A forager for half-lived stories. Born […]

ALBUM ROUNDUP WEEK ENDING 5 JULY 2024

ALBUM REVIEW – STEPHEN PASTEL & GAVIN THOMSON: THIS IS MEMORIAL DEVICE

I was gifted a copy of David Keenan’s novel This is Memorial Device by one of my good friends back in December, and I’ve had it hovering around me somewhere ever since. So, when I saw a soundtrack to the stage adaptation composed by Stephen Pastel and Gavin Thomson – being a big fan of […]
I’m always reticent to use the word ‘supergroup’ to describe bands like Sect, but if there were ever a band fit for the term, Sect would be it. A vegan straight edge metallic hardcore band featuring Chris Colohan of Cursed and Burning Love, James Chang of Undying, Steve Hart from Day of Suffering, Scott Crouse […]

ALBUM REVIEW – SECT: PLAGUES UPON PLAGUES

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: SEASICK STEVE – A TRIP, A STUMBLE, A FALL DOWN ON YOUR KNEES

With an overwhelming level of cool oozing from every guitar note, Seasick Steve is back with his much anticipated new album ‘A Trip A Stumble A Fall Down on Your Knees’. An album which is even more reason to check him out live, as I did recently, trust me, you won’t be disappointed. Back to […]
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 […]

ALBUM REVIEW: MAX BLANSJAAR – FALSE COMFORTS

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